Broken by Ronnea Stiles - HTML preview

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT

~ James~

In two weeks I'll be going off to college. I've been getting everything ready for when I take off. Honestly with everything that I've been going through I'm ready to leave. I sat on my bed next to Sylvia. I really liked this girl and I felt bad for cheating on her. I haven't heard from Queen in a good month, I didn't know if that was good or bad.

"What you thinking about?"

Sylvia asked. I looked at her shrugged my shoulders then grabbed her hand, she smiled and kissed me. She then got up and fixed her hair.

"I'll see you tomorrow...ma has her new boyfriend over and they want me to come for dinner".

"Have fun with that".

She nodded her head yes then left out of my room. I laid back on my bed starring at the ceiling thinking about college.

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I pulled into IHOP's lot then got out my car. It was around midnight and I was starving. I walked in and found a small table towards the back of the restaurant and sat down. I

Immediately started flipping through the menu. I studied the menu hard when the waitress came, she asked me what I wanted to drink. I looked up from my menu in aghast as I saw Queen standing by me. She had a job.

"Wow...Queen it's good to see you".

She just smiled with her pink apron on.

"Hi...".

"Since when did you start working?"

"A coupla weeks ago...it was time".

"I'm happy for you".

She smiled brightly.

"I'm happy for myself too...now what can I get you?"

"I'm sorry... I'm just...it's like wow".

She laughed I did too. I studied Queen hard specially her small round baby bump.

"You're getting big".

She looked down at her stomach and rubbed her belly.

"Yea I am...in another month I'm going to go find out the babies gender".

"That's exciting...I'm heading to Mizzou in two weeks".

"Congrats...I haven't been to school in almost a year...I'm not really that smart".

"No don't say that...you're beautiful and I know you'll get a better job than this and you'll see".

She smiled.

"I got saved James...I'm not doing those things anymore I'm going to be there for my baby".

I couldn't believe it, I was honestly really happy for Queen. She had found God this is what I wanted for her.

"Queen you don't know how happy I am for you that's good that you have God now".

She shook her head. That's when someone in the back called for her.

"I'll see you around...good luck in college I'll bring you a water back".

I didn't want her to leave but she needed to make her money, the right way. So I just nodded my head.