Re: Penny's place: Clem & Penny & Frannie & bacon & gelato & toe splints
[Clementine knew the toe wasn't anything serious, just like she knew Penny could take care of it real fine on her own. But Clementine knew, better than most, about wanting to be pampered some, especially when things weren't real good. Being sad, that was reason enough for some attention, and Clem was greedy about wanting adoration when she was low. Giving it, that wasn't something she was as accustomed to, but she'd grown real fond of Penny, and she didn't like how the woman looked just then, like the world hurt her belly real bad. She'd seen that same look in the mirror, maybe, when she was fussing over folks she couldn't do a damn thing to help any.
She opened the medkit, and after a brief tickle of fingers to Penny's arch, she started on spliting and wrapping the purpled toe. She listened to the reasoning behind that phone, and she glanced at it for a few seconds, trying to figure if taking the thing away would work any.
She leaned forward, and she handed Penny the gelato and tugged the phone off the other woman's belly. She didn't move it far; she just set it where the gelato was a moment earlier, right there on the coffee table, near enough to reach without standing.] He's got a whole lot of feelings about things, that man of yours. [She grinned.] I mean that real platonic. [She sighed.] That girl of his, I know her kin from Vegas. Real messy story, but there's always trouble there, honey, and make no mistake. Man would do better to take up with someone from another family.