The Side Effects of You by Anna Black

Author:Anna Black [Black, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-06-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

Andrea

“Thank you, Lord,” I said aloud at Sunday’s service.

I sat in the front, where I normally sat, in the seat that was reserved for the head pastor’s wife. I rose to my feet and praised my God and asked Him to free me from the drama and confusion I had going on with Jeremiah, and to forgive me for the adulterous acts I had going on with Quentin.

He and I were close again, and we made love as often as we could. I knew I was wrong, but I was in love with him. I couldn’t resist him, and I prayed and asked God to have mercy on me. I knew God didn’t excuse sins, so there was no way for me to dare ask Him to consider how I felt, because, truthfully, that didn’t matter. Doing right by the Lord was the way we were supposed to live.

“Ain’t God all right?” my scandalous husband sang. “God is a good God.” The congregation shouted their amens, hallelujahs, and thank-yous.

I was in the spirit, and not under Jeremiah’s spell, so every time our eyes met, I rolled mine at him.

Jeremiah went on. “Please, please, please, everyone, take a seat. I am just overjoyed right now, and every time I look over at my beautiful wife, the spirit speaks to me, and I just have to hear her angelic voice. My first lady, my love, my heart, my everything, Mrs. Andrea Rochelle Young, please come up here and bless our congregation with a song.”

Everyone applauded.

I used to sing a lot at our church, but I hadn’t sung in a while. I gave Jeremiah a look.

“Come on, baby. I know I’ve put you on the spot, but you need to bless us with that beautiful voice of yours,” he said.

I headed over to the spare mic and took it from the stand. “Praised the Lord, church.” I said. Looking out at everyone, I felt horrible. I stood before all these members under the leadership of my tainted husband, and all I wanted to do was warn everyone. “Pastor Young put me on the spot, and I’m going to get him later for that.” The children of Christ laughed. “But there is a song on my heart that I’d like to sing.” I was a huge Mary Mary fan, and “Yesterday” was one of my favorites. I loved Erica’s and Tina’s voices, but God had given me a set of chords that allowed me to smoke their song.

I opened my mouth to sing, and immediately the musicians caught on to what I was singing and came right in. I sang that song better than I’d ever sung it, and the members of the congregation were on their feet, praising and shouting by the time I was done. I placed the mic back on its stand and made my way back to my seat, and Jeremiah took over. He started twitching and doing head shakes. When he started to do his holy dance, the musicians started to play and let Pastor Young do his dance.

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