The Reverend's Wife by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Author:Kimberla Lawson Roby [ROBY, KIMBERLA LAWSON]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / African American - Contemporary Women, Fiction / African American - Christian, Fiction / Contemporary Women
ISBN: 9781455506101
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2012-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Curtis pulled into the driveway, waited for the garage to open, and eased inside. Curtina gathered her bags—those she could carry on her own—and got out. Curtis told her he would get the large one she’d left on the seat. She went inside the house, and Curtis opened the back door of the vehicle. When he did, his phone rang.

“Hello?”

“I thought you were going to call me?”

Curtis wondered why Sharon was contacting him, especially since she knew it was in the evening and he’d likely be at home. Not to mention, he had always pretty much been the one to do all the calling, anyway. “I had a busy afternoon, and now I’m just getting home from the mall with my daughter.”

“Can I see you?”

“Not tonight.”

“Then when?”

“I don’t know.”

“I really need to see you, baby.”

Curtis wondered what had gotten into her. “I’ll try to call you later, but right now I need to go.”

“Why?”

“I told you. I just got home.”

“Okay, then what time?”

“Can’t say.”

“Please don’t leave me hanging.”

Curtis sighed. “I’ll call you sometime tonight.”

“I’ll be waiting, baby.”

Curtis pulled the shopping bag from the truck and went inside the house, but he was dumbfounded. He wasn’t sure why Sharon had turned into this woman he didn’t know, but he didn’t like it. First, she’d showed up at the deli earlier and now she was calling him like it was nothing. She acted as though he could talk anytime and as if he weren’t married. He knew it had been wrong to chat with her in secret, too, but he also thought they’d had an understanding. He’d been sure she understood the rules, but maybe she didn’t. Or maybe she no longer saw a reason to abide by them, now that he’d made the mistake of visiting her again. Worse, she was acting as though they had in fact slept together, because it was usually then that mistresses seemed to lose their minds and suddenly believed they had rights—the right to call a married man whenever they felt like it as well as the right to disrespect the man’s wife any way they saw fit. But Sharon had seemed different. For a full year now, she’d been calm and pleasant, and that was part of the reason he enjoyed talking to her. She even made him laugh and offered him the best support and encouragement whenever he needed it. So this new personality of hers was mind-boggling and so out in left field. It didn’t make any sense, and if she didn’t become her old self, he would have to cut her off completely.

Curtis looked up when Matt walked into the kitchen. “Hey, son.”

“What’s up, Dad?”

“Not much. You studying?”

“Yep, and Racquel’s upstairs doing the same thing, so I just came to get us some sodas. We need caffeine already.”

Curtis chuckled. “I remember those days, and as much as I hate telling you, it gets worse in college.”

“Ugh.”

“It’ll be worth it, though. You’ll see.”

Matthew went back upstairs, but just as Curtis walked down the hallway to his office, Charlotte strutted toward him, and he could tell she was livid.

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