Delilah by Shelia M. Goss

Author:Shelia M. Goss
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

Delilah had no idea how close Samson had been to taking her up on her offer. It took him almost fifteen minutes to calm Julia down. Elaine would need some talking to because the argument he had with Julia could have been avoided if Elaine hadn’t told her about Delilah being at his office.

He knew it wasn’t Elaine’s fault that he and Julia were having problems, but she sure added fuel to the already scorching fire. Samson had to think of something soon or he and Julia were not going to make it. He knew his parents would be disappointed, but when he married Julia a little over two weeks ago, he didn’t expect it to be like this.

The only person he trusted talking with was Calvin, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell him about the personal issue that stood between him and his wife. He couldn’t chance Calvin telling Michelle. Michelle would tell God knows who. His mom knew, and that was embarrassing enough.

He grabbed his prescription and headed home. He smelled the aroma of food when he entered the house. “Julia, I’m home,” he yelled.

“I’m in the kitchen,” she replied.

He slipped a pill in his pocket and threw the prescription in his briefcase. He headed to the kitchen. When he bent down to kiss his wife, Julia turned her head, so his lips landed on her cheek instead of her lips.

“What’s for dinner?” he asked.

“A roast and baked potatoes.” She picked up an oven mitt and opened the stove. The steam from the roast filled the area around the stove.

“Smells good.”

“Samson, there’s something I want to discuss with you over dinner.”

“Sure,” he said as he left to get washed up. He wished she would have just come out and said what she wanted instead of making him wait. That was his biggest pet peeve with women. He made it a point when counseling others to let women know that men preferred one of two things: either come out and tell the man what you want, or don’t say anything and only talk when you’re ready to discuss the issue. Otherwise, it’s a moot point as far as the average man is concerned.

Silverware hitting the plates was the only noise heard in the dining room. Samson didn’t know what to say to Julia, so he waited for her to initiate the conversation. He bit into the last bite of food on his plate. “I want to quit my job,” Julia blurted out.

Samson remained quiet. Julia repeated herself. He’d heard her the first time. “Why?” he finally asked.

“So I can have more time for your ministry. I was thinking there are some things that I can do. There’s an available office at the church, and we can drive in together each day.”

Samson felt there was more behind her wanting to quit her job. “Baby, I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

“Well, I’ve prayed about it, and God said I should quit and give Him more of my time.”

“So why are you just now telling me this?”

“Because we haven’t been talking.

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