The Prodigal Son by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Author:Kimberla Lawson Roby [Roby, Kimberla Lawson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: African American, Christian, Contemporary Women, Fiction
ISBN: 9781455526130
Google: gyMtnwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1455526134
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-05-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Matthew opened his eyes, trying to focus them, and realized he’d slept on the sofa—again. He certainly wasn’t doing it because it was comfortable or because he wanted to, but he also couldn’t take Racquel. Thursday night when he’d gotten home from the bowling alley, she’d been passed out drunk on the bed and then last night when Matthew had gotten home from spending the entire evening with MJ and Aunt Emma, she’d stumbled in after eleven, trying to seduce him. Her advances hadn’t worked this time, though, and he couldn’t remember ever feeling more disgusted. She’d looked and smelled like a drunken streetwalker, and he’d pushed her off of him. He’d expected her to react violently, but instead, she’d laughed at him, wobbled into their room and fallen onto the bed.

He was so tired of this, and though he’d decided it would be best to wait until she wasn’t around, he knew it was time he set a date to move out. It was amazing, too, how he’d seemed to find more courage to do so after seeing Stacey at the bowling alley. He’d tried not to think about her, because he knew he was a married man, but the truth of the matter was, he’d found himself sitting at work yesterday daydreaming about her. He’d visualized himself picking her up and taking her out on a date, and then he’d imagined what it would feel like to be with her romantically. He knew his thoughts were sinful and that his fleshly desires were wrong, but he couldn’t shake them. Maybe it was because he hadn’t tried and because fantasizing about Stacey gave him a warm feeling and placed a natural smile on his face.

Matthew tossed the blanket away from him and stood up. He went into the bathroom, and though seeing an almost-comatose Racquel was the last thing he wanted to do, he pushed the bedroom door open and looked at her. She still had on every stitch of clothing that she’d worn out to the club, and the room stank like a brewery. He wondered what the heck she’d been drinking and how much of it because this was worse than what he’d smelled those times his mom had gotten drunk. Not to mention, Racquel was still driving around endangering people. This bothered Matthew more than anything, and he’d called her parents yesterday morning to tell them about it. They were worried sick, but like him, they didn’t know how to stop her. Matthew had suggested that maybe they needed to try another intervention, but when they’d both gotten quiet, he’d realized they weren’t all that interested in hearing her scream at them and blast them for all their past mistakes.

He closed the door all the way shut, went back into the living room, and picked up his phone. He turned on the television so that there would be background noise, just in case Racquel woke up. Then he dialed Stacey. As he, Jonathan, and

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