Laying Ghosts by Virginia King

Author:Virginia King
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Virginia King
Published: 2017-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

As Andrew and I drove back to Sydney that weekend, I had to say something to explain my tears. “I can’t believe Rina’s staying with him after what he did to her.”

“What he did?” Andrew said. “Rina stabbed him.”

“By accident.”

“What, she accidentally got a knife? Get real.” It was the tone he still uses when he’s belittling my opinions. “Rina doesn’t know the first thing about keeping a man,” he continued. “A good-looking woman like her holds all the cards – especially with an oaf like Frank who keeps his brain in his dick.”

“What should she have done? Let him rape her with an audience?”

“You’re so naive sometimes, Elkie, it’s embarrassing. It was Rina’s choice whether he raped her or not. She held all the power, a woman always does.”

“How?”

“If she’d gone along with it, it would have been fun. We’d all drunk enough to find it a laugh. Instead, Rina backed herself into a corner and lost her power. Instead of keeping Frank happy – and having him eating out of her hand – she’s humiliated him big time.”

I didn’t get it. “Eating out of her hand sounds like serving up his favourite pizza. We’re talking about sex. In public.”

“Pizza. Sex. A woman keeps a man by giving him what he wants.”

“But what if she doesn’t want it?”

Andrew laughed his patronising laugh. “Of course it’s her choice. She can always choose to be stupid.”

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