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Carmen and her husband clash when he brings up church |
"I've missed you." I turned to see Rick standing in the doorway of the kitchen, hands in his pockets. "Why don't we go to church tomorrow morning?" Rick asked. I took my coat off and hung it on the rack, throwing my keys on the table. I turned toward him, but not before glancing at the candlelit dinner in the living room. "For me?" I gave Rick a soft smile before walking toward the table. "I thought you might want a nice dinner after your day." "Thank you." I smiled before putting my arms around his waist and kissing him. "How was your day?" I asked, pulling away and taking a seat. "I flunked a kid today." He made his way around the table, straightening the mahogany table cloth before taking a seat. "What happened?" "He hasn't turned in one assignment and it's already the second month of the year. I figured he'd get back on track after I talked to his parents but I guess not." "Not many people like math." "So you're defending him by saying he didn't like math?" "Let's not get into an argument tonight, okay?" Rick sighed, taking a sip of water and looking up at me. "Sorry." I said nothing before taking a bite of meatloaf. "What about church?" He inquired. I set my fork down. "Church?" "C'mon, Cari. We haven't gone to church in a couple years. I figured we could start going together, as a married couple." "I can't, I have to help Liv." "Can't you help her later?" Rick took a bite of beans before washing it down with ice water. I dropped my fork and set my elbow on the table. "Look, I know you don't like my sister but you could at least be less hateful about it. And why has this church thing become so important to you?" I demanded. "A couple guys from Temple Baptist came over earlier and invited us. Said there's a couple's class our age group and said they'd love to have us." "Can we talk about this later? I'm tired." "Cari, I--" "I'm not hungry anymore." I pushed my plate aside before getting up and walking to the bedroom before shutting the door behind me. I didn't need to worry about God, I needed to help my sister get her kid back. And if God did exist, He'd help me do just that. |