Glorious (2010) by Mcfadden Bernice L

Author:Mcfadden, Bernice L [L, Mcfadden, Bernice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-14T19:11:12.187000+00:00

CHAPTER 18

When Colin first complained, Easter brushed it off, called him silly, wrapped her arms around his neck, and used baby talk to assure him that he had nothing to be concerned about. She told him that he was her big strong husband and all she and Rain were doing was getting reacquainted and reminiscing about old times.

Colin had acquiesced, but could not ignore the perpetual bliss that Easter had worn like a cloak ever since Rain stepped back into her life. She was positively buoyant; it was as if Easter was living on a great body of water. Colin half expected her to leave puddles of salty water in her wake. He'd never had that type of effect on her and he was her husband. His ego imploded.

The second time he broached the subject, Easter's response was cutting and she accused him of being childish and selfish and pointed out that she never uttered a word about all the time he spent down at the UNIA headquarters.

When she began working over at Meredith's apartment, he held his tongue. But what started out as one night a week had progressed into two and then three, and now she was spending her one day off over there with them instead of with him, her husband. And when she was home all she talked about was Rain and Meredith.

Colin looked at Easter, really looked at her, and for the first time he saw her naivete. It was shining like a star right in the center of her forehead. How had he missed it all this time?

"I don't understand why you don't hate them."

They'd had this conversation a million times. And the thought of revisiting it yet again made Easter weary.

"They raped your sister. They lynched and burned your friend--you saw it with your own damn eyes!"

Easter sat down on the sofa, reached for one Colin's cigarettes, and lit it.

"What they do to your people here in this country is disgraceful, yet you run to the buckra in her fancy apartment in the sky and you lick her ass." His chest heaved and he bared his teeth like a wild animal.

Easter didn't know what language she needed to make him understand. Did she love white people? She would not go so far as to say that, but she couldn't say she hated them, not as a race. She tried to judge all people on an individual basis.

But Colin needed her to hate, he needed her to feel what he felt and know it. "Come with me," he said, and grabbed his hat.

She had never been to the Bronx, not once in the few years she'd been living in New York. He said they were going to the zoo, but his face was solemn and dark, an expression best suited for a visit to a funeral parlor or gravesite.

They boarded the train and Easter rested her head on the window and watched the scenery peel by. Her thoughts were not on their destination, but on Rain.

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