A House Divided by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Author:Kimberla Lawson Roby [Roby, Kimberla Lawson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: African American, General, Christian, Contemporary Women, Fiction
ISBN: 9781455526079
Google: 1XzGOKmpoWsC
Amazon: B0092XNCFQ
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2013-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Curtis wondered when this was going to stop. He’d allowed himself to believe that when this mystery person had claimed they wouldn’t be calling him again, that this also meant they wouldn’t be sending any more letters. But here he was holding another envelope with the word urgent written across the top of it. He didn’t want this awful person to expose his secret, but because the anticipation had turned dreadful, he was getting to the point where he almost wished they’d do what they were threatening to do and get it over with—almost. But then, he knew that wasn’t true, because in reality he wanted no one to ever learn about that unfortunate time in his life. This morning, he’d thought about maybe telling Charlotte the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but they’d enjoyed each other in such a wonderfully passionate way last night, he hadn’t been able to find the words. He also hadn’t wanted to ruin her new attitude toward Racquel and Vanessa, because this was a revelation in itself.

He slowly pulled out the letter and unfolded it.

Curtis,

I’m going to keep this short, but I just had to write you one last time before your big secret goes viral. I figured the best place to start would be on the Internet, then with every major media outlet, including national newspapers and magazines. I’ve spent a lot of time preparing for this day, so I don’t want a single soul to miss it. Not that anyone would want to miss the news of the century, anyway. This is going to be huge, but by now, you have to know that. It might not be news if maybe if you were like me, a simple nobody, but because you fought, struggled, schemed, cheated, and walked over decent people to make a name for yourself, you’ve reached top celebrity status; meaning that people everywhere care about everything you do, especially all your ungodly sins. Both the ones you committed in the past, like the one I know about, and also those sins people are hoping you’ll commit in the future. They’re hoping they’ll have something to laugh and talk about. In this age of Facebook and Twitter, your story will be reshared and retweeted millions of times, and there will be no explaining it. You won’t be able to talk your way out of this one, Curtis. You’ll have to man up and deal with the situation. You’ll be forced to do right by the people you’ve hurt. Most of all, though, I can’t wait to see the terrified look on your face, probably the same look you have on your face right now while reading this letter. You must be wondering day and night when the ball is going to drop, but guess what? That’s for me to know and, well…for me to know!!!! I’ll bet you thought I was going to say “and for you to find out,” didn’t you? At least that’s what me and my little friends used to say when we were kids.

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