Trying to Stay Saved by E.N. Joy

Author:E.N. Joy [Joy, E.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-03-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

“So what time is this Justice supposed to be here anyway?” Mother Doreen asked Bethany as she sat down at the kitchen table with two cups of tea in hand. She placed one in front of Bethany, who was seated at the table. Then she took a sip from the other one. “And I still can’t believe you’re letting the child have a boy over for supper. Momma and Daddy would have never heard of such a thing when all of us were coming up. It didn’t matter how many years apart us children were; the rules never changed. We were lucky if a boy could walk us home from school, stopping off at the malt shop for ice cream, let alone setting foot inside to break bread.”

“Uh-huh, and that’s exactly why we got mixed up with some of the boys we did back in the day,” Bethany reasoned. “If Momma and Daddy had let us experience male-female relationships in high school, then we wouldn’t have been so culture shocked once we were able to date. We wouldn’t have latched on to just any ole everybody.”

“Tuh, you the only one who dated everybody,” Mother Doreen chuckled. “From what I hear, Pa was always chasing some boy out of your bedroom window with his shotgun.”

“Oh, you think that’s funny, huh? Well, you would have known firsthand if old Willie hadn’t had your nose wide open,” Bethany laughed.

Mother Doreen pointed. “Don’t you go there, girl.”

Bethany put her hands up in surrender. “Okay, okay. But you know what I’m saying. Anyway, Justice should be here around five. Sadie’s coming straight home from school today. She’s missing band practice and everything so that she can help out in the kitchen with dinner.”

Mother Doreen couldn’t hide the shocked expression on her face. “What? The child actually wants to cook for the young fellow? I need to take her back to New Day to teach those women a thing or two. Child, you should have heard ’em fussing one time when I suggested they do some cooking in order to get men folk involved in the Singles Ministry.” Mother Doreen shook her head as she began to mock the women in the Singles Ministry. “I ain’t cooking for no man unless he’s my husband.”

“Well, I guess they do have a point,” Bethany reasoned.

“From the woman who fed her husband Beanie-Weenies and frozen dinners,” Mother Doreen laughed.

“Stop it now,” Bethany told her sister as she tried to hide her smile. “Uriah didn’t marry me for my cooking. He married me because he loved me.” The smile grew bigger as Bethany stared off.

Mother Doreen couldn’t help but notice her baby sister’s trip to La-La Land. “What you thinking about?”

Bethany coyly put her head down. “Nothing.”

“That look on your face wasn’t from thinking about nothing,” Mother Doreen pressed. “You were thinking about you and Uriah, weren’t you?”

Bethany’s eyes watered as she nodded. She didn’t want to speak because she didn’t want her emotions to get the best of her.

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