Some Wounds Never Heal by Rhonda M. Lawson

Author:Rhonda M. Lawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2012-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Reggie?”

Reggie glanced over his shoulder at the sight of a moderately attractive, brown-skinned woman sporting an extremely short haircut. She wore ripped jeans and an Obama ’08 T-shirt. She looked slightly familiar, but he couldn’t place the face.

“Yes?”

Her smile morphed into a playful pout as she placed her hands on her hips and poked out her lip. “Don’t tell me you don’t remember me. Has stardom made you forget about the little people?”

His eyes darted back and forth as he searched his mental date book. He wasn’t much of a player, so she couldn’t be somebody he’d met on the road. Then again, those couple years before he married Nikki, when he had formed his core set of women, or his A squad, as he liked to call them, might be catching up with him.

“Boy, I really don’t believe you!” the woman exclaimed, still smiling. “It’s Shannon. Shannon Gold from Tulane?”

A glimmer of recognition finally made its way to Reggie’s eyes. He smiled and pulled her into a hug. “Woman, what’s up with you?”

“Everything is everything,” she replied, laughing and returning the hug. “You living in Atlanta again? I remember you’re from here.”

“No, just waitin’ out the hurricane,” he said, leaning against a store window. His eyes landed on DeShawn, who was busy inspecting new Wii games at the Game-Stop across from them. “My man and I are heading back to the N.O. in another day or so.”

Shannon followed his gaze. “That your little man?”

“Yep, that’s my shadow,” he replied. “What about you? You got any kids?”

“Twin girls,” she said proudly. “They’re twelve. Dale and I got married right after we graduated from Tulane.”

“I remember Dale. He’s a good dude.”

“Yes, he is. He’s an engineer at AGL Resources.”

“Looks like you two made out pretty well. I’m happy for y’all.”

“Thanks, boo. What about you? Did you and that girl Alexis ever work things out after college?”

Reggie chuckled. “It has been a long time since we talked. Lex and I never got back together when we broke up. We actually lost touch until about a year ago. She’s doing pretty well for herself, though. She still lives in New Orleans and runs a pediatrics clinic.”

“Wow. Who would have ever thought?” Shannon mused. “Don’t tell me you’ve been single all these years.”

“Nope,” he replied and pointed at DeShawn. “I was married to his mother almost the whole time I was in the NFL. We got divorced a few months ago.”

“Oh, sorry to hear that.”

“Don’t be. I’m not.”

They laughed together and spent the next few minutes sitting on a nearby bench, catching up on old times. Besides the occasional interruption by an autograph seeker, Reggie momentarily felt like a regular guy talking with an old friend. No worries about hurricanes. No one begging him to endorse a product. No one asking for money. No arguments with the ex-wife, and no pressure to get married again.

“You know, there’s a few of us here from New Orleans,” Shannon said. “We get together on Sundays to watch the football games.

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