If Yvonne had known that Tia would take tomorrow’s board meeting to heart like this, she never would have told her about it. She never wanted her daughters to think poorly of Christ-Life Sanctuary or of any of its members or leadership. “Honey, don’t worry about me. Your uncle Thomas is in town, and he will be at the meeting. So, I know that I’ll have at least one vote on my side.”
“That’s awesome, Mama. I’m so glad that Uncle Thomas is going to help you with those crabby board members.” Tia sniffled again. “But that’s not what I’m sorry about.”
Drama, drama, drama. Bracing herself, Yvonne said, “I’m listening.”
“Before I go any further, I need for you to understand that I never meant for anything like this to happen. And I’m so, so sorry.”
“I get that, Tia. You’ve already told me how sorry you are. So, can you please just tell me what’s going on?”
With a burst of fresh tears, Tia blurted out, “I’m pregnant.”
Yvonne moved the phone away from her head, looked at it, and then pressed the receiver against her ear again. “Is this your idea of a joke, Tia? Because, if it is, I am not in the mood for this right now.”
“I wish I were joking, Mama, but...but it’s true,” Tia sobbed.
Nothing that Tia had ever done could have prepared Yvonne for this phone call. Not the time she’d had to pick up her teenage daughter at the police station for mouthing off to a police officer after he’d cited her friend for driving without a license. Not the time when Tia had informed her and David that she was dropping out of college to attend art school. And not even the time when Tia had met a guy on the Internet, only to find out that he was an online predator looking for teenage girls to do ungodly things with. No, as shocking as those incidents had been, none of them had prepared Yvonne for this moment.
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