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I tucked my hands into my pocket
"Emotional?"
"I lost control and had a squabble with my dad"
"Hmm"
"What?"
"It is just that you seem to have a knack for fighting with your dads"
I paused
"What do you mean?" I asked
"Oh, you know really good what I mean, girl," he said
"I am way past being a girl"
"You know what I mean, woman"
He was not letting me change the subject, but there was nothing I could say that would not mean peeling off the new skin
I scoff at that- There is only new skin when the wound is healing
I could feel a stir, but I managed to compress it
Still,
"And you think I am at fault?" I asked
"I did not say that"
"You just did not say it, but that is what you are telling yourself?"
"Raelyn..."
"Let me just make this clear; I have no intention to try mending things with people who have metal ears?"
"He did not listen to you?"
The conversation was going deeper, and I would have stopped, but I did not
"He did not" I answered, firmly
"Are you sure?"
"Of course, I am..."
"Did you watch out for Him? For what He was saying? Or were you just caught up in what you want?"
A gentle smile crossed his face, and he laid his hand on my shoulder
"'And this is the confidence we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, he heareth us' 1 John 5:14,"
"We better run back before the food runs out"
I followed him back into the house even though I knew I would not be able to eat anymore
My breath came out raspy as I jerked up
My life was in constant turmoil, but there were certain times when even my dreams are haunted. When my sister's death appearance is approaching
I reached for my phone, but my body cried out in protest
"What in the world?"
Then I remembered what I did
"Aaron" I groaned
I carefully made my way to the door
I gingerly walked down the stairs partially because of the pain, and to not wake up Davina
Waking up at three was not a usual occurrence, but it was not strange; it was a normal reaction to the nightmares
I made a cup of coffee and leaned into the same chair I was in hours before. I just stayed there for as long as I did, not giving a thought to anything in particular
"Sweet Jesus, Raelyn. You scared me" D said
I looked up at Davina
"I did not mean to. What are you doing here?" I asked her
"Back to you. What are you doing, sitting here in the dark?"
She touched my cup
"And for a very long time at that?"
She walked over to the switch and flipped it
The sharp contrast made me close my eyes. I tried to adjust, but I had been in the darkness for so long that I had to do with a squint
"I was drinking coffee," I said and raised my cold mug
"Which turned cold"
"Could not sleep?" she asked
She took Pastor Hebrews' spot
"It seems like you got the same problem as me"
She chuckled
"Oh, sweetie, I was having the nicest, exquisite, and lovely rest of my life yet"
A yawn drawled out from her lips
"But I just had to be awakened; I guess Lover Boy did not want His love to be all alone, sitting helplessly in the dark"
She winked at me
"What are you doing?" I asked her
She clapped her hands with dreamy eyes
"I am so jealous of you, child," she said
I slowly, carefully leaned back; I realized that I had never met a just-woke-up Davina
"Are you always like this when you just wake up?"
I raked my brain, trying to find the name of the problem on ground
She burst out laughing. I looked at her quizzically, but before long, I joined her