The Lip Gloss Chronicles: Vol. 4 Secrets Untold: Vol. 4 Secrets Untold by Shelia M. Goss

Author:Shelia M. Goss [Goss, Shelia M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Urban, African American, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781599832227
Google: 8XSLd-PRsV8C
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2011-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

24

Dion never answered my question about how he could betray his friend, but I didn’t press him to do so either. We talked for a few more minutes before my mom made an excuse to come back outside.

“Dear, we need to meet your father at six so, Dion, another time. Maybe.”

“Next time, I would like to see Porsha by myself. You don’t always have to be present.”

“For now, maybe I should be here.”

“Mom, it’s okay. We’ve talked. I think it’ll be all right.”

“Okay. Fine. Whatever. When do you want to see her again?” my mom asked, holding on to her purse tightly.

“Next weekend, if that’s okay.” Dion looked at me.

My mom responded, “Uh, this can’t be an every weekend thing. We do have a family too, you know.”

“Not every weekend but at least every other weekend, until we get comfortable with one another.”

“Maybe once a month.”

“Every other weekend,” he insisted.

“People, I’m standing right here. I’m not a six-year-old. I’m about to be sixteen,” I yelled.

“What do you want to do?” Dion asked.

“I don’t know. Let’s play it by ear. I want to go to a basketball game Friday, so can you pick me up Saturday instead?” I asked.

“Saturday morning, it is,” he agreed.

“Now that we have that out of the way, let’s go, Porsha.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Porsha, you can call me during the week if you like. Anytime.”

“Okay, Dion. I’ll call you if I feel like talking.”

I walked back in the house to go through the front door.

My mom was fast on my heels. “Slow down,” she said.

“Well, you were the one who was ready to go,” I said.

She turned the alarm on the car off, and we both got in the car.

“We really don’t have to meet Trey. I was just rescuing you,” my mom said.

“I didn’t need rescuing. We were actually having a nice conversation.”

“Oh, really?” She sounded disappointed.

I hated it for her, but it wasn’t my fault she found herself in this situation. She got on me about being honest, when she had been lying to me all my life.

Once we got back home, I wanted to be by myself, so I went to my room and closed the door. Cole called several times, and so did Danielle and Tara. I avoided all of their calls until later that night. I sent everybody a text saying I wasn’t feeling well and that I would see them all at school. Cole didn’t sound too pleased with my response, but oh well . . . I wasn’t in the mood to explain my situation to him. Maybe tomorrow, but tonight I needed to spend time by myself—me and my thoughts.

My mind tried to figure out the puzzle of my life. Dion seemed okay with me calling Trey Dad. Trey seemed okay with me wanting to get to know Dion. My mom didn’t seem too happy about it but was only going along with the program because she’d messed up by keeping a huge secret. I could have an attitude with Dion about everything, but he didn’t know I existed.

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