Summary

In Chapter 7, Medicine Ed was surprised because Boll Weevil and the Mahdi looked like twins. He thought that Tommy had a crazy look about him that gave Medicine Ed the creeps. Ed spied on the two through a crack in the stable wall and heard what Tommy said about Mahdi. Maggie mentioned to Tommy that Zeno had a horse in the race that looked just like theirs. Ed watched as Tommy picked Maggie up and threw her when she argued with him about Mahdi’s ability to run the race. He picked her up and pushed her against the wall, telling her to shut up. Ed watched as Tommy left and Maggie sat and watched the horse. As Tommy had been talking to Maggie, his fingers were spearing her private parts inside her jeans. He lifted her up using his hand...