The Score by Demetrius Sewell

Author:Demetrius Sewell [Sewell, Demetrius]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ZachEvans Creative LLC
Published: 2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

“Are you there?”

It was late Sunday afternoon, and Tatum gave a quick silent prayer before answering the caller. She dumped the dirty laundry next to the washing machine. “Yes Myra, I’m here.”

Myra paused so long Tatum started thinking she wasn’t there.

“What are you doing on Thanksgiving?” her cousin asked.

“Let me think.” Tatum pretended to consider the question. Weeks ago, her plan had been to celebrate Thanksgiving with Seth, but now that was nixed. She would have probably crashed Karla’s family gathering like most losers without anywhere to go.

She sighed. “I don’t have any plans.”

“Good.”

“Good?” She reached for the detergent box.

“Grandma wants you to join us for Thanksgiving dinner,” Myra excitedly told her.

Surprised, she dropped the box. It landed on her bare foot. She grabbed the end of the machine and bit her lip trying not to scream in her cousin’s ear.

“Are you there?”

Once the sharp pain became a dull ache, she finally answered, “I’m here.”

“Will you join us? Everyone will be there, so you don’t have to be afraid. Me, Reggie, and Angela will be there.”

She listened to Myra babble, not understanding what was really happening. Myra made it sound like nothing had ever happened. Tatum couldn’t believe her grandmother would suddenly want her there.

“Wait, what caused her change of heart?”

“She was talking with Mrs. Lois, you know the one who lives…”

“I know who you’re talking about.” Tatum waved her hand, wishing her cousin would get to the point.

“Well, they were talking about Uncle Tate and Grandma said she was embarrassed she couldn’t answer anything about his daughter—you.”

“So now she cares because someone else cares?” Frustrated, she lifted the washing machine lid.

Myra pleaded, “Come on, Tatum, give her a chance. She’s trying. Last time we were watching her soaps, she saw an interracial couple and didn’t say anything.”

“Oh wow.”

“Tatum don’t be like that. She’s trying.”

Needing time to think about the situation, Tatum began dumping the laundry in the machine. She tried to think about what her therapist would say, but she drew a blank. Seth. She’d given him a chance against her better judgment and look what had happened? And then Karla. She’d trusted her and…

“Tatum, are you there?”

“Yes, I’m here.” She tapped on the machine, trying to get her mind to move in a better direction. She envisioned her grandmother, uncle and aunt and waited for the dread to overcome her. It didn’t. She waited for the small voice to tell her to run. It didn’t surface.

She sighed, seeing it as a sign. All those things had happened when she met Seth. Even before she’d met Seth. And everything had turned into a disaster. Maybe Seth had come into her life to guide her back to her family. That they were right. Seth had proved that.

Tatum stopped dumping the clothes in the machine. “Yes, I’ll go.”

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