Just a Little Bit Crazy by T A Ford

Author:T A Ford [Ford, T A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, Women's Fiction, ChicLit, african american romance
Publisher: The Divas Pen LLC
Published: 2020-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

THREE DAYS AFTER SEEING Maura, Dina still hadn’t worked up the nerve to tell Cue that she had told someone about their dating, let alone accepted an invite to dinner. It was Sunday, and the chilly fall weather had taken a short break. At 72 degrees the day felt perfect. Cue always came up with things for her to do. Ways for them to relax her. Today he chose the best adventure, one they’d make a habit of for the rest of their relationship. He took her to Morgan Falls and rented a two-person canoe. She leaned back on the pillows she brought and he rowed them across the lake. With her sunglasses on she could look directly at the fireball in the sky without blinking. And she did until her lids grew heavy and the warmth of it all calmed her.

“What are you thinking?” he asked as he rowed.

“How much I love my life,” she said.

“I love your life too.”

“It’s been a month and three weeks since we met.”

“So we have a two month anniversary coming up?” he asked.

“Yes, on Thanksgiving,” she said. She sat up. “Do you miss home? Your family? Are you going home for Thanksgiving?”

“Not this year. But normally I try to. Haven’t found a way to break the news to my mom,” he said, and kept rowing slow over calm waters. She nodded and looked out at the forests. She could see a snap turtle crawling out of the lake to a branch. She stared at it for a few minutes, then turned her attention back to him.

“I saw Maura the other day.”

“Who?”

“She’s Rodney’s ex-girlfriend. Remember? I told you about her,” she said.

“Okay?” he said, swiping the oar over to the left and then to the right to keep them going straight.

“I told her that I... uhm... that I have a boyfriend.”

Cue stopped rowing. He stared at her.

“Doc. You’re my boyfriend. Deal with it.”

“We agreed that we wouldn’t tell anyone about us.”

“Why make that agreement? Nothing we’re doing is wrong. I’m better. I don’t even have panic attacks anymore that I can’t manage. I’m thinking about applying for an accounting job with this new firm that’s close to your office. My sorority sister is going to give me a referral.”

“All of that is good,” he began.

“But?” she asked.

“But you and I are complicated Dina.”

“It’s not too complicated when you’re making love to me. Is it?” she asked.

“Did you tell her my name?”

“No.”

“Good.”

“You can tell her when we go over to her house for Thanksgiving dinner.”

“What?!”

“You keep telling me that I’m normal. That I’m not crazy. That I’m on the low end of autism. Famous people have Asperger’s and function day to day. You said these feelings I experience are just part of my way of coping. Well, right now I’m feeling dirty. Because you want to keep me as a dirty little secret. Why? Are you afraid what the other doctors will think? That you’re screwing one of your retarded patients?!”

“That’s enough!” he demanded.

Dina pouted.

“I’m not ashamed of you.

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