That morning she had come into the house dragging her lace-less shoes along the floor. She tugged a knitted cap down over her forehead, which caused a brass box attached to her ear to bump her neck. The woman was Pilate, Macon Dead's sister. Many years ago, when Macon had been sixteen, Pilate had denounced all men because they had refused her. However, she soon realized that she preferred the company of women. This infuriated Macon, causing him to scratch her out from his life. She was a social embarrassment and an immoral influence on his family. But Pilate had entered into Macon's kitchen that morning, completely ignoring the fact that she was unwelcome.

Pilate had come because she had received a strong intuition that Ruth, Macon's wife was unhappy. All her life Pilate had been neglected and scoffed at by men and

Finally, Macon told Pilate not to come again until she could reform herself. Could get real friends instead of hanging around all women and hating men. "Why can't you get married like a real woman? Why try to disgrace me by convincing Ruth to leave me and join your kind?" He was standing by the microwave. "What's your hair doing being cut so short? Stop trying to be a man. What are you trying to make me look like in this town?" He trembled with the thought of the his colleagues weaving a story about him imprisoning his wife in her own home and how his sister was the one who liberated her into the 21st century. That the most prestigious man who handled his business so well and who lived in a big house on Not Doctor Street had a sister who lived with a two other women with no men to speak of. They were three women who presented themselves as three strong women.

The only trouble was that Ruth, though battered and bruised by Macon's hatred, would never in her wildest dreams leave Macon Dead. Macon had threatened to kill Ruth and refused to allow Ruth to get an education so that she may go to work with other women. He felt it was Ruth's place to take care of the house, and be an image to add to his prestige. Ruth was an object he owned. But Ruth could not stand it anymore and had to be touched by

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)