Wyck and Tom say it's okay to murder Ruth because 'she's old.'
Wyck and Tom says it's okay to murder Ruth because 'she's not married.'
Wyck and Tom says it's okay to murder Ruth because 'she doesn't have children.'
Patricia scoffs at the 'shes old' reason. After all, Wyck is old too, he responds by saying he would commit suicide. The thing is, that's a decision you have made!! Why can't Ruth make that decision for herself as well?
Patricia then says she's lucky to not have her throat slit seeing as she doesn't have a spouse or children either.
Why does her having a spouse or child/Ren matter? Because no one would miss her? Because she isn't anyone's wife or mother? Because her own will to just be alive isn't significant enough? Is her life really meaningless without these things?
And then Tom goes to Ruth's house and finds out, that actually, she will be missed. Not by a spouse. Not by a child. But by her community. To the friend she helps up in the morning and down at night. To the book club members she chats with. To the people at her goat yoga sessions. To the people of her library's knitting class. To Candace she grabs lunch with. The Francis she has call appointments with.
HELL. She doesn't even need people to miss her for her to matter and they show that too because my god, wanting to live is enough.
To the gerbils she feeds on a schedule, to the garden she works on with compost, to the gardening club she has, the trivia nights she looks forward to and the bingo game nights she has. It's enough.
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