Author's Note: I hope that everyone understands the story thus far because
at the end of this chapter and for the remaining chapters, the plot will
start to unravel.
Time Progression: About two weeks
Location: Lexington, Kentucky Setting: Logan home
Sean lay in bed exhausted. Every day and night for the past two weeks, he had searched files in his office for a family that moved from Oklahoma within the past three to four years that had purchased a farm. He had found several families that were from Oklahoma, but one had just moved to Lexington within the past year, one couple had moved to Lexington 4 years ago, but they had no children, and one family moved from Oklahoma over 15 years ago, so none of those could be the family that they were looking for. The law prohibited the files from being moved anywhere outside of Sean's office, so he had even been sleeping in his office, so that he could work until late in the night and then work early in the morning before going to the fields. This was the first night in two weeks that Sean had slept in his own bed, and he wanted so badly to turn over and go back to sleep, but as soon as the thought of Marita entered his head, he jumped up and decided to get to work. Sean laughed when he thought about what just the mere thought of Marita did to his libido. All of a sudden he was wide awake and ready to work. The whole family had been extremely supportive and helped as much as they could. Ned and Isaac would come and search files whenever they came to town or had any available time and the rest of the family would search the files as often as they could. Sean quickly washed up and dressed and made his way downstairs.
"Sean you're not gonna go work on those files today are you?" Ned asked
"Yeah, I have to Pa. We don't have much time left."
"Sean, I understand your press for time, but you missed Sunday service last week working on those files. Considering the time that you have until Marita returns, it's almost impossible for us to look through all of those files, locate the family, and then see if they will even help us. What you need now is help from up above. I know that I don't give the best spiritual advice, but I've always taught you to obey the Ten Commandments and one of them is to 'Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.' See, the way I see it is if you give God his time, then maybe, just maybe, He'll give you some of His time and help us to find a way for you and Marita."
"He's right Sean," Isaac says as he walks from the dining room into the foyer where Sean and Ned are standing. "Besides, you know that Marita wouldn't want you missing a Sunday service, even for something like this." "Yeah, she'd kill me if she knew. I'll wait till after Sunday dinner to work on the files," Sean said as he went and joined the family for a quick breakfast before getting ready for service. It was only eight o'clock and service didn't begin until eleven, so he had plenty of time.
Sean went back upstairs and laid on the bed. All of a sudden Sean was overtaken by a rush of emotion. Emotion in the form of lust. He realized that it had been nearly two months since he had touched Marita. He had been able to make himself busy, but today, the Lord's day, he decided to settle down and relax, and he was overtaken by desire. Sean couldn't help himself, he was aching for Marita. He tried desperately to think of other things, but a certain member of his body wouldn't let the thought of Marita escape him. "I wish that I could go and see her," Sean thought to himself. He and Marita didn't discuss Sean making a visit Boston, but a surprise visit would do him a lot of good, but since the railroad workers in all of Kentucky were on strike, he wouldn't be able to go anywhere. If the strike didn't end soon, Marita may not even be able to come home. The strike was having a serious effect on everyone, and many negotiations were being made, but every real deal fell through. "I just wish that I could touch her," Sean said to himself. "I wonder why she hasn't written me back. Oh well, I guess that I better get ready for service."
The Logan family walked into the church. There were only three churches in Lexington. There was a beautiful church in town that the most of the people in Lexington attended, but for whites only. That was where the Winters and most of the other affluent families in Lexington attended services. Then there was a fairly large church in the deep woods, but it was built by coloreds, therefore only for them. Sometimes a person could hear them worshipping a mile away. The townspeople tried to get the Sheriff to do something about it, but since they were so far in the deep woods, he didn't have enough reason. Then there was a mid-sized church in the country that had about 100 members. This church was built by the members about 20 years ago. It was built by men, whites and coloreds, who believed that God created all people and put them here on one earth, not on a white earth and a black earth. Ned and Isaac were only two of the founders of the church, and he hoped that the Logans for all generations would uphold the same standard. There was no colored section in that church, everyone sat together and worshipped together. If you had a problem with the person sitting next to you. You were told to either go into town to the white church or go into the woods to the colored church. Sean fought away thoughts of Marita and sat and listened attentively as the Reverend delivered his sermon. He was talking about Faith and how it pleases God when you have faith in him. After the sermon, the Reverend stepped down to greet the members, and then everyone greeted each other and went on their way home.
Location: Boston Setting: Marita's room
Marita woke early Sunday morning. She rolled over onto her back and pulled her left arm out from under the sheets. She looked at her left ring finger which bore the ring that Sean made for her. She grinned as she thought about him. Then she pulled the collar of Sean's shirt over her nose to see if she could still smell him. She had worn that shirt and the ring every night since Annie had left. It had been two weeks since they found Annie passed out in the kitchen. The doctor confirmed that Annie was pregnant and her scholarship was revoked, and she was sent home the next day. Marita and Annie talked before she left Boston. Annie admitted to Marita that she had never been with a man before, but just before she was about to leave, she felt the need to become a woman, now she was pregnant. She said that coming to Boston was against all of her families' wishes for her. They wanted her to just marry somebody and have ten children. Annie said that the whole reason that she applied for the scholarship was to prove them wrong. Now, they would prove her wrong. The only person she had in her corner was her old school teacher, and her beau. Her old school teacher made the recommendation for Annie to get the scholarship. She was 81and still teaching, but she was the only colored person in the area that was qualified to teach, even a colored school. Annie said that the old teacher would be very disappointed that Annie didn't finish her certification, but even with the time that she was at the college, that would probably be enough to relieve the old teacher of her duties and give her some time to enjoy the fruit of her labor. Annie was sure that her beau would marry her and they would live happily ever after. Marita missed having a roommate, but she also liked her privacy. Surprisingly Miss Liza was proving to be a really great friend, almost motherly. Everyday she would ask Marita how her day was, what was coming up, and they'd have long discussions about this and that. Miss Liza loved to ask Marita questions about Sean. Marita loved to talk about Sean to Miss Liza, but she thought that it would be best if she didn't tell her that Sean was white. Josiah was being as aggravating as ever. He had started showing up at the hotel late in the evening after he finished his chores, but Miss Liza would always tell him that Marita was busy doing something. For whatever reason, he would not give up. On the other hand, Shawn was being the perfect gentleman. Marita even had to admit to herself. At first, she thought that he was just trying to be smooth and sly, but he really was respectful and honest. They had gotten to know each other very well. He proved that he wanted to be nothing more than a great friend, especially since he was already engaged to a girl named, Sadie. He said that she was the whole reason why he wanted to obtain a profession. He said that he could have just lived off of his father's money, but he said that Sadie made him want to be a real gentleman and make a life for them with his own hands. He had also asked Marita about her personal life, which she did admit that she was involved with someone. He asked her if they had considered marriage, but Marita told him that they had some personal problems to work out before they could consider marriage. Nevertheless, Marita felt safe with Shawn because she thought of him like a big brother. She still didn't want to tell Sean about him because he'd get jealous over nothing, but Shawn would come to the hotel for Marita to help him with his coursework and they would work for a while and then they would spend the rest of their time joking around and laughing and playing pranks on each other. Today they were going to Sunday service together and then to the church fair. Shawn had also admitted to Marita that he really was not in the practice of going to church. He said that his mother was extremely and his father didn't believe in God, so he said that he thought it best to stay in the middle of the road, but he had agreed to go to church with Marita today. Marita finally got up and sealed her letter to Sean. This was the third letter that she had written him within a two week timeframe. She wondered why she hadn't heard back from him, but she assumed that a letter from him would be arriving soon. Marita got up and dressed. Today, she decided to wear her new lavender dress with matching hat and lavender lace shawl. When she went downstairs, Shawn was waiting for her in the lobby.
"Good Moooooor-ning," Shawn said enthusiastically, "I didn't think that any lady could ever look near as pretty as my Sadie, but you sure do look pretty."
"Good morning to you," Marita replied with a smile, and "Thanks for the compliment."
"I'll be sure to tell Josiah that you wore that dress 'specially for him," Shawn said
"You ready?"
"Yeah, just let me tell Miss Liza."
Marita walked into Miss Liza's office. She was smoking a cigar as usual. "Good morning Miss Liza. I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna go to Sunday service then to the fair. So, I'll probably be gone all day."
"Alright honey, you have a good time, ya hear."
"Yes ma'am, I will." Marita noticed how melancholy Miss Liza looked, but she didn't want to pry. She was just about to close the door when she stopped and realized that Miss Liza had helped her through so much, it would only be fitting for her to help Miss Liza. Marita re-opened the door to the office, "Miss Liza, why don't you come with us?" Marita asked nicely.
"Who me…Noooo, honey!"
"C'mon Miss Liza, it'll be fun. When's the last time, you went out and had fun?"
"I'll go next time, you go ahead. Besides, the rule has never changed, two's company, but three is always a crowd."
"That may be true when you're courting, but not the case with Shawn and me. We'd love to have you with us. C'mon," Marita said trying to convince Miss Liza.
"Oh alright, lemme get my shawl and hat.
"Great," Marita said happily. Marita waited while Miss Liza looked in the mirror and tied on her hat and draped her shawl around her shoulders. Miss Liza still stood and looked in the mirror like she didn't like how she looked. "Marita, you sure this is a good idea?"
"Course, I'm sure, it's a great idea. We better go or we're gonna be late for church." Marita opened the door and Miss Liza walked through and they both walked out into the hotel lobby.
"Shawn, Miss Liza is gonna join us, okay."
Shawn was a little surprised by Marita's statement, but being the gentleman that he was he said, "Great, I get two beautiful ladies on my arm today." Shawn held the door open and Marita and Miss Liza walked outside the hotel. Shawn held out both of his arms for Miss Liza and Marita to hook onto. "You really are too much," Miss Liza said with a giggle. "Trust me, he knows it,"" Marita added with a laugh.
The three walked into the church just as it was about to start. Marita had really learned to enjoy this church. It was founded upon the same principles that her church in Lexington was upon. There was no white or colored section. Since Boston was already such a progressive city, it made since that everyone should worship together. Marita, Shawn, and Miss Liza sat on the fourth pew. Marita looked around as people were socializing. It was like people didn't see the difference between their colors. They were totally blind to it.
"Let us all stand," the minister said as he came out. Everyone quickly silenced and grabbed their hymnal out of the pocket in the put and stood up. "Please turn in your hymnal to Hymn # 24 "Bless the Lord, O My Soul." Everyone let their voices ring to the high heavens, especially Miss Liza. Marita would have never imagined that Miss Liza would have a voice like that. She sung in beautiful Alto, but what was even more of an anomaly, she had the poise and grace to go with it. She stood up straight and tall and let her voice ring from her stomach. Everyone looked around to see who that beautiful voice was coming from. After the service, the minister stepped down and greeted everyone as he usually did. Then he stopped and stood before Miss Liza. "So, are you the vessel from which that beautiful voice flowed from this morning?" he asked.
Miss Liza looked at him with a look of embarrassment. "Well, there were a lot of vessels and beautiful voices here this morning., I was just harmonizing," Miss Liza replied.
Then Marita stepped forward. "Yes, of course that was her voice. I never knew that you could sing like that" Marita looked at Miss Liza.
"Well while, ya'll were admiring her voice, I spent my time praying," Shawn jumped in.
"Really," the minister said in a concerned voice "Perhaps, you would like to share your burden with me. That way I can pray with you."
"Sure, I'll share it with you, but my prayer has already been answered."
"Really!" the minister said excitedly.
"Yeah, I prayed the whole time Miss Liza was singing that the windows wouldn't shatter, and when they didn't shatter and she stopped singing, my prayer was answered. It really was what you church folk would call a miracle." Shawn burst out laughing at himself. Marita and Miss Liza looked at the minister's face as he stared at Shawn. Then the minister finally burst out laughing causing Marita and Miss Liza to release their laughter that they tried to hold back.
"You really are funny young man. You had me going for a while. So, will you all be going to the fair?"
Shawn answered for everyone, "Course, we wouldn't miss it!"
"Just like you won't be missing anymore Sunday services, correct?"
Shawn thought about it for a second. "Sure, why not."
"Alright, I'm sure I'll see you all later." With that, the minister went on to greet the rest of the members. Shawn, Marita, and Miss Liza walked around the back of the church grounds to the back where the fair was. And there he was. Sitting there with his little crew. "Good afternoon Marita," Josiah said nicely.
"Good afternoon Josiah," Marita said as she, Shawn, and Miss Liza kept on walking.
"Would you all mind if we talked for a minute?" Josiah asked.
"Josiah, I really would like to go into the fair," Marita replied.
Josiah got a real big smirk on his face, "Actually, my question wadn't directed at you. It was for Shawn."
Marita felt her face flush with embarrassment, "Oh, please excuse me."
"You're excused…..for now," Josiah said as Marita and Miss Liza left.
"I'll catch up with ya'll. So what do you wanna talk to me about?"
"I wanna talk to you about Marita."
What's coming next chapter:
The rest of the fair
Vivian's shenanigans
Time Progression: About two weeks
Location: Lexington, Kentucky Setting: Logan home
Sean lay in bed exhausted. Every day and night for the past two weeks, he had searched files in his office for a family that moved from Oklahoma within the past three to four years that had purchased a farm. He had found several families that were from Oklahoma, but one had just moved to Lexington within the past year, one couple had moved to Lexington 4 years ago, but they had no children, and one family moved from Oklahoma over 15 years ago, so none of those could be the family that they were looking for. The law prohibited the files from being moved anywhere outside of Sean's office, so he had even been sleeping in his office, so that he could work until late in the night and then work early in the morning before going to the fields. This was the first night in two weeks that Sean had slept in his own bed, and he wanted so badly to turn over and go back to sleep, but as soon as the thought of Marita entered his head, he jumped up and decided to get to work. Sean laughed when he thought about what just the mere thought of Marita did to his libido. All of a sudden he was wide awake and ready to work. The whole family had been extremely supportive and helped as much as they could. Ned and Isaac would come and search files whenever they came to town or had any available time and the rest of the family would search the files as often as they could. Sean quickly washed up and dressed and made his way downstairs.
"Sean you're not gonna go work on those files today are you?" Ned asked
"Yeah, I have to Pa. We don't have much time left."
"Sean, I understand your press for time, but you missed Sunday service last week working on those files. Considering the time that you have until Marita returns, it's almost impossible for us to look through all of those files, locate the family, and then see if they will even help us. What you need now is help from up above. I know that I don't give the best spiritual advice, but I've always taught you to obey the Ten Commandments and one of them is to 'Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.' See, the way I see it is if you give God his time, then maybe, just maybe, He'll give you some of His time and help us to find a way for you and Marita."
"He's right Sean," Isaac says as he walks from the dining room into the foyer where Sean and Ned are standing. "Besides, you know that Marita wouldn't want you missing a Sunday service, even for something like this." "Yeah, she'd kill me if she knew. I'll wait till after Sunday dinner to work on the files," Sean said as he went and joined the family for a quick breakfast before getting ready for service. It was only eight o'clock and service didn't begin until eleven, so he had plenty of time.
Sean went back upstairs and laid on the bed. All of a sudden Sean was overtaken by a rush of emotion. Emotion in the form of lust. He realized that it had been nearly two months since he had touched Marita. He had been able to make himself busy, but today, the Lord's day, he decided to settle down and relax, and he was overtaken by desire. Sean couldn't help himself, he was aching for Marita. He tried desperately to think of other things, but a certain member of his body wouldn't let the thought of Marita escape him. "I wish that I could go and see her," Sean thought to himself. He and Marita didn't discuss Sean making a visit Boston, but a surprise visit would do him a lot of good, but since the railroad workers in all of Kentucky were on strike, he wouldn't be able to go anywhere. If the strike didn't end soon, Marita may not even be able to come home. The strike was having a serious effect on everyone, and many negotiations were being made, but every real deal fell through. "I just wish that I could touch her," Sean said to himself. "I wonder why she hasn't written me back. Oh well, I guess that I better get ready for service."
The Logan family walked into the church. There were only three churches in Lexington. There was a beautiful church in town that the most of the people in Lexington attended, but for whites only. That was where the Winters and most of the other affluent families in Lexington attended services. Then there was a fairly large church in the deep woods, but it was built by coloreds, therefore only for them. Sometimes a person could hear them worshipping a mile away. The townspeople tried to get the Sheriff to do something about it, but since they were so far in the deep woods, he didn't have enough reason. Then there was a mid-sized church in the country that had about 100 members. This church was built by the members about 20 years ago. It was built by men, whites and coloreds, who believed that God created all people and put them here on one earth, not on a white earth and a black earth. Ned and Isaac were only two of the founders of the church, and he hoped that the Logans for all generations would uphold the same standard. There was no colored section in that church, everyone sat together and worshipped together. If you had a problem with the person sitting next to you. You were told to either go into town to the white church or go into the woods to the colored church. Sean fought away thoughts of Marita and sat and listened attentively as the Reverend delivered his sermon. He was talking about Faith and how it pleases God when you have faith in him. After the sermon, the Reverend stepped down to greet the members, and then everyone greeted each other and went on their way home.
Location: Boston Setting: Marita's room
Marita woke early Sunday morning. She rolled over onto her back and pulled her left arm out from under the sheets. She looked at her left ring finger which bore the ring that Sean made for her. She grinned as she thought about him. Then she pulled the collar of Sean's shirt over her nose to see if she could still smell him. She had worn that shirt and the ring every night since Annie had left. It had been two weeks since they found Annie passed out in the kitchen. The doctor confirmed that Annie was pregnant and her scholarship was revoked, and she was sent home the next day. Marita and Annie talked before she left Boston. Annie admitted to Marita that she had never been with a man before, but just before she was about to leave, she felt the need to become a woman, now she was pregnant. She said that coming to Boston was against all of her families' wishes for her. They wanted her to just marry somebody and have ten children. Annie said that the whole reason that she applied for the scholarship was to prove them wrong. Now, they would prove her wrong. The only person she had in her corner was her old school teacher, and her beau. Her old school teacher made the recommendation for Annie to get the scholarship. She was 81and still teaching, but she was the only colored person in the area that was qualified to teach, even a colored school. Annie said that the old teacher would be very disappointed that Annie didn't finish her certification, but even with the time that she was at the college, that would probably be enough to relieve the old teacher of her duties and give her some time to enjoy the fruit of her labor. Annie was sure that her beau would marry her and they would live happily ever after. Marita missed having a roommate, but she also liked her privacy. Surprisingly Miss Liza was proving to be a really great friend, almost motherly. Everyday she would ask Marita how her day was, what was coming up, and they'd have long discussions about this and that. Miss Liza loved to ask Marita questions about Sean. Marita loved to talk about Sean to Miss Liza, but she thought that it would be best if she didn't tell her that Sean was white. Josiah was being as aggravating as ever. He had started showing up at the hotel late in the evening after he finished his chores, but Miss Liza would always tell him that Marita was busy doing something. For whatever reason, he would not give up. On the other hand, Shawn was being the perfect gentleman. Marita even had to admit to herself. At first, she thought that he was just trying to be smooth and sly, but he really was respectful and honest. They had gotten to know each other very well. He proved that he wanted to be nothing more than a great friend, especially since he was already engaged to a girl named, Sadie. He said that she was the whole reason why he wanted to obtain a profession. He said that he could have just lived off of his father's money, but he said that Sadie made him want to be a real gentleman and make a life for them with his own hands. He had also asked Marita about her personal life, which she did admit that she was involved with someone. He asked her if they had considered marriage, but Marita told him that they had some personal problems to work out before they could consider marriage. Nevertheless, Marita felt safe with Shawn because she thought of him like a big brother. She still didn't want to tell Sean about him because he'd get jealous over nothing, but Shawn would come to the hotel for Marita to help him with his coursework and they would work for a while and then they would spend the rest of their time joking around and laughing and playing pranks on each other. Today they were going to Sunday service together and then to the church fair. Shawn had also admitted to Marita that he really was not in the practice of going to church. He said that his mother was extremely and his father didn't believe in God, so he said that he thought it best to stay in the middle of the road, but he had agreed to go to church with Marita today. Marita finally got up and sealed her letter to Sean. This was the third letter that she had written him within a two week timeframe. She wondered why she hadn't heard back from him, but she assumed that a letter from him would be arriving soon. Marita got up and dressed. Today, she decided to wear her new lavender dress with matching hat and lavender lace shawl. When she went downstairs, Shawn was waiting for her in the lobby.
"Good Moooooor-ning," Shawn said enthusiastically, "I didn't think that any lady could ever look near as pretty as my Sadie, but you sure do look pretty."
"Good morning to you," Marita replied with a smile, and "Thanks for the compliment."
"I'll be sure to tell Josiah that you wore that dress 'specially for him," Shawn said
"You ready?"
"Yeah, just let me tell Miss Liza."
Marita walked into Miss Liza's office. She was smoking a cigar as usual. "Good morning Miss Liza. I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna go to Sunday service then to the fair. So, I'll probably be gone all day."
"Alright honey, you have a good time, ya hear."
"Yes ma'am, I will." Marita noticed how melancholy Miss Liza looked, but she didn't want to pry. She was just about to close the door when she stopped and realized that Miss Liza had helped her through so much, it would only be fitting for her to help Miss Liza. Marita re-opened the door to the office, "Miss Liza, why don't you come with us?" Marita asked nicely.
"Who me…Noooo, honey!"
"C'mon Miss Liza, it'll be fun. When's the last time, you went out and had fun?"
"I'll go next time, you go ahead. Besides, the rule has never changed, two's company, but three is always a crowd."
"That may be true when you're courting, but not the case with Shawn and me. We'd love to have you with us. C'mon," Marita said trying to convince Miss Liza.
"Oh alright, lemme get my shawl and hat.
"Great," Marita said happily. Marita waited while Miss Liza looked in the mirror and tied on her hat and draped her shawl around her shoulders. Miss Liza still stood and looked in the mirror like she didn't like how she looked. "Marita, you sure this is a good idea?"
"Course, I'm sure, it's a great idea. We better go or we're gonna be late for church." Marita opened the door and Miss Liza walked through and they both walked out into the hotel lobby.
"Shawn, Miss Liza is gonna join us, okay."
Shawn was a little surprised by Marita's statement, but being the gentleman that he was he said, "Great, I get two beautiful ladies on my arm today." Shawn held the door open and Marita and Miss Liza walked outside the hotel. Shawn held out both of his arms for Miss Liza and Marita to hook onto. "You really are too much," Miss Liza said with a giggle. "Trust me, he knows it,"" Marita added with a laugh.
The three walked into the church just as it was about to start. Marita had really learned to enjoy this church. It was founded upon the same principles that her church in Lexington was upon. There was no white or colored section. Since Boston was already such a progressive city, it made since that everyone should worship together. Marita, Shawn, and Miss Liza sat on the fourth pew. Marita looked around as people were socializing. It was like people didn't see the difference between their colors. They were totally blind to it.
"Let us all stand," the minister said as he came out. Everyone quickly silenced and grabbed their hymnal out of the pocket in the put and stood up. "Please turn in your hymnal to Hymn # 24 "Bless the Lord, O My Soul." Everyone let their voices ring to the high heavens, especially Miss Liza. Marita would have never imagined that Miss Liza would have a voice like that. She sung in beautiful Alto, but what was even more of an anomaly, she had the poise and grace to go with it. She stood up straight and tall and let her voice ring from her stomach. Everyone looked around to see who that beautiful voice was coming from. After the service, the minister stepped down and greeted everyone as he usually did. Then he stopped and stood before Miss Liza. "So, are you the vessel from which that beautiful voice flowed from this morning?" he asked.
Miss Liza looked at him with a look of embarrassment. "Well, there were a lot of vessels and beautiful voices here this morning., I was just harmonizing," Miss Liza replied.
Then Marita stepped forward. "Yes, of course that was her voice. I never knew that you could sing like that" Marita looked at Miss Liza.
"Well while, ya'll were admiring her voice, I spent my time praying," Shawn jumped in.
"Really," the minister said in a concerned voice "Perhaps, you would like to share your burden with me. That way I can pray with you."
"Sure, I'll share it with you, but my prayer has already been answered."
"Really!" the minister said excitedly.
"Yeah, I prayed the whole time Miss Liza was singing that the windows wouldn't shatter, and when they didn't shatter and she stopped singing, my prayer was answered. It really was what you church folk would call a miracle." Shawn burst out laughing at himself. Marita and Miss Liza looked at the minister's face as he stared at Shawn. Then the minister finally burst out laughing causing Marita and Miss Liza to release their laughter that they tried to hold back.
"You really are funny young man. You had me going for a while. So, will you all be going to the fair?"
Shawn answered for everyone, "Course, we wouldn't miss it!"
"Just like you won't be missing anymore Sunday services, correct?"
Shawn thought about it for a second. "Sure, why not."
"Alright, I'm sure I'll see you all later." With that, the minister went on to greet the rest of the members. Shawn, Marita, and Miss Liza walked around the back of the church grounds to the back where the fair was. And there he was. Sitting there with his little crew. "Good afternoon Marita," Josiah said nicely.
"Good afternoon Josiah," Marita said as she, Shawn, and Miss Liza kept on walking.
"Would you all mind if we talked for a minute?" Josiah asked.
"Josiah, I really would like to go into the fair," Marita replied.
Josiah got a real big smirk on his face, "Actually, my question wadn't directed at you. It was for Shawn."
Marita felt her face flush with embarrassment, "Oh, please excuse me."
"You're excused…..for now," Josiah said as Marita and Miss Liza left.
"I'll catch up with ya'll. So what do you wanna talk to me about?"
"I wanna talk to you about Marita."
What's coming next chapter:
The rest of the fair
Vivian's shenanigans
