Nobody's Son by Zaria Garrison

Author:Zaria Garrison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2013-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Ellen sat at her desk staring into space. Ever since she’d called off her engagement she just couldn’t concentrate on anything work related. As the office manager for a real estate office, she had a large stack of lease agreements that she needed to fax to the home office. The days she’d already taken off to run errands for the wedding had taken its toll on her workload. Ellen was way behind and still unable to focus on her duties enough to be productive. Even though she’d told Semaj that she couldn’t marry him she still could not bring herself to tell her parents, her friends, or even her pastor. In her despair, she had not taken the time to call the bakery, the printer, or the florist to cancel her orders. Other than Semaj, no one knew except her sister and Cedric. After her meltdown, they’d both told her to take some time and think about her feelings before making a final decision. Ellen had tried to do just that, and after pulling herself together, she’d called Semaj to discuss their relationship. What began as a quiet, civil talk soon escalated into a full-scale screaming match filled with accusations, denials, and regret. When all was said and done, she’d called off the wedding and hung up on Semaj.

For the life of her, Ellen could not understand the abrupt change in his behavior. She accused him of cheating, but she just threw it out in desperation. She really did not believe that at all. Then she insinuated that Rip was covering for and protecting him. Semaj vehemently denied it. That theory didn’t make much sense to her either, but she was grasping at straws in an attempt to get Semaj to open up and tell her what was truly going on. The two of them had never had a problem with communication, and Ellen believed that Semaj had shared with her his deepest secrets and feelings. She’d often remarked to her friends and coworkers that Semaj wasn’t just Mr. Right, he was also Mr. Do Right. Ellen sincerely believed, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he’d always do what was right.

However, she no longer felt that way as she’d witnessed him do a lot of wrong in a few short weeks. While he may not have been having an affair with Gwen, Ellen knew for sure that he’d lied to her about knowing her and spending time with her. The man that she once could set her watch by had missed appointments, ignored phone calls, and totally dropped out of sight for days. Worst of all, the calm demeanor that she’d grown to love, no matter the crisis, had dissipated into thin air. Semaj was edgy, irritable, and downright mean to her. During the entire time that she’d known him, Ellen had rarely heard him raise his voice, yet he’d snapped at and yelled at her several times in the past week. His anger reminded her of Reggie, and that was a comparison she hated to make.

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