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“Yeah, but have you asked your sisters what they think? It’s ultimately your decision, but I’m sure they would just tell you that they want what’s best for you,” Mommy said.
“We just want you to be happy, Key.”
“Yes, we want you to smile again and ultimately get some dick and unwind…wait is dick a bad word? Sorry, Mommy. Sorry Vivian,” Kenzie said.
“I can’t take these foul mouth girls of mine anywhere!” Mommy shook her head. “Anyway, we are not telling you to make a decision now, but you have to start thinking about your next move.”
“I love him so much! I just don’t know why he would do something like this and mess everything up!” Keeva cried.
Kenzie scooted closer to me and grabbed my hand. I’d been fighting off the tears, but now I was letting them flow freely. I was hurting for both my sister and my brother. I understood Key’s conflict because I felt it too. I would love to just dismiss Kerem, but he’d been a part of my life for so long. I didn’t know what life was without him. I looked over, and both Coco and Torrey were wiping tears.
“Men do a lot of things without thinking. I would love to say that you are the first woman in this room to experience something like this but you are not,” Vivian said, “I can tell you about the choice because I made a choice to stay with my late boyfriend, Charles after I found out that he’d slept with a slut from the neighborhood.”
“Really, Momma?” Torrey questioned.
“Yes, he was dumb and was thinking with his small head instead of his big head. He got caught up, and I was pissed. I sat in our bedroom and cut holes in the bottom of the pockets of all his suit jackets and hung them back neatly in the closet. He kept trying to put his wallet or keys in his suit pocket, and they would fall out!” She laughed.
We all laughed too.
“That was so petty!” Coco laughed.
“When my husband would piss me off, I would move his things to weird places. We wouldn’t be speaking, and he would always be too proud to ask me if I’d seem them. I’m talking about important stuff like one of his work shoes, his uniform hat, his keys. Anything I could find that would annoy him,” Mommy said.
“Daddy was always looking for something!” Kenzie said.
“That’s because I moved it,” Mommy chuckled.
“A man that loves you can make a mistake, realize the mistake then move heaven and earth to try to make it up to you. A real man won’t rush your decision making or blame you for their mess up. He will let you take your time and take full responsibility for his mess,” Vivian said. “If you want to talk with him and feel like you need a mediator, get with JD and Elisa. They will do it for you, and they are great at it.”
“We believe in marriage, and we believe in staying together in a lot of situations but not in all situations. Sometimes it’s best to go your own way but I think you and Kerem have a chance,” Mommy said.
“At least all of you saw your parents in a loving relationship and can kinda mimic that. All I saw was my mother hustling in the streets trying to scrape together a little bit to feed my siblings and me. She used men for money, influence or whatever. I had so many uncles growing up; Uncle Fred, Uncle Chris, Uncle Cleatus…I didn’t realize until I was older that none of those men were my uncles. I mean none of them ever hurt me or anything, but her life made me the woman that I am today. I worked hard to make enough money, so my kids never know what it is to be hungry. I know I’m different than all of y’all with y’all degrees and whatnots, but I really do like being around y’all. Thanks for having me,” Coco said.
“You’re family, Coco,” Vivian said.
“Yes, ratchetness and all,” I added.
We all laughed.
“Torrey, it’s your turn,” Vivian said.
“My turn! I don’t know what we would need to discuss about me.”
“How about your fear of relationships, so you are pushing August away even though he is a good man who cares about you.”
“Momma, I don’t think we need to discuss that. It’s my personal deci…”
“I said it’s your turn, Torrey,” Vivian said in an authoritative tone that I’d never heard come from her before.
“Yes, ma’am,” Torrey quickly replied.
Samuel
“Hey love,welcome home. I missed you,” I said while taking Averie’s bags from the airport worker.
“Thank you. I missed you,” she said and stretched up to kiss me.
I hugged all the women before they went to their respective cars and Averie and I went to ours.
