Sinsatiable by Shelia E. Lipsey

Author:Shelia E. Lipsey [Lipsey, Shelia E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, General
ISBN: 9781601629395
Google: G_lWPgAACAAJ
Amazon: B004S7BD4I
Publisher: Urban Christian
Published: 2009-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Ever since her father’s death three and a half weeks ago, Aisha had retreated into an impenetrable shell. She hadn’t been to her dance studio or The Lynx. She refused to answer her phone calls or listen to messages. Not even the sound of Elisa and Jason pressing down on her doorbell day after day could bring her from her self induced reclusiveness. Only Tameria was able to get in the apartment and that’s because the two of them kept a key to each other’s apartments for emergencies.

When Tameria arrived she moved slowly around Aisha’s apartment. Garbage overflowed from the trash can. The bathroom had a stench that had begun to permeate out in the hallway. The bedroom made Tameria think of a militarized war zone.

Aisha was sprawled across the bed with her head face down and her arms dangling over the side.

“Aisha, come on girl, get up. You need to take a shower or a bath. It’ll make you feel better. Please don’t make me call Chase to help get you in the tub,” Tameria threatened her. To Aisha, the words coming from Tameria sounded like the glob, glob, glob of the character Charlie Brown’s parents.

Aisha’s mother hadn’t talked to her since the funeral. She was swallowed up in her own grief and still blamed Aisha for not being at her father’s side when he died. She believed Aisha had put her mysterious part time job before everything, including her dying father and she refused to have anything to say or do with her daughter. One week after her husband died, Sandra packed her bags, closed up the house and moved back to her home town of Little Rock, Arkansas. She wanted to be as far away as she could from the painful memories, not to mention the daughter she believed had betrayed Benjamin.

After much poking and prodding, Tameria managed to convince Aisha to take a hot shower. While Aisha was in the bathroom, Tameria started to clean up her room. She started by pulling the dingy covers from Aisha’s bed. Her eyes became glued to the brown glass vial lying underneath Aisha’s pillow. She looked over her shoulder to see if there was any sign of Aisha before she opened the vial and poured out a tiny portion of the white powder. After placing some of it on her tongue, within seconds the tip of her tongue started to become numb. Oh my God, no, not Aisha, she whispered to herself when her suspicions were confirmed. No wonder she’s lost so much weight and barely eats. She’s using drugs. Tameria fell back on the bed and silent tears fell from her eyes. She hurt at the thought of what Aisha had gotten herself involved in. Losing her father had been tough on Aisha. The two of them had been thick as thieves. But why had she turned to drugs? Tameria couldn’t understand any part of this whole nightmare she’d stumbled on to. Aisha had always been the strong minded one.

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