Rent Girl

When the lights came back on, she was wearing what looked like the world’s shortest kimono dancing to David Bowie’s “China Girl.” A few uneasy glances shifted his way. Oh God, she thought, suddenly blinking back tears. Beatrice, though, was never invited, and Linda never missed an opportunity to lord this over her whenever she was around. “He had live music and everything. It took three passes with the saw, three removals from each man, when one of them finally caved as he was removing Jesse’s spleen.