True To The Game III by Teri Woods

Author:Teri Woods [Woods, Teri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller

Mommie Dearest

Quadir strolled through the back door of his home, nearly scaring his mother to death.

“Quadir!” She rushed to him and embraced him tightly. “What are you doing here? You know you shouldn’t be here! If someone sees you…”

“It’s okay, Mama.” Quadir nodded. “I just wanted to drop by and see you.”

“Quadir, if you needed to see me, you could have just left the code, and I would have met you at the meeting place.”

“I know. I just wanted to see you right now. I didn’t feel like waiting.”

Mrs. Richards exhaled. “Qua, boy, what’s the matter?”

Quadir shook his head.

“This better not be about that damn money.”

“Not really.”

“Not really?” She placed her hands on her hips. “What does that mean?”

“It’s about Gena.”

Mrs. Richards turned back to her dirty dishes. “What about Gena?”

“She woke up.”

Mrs. Richards froze. “And?”

“She knows it was me who rescued her.”

She turned toward her son. “She knows you’re alive?”

Quadir nodded.

“And so, what’s next?”

Quadir shrugged. “That’s the problem. I can’t answer that question.”

“Well, you know I can’t answer it for you. So if it’s those kinds of answers you’re looking for, you’ve come to the wrong place. There’s a mirror behind you. Turn around, and ask away, because that’s the only person who can give you the answers you’re looking for.”

Quadir smiled. She was as blunt as always. And just as truthful. But like all of her truths, this one was also filled with many other truths. He had come here to find an answer, and he knew that she had the key to unlock the code that was keeping him from finding peace.

“Amelia says hi,” Quadir said.

“Nice girl.” Mrs. Richards faced her son. “I really like her. Nice, polite, honest, straightforward, smart. And a doctor, making her own money. What’s not to like?” She turned back to her dishes and continued washing them.

Quadir nodded. “She does have everything going for her.”

“Nice girl.”

“You said that already.”

“Did I?”

“You did.”

“Hmm.”

“Another hmm.”

“Are you two getting serious?”

“I don’t know.”

“Why don’t you know?”

“I don’t know that either.”

“Are you sure you don’t know?” Viola asked with a knowing smile.

“A lot of loose ends to wrap up, I guess. I want to make sure one door is closed before I open up a new one.”

“Wise to always do.”

Quadir seated himself at the table and lowered his head to his arms.

“Sometimes doors are hard to close, son,” she told him. “Sometimes, there’s so much behind those doors that our heart won’t let us close them.”

“What if it has to be closed?”

“It’s hard to say good-bye to the ones we love.”

Quadir remained silent.

“You do love her, don’t you?”

Quadir lifted his head and turned toward her.

“I mean, it takes a lot for someone, especially my son, to hang up his playboy hat, and actually settle down. She must have really been something special for you to have done that. I used to wonder what was so special about Gena that could make you do that.”

Quadir remained silent.

“Do you remember, son?”

“Remember what?”

“What was so special about her that made you want to settle down and be with her?”

Quadir lowered his head.

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