What's Blood Got to Do With It? by Shelia E. Bell

Author:Shelia E. Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: betrayal, secrets, autism, dysfunctional, family relationships, family and relationships, multicultural issues, dysfunctional familes, multicultural fiction, dysfunctional relationship, betrayal anger and bitterness revenge, multicultural chick lit, betrayals of the heart, dysfunctional christian, multicultural love, betrayal of the heart
Publisher: Shelia E. Bell

Chapter 12

“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” F. Dostoevsky

Bleak completed one of several projects he had been working on the past several days. The pounding rain always made him a little lazy, so he neatly gathered up his materials and put them away.

He sat down in front of the picture window and started thinking about Adanya. He didn’t quite know what to make of her. She intrigued him. He liked the way she talked, her smile, her intellect, not to mention she was gorgeous.

He was not the kind of guy that played the field or juggled women like some of his friends. He made it a practice to date one woman at a time. His stepfather told him that trying to juggle women would cause nothing but trouble and confusion, and playing the field only meant he’d be setting himself up to be kicked to the curve. Someone would get hurt in the long run. ‘Being a man means being responsible,’ he’d told Bleak many times. ‘It means respecting yourself, as well as the other person.’”

His stepfather had been a part of his life for ten years,

but his mother said she’d known him for thirteen years. Now Bleak was twenty-five years old, doing his own thing, but still holding on to the principles his stepfather taught him.

Bleak’s biological father had been in and out of the penitentiary for as long as Bleak could remember. This last prison sentence he received was for ten to twenty-five years. He wrote his daddy occasionally, and at least twice a year Bleak forced himself to make the trek to Texas State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Walls Unit," to visit him. He hated to go behind the steel walls, but he wanted to be the best son he could be, and treat his father the way God treated him - with forgiveness.

When his mother first introduced Bleak to his stepfather, he was apprehensive about his mother dating a black man, but she reminded him that God is no respecter of persons. Plus, the fact that his stepfather seemed to act like the sun and moon rose and set on his mother, made Bleak accept the man quite easily.

Bleak switched his thoughts away from his family and flipped them back on Adanya. He studied his phone carefully, and Adanya’s name was at the top of his Contacts list.

He dialed her number, not knowing what he was going to say if she answered.

Adanya answered. “Hello,”

“Hi, are you and Snoopy okay over there?”

“Yep, why do you ask?”

“This storm doesn’t seem like it’s about to let up.”

“I know. Thanks for thinking about us.” A loud crack of thunder and a giant flash of lightning startled Adanya. She screamed into the phone.

“Hey, you okay?” he asked again.

“That sounded like something was struck by lightning.” Instantly, she was surrounded by darkness. “Hey, did your lights just go out?”

“Yeah, they did.” Another round of thunder roared.

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