Bayou Dreams 1: A Forever Kind of Love

Author:Farrah Rochon [Rochon, Farrah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Contemporary, Series, Harlequin Kimani Romance
ISBN: 0373862741
Amazon: B0088NH06I
Publisher: Harlequin Kimani Romance
Published: 2012-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

As the steel door closed behind her, Mya was catapulted back to her past. Gauthier High School looked exactly the same, from the light green walls to the speckled vinyl tile flooring stretching from one end of the corridor to the other. It even smelled the same, like wax and lemon.

She walked with measured steps down the main hallway, her eyes wandering over framed photographs of various academic and social clubs throughout the years. She stopped in front of a picture of the National Beta Honor Society from her senior year and laughed out loud at her hairstyle. She’d spent a good portion of her weekly paycheck from the pharmacy buying the hair gel she used to keep those finger waves shellacked to her scalp.

A cackle of laughter resonated from the end of the hallway. Mya made her way to the home economics room where the civic association held their bimonthly meeting. She was instantly bombarded by people she’d just seen a few days ago at her grandfather’s funeral, all conveying again how sorry they were about Big Harold’s passing and inquiring about her grandmother’s health. Claudette dragged her to a table with store-bought cookies and punch and insisted she have both.

“I saw Eloise today,” Claudette said as she piled on the cookies. “She told me you were joining the committee.”

Mya choked on her drink, shaking her head so vigorously punch sloshed out of her cup and onto her knuckle. “I’m not joining anything,” she said. “I’m just here to take notes and report back to Grandma. She’ll be out of the hospital and able to join you all soon.”

“Whatever you say, honey.” Claudette gave her a patronizing pat on the arm.

Before Mya could voice a rebuttal, Corey walked through the classroom door wearing a green polo shirt with Gauthier Fighting Lions embroidered on the left chest pocket.

“Sorry I’m late,” he said. “Practice ran over.”

Margery Lambert, who had been the head of the deaconess board at her childhood church for as long as Mya could remember, clapped her hands together and said, “Now that all the board members or their proxies are here, we can get started. As always, we will open with a prayer and ask God for special healing for Eloise Dubois, who can’t be with us today.”

Mya inched her way over toward Corey as Margery proved to the room just why she deserved her position as head deaconess.

“What are you doing here?” Mya asked in a fierce whisper.

“Shhh,” Corey said. “We’re supposed to be praying.”

“Corey Anderson, don’t stand there pretending you have a religious bone in your body. I know you.”

The sexiest smile in the world pulled at the corner of his mouth, causing Mya’s insides to turn into a melty puddle of goo.

The prayer ended and Margery passed out xeroxed copies of an agenda.

“What are you doing here?” Mya asked again.

“I’m a member of the civic association,” he answered, that smirk broadening.

Yeah, right. Corey Anderson so did not fit in with this crowd.

As Margery ticked

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