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was gearing up for a feast.
    I motioned for her to sit down. She plopped down on the couch so hard its legs squeaked like mice. I eased down on the love seat facing her.
    â€œWell, like I said, there is plenty of food and alcohol in the house.”
    â€œPraise the Lord for that,” Lillimae swooned. “After I fortify myself with a few plates of food, then I’ll get settled in. Is that first bedroom at the top of the steps still empty? The one closest to the toilet?”
    â€œNo, that’s where my daughter sleeps. She’s spending the night with Muh’Dear and Daddy. You can put your things in the room next to hers. How long do you plan to visit us?”
    â€œHoney chile, I just might stay up here ’til the cows come home. I want to teach Freddie a real good lesson this time. Maybe Pee Wee can introduce me to one of his men friends. My coochie could sure use some fresh meat, and a mighty big piece, I declare.” Lillimae giggled like a horny schoolgirl. “Freddie is the only man I’ve been with in twenty years. Ain’t that a damn shame?” I didn’t think that it was a bad thing for my sister to have been faithful to her husband for twenty years. As a matter of fact, I admired her for doing so. “I took my marriage vows real serious.”
    â€œI wish that I could say the same thing about myself,” I admitted, looking at the floor. I looked up in time to see the embarrassed look on Lillimae’s face.
    â€œUh, I only slipped up a few times durin’ the last twenty years,” she confessed. “But I didn’t get caught like you did. As far as Freddie and everybody else knows, my record as a virtuous woman is spotless. Speakin’ of Pee Wee, did he move back home with you yet?” Lillimae looked around the living room, then back to me with both of her eyebrows raised. “Last time me and you talked, things were goin’ real good between you and him.” She wobbled up from the couch and waddled over to me. She leaned down and hugged me with both arms and patted my back.
    â€œThings are not going too well between Pee Wee and me right now,” I told her, my voice cracking. “That woman he left me for, she claims she’s pregnant by him.”
    Lillimae’s mouth dropped open and her eyes got big. She shuffled back to the couch with a groan. “Why, that heifer! Oh, good gracious alive! You poor thing, you! Sugar, are you all right? That’s a mighty nasty piece of news to swallow.”
    â€œI’m doing as well as can be expected,” I mouthed. Somehow I managed a weak smile. “Bad news is nothing new to me.”
    â€œWait a minute.” Lillimae held up her hand and gave me a curious look. “I thought that wench was the same age as you? Isn’t she too old to be havin’ a baby?”
    I shook my head. “I guess she wasn’t.”
    â€œWell, it looks like I got back up here just in time. Like I said, don’t you worry none, sugar. I am goin’ to help you get through this mess.”
    â€œI’m glad to hear that.” I looked toward the front door. “And we’ll have a nice long talk once you get unpacked and settled. Are you sure you don’t mind spending the evening alone? My date is probably on his way, so it’s too late for me to call him up and cancel our plans,” I said, looking at my watch again. “Feel free to make yourself right at home,” I added. “You know where the bathrooms and kitchen are.”
    â€œAfter the way they neglected us on that airplane, I’m goin’ to eat and drink myself into a spasm,” Lillimae assured me, looking toward the kitchen again. “As you can see, I haven’t let a bad marriage or anything else interfere with my appetite.” She laughed as she lifted one of her massive thighs and gave it a mighty slap.
    â€œEverything is where I always keep it,” I chuckled. “There