Emmy Luzinski was gorgeous when she had teeth.
She was still pretty in her wedding pictures when she married Manuel Jimenez with about three teeth left.
Manuel made enough money that Emmy didn't have to work, but he didn't want her doing dope, so she worked while he was at work, mostly the Standing Rabbit Adult Bookstore by the truck stop and the carpool lot.
Manuel knew, but he couldn't abandon her.
Begged.
Cajoled.
No good.
Emmy was so stoned all the time she slurred her names together and eventually everyone knew her as Himmy.
Sometimes Manuel would take a day off work at Petrucci Masonry just to keep Emmy clean for a day, keep her out of plumber's trucks and the El Dorado men's room.
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