A Dollar and A Dream by Carl Weber La Jill Hunt Angel Hunter; Dwayne S. Joseph

Author:Carl Weber, La Jill Hunt, Angel Hunter; Dwayne S. Joseph
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2003-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

When I arrived home, Tyrone and Queen were sitting on the couch, the boys were gathered at his feet, and they were watching videos.

They all looked up when I entered. “How did it go?” Tyrone asked.

“It went,” I said and kissed everyone on the cheek before going into my room to take a deep breath.

A short while later Tyrone came into the room and hugged me from behind.

I looked at him and felt something I didn’t want to acknowledge—love. Damn, damn, damn. That’s the last thing I wanted. Maybe I would go out with Lavert, to distract me from this emotion.

Looking at up him, I was about to say something when the doorbell rang. Together we walked into the living room to find Understanding standing with Queen.

“He came, Mommy, he came.” Queen’s voice was filled with such joy and excitement that I didn’t have the nerve to tell him to leave.

Tyrone walked up to Understanding and told him, “Don’t start anything you can’t finish.”

Understanding looked like he wanted to punch him in the face, so I stepped forward and told Tyrone, Trey, and Malik to go into the kitchen and leave Queen alone with her father.

“I thought maybe I could take her with me to my sister’s,” Understanding said.

“Oh, please, Mommy, can I go?”

Now that was one request I wasn’t giving in to. “Not tonight, maybe another time.”

“Why not, Ma?”

“Yeah, why not?” Understanding asked.

“Because I said so and that’s reason enough. Now either it’s in here, in my house, in my living room now, or it can just be another day in here, in my house, or not at all.”

Tyrone grabbed hold of my hand and I realized my voice was getting louder.

“The choice is yours, Understanding,” I said as I walked toward the kitchen with my crew behind me.

“When is my daddy going to come see me?” TJ asked.

This was the last thing I needed. “I don’t know.” I sat down at the table.

“Why don’t the boys go to their room instead of sitting in here with us?” Tyrone asked.

While the kids were in their bedroom, I sat as close to the opening of the kitchen as I could to listen to what Understanding was saying to Queen.

“What are you doing?” Tyrone asked.

“What does it look like I’m doing? I’m listening to what he’s saying.”

“I can see that.”

“Then why did you ask?”

“He’s not going to hurt her, Isis. He just wants to talk to her.”

I rolled my eyes at him and continued listening. From what I could make out, Understanding was telling her that he loved her but that where he was at, it wasn’t a place for kids, that he was sorry, and that he would not be going back there, and he would make a better effort to be in her life. I couldn’t hear her response because Tyrone was talking in my ear.

“Give the man a chance.”

“I know you didn’t just tell me to give him a chance, and you’re the one who told him not to start something he can’t finish.

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