away.
“Of course you think it’s nice,” Samantha said sweetly, patting Emerald’s hand. “You live in the ghetto.”
“That’s not why I think it’s nice,” Emerald said, not bothering to argue with the older woman. She did live in the most ghetto part of the city.
“Well, we’ll see what happens,” Shawn said, sparing Samantha a glance before looking back to his daughter. “I got a lot to prove in my new position first before I make plans.”
Emerald nodded and unwrapped her sandwich. She began eating it as her father told her what his new duties would be. Samantha would chime in once in awhile, saying how proud she was of him. Emerald was content to eat and listen to them chatter.
They started talking about Christmas, which had never been a big deal in Emerald’s life, and she was surprised to see her father get excited about it. They were going to have a few of Samantha’s family members over for Christmas dinner. Emerald thought it would be exciting, if only to see everyone eat Samantha’s cooking. She’d be sure to pack some snacks so that she wouldn’t be starved all day.
Christmas was the following week and before she left, Emerald asked them if they needed her to pick up anything. Samantha wrote a small list and Emerald took it with her, putting it into her wallet so she wouldn’t lose it.
She stopped at the salon to treat herself to a manicure and pedicure. It was packed and busy, typical for a Saturday, and as she waited, she turned her phone on. She ignored her message notification without reading it, figuring it was from Marley, and surfed the web. She hadn’t been on in days and her eyes felt like they were going to bulge out of her head when she read the comments that were beneath the picture of herself with baby Olivia.
Lincoln’s comment should have been innocent. He’d written: My two beautiful ladies xoxo . Grace, who knew very well that Emerald and Lincoln had begun a relationship, had written that morning: I just love when a man claims the women he cares about lol.
Emerald shook her head as she read a variety of messages from Robyn and Devin and other people. Grace had fanned the flames and had everyone speculating about Lincoln’s connection to Emerald.
That sneaky little bitch , Emerald thought, exiting her web browser and checking her messages. There was one from Marley, but there were several from Robyn and she immediately dialed her friend without reading them.
Robyn answered right away.
“I’ve been trying to call you all day!” Robyn complained.
“I had my phone off. Sorry.”
“You’ve been turning it off a lot lately. What’s with you?”
“Nothing.”
“Anyway, is there something you want to tell me about you and Linc? Devin and I were going crazy when we read-”
“No,” Devin cut her off in the background. “ You were going crazy, babe.”
“Grace was just joking,” Emerald said quickly.
“I called her,” Robyn said. “She wouldn’t give me a straight answer.”
“Well…”
“What’s with the secrets, Emerald?” Robyn asked, her voice low.
“You’re supposed to be enjoying your honeymoon.” That was Emerald’s last ditch effort to get out of confessing. “You shouldn’t be focused on me!”
“Emmy! Quit it! Tell me what’s going on!”
It was no use, Emerald decided. To try to change the subject or to lie would just hurt her friend’s feelings and Robyn was the last person in the world that she’d ever want to hurt.
“Are you and Linc seeing each other?”
“Sort of,” Emerald admitted, wishing that Robyn was by herself. She felt extremely awkward about confessing to Robyn about sexing Lincoln, especially with his best friend right there. Devin and Lincoln had been friends longer than even she and Robyn had been. It was just weird all around.
“This is huge!” Robyn yelled. “I can’t believe it! I’m so happy for you! Wait,” Robyn said, suddenly going very quiet. “What does sort of
“Of course you think it’s nice,” Samantha said sweetly, patting Emerald’s hand. “You live in the ghetto.”
“That’s not why I think it’s nice,” Emerald said, not bothering to argue with the older woman. She did live in the most ghetto part of the city.
“Well, we’ll see what happens,” Shawn said, sparing Samantha a glance before looking back to his daughter. “I got a lot to prove in my new position first before I make plans.”
Emerald nodded and unwrapped her sandwich. She began eating it as her father told her what his new duties would be. Samantha would chime in once in awhile, saying how proud she was of him. Emerald was content to eat and listen to them chatter.
They started talking about Christmas, which had never been a big deal in Emerald’s life, and she was surprised to see her father get excited about it. They were going to have a few of Samantha’s family members over for Christmas dinner. Emerald thought it would be exciting, if only to see everyone eat Samantha’s cooking. She’d be sure to pack some snacks so that she wouldn’t be starved all day.
Christmas was the following week and before she left, Emerald asked them if they needed her to pick up anything. Samantha wrote a small list and Emerald took it with her, putting it into her wallet so she wouldn’t lose it.
She stopped at the salon to treat herself to a manicure and pedicure. It was packed and busy, typical for a Saturday, and as she waited, she turned her phone on. She ignored her message notification without reading it, figuring it was from Marley, and surfed the web. She hadn’t been on in days and her eyes felt like they were going to bulge out of her head when she read the comments that were beneath the picture of herself with baby Olivia.
Lincoln’s comment should have been innocent. He’d written: My two beautiful ladies xoxo . Grace, who knew very well that Emerald and Lincoln had begun a relationship, had written that morning: I just love when a man claims the women he cares about lol.
Emerald shook her head as she read a variety of messages from Robyn and Devin and other people. Grace had fanned the flames and had everyone speculating about Lincoln’s connection to Emerald.
That sneaky little bitch , Emerald thought, exiting her web browser and checking her messages. There was one from Marley, but there were several from Robyn and she immediately dialed her friend without reading them.
Robyn answered right away.
“I’ve been trying to call you all day!” Robyn complained.
“I had my phone off. Sorry.”
“You’ve been turning it off a lot lately. What’s with you?”
“Nothing.”
“Anyway, is there something you want to tell me about you and Linc? Devin and I were going crazy when we read-”
“No,” Devin cut her off in the background. “ You were going crazy, babe.”
“Grace was just joking,” Emerald said quickly.
“I called her,” Robyn said. “She wouldn’t give me a straight answer.”
“Well…”
“What’s with the secrets, Emerald?” Robyn asked, her voice low.
“You’re supposed to be enjoying your honeymoon.” That was Emerald’s last ditch effort to get out of confessing. “You shouldn’t be focused on me!”
“Emmy! Quit it! Tell me what’s going on!”
It was no use, Emerald decided. To try to change the subject or to lie would just hurt her friend’s feelings and Robyn was the last person in the world that she’d ever want to hurt.
“Are you and Linc seeing each other?”
“Sort of,” Emerald admitted, wishing that Robyn was by herself. She felt extremely awkward about confessing to Robyn about sexing Lincoln, especially with his best friend right there. Devin and Lincoln had been friends longer than even she and Robyn had been. It was just weird all around.
“This is huge!” Robyn yelled. “I can’t believe it! I’m so happy for you! Wait,” Robyn said, suddenly going very quiet. “What does sort of
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