For a moment, the chaotic energy subsided. The diner seemed smaller, warmer. They were four women, all broken in different ways, clinging to each other to stay upright. "Let’s do it," Christy whispered.
Draft a scene specifically about to the outside world?
Tammy broke down, confessing she almost took a cigarette from a stranger at the bus stop. Bonnie, surprisingly, dropped her cynical facade. She leaned across the table, covering Tammy’s shaky hand with her own.