Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins

Author:Beverly Jenkins [Jenkins, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780061984136
Google: PEK_r0nnb-IC
Amazon: 0061688401
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

Trent was on his way back from the airport. On the way there he’d called Tamar to tell her what he was doing for Rocky and asked if she’d keep an eye on the boys until he returned. She agreed without giving him the third degree.

Now driving home through the dark, he’d come to the conclusion that this mess with Lily needed to be put to rest. The ongoing feud wouldn’t be good for the kids, Bernadine, or anyone else. Lily was going to be around for who knew how long, and hanging onto a grudge from the past couldn’t be healthy. It was time to move on.

When he walked into Tamar’s, the boys were watching TV.

Seeing him, Amari stood and asked, “Where’d you go?”

“Had to take a friend to the airport. You all ready to head home?”

Tamar came out of the back. “Yes, take them home and let an old lady go to bed.”

They grinned.

She added, “And boys, thanks for your help with the cleanup. We all appreciated it.”

“You’re welcome,” Devon said.

“See you tomorrow,” she told them. “’Night, Trent.”

“’Night, and thanks.”

The boys took their showers, and while Preston and Devon climbed into their sleeping bags, Amari stepped outside, where Trent was sitting on the steps smoking a cigarette.

“You smoke?”

“Trying to quit. First one I’ve had in over a week.”

“That’s good. You stressed?”

Trent turned and studied him silently for a moment. “Maybe.”

“I had a foster mother who was trying to quit, but every time she got stressed she’d light up. What’s up with you and Ms. Lily?”

Trent stared at this remarkable boy. “Nothing. Why’d you ask?”

“Because you watch her all the time when you think nobody’s looking and I saw you two arguing when we were cleaning up.”

“You’re pretty observant.”

“When you steal cars for a living you have to be.”

Trent chuckled and stubbed out the cigarette. “Tell you what. Can you keep an eye on things here while I make a quick run to talk to her?”

“You gonna be gone all night?”

“No. Just a few minutes, then I’m coming right back.”

“Is it about what you were arguing about?”

Trent nodded.

“Okay then, sure, I’ll hold down the fort. Ms. Lily’s hot, you know.”

Trent’s shoulders shook with amusement. “Go inside.”

“You don’t think she’s hot?”

“Go inside, Amari.”

“You think she’s hot too. You just don’t want to admit it.”

“Now.”

Amari finally went inside, and the chuckling Trent walked over to his truck and drove off.

Agnes and Marie were already in bed, but Lily, still blue from her encounter with Trent, was mindlessly watching TV. When the knock on the door sounded, she stared at the time on her watch and got up to see who it could be.

Opening the door she saw Trent framed against the moonlit darkness. Her jaw tightened. “What do you want?”

“To talk. Can you step out here for a minute. Promise I won’t keep you long.”

She nodded and joined him on the porch. “What?”

He didn’t speak for a moment, as if trying to get his thoughts together, then said, “Came over to apologize for the way I acted.

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