The summer rainstorms, over the past four days, have transformed the roadways, of Wrongberight a rural hamlet on the eastern shores of Virginia, into a never-ending slip and slide. It was late Saturday afternoon, when vivacious Clemmy Sue Jarvis, a petite woman of sixty three, cautiously pulled out of her driveway, and slowly turned south on to Flat Bottom Road. She maneuvered the rain soaked road with great care. Nevertheless, fifty yards from her dearest friend Estelle Louise’s long dirt driveway, her rusty Chevy pickup, kept mobile with hairpins, bubble gum, and duct tape, skidded across a massive oil slick. As a result, the pickup spins in loose circles as it continued down the middle of the narrow country road, before it finally …show more content…
The interior consisted of peeling paint, scruffy vinyl booths patched with strips of steel gray duct tape, and the linoleum is worn down to the floorboards. Ruby Morecoins, who hails from upstate New York, owns the establishment. In her younger days, they say, that her beauty drove men to the brink, of insanity. Today at the age of seventy-eight, she wears a heavy coat of purple, red lipstick applied to lips that have shrivel with age. Her body is thin and shapeless, yet she still wears to work every day a white diaphanous blouse, black push-up bra, and tight ass jeans. The patrons overlook the Diner’s physical shortcomings and Ruby’s tawdry appearance, since Ruby offers them good cheap food, strong coffee and various forms of weekly …show more content…
She only used four cards. Apparently, everyone who has his or her cards read wants the answer to one specific question. So, the first card answers that question and it is usually a question about a life change. You simply saying – your luck will be changing very soon. It seems to work every time. Now, the second card represents the past – size up the client as they sit down. Listen to what they say and how they say it and use it to your advantage. This third card represents the present – use what the client tells you about their past and summarize it. The last card represents the future – this is where you formulate a prediction –say something like - Your future looks bright. I see the color red, the name Harry and home improvements in your future. That will give the customer something to dream about tonight and think about tomorrow. See how simple it is. Beth, you were born with a gift for bullshit. I have seen you hoodwink all six of your