Home Again by Wanda B Campbell

Author:Wanda B Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: relationships, family, christian fiction, inspirtational
Publisher: Micah 6:8 Books

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“Do you want me to take her?” I heard Darnell ask me the question, but instead of responding, I shifted my irritable daughter to the opposite arm. The heat combined with teething had Miracle in a fussy mood. The heat and humidity didn’t bother me. I was just as numb as I was five hours ago when I collapsed in the park. I felt Miracle squirming in my arms, but my thoughts were on the sickly woman I’d met in the park.

“Lorna, honey, let me take her and you lie back down,” Darnell suggested. “You’ve had a rough day.”

I gazed longingly into Darnell’s eyes and silently thanked God for blessing me with a wonderful husband. Today, like always, he’d been my rock. Huffing and puffing, he chased me down and held me while I cried then carried me to the car. When we returned to Aunt Marie’s house he removed my shoes and laid me on the bed. I lay there in the fetal position until my aunt returned with Miracle.

“Thank you, but—”

“Haven’t y’all heard of Ambesol out in California?” Aunt Marie barged into the spare bedroom.

“I forgot I have some in the diaper bag.” I patted the baby’s back in an attempt to quiet her while Darnell reached for the bag.

“Give me that baby,” Aunt Marie ordered. With one arm, she took the baby and with the other, she yanked the diaper bag from Darnell. “I told you earlier that your parents don’t know nothin’ about taking care of a baby,” I heard her tell Miracle as she shuffled through the bedroom door.

If I wasn’t mentally drained, my aunt’s behavior would be amusing. For someone who lacked biological children, Aunt Marie had a natural mother-wit. What she didn’t have was a loose tongue, at least not when it came to me. Aunt Marie could keep a secret tighter than Fort Knox.

“It wasn’t my business to tell,” she’d said when I asked her why she didn’t tell me about Lorina’s condition. “Besides, whenever I mentioned Lorina, you’d go into conniptions, talking about how much you hate her.”

I ignored the truth and pressed her. “You should have told me. She is my sister.”

“She was your sister the last eight years you hadn’t spoken to her too,” Aunt Marie retorted. “You need to talk to her. People make mistakes and things aren’t always as they appear.”

“Just tell me what’s wrong with her.” I want the painless way out.

Firm brown hands gripped my shoulders and dark brown eyes seared my resistance. “Ask her. Sit down and have a talk with your sister.” I knew the moment I recognized her in the wheelchair, Lorina and I would have a heart-to-heart talk before I left Chicago. I prayed my heart could handle what her mouth would reveal.

Darnell joined me on the bed and held me. A comfortable silence hovered over us. “I can’t do this,” I whispered.

The large firm hands around my exhausted body constricted. “You can do all things through Christ, even forgive your sister.

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