she didnt ever volunteer to show anyone her photos of james , because the first and last time she had done so , the woman had gasped upon seeing that he had no arms , but when she showed roxy the first photo , roxy just said he was a cute baby and asked what happened to his arms , as if it were not so uncommon , and mary explained he had been born that way , and roxy didnt apologize , just repeated that he was a cute baby , so mary showed her the rest of the photos , one for each of his thirteen years , and roxy said it was a shame he died so young an asked what he died of , and mary explained hed always been sickly and had chronic bronchial problems and finally got pneumonia so bad it killed him , and roxy said again what a shame it was , and neither one said anything after that , but just sat a while , and then roxy told mary that her lover had dumped her and shed be coming home to see her and roger every night and theyd all eat dinner together like they used to , and shed learned her lesson not to let no fool of a man use her and dump her , and what did she need a man for anyway , with her dear little son waiting for her every night ?