A Simmering Dilemma by Tyora Moody

Author:Tyora Moody [Moody, Tyora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-7336967-7-7
Publisher: Tyora Moody
Published: 2020-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Briana stayed gone all Thursday. Amos called his eldest daughter, Alexa, but Briana was not responding to her sister’s calls either. For some reason, I felt like Briana would return. When I checked the house, I noticed more of her things were still around including her guitar. It didn’t strike me that Briana would leave anywhere without her prized guitar.

That brought some comfort to Amos when I pointed this out to him. I’d never seen his stress levels like they were now. I believe if he wasn’t already bald, he would have rubbed his hair clear of his head.

My theory was Briana needed to get away and gather her thoughts together. She didn’t get along with her dad, but that’s because she was just like him in a lot of ways. Though I doubted Briana had gone fishing.

While Amos spent most of the day searching in places he thought she might have gone, I decided to follow-up on my hunch from last night.

But before I could begin my little inquiry there was something else I had to do. When I talked to Gladys at the church on Monday she mentioned Sondra hadn’t kept in touch with friends, and she blamed it on Theo. Now that I knew the tragic circumstances of Sondra losing her best friend in high school, I was curious to know more about the breakdown in friendship between Sondra and Charlene. Especially since Charlene openly admitted her and Sondra had been out of touch.

Was it because of Theo? Or did the loss of Yvette break up the friendship between the two young women? I still couldn’t recall ever seeing Yvette in school, but I had brief flashes of Charlene being with Sondra. Sondra was what I would call the dominant friend, while Charlene seemed to be more like a puppy, satisfied with following the leader. Where Sondra had a mouth on her that could inflict damage, I rarely heard Charlene speak, but I recalled her egging Sondra on in support.

What really puzzled me was how Sondra became involved with her childhood best friend’s love interest. How did that make Charlene feel to see Sondra grow close to a young man that her sister Yvette loved? Sure, loss can bring people closer, but something about that relationship seemed off. It was obvious there was animosity between Sondra and Theo. I felt sorry for the poor kids. I could only hope that the two co-parented in some type of peace.

That video from the coffee shop was also bothering me. Sondra fiercely confronted Briana in the coffee shop a week ago. Why? These were two adult women with almost ten years between them of never crossing paths. Was the altercation about Theo or was there still lingering blame for the loss of a childhood friend? Amos said people were suspicious that Briana had something to do with Yvette’s death.

Now that Briana had returned, it almost felt like someone was getting back at her. Sure, I didn’t know her like

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.