Obsidian Faith by Bev Elle

Author:Bev Elle [Elle, Bev]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Women's Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural, Multicultural & Interracial
Amazon: B00NB6EN4Y
Published: 2014-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“Trevor! Oh my God, Trevor, tell me this is some case of mistaken identity. You didn’t really take that money. Did you?”

Trevor was elated to hear Shanice’s voice over the phone, even though she was clearly in some distress over what he’d done, but he couldn’t reassure her otherwise. He also could not go easy on her. Isaiah wanted a clean break so she could have a chance at a normal life—without Trevor in it.

That was a tall order, but Trevor would deliver, because the alternative was seven years of heartache for her.

“Trevor?”

“Hello, Shanice.” He knew his response was lame, but he wasn’t ready to let go right off the bat.

“You’ve been in jail over a month and the first thing you say to me is ‘Hello, Shanice,’ like nothing’s happened?”

“I was doing this for us. Two orphans who got screwed over by the system. Don’t you see? I thought I was smart enough I’d never get caught, but I messed up, okay?”

“Are you even listening to yourself, Trevor? You make it sound like we’re victims, but we stopped being victims the moment we were both adopted by loving families.”

“My loving family died, remember. I had Philip Kyle as a foster parent for three years.”

“Okay, living with Phil hasn’t been a cakewalk, but you were still cared for by us. The years you had with David and Elena had to have made some impact on your life. This isn’t what they taught you. All this comes from Phil’s influence, doesn’t it?”

“That’s just it, Shanice. You had the cakewalk. I had a nightmare.”

“Then why didn’t you let my Dad help you? They asked you so many times about Phil, but you made it seem like everything was okay.”

“Well, that’s neither here nor there, now. I’ve done this and now I have to pay my debt to society.”

“But if you were coerced by Phil, the lawyers can help you.”

“It doesn’t work like that, Shanice. I’m not a minor and I’ve confessed. Phil didn’t write the programs, or move the funds. I did that. Now I have to pay for what I’ve done.”

“Trevor... ” She sniffed, and that gave away that she was crying.

“Shanice, you have to go on with your life.”

“No.”

“Yes. You have to live like you never knew me, because I’m going to be here awhile.”

“I’ll wait for you.”

“No, you won’t. If you care about me, you’ll do this for me.”

“No, Trevor. I love you, I can’t let you go through this alone. One for each other and each other for one... right?”

“No, Shanice. That was a dream. A fantasy created by two poor little orphan kids who’ve now grown out of it. This is the real world now, and you and I have to live in it.”

“Trevor, please.” She said this through a gut wrenching sob.

“It’s for your own good. You have a bright future ahead of you. Don’t snuff it out for a convict.”

“You are not a convict and I’ll never think of you that way.”

“Yes, I am, and I have the number to prove it.

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