My Father's Gift by Hall-Rayford Mary M

Author:Hall-Rayford, Mary M [Hall-Rayford, Mary M]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Mary M. Hall-Rayford
Published: 2013-04-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Angela was wearing an apple-red swimsuit with a matching print wrap and D’Cerner wore a two-piece black and white diamond patterned suit with a matching wrap. Unlike Angela, D’Cerner didn’t really care for the sun, so this time she had brought a large white straw hat to wear. Several men turned to look at them when they got off the elevator and nodded appreciatively. Neither Angela nor D’Cerner appeared to have noticed the men at all, but Angela certainly noticed. She smiled, more to herself than to anyone in particular.

They didn’t notice Cal, who was talking with a group of people sitting around the buffet. But he had definitely noticed D’Cerner and immediately forgot about the conversation around him. He had been perplexed since he first saw her come aboard yesterday. Knowing she was going to be on the cruise, he had deliberately planned to be here. When he mentioned the cruise to his pastor, she thought the cruise would be a good idea for him to take his mind off her. Cal didn’t know that Pastor Thomas knew that D’Cerner was one of the speakers. All he knew was his pastor had decided that the leadership cruise was worthwhile and the church would pay for it. She had also decided to come. Her coming along was not part of Cal’s plan, but there was no way he could stop her. He had been trying to find a way to get D’Cerner’s attention since last night and failed to do so because his pastor was always near.

Noticing, like Angela, that D’Cerner had paled slightly yesterday, he guessed it was because she had caught sight of him. Seeing her had made him even more determined to settle the matter between them. He thought if she didn’t care at all, she wouldn’t have cared about seeing him there. Looking at her now caused strange sensations to permeate his body. Just as he was about to break away from the group, his pastor spotted him and found her way next to him, blocking his view of D’Cerner and spoiling an opportunity.

Apparently, D’Cerner did not see Cal, but Angela did. As D’Cerner lay back in a deck lounge, Angela wondered how she could manage to help this situation along to reach some type of fruition. She thought that introducing D’Cerner to other men would help temporarily, but that was not going to change the mushrooming hurt she saw in her friend’s eyes.

“Daddy,” Angela prayed, “you’re going to have to help me with this one.”

She didn’t know what she was going to do, but she did know that something was going to have to happen; either to make this relationship work or end it forever. D’Cerner’s nonchalant attitude was an act and she knew it. Like the sexy lingerie she loved was kept from public view, so it was with her pain.

Watching Cal’s pastor, Angela began to believe she was intentionally trying to make sure that Cal would not have a chance to speak to D’Cerner alone.

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