Summary

In Section “25 / Flash,” after two unsuccessful attempts at sex, Naomi thinks about the way that she and Jeremy finally had intercourse the night before. Cynthia interrupts her train of thought by pointing out that a priest had just ridden up to the saloon. She allows the priest into the bar only after she confirms he is not there to save her soul. She is angry, however, when she sees that he had dropped a pamphlet on her chair as he passed.

Jeremy walks past the two women on the porch and Cynthia knows right away from the reaction that Naomi has to his touch that the two have slept together. In her anger, she throws Jeremy from the porch and beats him. She tells Naomi that she has doomed them to hell. Naomi sees disappointment and spite in her eyes...