Not Good Enough For You by Moses Renée A

Author:Moses, Renée A.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

20

“So, when do we get to meet the lucky woman?” Mom smiled so hard her eyes almost shut.

Zeke and I invited her to sit in the backyard after dinner. If I wanted anything serious with anyone I dated, she had to know first. Mom called it her way of looking out for my best interests. In her mind, my judgment no longer qualified as good enough.

So, her asking when she’d meet Lyric only meant that it’d better be sooner than later. I made the mistake of introducing women to my family that my mother didn’t vet first. None of them were fit for her son.

While I appreciated my mother’s opinion, if I enjoyed a woman’s company, I enforced my grown man status and continue seeing her. Mom silently waited for me to witness what she somehow read in the first few minutes of meeting anyone.

“Lyric doesn’t want to meet you yet. But soon.”

Mom’s smile flattened. “And why not? What does she have to hide?”

Zeke chuckled as I did. “Mom, you’re like the Queen or like the Michele Obama of the church.”

“I’ll take the Michele compliment. Thank you kindly. Now what does that have to do with me meeting a woman who’s dating my child?”

“You can be intimidating. Really, all of you can. She is not sure she’s ready for all of that,” I explained the best way I could.

“So, you’re telling me this woman is scared of us?” She would not let up until she got what she wanted.

“Mom, it’s not like she has a problem with you. She just has some reservations.”

“Elijah, you’re not making any sort of sense. If she’s scared, she has reason to be. Which only means she knows we’ll see right through her. That’s a flag, son.”

“Or it means she thinks you’re going to judge her because you and Dad are church leaders.”

“Tuh!” She crossed her arms over her chest. “Not buying it.”

“Zeke, help me out here,” I pleaded. My brother knew first-hand what I was dealing with.

He wiped his mouth with his napkin. At least one of us could eat. “Remember how Savannah kept getting called in at the hospital whenever you were supposed to meet her?”

Mom pressed her lips together as she thought about it. “Actually, yes, I do. I remember thinking she must’ve really been important to keep having to cancel.”

“She was stalling.”

“That’s not true. After all these years, you’re saying this now? Are you lying for your brother’s girl to look better?”

The both of us laughed at her, pointing in his face. She had that look like the belt would come out next. “I’m telling the truth. Like Lijah said, you and Dad can be a bit intimidating to someone who doesn’t know you.”

“Pops is intimidating regardless,” I corrected him. Mom hit my shoulder as we chuckled at the truth. She married the man. She knew better than anybody.

“I will talk to her about it again. She fears you won’t like her. Being in our family gives off the notion that we aren’t regular people.

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