I almost dropped the plate in my hand. As I was too stunned to speak, Su went on.
"I came back, Jack. I came to apologize cuz I left early and I...I felt your hardness when I walked past. It felt wrong like I had been bad, so I wanted to make sure you weren't mad at me. I saw what you done to Mama on the table. I saw it plain as day. Don't deny it."
"I won't, Su. But you don't understand..."
"Seems to me I understand just fine. You mounted her like Big Jake mounts the mares. You mounted her, and you had her fierce. She loved it. I guess you treat her better than Pop in pretty much every way, don't you? I should be disgusted, but...I'm not."
I looked at the heat in her eyes and saw for the first time that it wasn't just anger. How long had it been there, I wonder. Su was a young woman,
