Love Without Limits by Sade C. Morrison

Author:Sade C. Morrison [Morrison, Sade C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Dramas & Plays, United States, African American, Women's Fiction, Drama & Plays
Amazon: B008PFGGH8
Published: 2013-12-10T05:00:00+00:00

Destiny

TWELVE

Destiny sat in the living room with Lemarcus and Spider watching reruns of “Sanford and Son” on TV Land. Every time Redd Foxx said something silly, Spider laughed so hard that he wheezed and his eyes watered a bit. The sight made Destiny chuckle, somehow they were starting to feel like family.

Spider still called Destiny by her mother’s name. It pissed her off at first, but one day, he stood in the kitchen doorway with a sincere expression and said, “Bernice, I know I fucked up real bad. It wasn’t right... us getting together in the first place. You wouldn’t but 19 when I met you and I know I had no business messin’ with you. But the sight of you in the hot pants... Shit! Make a nigga like me get all types of notions.

“I thought I was savin’ you from a life of turnin’ tricks. With your fine chocolate self, you knew the power of pussy. But I wanted to show you something different. I wanted to show you that your life could be more than spreading your legs for chump change. I thought I was doing right by you when I took you in. But I still didn’t have no right being with you. There I was 42 years old... falling in love with a child. Hell, I had babies older than you at the time. Bernice, you was a dime! And I loved you and I wanted to take care of you so that you never had to do nothing you was ashamed of to survive.

“When they locked me up, I just knew that you would quit me. But you did the opposite... letters everyday, visits every weekend. And you brought our baby girl. Destiny is a show-stopper... but I told you I make pretty babies.

“Do you know why I married you? It was my way of holding on to you... holding on to us. But by the time I came home, my head wasn’t right. When I was on the inside, everyday was a fight. Couldn’t trust nobody. And it wore me down. Felt like I wasn’t a man no more. I felt like something God forgot.

“I never meant to lay a hand on you, but something came over me like a storm. When I finally came to and seen what I’d done to you, I couldn’t stand seeing you like that... all them bruises and marks. I done that to you. I didn’t wanna face that. Couldn’t face it. I knew I wasn’t no good for you and that I had to go.

“And this ain’t my way of saying sorry. Only sorry niggas say sorry. That’s a useless word if you ask me. But I just want you to know that I always meant to do right by you and Destiny. And I don’t want no forgiveness. I want to take my emotions to the grave. I deserve to live with that.”

His words brought Destiny close to tears. It saddened her that her mother wasn’t alive for that moment.

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