maybe I could have protected the hearts of her and those girls. It was too late now though, so I had to figure out what to do to mend the pieces back together for them all.
I pulled up in my parents’ driveway because I seriously needed to talk to my dad. Unlike so many men these days, my father had always been very active in my life. Growing up, I watched as he sacrificed so much for our family to make sure that we were well taken care of. Not only was he a very good provider, but he also made sure we had strong relationships with God. From as far back as I could remember, we were in church learning about the Son of God and how He died for all of our sins. It took me so long to understand why someone would lay down their life for me just so that I could have eternal life. I would always say I’m not dying for anyone but my parents, but once I met Jewel, that all changed.
Yes, I grew up knowing that what I was doing with these women wasn’t right, but temptation is a beast. Once I got started, it was like a high chasing them. I kept looking for the next woman to come along and top that last high, but they all fell short and then I met Jewel. I knew then that the reason I couldn’t find the feeling I was seeking was because everything I needed and wanted was planted in her. The revelation of when a man finds a wife he finds a good thing was clear as day for me. But I was too late getting to her. Drew beat me to the punch, and by then he had her wrapped around his finger.
Knowing Drew the way I did, I knew he wasn’t really into her, and once he told me the reason he was with her, I lost it. He thought that I was upset because I wasn’t able to get to her for her inheritance, but the truth was I was upset because I knew her heart would end up broken. I wanted so bad to keep her heart intact because she didn’t deserve to be hurt like that.
Drew had told me everything about how insecure she was and how that was his way in. I tried so many times to make him see what he was doing to her, but he didn’t care. The dollar signs were clouding his vision and causing him not to care about anyone but Andrew.
After sitting a few minutes in the driveway getting my thoughts together, I finally turned off the car and headed up the steps to their front door. I prayed my dad wasn’t asleep because it was a little after nine at night, but I couldn’t sleep knowing that Jewel and those girls were at home in pain. I opened the door with my key and headed into the foyer. The light to my father’s office was on, and I could see it illuminating under the closed door.
“Come on in, son,” I heard him say to me.
I opened the door and saw my father sitting behind his large oak desk with his glasses on and a notepad in front of him. From the looks of things, he was preparing a message that he would have to soon deliver a word to God’s people in the absence of their beloved leader.
“How did you know it was me?” I asked, taking a seat in front of him and propping my foot up on my knee.
“Well, it would sound real good if I said that the Lord told me you were coming, but since I’m not gonna lie on Him like that, I saw you coming from the kitchen window,” he said in his deep baritone voice while he chuckled lightly.
Although my father was going on a cool seventy years old, he didn’t look a day over forty. He stood a firm six foot two with salt and pepper hair and dark brown skin. He seemed to always have a twinkle in his eyes, and he kept his body fit. I understood why my mother was always all over him, even in their old age. Pops was that dude, and everyone always told me I was his twin.
“So, what brings you by this late, son?” He wanted to know.
I took a deep breath and exhaled before I began to let my father in on my feelings.
“Pop, I’m in love,” I said, not sure if I wanted to look him in his face because what I was about to say would surely be frowned upon.
“Oh yeah,” was all he said, taking his
I pulled up in my parents’ driveway because I seriously needed to talk to my dad. Unlike so many men these days, my father had always been very active in my life. Growing up, I watched as he sacrificed so much for our family to make sure that we were well taken care of. Not only was he a very good provider, but he also made sure we had strong relationships with God. From as far back as I could remember, we were in church learning about the Son of God and how He died for all of our sins. It took me so long to understand why someone would lay down their life for me just so that I could have eternal life. I would always say I’m not dying for anyone but my parents, but once I met Jewel, that all changed.
Yes, I grew up knowing that what I was doing with these women wasn’t right, but temptation is a beast. Once I got started, it was like a high chasing them. I kept looking for the next woman to come along and top that last high, but they all fell short and then I met Jewel. I knew then that the reason I couldn’t find the feeling I was seeking was because everything I needed and wanted was planted in her. The revelation of when a man finds a wife he finds a good thing was clear as day for me. But I was too late getting to her. Drew beat me to the punch, and by then he had her wrapped around his finger.
Knowing Drew the way I did, I knew he wasn’t really into her, and once he told me the reason he was with her, I lost it. He thought that I was upset because I wasn’t able to get to her for her inheritance, but the truth was I was upset because I knew her heart would end up broken. I wanted so bad to keep her heart intact because she didn’t deserve to be hurt like that.
Drew had told me everything about how insecure she was and how that was his way in. I tried so many times to make him see what he was doing to her, but he didn’t care. The dollar signs were clouding his vision and causing him not to care about anyone but Andrew.
After sitting a few minutes in the driveway getting my thoughts together, I finally turned off the car and headed up the steps to their front door. I prayed my dad wasn’t asleep because it was a little after nine at night, but I couldn’t sleep knowing that Jewel and those girls were at home in pain. I opened the door with my key and headed into the foyer. The light to my father’s office was on, and I could see it illuminating under the closed door.
“Come on in, son,” I heard him say to me.
I opened the door and saw my father sitting behind his large oak desk with his glasses on and a notepad in front of him. From the looks of things, he was preparing a message that he would have to soon deliver a word to God’s people in the absence of their beloved leader.
“How did you know it was me?” I asked, taking a seat in front of him and propping my foot up on my knee.
“Well, it would sound real good if I said that the Lord told me you were coming, but since I’m not gonna lie on Him like that, I saw you coming from the kitchen window,” he said in his deep baritone voice while he chuckled lightly.
Although my father was going on a cool seventy years old, he didn’t look a day over forty. He stood a firm six foot two with salt and pepper hair and dark brown skin. He seemed to always have a twinkle in his eyes, and he kept his body fit. I understood why my mother was always all over him, even in their old age. Pops was that dude, and everyone always told me I was his twin.
“So, what brings you by this late, son?” He wanted to know.
I took a deep breath and exhaled before I began to let my father in on my feelings.
“Pop, I’m in love,” I said, not sure if I wanted to look him in his face because what I was about to say would surely be frowned upon.
“Oh yeah,” was all he said, taking his
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