Something Noble by William Kowalski

Author:William Kowalski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2012-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“You did what?”

Ernest’s voice goes so high I think he’s going to crack a window. We’re in my bedroom, talking. It’s the first time he’s been in here since we split up, and it’s going to be the last too. Ernest has been watching Dre and Marco for me. I brought him in here to tell him what just happened with LeVon. I don’t want the boys to hear.

“I had to,” I say. “I had to reach out to him. I can’t ask him over and then not tell him where I live. He’ll come when he’s ready.”

“Yeah, but Linda,” says Ernest, “if this guy is as dangerous as you say he is, you just invited him to break in and rob you.”

Ernest doesn’t even know that LeVon has already robbed me once. I wonder what he would say to that.

“There’s nothing to rob!” I yell. I wave my arms around the room. “Take a look. What do you see? I got a clock radio. Some clothes. A picture of Jesus on the wall. Go out in the living room. I got an old television and an Xbox. That damn Xbox is the most valuable thing I own. It’s worth more than my car! And he can have that. Maybe then the boys will spend more time on homework.”

“What if he breaks in anyway?” says Ernest. “Then what do you do?”

“I guess I gotta worry about that when it happens,” I say.

“Look,” says Ernest. “I’m willing to help you through this. I said I would and I mean it. But you gotta check with me first before you do things like this. You’re just making things worse.”

“I don’t have to check with you about anything. Besides, I told you, Ernest. LeVon is probably the only person in the city who can help Dre. Maybe the only person in the whole world, for all I know. I got no other choice. I just need to get through to him.”

Ernest can see I’m starting to get upset. The thought of losing Dre is killing me.

“Yeah, I know,” he says. “I understand. But listen. You gotta let me stay here tonight.”

“What? Uh-uh. No way.”

“What if he comes here at two in the morning, trying to get in?” Ernest says.

“Ernest, you’re the one who’s always trying to get in,” I say. “You’re always looking for some way to get back together with me.”

He looks sheepish.

“So?” he says. “Can you blame me?”

Well, he’s got a point there. We never want anything as bad as the thing we had and didn’t appreciate.

“I wouldn’t mind so much if you weren’t the one who left in the first place!” I say.

“That’s not true,” he says. “You threw me out!”

“I had no choice!” I say. “She was calling the house ten times a day! I got my self-respect, you know! I told you, I can put up with a lot, but not with that!”

“Baby, not a day goes by I don’t wish I could take it all back,” he says.

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