Forgiven by Vanessa Miller

Author:Vanessa Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, african american fiction, christian fiction
Publisher: Vanessa Miller

Sixteen

Cassandra sat across from JT at the dinner table glaring at him. JT had put the kids to bed and slept on the couch the night before because Cassandra refused to come out of the bedroom after their argument. He wished there was something he could do to restore the joy she’d had this weekend. But she was afraid again. He could see it plain as he knew his name, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

“I talked to Lamont today,” JT said, trying to draw Cassandra out.

Stabbing a few string beans with her fork, Cassandra kept her face directed toward her plate as she asked, “Did you ask him if you could borrow that money?”

“No. I already told you I wouldn’t do that.”

“No, not to save your family from being drug through the mud you won’t, but for your own selfish desires, like buying a Bentley you would spend money that you owed a friend.”

“No, I wouldn’t. Not anymore. Look, Cassandra, you asked me to not just be a man but to be God’s man. You can’t have it both ways. I can’t take what doesn’t belong to me to get me out of a fix I put my own self into in the first place.” When she didn’t respond, he inhaled deeply and then changed the subject. “Lamont is doing great. He almost has full use of his left arm back. He thinks he might be able to move down here in about two weeks.”

“That soon?”

“Yeah, he’s ready to get away from his old surroundings and start fresh in a new city.”

She cut a piece of her meatloaf with her fork and then told JT, “This might not be the place for him, because the past has sure caught up to us. Maybe the same thing will happen to him if he moves in with us.”

JT put down his fork. Cassandra’s attitude had made him lose his appetite. And for a man used to shoveling his food in his mouth like he was trying to make the world record for eating the fastest; that was an accomplishment on Cassandra’s part. “Will you please look at me?”

“What for, JT? What am I going to see that I haven’t already?”

JT stood up, he grabbed Cassandra’s arm and walked her into the living room. His children were napping in the family room, but he didn’t want to run the risk of waking them up if he and Cassandra started arguing in the kitchen. They stood in front of each other, between the couch and love seat; Cassandra’s eyes were averted. She looked first at JT’s chest, then at the walls.

“I am not the enemy, Cassandra. And I promise you that I’m going to do everything I can to keep this lawsuit from affecting our family.”

She was non-responsive as she continued staring off. If she had been lying down, JT would have called 911 so the paramedics could help him bring his wife back to life. But he didn’t need paramedics, he needed Jesus.

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