In Times of Trouble by Yolonda Tonette Sanders

Author:Yolonda Tonette Sanders
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strebor Books

CHAPTER 21

Familiar Territory

Lisa prayed and cried, cried and prayed for hours about her sister’s revelation of being HIV-positive. She couldn’t even begin to wrap her mind around the pain that Callie had to be feeling. She was drenched with guilt. Callie had been with her for two months and, instead of taking the time to really find out what was going on with her, Lisa had written her sister’s behavior off as depression. Odds were that Callie was depressed. Who wouldn’t be, under such circumstances? Still, Lisa wished she had made more of an effort to show Callie how much she cared about her well-being.

It was well into the early morning when Lisa finally drifted off to sleep. She’d been awake long enough to witness the sunrise. The shrilling sound of her phone woke her up Sunday afternoon. “Hey Liv,” she said as if medicated with Novocain.

“What’s going on? I saw Eric at church and he said you’d had a rough night. He said that I should call you.”

“Girl, if you only knew.” Lisa gave her friend a very quick recap of the situation with her parents and the fight with her daughter. “Chanelle is more than welcome to come back home if she’s willing to apologize and act like she has some sense from now on, but I’m not about to chase her down. Chanelle knows how to get in touch with me if she wants to. I love my daughter with all my heart, but I refuse to let her run things around here. If she wants to be grown, she needs to be out there on her own.”

“I’m so sorry to hear all of this happened last night. I wonder what was going on with Chanelle. She seemed fine yesterday. She and Justin ran back and forth between the hotel and the house every time I needed something else for the party. Do you think she somehow found out about your dad being here?”

“It’s possible, but I doubt she would be as mad as I am about it. She was happy to see him at the graduation party. Chanelle started trippin’ because she didn’t get her way. It all seems so crazy.”

“No wonder Eric was concerned about you.”

“Girl, he doesn’t even know the drama that unfolded after he left.”

“There’s more?”

“Yeah, Callie and I got into it.”

“Well, she had no business calling RJ.”

“I know, but I’m really not even mad at her about that anymore. I found out about some things going on with her and I really need to speak with her further.”

“Is she okay?”

“Honestly, I don’t think so.” Lisa’s phone beeped. “Liv, let me answer this call. I’ll talk to you later,” she said and clicked over.

“Why didn’t you tell me that Chanelle has gone missing?”

“Mama, you act like she’s been kidnapped.”

“Well, RJ has been looking for her all night and he still hasn’t found her.”

“Apparently she doesn’t want to be found.”

“I don’t see why you won’t call the police.”

“There’s no reason to. She hasn’t been abducted.

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