Kit-how is Martin and better yet how are you doing?

Carol-I’m fine-I am not surprise-I just hurt that my best friend was going through this and didn’t feel that he could talk to me                                                                                                                 

Kit-when are you going to be true to yourself and be happy?

Well Kit when you are indoctrinate with the fact that it not right for you to feel the way you do it is kind of hard to let go-but enough about me and my problems-I am on vacation-I don’t get to deal with my problems-I get a break-let take care of Tina’s problems says Carol.

This is not the end of this you know this right said Kit; and MaDear always said be true to yourself

The cousins finish together: because you can’t make someone else happy unless you are happy yourself.

Carol-yeah, I know, I know and you will continue to remind me, I am sure of that.

Kit thinks to herself she wonders what Carol is going to say when she finds out who Bette hired to assist with the paperwork of MDG enterprise-maybe my little cousin can have some sunshine in her life after all. 

After getting off the phone with Kit, “Carlton and Carlisa I thought perhaps we could go out to lunch and then check out a few sites and then have dinner at Cousin Kit’s house-what do you guys think?

Cool with me says Carlton what do think sis.  Sound like plan said Carlisa.

They are sitting down having lunch, when Carlisa asked her mother can you tell me more about your relationship with dad and some of the things that you gave up.

Carol thinks back well it is 1985 your father and I had just graduated from college-and I was getting ready to attend law school at Harvard-Uncle Mel has forgiven me now for attending Harvard to begin with.  I chose to go to a HBCU for my undergraduate studies even though I had been accepted at Harvard.  I almost talked Cousin Bette in attending with me.  Uncle Mel could not understand why I would turn down an opportunity to attend an Ivy League School to begin with.  I felt strongly about attending college at an HBCU.  I was in relationship with the love of my life, Renada Reed, who I always call Nada.  She had also been accepted into Harvard as well as your father.  She would also be attending Law School and your father had been accepted into their MSW program.  We were going to rent an apartment together.  Nada and I planned on staring a Law Firm together.  I had planned on telling the family about Nada and our plans.  About the same time Cousin Bette decided to come out to Uncle Mel, he was livid.  He said Carol I trust that you are not going to engage into this type of lifestyle; maybe I was right to attend HBCU to begin with.  I chicken out; I told him the three of us would be sharing an apartment while attending school but Martin and I were engaged.  I did not want to disappoint him again.  He had been the only father figure in my life.  My Nada refused to go along with the lie and told me I had a choice my uncle’s approval or her; but she was not going to play this game and that I wasn’t being fair to Martin.  I have always had Martin’s back and he has always had mine.  He told me he would go along with the game.   We played the game without Nada of course-later Uncle Mel-pressured us about when we were going to take the next step-there was no one in my life-just one night stand and the same thing for Martin-we tried the conventional lifestyle-it worked for awhile.  I believe MaDear always knew.  That was another lifetime-lets check out the sites of California.  The kids was in awe, they had a greater respect for their father and their mother‘s love.

Tbc