The Lamb

Since Eden joined them, Margot mostly sleeps on the couch, with Eden and Ruth sharing the bedroom. One night, Margot looks at an old photo from the wedding of Ruth and her father, longing once more for her father. 

Ruth joins her on the couch. She tells Margot that she doesn’t really miss her father, since she was very young when he left. What she misses is the idea of him. Men are the same, loving the idea of women more than the women themselves. Margot’s father loved the idea of Ruth being quiet and beautiful, but he lost his temper when he saw Ruth was not a quiet and obedient person. 

Margot tells Ruth that she doesn’t think her father was a bad person. Ruth replies that the devil does not necessarily have horns. She insists that, in any case, she and Eden should be enough for Margot.

The bus-driver notices the dark circles under Margot’s eyes and questions her about her home life again. He wonders if Margot looks tired because she watches too much TV. 

Margot tells him she has been busy reinforcing a hex she once made to wish her father back.