we have to take showers early tonight, Bright?” Ryonna asked her. After the big fight that sent Deja to juvenile, Ryonna had pretty much lost all of her neighborhood friends, and now that she had some new nice playmates, she wanted to stay outside longer to finish playing jump rope with them.
“You can play longer with your friends tomorrow, Ray, but I have a lot to do tonight, boo butt. Now go on and get in the bathtub before Deja calls.” The mention of Deja's name instantly made a smile appear across Ryonna's face. Happy, she skipped down the hall to take her bath singing out loud, “I'm gone talk to Deja, I'm gone talk to Deja.” Bright smiled, looking at her little sister. She remembered being a happy-go-lucky little girl just like her before. Then suddenly her smile turned into a frown when unhappy and unwanted memories began to fill her head.
Later on after everybody took their showers, Bright fixed their plates, put them on the table, and told them to come eat while she cleaned the kitchen.
“After y'all finish eating Ray, wipe the table off like mama showed you with the glass cleaner and napkins. And Cordell, since you the next oldest in line, put the movie on y'all agreed to watch and chill until I get back. Don't open the door for anybody, and if Mama calls tell her I'm in the shower and then call me.” Bright said.
“Okay, okay, we will,” Cordell said, with a mouth full of food. “I got's this.”
Bright grabbed her cell phone then ran out to meet up with Terrence. She hadn't seen him since the motel incident, and he said it was important that he speak to her. And since she was low on money she decided she'd give him a few moments of her time. When he pulled up in his black low rider, Bright climbed inside and buckled up. She assumed that since he was driving his cherished low rider, that his truck must have been getting worked on.
“How you feeling, Beautiful?” Terrence asked cautiously as he rubbed his finger down the side of Bright's face.
“I'm alright, I guess,” Bright said, forcing tears to burst from her eyes.
“Look baby, I'ma keep it real with you right now since
everything is out on the table. I am married, and have been for eight years now. Tameka is my high school sweetheart, so yeah, she does mean a lot to me, and a nigga done took her through hell and back, cheating on her and shit. But I ain't been seeing nobody else since me and you been fucking around. I love you and wanna take care of you. Tameka ain't gone be around too much longer no how, so bear with me, Bright, I need you,” he said, becoming misty-eyed.
“So what, that mean you about to divorce her?” Bright asked, looking at him, wondering why his eyes were watering up.
Terrence nodded his head no. “I can’t do that, Bright, Tameka has cancer. She had surgery an er'thing but the shit just keep growing and spreading all over the place. The doctors told us she had two months to live, so understand when I tell you that this shit is complicated. I can't leave her in her time of need, but I don't want to lose you either, so I'm just asking that you bear with me, baby. I got you, you hear me?” he said, pulling over in the alley behind the Shaky's Pizza on Paramount Blvd. and South Street to kiss her lips.
“You should have told me, baby, I would have listened to you and understood. But now you got me feeling like you playing games wit me. And as much as I want to believe you right now, Terrence…I don't, baby,” Bright said, wiping the tear that had formed and leaked from his eye.
“You think I’d be out here crying and shit like a lil bitch for nothing, Bright? This shit fucking hurts my heart! It's tearing me up inside knowing that my wife gone leave this earth soon and it ain't shit I can do to change that...and now I'm about to lose you too!” he said, looking her in her eyes. “Give me a fucking break, baby, I wouldn't just hurt you for nothing,” he said, grabbing her face so she could look him in the
“You can play longer with your friends tomorrow, Ray, but I have a lot to do tonight, boo butt. Now go on and get in the bathtub before Deja calls.” The mention of Deja's name instantly made a smile appear across Ryonna's face. Happy, she skipped down the hall to take her bath singing out loud, “I'm gone talk to Deja, I'm gone talk to Deja.” Bright smiled, looking at her little sister. She remembered being a happy-go-lucky little girl just like her before. Then suddenly her smile turned into a frown when unhappy and unwanted memories began to fill her head.
Later on after everybody took their showers, Bright fixed their plates, put them on the table, and told them to come eat while she cleaned the kitchen.
“After y'all finish eating Ray, wipe the table off like mama showed you with the glass cleaner and napkins. And Cordell, since you the next oldest in line, put the movie on y'all agreed to watch and chill until I get back. Don't open the door for anybody, and if Mama calls tell her I'm in the shower and then call me.” Bright said.
“Okay, okay, we will,” Cordell said, with a mouth full of food. “I got's this.”
Bright grabbed her cell phone then ran out to meet up with Terrence. She hadn't seen him since the motel incident, and he said it was important that he speak to her. And since she was low on money she decided she'd give him a few moments of her time. When he pulled up in his black low rider, Bright climbed inside and buckled up. She assumed that since he was driving his cherished low rider, that his truck must have been getting worked on.
“How you feeling, Beautiful?” Terrence asked cautiously as he rubbed his finger down the side of Bright's face.
“I'm alright, I guess,” Bright said, forcing tears to burst from her eyes.
“Look baby, I'ma keep it real with you right now since
everything is out on the table. I am married, and have been for eight years now. Tameka is my high school sweetheart, so yeah, she does mean a lot to me, and a nigga done took her through hell and back, cheating on her and shit. But I ain't been seeing nobody else since me and you been fucking around. I love you and wanna take care of you. Tameka ain't gone be around too much longer no how, so bear with me, Bright, I need you,” he said, becoming misty-eyed.
“So what, that mean you about to divorce her?” Bright asked, looking at him, wondering why his eyes were watering up.
Terrence nodded his head no. “I can’t do that, Bright, Tameka has cancer. She had surgery an er'thing but the shit just keep growing and spreading all over the place. The doctors told us she had two months to live, so understand when I tell you that this shit is complicated. I can't leave her in her time of need, but I don't want to lose you either, so I'm just asking that you bear with me, baby. I got you, you hear me?” he said, pulling over in the alley behind the Shaky's Pizza on Paramount Blvd. and South Street to kiss her lips.
“You should have told me, baby, I would have listened to you and understood. But now you got me feeling like you playing games wit me. And as much as I want to believe you right now, Terrence…I don't, baby,” Bright said, wiping the tear that had formed and leaked from his eye.
“You think I’d be out here crying and shit like a lil bitch for nothing, Bright? This shit fucking hurts my heart! It's tearing me up inside knowing that my wife gone leave this earth soon and it ain't shit I can do to change that...and now I'm about to lose you too!” he said, looking her in her eyes. “Give me a fucking break, baby, I wouldn't just hurt you for nothing,” he said, grabbing her face so she could look him in the
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