The Lies: The Lies We Tell About Love, Life, and Everything in Between by Christina C Jones

Author:Christina C Jones [Jones, Christina C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-29T07:00:00+00:00

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“Mama!”

My eyes shot open, but I didn’t sit up.

I wanted to… I really did. But I also wanted to not get up. To never get up.

There it was, without my bidding.

I was in that… grayness, again.

Kyle’s arm draped around my waist didn’t help. In fact, it added another layer of stress to what was already an ugly mood to wake up in. I tried my best to blink back the tears that were quickly forming, without any luck. They were coming, whether I wanted them to or not.

I really don’t want to get up.

“Mama!” Zion called again, and I finally moved, to scrub the moisture from my face. My movement must’ve been the thing to wake Kyle, cause he sat up, looking alarmed as Zion called for me, yet again.

“You want me to see what’s up?” he asked, groggily.

I shook my head as I got up, wiping away fresh tears. “No, I don’t want him to see you here. I’ve got it.”

“But…” he stopped, looking at me with a sympathy that only raised my irritation level as I pulled on a robe to cover the tank top and boy shorts I’d worn to sleep. “You’re crying right now, B. Did I do something?”

“No, Kyle. We’re fine. It’s just… one of those mornings,” I said, drying my face once again before I sucked in a breath, and shimmied my shoulders, temporarily shaking off the negative vibes so that I could address my son.

“Hey baby,” I greeted him, slipping out of the door. He seemed oblivious to the possibility of something being off-kilter, which was exactly what I tried so hard to shield him from. While he was getting ready, I went through the motions too. Brushed my teeth, pulled the braids I’d installed a week ago into a fresh bun, washed my face, all to seem like I was getting ready to go out into the world, when all I really wanted to do was crawl back under my covers and hide.

Twenty minutes later, I sent him out of the door to walk to school with his friend from down the hall, and I braced myself for going back into the room with Kyle, who I expected to find waiting for me with a bunch of annoying questions I didn’t want to answer.

Instead, I found him dressed.

“Rushing out?” I asked, trying to sound nonchalant.

“Nah,” he shook his head. “Just didn’t want you to have to wait on me. I’ll go freshen up while you get dressed.”

I raised my eyebrows. “Dressed? For what?”

“We’re about to go shoot some hoops.”

I couldn’t help it – I laughed. “Kyle… I’m not a basketball player, and I’m not going anywhere anyway. But… you have fun.”

“So… what, you’re just going to hang around here feeling sorry for yourself?” he asked, looking just about as annoyed as I felt by the question.

“Excuse you. I’m going to let that slide since I know you didn’t mean any harm.”

He sucked his teeth. “Don’t let shit slide. I meant exactly what I said.

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