Pay Day by ReShonda Tate Billingsley & Richelle Denise

Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley & Richelle Denise [Billingsley, ReShonda Tate & Denise, Richelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781625178312
Publisher: Brown Girls Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Raquelle

Angelique and I had two separate hotel rooms, which didn’t really make sense to me on a girl’s trip. But she’d said we were millionaires and millionaires didn’t share rooms. I didn’t know if it was the money or the weight loss, but Angelique was turning into someone I didn’t know. Like the trip here, she’d worn a catsuit. Who the heck still wore catsuits?

When we arrived at the hotel, we decided that we both needed to freshen up before we went to hang out. Angelique said Antonio told her that he wouldn’t be able to meet up to go out with us unless they were dismissed from their meetings early, so we planned to have a night out on the town.

I felt guilty for leaving my children at home with my mom, especially Shaun. It was easier for her to stay at my house because Shaun needed to do his dialysis treatments at night while he slept.

No sooner than I’d placed my luggage down in the hotel room, I dialed my mom’s cell phone number.

“What do you need, Honey? We’re fine,” she answered.

“No hello?” I chuckled.

My mom laughed. “Nope. I knew you’d be calling. When the phone rang I told Shaun it was you before I even picked it up.”

“What are you all doing?”

“Tiana is on that phone probably taking more pictures of herself to put on the Internet. And, Shaun and I are playing cards.”

“Ma, please make sure he doesn’t drink too much, and he won’t tell you when he gets sleepy, he’ll just try to stay up. Don’t let him. He needs to get in his bed and do his dialysis treatment. Don’t forget he has to do it for eight hours so he’ll need to go to bed early enough.”

I couldn’t think of anything else I needed to remind her of. I just hadn’t been away from Shaun in the evenings at any time during the one-month time period that he’d began doing his dialysis at home. Even though I knew my mom would take excellent care of my children, no one could care for them like me.

“Raquelle, honey go ahead and enjoy yourself. We will be fine. I promise Shaun will be in one piece when you return.”

I sighed and took a sip of the bottled water I’d been holding in my hand. “Okay, I’ll try to call you guys later. We are going to go out and grab a bite to eat.”

“It’s already after seven. Go eat, hang out, and enjoy yourself. We will just talk to you in the morning before we go to church.”

I took a deep breath, realizing how grateful I was to have a supportive mom. “You’re right. It will be late when we get back. I’ll go ahead and talk to them both now.”

I spoke to Shaun and my mom pried Tiana away from her phone long enough for me to tell her goodnight as well.

Once we hung up, I touched up my eyeliner and coated my eyes with a few coats of mascara.

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