Revenge of the Mistress by Cydney Rax

Author:Cydney Rax [Rax, Cydney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Finally, their meal was ready. The house smelled like bread, meat, and vegetables, and Nicole was starving. Evelyn fixed her a plate of food, while Nicole sat barefoot at the table thumbing through sales papers from the neighborhood grocery store.

“I can’t believe this store is still around the corner.”

“Yep, sure is. Some things won’t change, while other things are never the same,” Evelyn told her.

“But all of this feels so strange. Sitting at your table. About to eat your food again.” Nicole wanted to laugh even though her emotions made her want to cry.

“When you think about life, it’s not so strange. We all end up back home at some point.”

“I never wanted to return like this, though.”

“God has his way of getting something to happen in your life that you never thought would happen.”

“God has nothing to do with this,” Nicole snapped at her mother.

Evelyn laughed till her shoulders shook. She stopped what she was doing and started singing an old gospel song that Nicole remembered hearing as a child.

It sounded depressing, not encouraging at all. But she let her mother continue to sing until she was done.

Evelyn brought Nicole a glass filled with sweet tea and ice cubes, then she finally sat down and rested her aching feet. It felt good to be in the same room with her child and able to do something for her, even if it was just to feed Nicole. The two women bent their heads and said a blessing. Then they took the first bite of their meal and enjoyed their time together. At first things felt homey, but then they grew awkward.

All while she was traveling through the friendly skies, Nicole had worried whether she’d receive a friendly welcome. She prayed and hoped that this trip would do her some good and provide answers to questions that she had. Nicole was relieved to find her mother in a warm and welcoming mood. Yet as Nicole sipped her tea, she felt angry and very helpless.

“I’m not gonna lie, daughter. I was wondering if you’d ever come back here,” Evelyn told her.

“Mama, like I told you before, I probably was going to visit you at some point, I guess.”

“But troubles get you home quicker than when things are going great, right? Thank God for bad times, or else I might have never seen you again.”

Evelyn’s words cut with a sharpness that filled Nicole with shame. She prayed the woman would cut her some slack, since Nicole clearly remembered how self-righteous she had acted on her wedding day. She knew her mom assumed that it would be a cold day in hell before she ever saw her again.

Nicole apologized and thanked her mom for her hospitality, especially on short notice.

“As I said last night when I called you, Rashad and I had a bad argument. I was itching to get away, and on the spur of the moment, I told Rashad I wanted to take Emmy home with me for a couple of days and that we’d be back on Sunday.

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