Twisters

She gives him an apple. He laughs at the symbolism of the gesture. She says something about sexism and patriarchy. Dejected, he takes a bite

He lights a smoke and says, Babe, but she doesn’t respond. Since when? he asks, Since now, she says, but that’s not even close to the truth.

The phone rings and she answers it and her mom asks her the question, and she says, I still don’t get him, and her mom says, You never will.