"I’m off Romance now," Carlotta said, as if that explained everything. She reached into her robes and handed Laura a vial of red pills. "Look, take these, I don’t need ’em now—and stop being so stupid. All that crap you think is so important—two of these’ll put it all out of your mind. Go back to Galveston, Laura, check into a hotel somewhere, and fuck David’s brains out. Snuggle up under the covers and stay out of the way where you won’t get hurt."