What I was feeling When Tom Punched Myrtle

When Tom and I first went into New York that summer we passed through the Valley of the Ashes. It is an awful place where people mope around slowly dying of all sorts of things. Perhaps one of he only attractive things about the place is a billboard for Doctor T.J Eckleberg. It is a blue billboard that has a set of eyes with glasses on. Some of the people that live in the valley of the ashes refer to it as a god that watches over and sees everything. Back to business. Tom and I were riding on the train through this place and Tom grabbed me and said that he wanted me to see his girl. So I reluctantly Jumped off the train and followed Tom to a small auto shop that had apartments above it.  Tom started talking to what seemed to be the owner, Mr. George Wilson. I shook his hand and glanced at Tom who was looking around suspiciously. Then Myrtle Wilson came down the stairs bringing vitality into the room. Tom gave her a look and as Mr Wilson disappeared for a minute they talked. She met us in the city in an apartment that Tom bought for her. They had an extravagant little party that same night and it ended with me drunk and Tom hitting Myrtle for saying Daisy's name. As soon as I saw this thoughts began to race in my mind. I was scared that Tom would try to keep me quiet but I also felt bad for both Daisy and Myrtle. For they both loved a man who, to me, seemed quite rude and abusive.