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With no manners on a phone call.
With a secret warm side that he doesn’t broadcast.
A stranger who kisses like nobody’s business.
Mama’s eyes scan my face.
Then those brown eyes darken.
“You little…” She advances, her hand raised and her eyes blazing with violent intentions.
I run around my vehicle. “How did you find out?”
“Get back here!” Mom charges left.
I dodge right. “It was Riley, wasn’t it?” I cling to the side-mirror. “She told you!”
Mama shakes her head. “Your father coddled you. You didn’t get half the beatings you were supposed to get as a child!”
I squeal.
Run around to the other side of the truck.
Mama stops.
Assesses the situation.
Suddenly, she grabs onto the hood of the truck and heaves herself forward like she thinks she’s going to slide across.
Before she can try the ninja move, a voice yells, “Tina!”
We both stop—Mama, huffing and puffing and me, ducking for dear life. A moment later, a short man hurls himself at Mama and hugs her around the waist.
“Let me go!” she shrieks, wrestling against Dad. “She’ll learn a lesson tonight!”
“Calm down, Tina.”
The rest of my family pours out of the front door.
Aunt Becca.
Aunt Sharon.
Uncle Jeremiah.
Cousin Renesha.
Uncle Bernie.
Aunt Keke.
And a host of others.
Mama stops bucking long enough to point a trembling finger, “How could you do that to Novah? That’s your cousin!”
I massage my forehead.
Everyone coddles Novah.
