Another Man Will by Daaimah S. Poole

Author:Daaimah S. Poole [Poole, Daaimah S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

Crystal

I was still becoming accustomed to having Rell around full-time. I loved being married. A lot of things had changed in my life and I just felt so much happier. It seemed like since Rell had been here everything had been much easier. Nasir and Jewel had been making their beds and putting away their toys, without me asking. Rell helped me out so much, he even helped them with their homework and took them trick-or-treating. Even Kori was in line; now she went to bed at 9:00 p.m. and didn’t wake up until the next morning.

It also felt wonderful getting to work fifteen minutes early instead of late. I got to get breakfast, talk with my coworkers a little, and just relax before logging in my phone. I kind of became cool with my cubicle mate Gloria. She was nice, and I kind of spoke to Delphine now, too!

So life was so good. The only thing that hadn’t improved was my relationship with my parents. I still hadn’t been able to make amends with them. I did, however, attempt to. I spoke to my dad briefly. He asked me if I was ready to apologize and if Terell had a job yet. I told my dad the truth: he was waiting for a company to call him back. So for being truthful, my dad insulted me some more and told me I wasn’t his daughter anymore.

I entered our home. “Hubby, I’m home,” I called out to Rell. I checked the mail and noticed that the entire house was clean, and it smelled of powdery fresh dryer sheets. I heard noise coming from the basement.

“Rell, you down there?” I asked as I came down the basement steps.

Rell was washing and folding clothes. He had allotted half of the basement space to the kids’ toys and had filled the other half with all his army and workout stuff. I reached the bottom of the steps, and Rell welcomed me home with a tight, warm hug, followed by a few kisses. When we parted, I noticed the huge television in the corner of the basement.

“Babe, what made you get it?”

“I don’t know. I was in Walmart and saw the TV. I had one just like it in North Carolina, so I bought it.”

“This is nice. The kids are going to love this thing. How big is it?”

“Sixty inches. That’s why I said, ‘Wait until Nasir sees it’; he can play his games. I want to go get a rug and a few chairs from my mom’s to put down here so it can be a real man cave. And babe, I need your car. Shareef came and picked up his car.”

“Is he going to give you the car back?” I took the keys off the ring.

“No, he is keeping it. I had it forever. I’m just going to have to grab something else.”

I followed him back up the stairs into the kitchen.

“Oh, and I made dinner. Some dirty rice.”

“You did,” I said as I sampled the rice with pepper and ground beef dish.

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