I Know I've Been Changed by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley [Billingsley, ReShonda Tate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Religious, Fiction, cookie429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9780739463765
Google: PiePPwAACAAJ
Amazon: 1416511989
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2006-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

“That woman is out to get me.” I was sitting on my living room sofa with my legs draped across Myles’s lap. He was engrossed in the paperwork for the new six-thousand-square-foot house we planned to buy and seemed oblivious to my sulking. “I said, Dina is out to get me.” My mind had been swirling since I’d left the office. I had to figure out a way to get rid of Dina.

“Umm-huh,” Myles responded without taking his eyes off the paperwork.

I pushed the paperwork down. “Myles, I need you to listen to me. This is serious.”

“Isn’t everything always serious with you?” He continued reading.

“What is that supposed to mean?” I pulled my legs down and sat up.

“Nothing, just drop it. I’m trying to make sure this contract for the house is right.”

Now, not only was he ignoring me, but he was trying to blow me off. I snatched the paperwork from him. “I’m talking to you, Myles.”

Myles huffed. “Rae, I’m not in the mood for this. I’ve had a very bad day. I want to review this contract, then watch TV in peace.”

I was so sick of this. Myles never had time for me or my problems. I just needed someone to talk to, to vent to. And my own man acted like that was too much of an inconvenience.

“Well, excuse me for being a nuisance.” I stood up and stormed into my exercise room. I half-expected him to stop me. I don’t know why I was surprised when he didn’t.

I stomped over to the treadmill and hopped on. I should have changed into my exercise clothes, but the T-shirt and shorts I was wearing would have to do. I had to blow off some steam—now.

After about twenty minutes on the treadmill, I’d managed to calm down and see the bigger picture. I saw the life Myles and I could have together. The picture-perfect life. The life I dreamed of growing up in Sweet Poke. Two professionals with 2.3 kids. Maybe even a little Pekingese dog. The dream home. The doting mother-in-law. We would have such a normal family. So, in my opinion, it was worth putting up with Myles’s sometimes insensitive ways.

“Rae!”

I heard Myles calling my name, but I ignored him.

“Rae!”

I stopped the treadmill, got off, grabbed a towel, and wiped my face. I then headed to the bedroom without saying a word.

He walked into the bedroom behind me. “Oh, so you’re ignoring me now?”

I cut my eyes at him. “Oh, so you have time for me now?”

Myles walked over and began massaging my neck. “Don’t be like that, baby. I don’t want to fight with you.”

I felt myself melting at his touch. “I needed to talk to you. You never have time to talk to me,” I whined.

Myles eased me down on the bed. “I’m sorry. I’m listening, baby.”

“Never mind, now.”

Myles took a deep breath. “Look, Rae, you wanted to talk, so talk.”

I stared at him. We needed to get some things straight. “Look, Myles, I try to be there for you whenever you need me.

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