Scandalous Truth by Monica P. Carter

Author:Monica P. Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2012-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 43

When Nikki rolled over the next morning, she awoke to find William already gone, and the spot where he had lain was cold. She didn’t like this distance between them, but at least he had stayed home last night. The night had been full of tension, with few words exchanged. If she asked him a direct question, he gave a one-word answer, but it was clear to her he did not want to engage.

Nikki felt bereft at the knowledge William had purposefully left early to avoid talking with her this morning. She stopped short of getting dressed and knelt at the edge of the bed instead. It had been quite a long time since she had spent any time in morning prayer.

She had felt ashamed at her actions and unsure of whether God would hear her. But this morning, her burden was too heavy to carry alone. She opened her mouth to pray, but shut it against the words. God didn’t want to hear from her. Not now. Nikki knelt there for a moment longer then quickly rose. She raced through her morning routine, then got Psalm up, gave the child breakfast and drove her to school.

When Nikki returned home, she tried to work on her thesis, but the phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Nikki Broussard, please,” the voice on the other end said.

“Who is calling?”

“This is The Times, calling about—”

“I have no comment.”

Nikki hung up. The phone rang again, ten minutes later. She checked the caller ID this time, but received no clue as to the identity of the caller, as it read UNKNOWN CALLER.

“Hello?”

“Is this Nikki Broussard?”

“Who is this?” Nikki demanded.

“I am calling to get a comment about a recent story about stolen credit cards. I have a few questions,” the caller explained.

“I have nothing to say about that,” Nikki said.

“But, we just want to give you an opportunity to share your side of the story,” the caller insisted.

“I’m not interested.”

Nikki slammed down the phone. She finally took all the phones off the hook after a fifth call from a reporter, asking for her comment on the credit card fraud story.

I never meant for any of this to happen, she thought.

Nikki gave up on working on her graduate school project for the time being, and instead, went to clean Psalm’s bedroom. She was in the midst of dusting when she heard the doorbell ring. She quickly put the dust cloth aside and walked to the door. “Who is it?”

“This is Amy Collins, with Channel Seven,” the person replied.

Nikki leaned against the door. “Look, will you people please leave me alone! I have no comment.”

“Ma’am, we’d love to get a few quick comments from you, just so you can clear your name.” The person’s voice was insistent. “Just open the door. We can talk.”

“No, just go away!”

“Well, at least take my card,” the woman said.

Nikki sighed. Maybe they would leave her alone if she just grabbed the card. She opened the door and the bright light of a television camera blinded her. She blinked and held up her hands to block the light, stumbling to close the door with her body.

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