If These Walls Could Talk by Bettye Griffin

Author:Bettye Griffin [Griffin, Bettye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, African American, General, Contemporary Women, Romance
ISBN: 0758216718
Google: gBVtWYO4qLYC
Amazon: B004NEW51G
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2011-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Dawn and Milo waved good-bye to their guests, whose sleepy children heavily leaned on them as they walked to their cars.

“Well, that was fun, wasn’t it?” Dawn asked as she closed the door behind them.

“Wasn’t bad. It would have been even better if we’d won those big pots.” He yawned. “Damn, I’m tired.”

She started to suck her teeth in annoyance, but caught herself before doing so. That was the last thing she expected Milo to say after such a fun evening. Sure, it was late, but he could sleep in tomorrow. She knew better than to hope he’d help her clean up, but would he actually be too tired for sex again? This was Saturday night, for crying out loud. Last night he’d fallen asleep on her, waking her in the middle of the night for a quickie, which seemed so impersonal to her.

“I guess I shouldn’t have drunk all those Strawberry Daiquiris,” he said apologetically. “They tasted like punch going down.”

He’d never been much of a drinker. Her irritation began to soften. “I think Camille had a few too many, too,” she said, chuckling. “She seemed to be slurring a bit. Thank goodness Reuben had Mitchell to help with Shayla, since he had to hold Camille up.”

“They’re all good people.” He put his arm around her as they walked toward their bedroom.

Dawn took a quick glance over her shoulder. No light showed from beneath Zach’s door. He’d already gone to bed.

“I agree,” she said. “I feel a kind of kinship with them. We’re all about the same age, we’ve all got kids, and we all moved out from the city within months of each other.”

“Humph. I wonder if they’re having as rough a time adjusting as we are.”

“I think they are.”

“Why you say that?”

“Well, Camille came out and said that she’d have to take two weeks off without pay after Mitchell and Shayla’s school lets out. That’s because Reuben’s niece is coming for the summer to babysit and her school gets out later than theirs. She said she can’t afford to do it, but she has no other choice. And Veronica said she and Norman want to finish remodeling their kitchen before they take a vacation.” Dawn reached up and covered his hand with hers. “So it’s not just us, Milo. Imagine, having all our expenses plus trying to redo our kitchen.”

He grunted. “Don’t knock it, Dawn. Norman and Veronica have an older house that’s not on a lake. They probably didn’t pay nearly as much for it as we did for ours. A lot of houses out here are under a hundred grand. Their mortgage payment is likely a heck of a lot cheaper than ours. Plus they don’t have the expense of commuting or child care, either, with Veronica working nights and being home during the day. Too bad neither of us has a niece or nephew old enough to take care of Zach.”

“It doesn’t matter. With the way our relatives have acted since we moved, I wouldn’t want to give them the satisfaction of letting them know we’re in a bind.

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