Grown Folks Business by Victoria Christopher Murray

Author:Victoria Christopher Murray [Murray, Victoria Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Married Women, Gay, Christian Fiction, Christian, Businesswomen, Family Life, Domestic Fiction, Triangles (Interpersonal Relations), African American, African American Women, Literary, Gay Men, Religious Fiction
ISBN: 9780743270977
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2004-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Sheridan watched the neighborhood darken as light after light faded from each house, leaving the View Park homes blanketed in the midnight blackness.

She turned from the window and glanced at the Bible on her bed. More than seven hours had passed since she’d hurried into the house and rested in her bedroom with her Bible. Her children had ordered pizza as she’d spent hours reading her favorite scriptures and asking God to lead her to others. And then more hours passed as she meditated on what she’d read.

This afternoon she’d walked into her home in a knot of confusion. But now clarity filled her. It had come almost with the first scripture she’d read: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.” She had prayed for God to give her wisdom—to do right by Him, to do right by Tori and Christopher, to do right by Quentin.

Then she’d spent hours searching, reading, and rereading. More hours praying, meditating, and praying some more. And the answer had come to her. But she’d stayed in her place, in the peace she’d found with God’s answer. She was sure. She was going to do the right thing for her children and for Quentin.

Sheridan turned off the light and dropped to her knees. “Father, thank you” was all she said. Still she stayed, silently giving thanks that peace had taken the place of confusion, shame, and grief.

Sheridan slipped her bathrobe from her shoulders and climbed into the bed. As she shifted her pillows, she saw her ring.

She stared at it for a moment.

“He’s dead,” she whispered in the darkness. Physically, the man she’d known lived, but the man she’d loved had passed away. She twisted the ring, turning it every way, trying to see the shine that was always there. But in the dark it would not glitter.

She opened the nightstand drawer and placed the ring on top of the tissue box. There was no need to keep it under her pillow anymore. No need to keep it that close to her heart.

She lay down, closed her eyes, and slept. It wasn’t until morning that she realized the stalker who’d invaded her nighttime dreams for weeks had been arrested. The stalker had not come during this night.

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