as she got older and settled down some Lorraine understood it a little more it had been awful for all of them but Rosa was supposed to be able to handle it Rosa never cried as far as Lorraine could remember always tried to keep the old man under control Lorraine remember the night they brought her home the night before she left she could still see roses face the w**** on it when she looked at Lorraine but she also remembered Rosa helping her into the bathtub after she's been beaten then went Rosa came out Lorraine had to laugh Christ she thought the three of us a dyke junkie and a weirdo well what do you want the way things were.