Act Like You Know by Stephanie Perry Moore

Author:Stephanie Perry Moore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

10

BROKEN

At that point, I wasn’t a twenty-year-old woman anymore. Instead I was a pitiful little baby curled up in a fetal position. The only problem was I did not have a mom to cradle me and tell me it was going to be all better.

Giving credit where credit was due, I will say that Sharon and Malloy tried hard. Minutes went by, and I still kept crying. Hours went by, and the pain wouldn’t go away. Before I knew it, it was dark, and they both were still there telling me it was going to be okay. If this would’ve been my apartment, I would’ve broken something. If I’d had one more chance to be with my mom, I would have told her, “You can’t die, you got to stay alive for me.” No matter what I’d done, no matter what I didn’t do right, my mom had still cared, and she’d told me I had a purpose. Without her presence, without her love, why should I have continued to have faith?

“I’m just coming in to check on you,” Malloy said.

I looked over at the clock and saw it was eleven. I couldn’t say, “I’m okay.” I wasn’t, but I didn’t need her worried. She had acted better than any friend I’d ever have.

“I’m still here, too,” Sharon said, peering over Malloy’s shoulder.

“Hey, y’all, don’t sweat. I’m cool,” I lied confidently.

Sharon looked in my eyes. “You are a much better actress than I thought. We’re going to get through all this together.”

“No, no, I’m not acting. I’m serious. I’m okay,” I said, widening my eyes so they could see no tears.

“You’re not okay. You need us to get something or someone? You want the rest of the sorors? Whatever you need, you tell us, and we’re ready to do it,” Sharon said, being overly sweet.

“You know what, Malloy, can I just borrow your keys for a while? I just want to go for a drive by myself,” I said as Sharon looked at her like, “Uh, that’s not a good idea.”

Malloy looked back at me. “I can take you wherever you want to go.”

“But that’s just the point. I sort of want to be alone.”

“It’s late.”

“I just need time to think. Please? I won’t be gone long.” I could tell the two of them were hesitant. I had no idea where I was going to go. I just knew I needed to get out of this stuffy place and scream. I got up before Malloy had even said yes and put on some tennis shoes. I grabbed my Beta Gamma Pi jacket and was out.

Malloy said, “Yeah, I’m sorry, Alyx, I just don’t think this is a good idea. Let us watch over you. Stay here tonight. Take the car tomorrow.”

“Listen, I don’t want to seem ungrateful, but you just asked if there was anything you could do for me—name it and you’d do it. All I want to do is take the car for a little drive, clear my head, and come back.

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