My Son's Ex-Wife: The Aftermath by Shelia E. Lipsey

Author:Shelia E. Lipsey [Lipsey, Shelia E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2011-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Assumptions are the termites of relationships.”

~Henry Winkler~

Stiles was on pins and needles, hoping and praying that Mrs. Jackson passed his number to Rena and that Rena would call him. It didn’t register to him that it’d been barely twenty hours since he contacted Rena’s parents. She had to give her the number, she just had to. Stiles taught his morning class and went back home to do some much needed paperwork. He was glad he was off work from the church today. It gave him time to do some real soul searching and praying about God’s will.

He was surprised when he received a call from Detria. She wanted to know if he had talked to his father yet.

“Yes, I talked to him. And of course, he’s fine with it. It’s my mother who’s going to give you the downright blues. She’s a force to be reckoned with.”

“I believe I understand. It’s difficult for someone who was once so energetic and outgoing to suddenly become paralyzed and unable to basically do anything for themselves. Imagine your whole way of living being stopped, turned upside down and around. It’s no wonder she’s anxious and depressed.”

“My, my, you do understand, don’t you? So many of my mother’s friends have stopped coming to see her, or even calling. I think they don’t know what to say or do since Mother has practically turned her back on them. Mother seems to believe that if she can’t share the same kind of friendship with them that she used to, she completely pushes them out of her life. It’s hard to see my mother become more isolated and cut off from the world.”

“I’ve worked around all kinds of people in my profession. You’d be surprised as to how important it is to continue to feed the body with nutritious foods that in turn can help boost the brain, the metabolism, the whole works.”

“You really know your stuff, don’t you?” Stiles sounded impressed.

“I’m just saying, if we paid more attention to what we ingest, we would be in much better shape, mentally, physically, and emotionally.”

“You’re in charge then. When do you want to start working with my parents?” asked Stiles.

“This afternoon, when I get off work, unless it’s too soon,” answered Detria.

“Okay, let me give you my parents’ phone number. My father is expecting your call, but I’ll call him now so he’ll know that you’ll be there this afternoon.”

“Okay. Have a great rest of the day,” said Detria.

“You too, talk to you later,” replied Stiles and ended the call. He called his father and told him what Detria had said and that she would be coming to their home later this afternoon.

By the afternoon, Stiles had completed a full day’s work. He was more on edge than ever after he didn’t receive a call from Rena. He focused his attention on Detria and decided to drive to Emerald Estates to see how things were going with her and his parents.

Upon his arrival, Pastor greeted him with a pat on the back.

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