The Sunday Only Christian: Still Divas Series Book Three by Joy E.N

Author:Joy, E.N. [Joy, E.N.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Urban Books
Published: 2012-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

“It wasn’t too long ago that if you had invited me over to your house for dinner, I would have thought it was to poison me.” Helen let the forkful of linguini rest just right at her mouth. “You ain’t trying to poison me, are you?” She laughed. Deborah laughed too. Even Deborah’s son, who was sitting in his high chair, laughed, just to be mimicking the adults.

“Girl, no,” Deborah replied. “You done watched too many episodes of Snapped.” They laughed some more. “I can’t say I blame you too much for thinking it though. Heck, had the tables been turned, I probably would have thought the same thing about you. Just to eliminate any concerns, I was just going to invite you out to dinner, but my mom usually keeps my son for me and she and I . . . well . . . Let’s just say I didn’t have a sitter.”

“Oh, I feel you. And I know how it is when mothers try to take their kids out to a restaurant. My sister, Lynn, can never even enjoy the meal she paid for for tending to the kids. Dining out is playtime for those little rug rats.” Helen finally ate her bite of food, chewed, and then added, “But I love my niece and nephew to death. I love all kids to death.”

Taking a bite of her own food, Deborah chewed and chewed on the words Helen had just said. “I hope you don’t mind me asking . . . I mean, I hope I’m not bringing up bad memories, but if you love kids so much, then why did you . . .” Deborah’s words trailed off. She almost wished she hadn’t started her line of questioning, but decided to finish anyway. “Why did you get that abortion? Why didn’t you just have the baby?”

Helen gently placed her fork down on her plate, rested her back against the chair, and thought for a minute.

“I’m sorry. You don’t have to answer that. I should have never brought it up.” Deborah shoveled a couple bites of food into her mouth.

“No, it’s fine. There are not many people I’ve talked to about this, or people who I even can talk to about this.” Helen picked up a napkin, wiped her mouth, then set it back down. “The short version, he used to beat me. The guy who I was pregnant by used to beat me. Then after he’d beat me he’d make up with me by having sex with me. It was usually by force. I ended up pregnant. As much as I loved kids, I knew if I had that baby, I would be making a horrible mistake. Plus, I thought there was a chance that since it was his seed growing inside me, that it might turn out to be a monster too. I couldn’t let that happen. And as you know, I didn’t let that happen.” Helen took a bite of garlic toast. “He never knew about the abortion.

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