"HONEY! Chile I know u not gone stay in this room ALL day! Get up! Get up right now and let's finish wrapping those gifts! Aren't u still hanging the stockings?"
"Yes, I'm just sitting here thinking."
"Well its 1:00, u been thinking since 7:00 last night!"
(Laughter)
"Get up! Im so glad u could be home with us for Christmas, U didn't wanna be laying up in some hospital did ya? God saw fit for u to be with us. Zion called and said to tell u kiss where the sun don't shine, he knows u see him calling the phone purchased and had delivered. What phone Honey? I told him I ain't seen no phone..."
(Rolls Eyes)
"Why are u so angry, I have yet to find out what happened between u two! Whatever it was, it almost took both of u out! And God intervened whatever intentions u had, it wasn't his will."
"I'm just so heart broke, not just... I mean nothing ever goes right for me Ms. Brenda. I always set myself up for disappointment and I'm just tired...when will I ever have a testimony? I want to be an inspiration to others...my grandmother raised us to consider others, it was always better to give than receive in my house! We contributed toward each others happiness...I miss them so much! My, my children were my world Ms. Brenda! DO U KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO TELL THEM U CAN'T EVEN BUY THEM A BAG OF POTATO CHIPS! I know alot about swallowing pride, I had to GIVE THEM AWAY JUST SO THEY COULD HAVE A DECENT PLACE TO SLEEP! I was so, so depressed the day I walked in the shelter and for some strange reason that place felt, felt so tranquil! It wasn't a competition, noone competed for attention from the professors and no one worried about how they were going to pay, this, pay that! Buy this, buy that...! I felt equal for a change, it was understood that we ALL HAD HIT ROCK BOTTOM! No one was pretending to be nothing more than who they were! IT FELT GOOD TO INTERACT WITH GENUINE PEOPLE MS. BRENDA!"
(Crying Uncontrollably)
"And Zion! I wish I had never met him! Thank u so much for your hospitality but if he's coming tomorrow for Christmas dinner, count me out! I just want my BABIES! WHY IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK!"
"Honey, u got a lot to learn about Zion...do u know how much I had to beg him to come feed that dog! The only reason he came the day he did was because he had heard somebody in the background that morning. When u got here, he couldn't stay away."
YEA I KNOW WHY! HE IS JUST LIKE THE REST!
"I could look at him and tell he really liked u, and I don't know if u noticed, he won't look twice at these floozies. But u Honey, I saw that cloud that he been walking round here with hanging over his head, I could see it getting lighter, and lighter. The first thing he asked me when u got out the hospital was if u were alright. I saw the relief when I told him I had picked u up walking from the hospital. Seemed like he started improving, they let him go home two days later. He still got a long way to go before he...u know. He won't tell me what happened with u two, that is a good man, and he must think highly of u. He one of the strongest...never thought I would see him this way, and I kept telling him he wasn't no Negroid! My sister Wilma...Lord she gone on home, but she raised a sweet boy. And I won't stop praying until he is better, and until u stop being so stubborn, u gone let him slip away. Now get up so we can drink some hot chocolate and watch these Cowboys."
LORD I AM NOT LEAVING AUNT BRENDA'S HOUSE UNTIL TOYA SAYS SHE WILL BE MY WIFE! I JUST NEED TO SEE HER! I MISS HER SO MUCH...I GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS BED! I AM GONNA EAT THOSE BISCUITS UNTIL THEY START LOOKING LIKE BISCUITS! I KNOW MY MAMA SAID DON'T MARRY HER IF SHE CAN'T MAKE BISCUITS...SHE BETTER GET THE DAMN RECIPE! LORD JUST GIVE ME STRENGTH TO GET IN THIS TRUCK AND MAKE IT TO HER! AND SHE BETTER TAKE CARE OF ME, I AM SO WEAK...I WILL DIE IF I DON'T GET TO HER! Thank u so much God, u saved her...
"Hello, Mrs. Nelson? I'm Zion, a friend of Toya Morris..."
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I HAVE TO LET THIS TRAMP KNOW WHO SHE'S MESSING WITH! ZION U ARE SO DISRESPECTFUL...I AM SO HOT FOR U. CLYDE HASN'T TOUCHED ME IN TWO YEARS! I'M NOT GIVING UP, HE NEEDS A REAL WOMAN NOT AN AMATEUR, I GOT EVERYTHING U NEED BABY. U ARE GONNA STOP PLAYING WITH ME, IF I CAN'T HAVE U, NOBODY WILL.
(Rings Doorbell)
"Oh, Hi... Hiiii Ms. Brenda! How are your knees?"
"Hello Charity..."
"I, well...um did Zion get a new number? I've been calling and he...has he been here?"
"No, he hasn't..."
"Well, aren't u gonna let me in?"
"Zion isn't here Honey and I'm in the middle of something."
"Oh, Ok....well I guess Ill catch him tomorrow at Christmas dinner, I just wanted to give him his gift...I'll wait, I want u guys to see what I bought him! Will Quinton and his wife be here?"
CHILE...
"Yes they will, now if u will ex..."
AIN'T U MARRIED! LEAVE MY NEPHEW ALONE!
"Can't I just come in for..."
(Door slams)
"Lord I don't know what happened between Zion and Toya, but I'm almost sure the problem just rang the doorbell...he got him a stubborn one this time, I can see how hurt she is."
HOW CAN I BE SO TORN BEHIND A MAN THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ME, I SEE HE DOES NOT CARE...I WAS WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING! HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO WRONG! LOOK AT HER...HOW COULD HE? I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE, I NEED MY ANGEL NOW! I CANNOT TRUST U MS. BRENDA...LORD WHY AM I BEING SO DECEIVED!!!
"No matter how cold it is, I must find my children and be with them for Christmas! I will fight u Delores Nelson (Sobbing) If no one else loves me, THEY DO! I, I have to get to them, I have to get to them...This will be my last Christmas, Mommy's not strong yall, I just...I refuse to do this, this thing called life. This time, I will wear more clothes, thank u Nurse Yolanda. Don't try to save him with the hospital story...I have him figured him out.