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knew Yasmine had trouble carrying on a full conversation with it. They both spoke perfect English, because their father was black and understood very little Portuguese and no one on his side spoke it at all. Yasmine bit her tongue and struggled through it.
She had just gotten back from visiting the twins at the orphanage. The phone rang while she was in the kitchen getting ready to prepare dinner.
“I’m doing good.” Yasmine added a light touch to her voice.
“Oh, yeah, then why does your voice sound phony?” Laura sounded unconvinced.
Yasmine wondered, if it is so apparent to my sister, who lives at the bottom of the eastern coastline in Florida, then how visible is my misery to the people around me everyday?
She knew how obvious it was, that’s why Leigh had pressured her into going away for the weekend, soon.
Yasmine avoided the obvious. “Everything is going well at the office, Leigh and I have really grown our clientele by working some programs with the local hospitals.”
“That’s great, I always knew you guys would make a success of it. But, how’s the personal life since you so craftily left that out?”
“I have some potentials on the horizon.” Yasmine didn’t tell her sister that it had to do with trying to become a single parent of twins.
The sound of expectancy entered her sister’s voice, “Want to talk about him?”
Yikes ! Yasmine knew she should correct her sister assumption, but she chose not to because she didn’t want to worry her. “No, I don’t want to talk about that—but, I have great news.”
“What’s that?”
“I’m going away this weekend for a mini vacation, including a trip to a spa.”
“Wow, someone must really care about you.”
“Yeah, they really do.”
Yasmine had reluctantly agreed to go on the trip, but more and more she was glad Leigh had pressured her to go. She needed a chance to get away, clear her mind, and come up with the realization she probably wouldn’t end up with the twins.
“I’m glad to hear you’ve found someone who cares about you. I’ve been worried about you since your divorce from Blake.”
“Can we not bring his name up, Laura?”
“I know you don’t like to talk about him, but all I was trying to say was that I was worried he may have ruined any chance of happiness you could have with someone else. I was afraid you would close yourself off from a relationship because of him.”
Boy, her sister didn’t know how on the mark she was about her personal life. Yasmine would keep it to herself as she always did. She and her family weren’t extremely close; they all preferred to live their own lives. She and her parents had been estranged since her divorce. Her parents never believed things were bad enough to warrant breaking wedding vows. Even when she tried to explain to them that Blake was trying to hurry along the ‘til death do us part’ vow. Her mother told her that he just had anger issues that counseling could have fixed. Her father never said anything, one way or the other.
“How are you doing, Laura?”
“Great, I’m dating this guy that works at the school and it looks like marriage may happen for us.”
“How long have the two of you been dating?”
“Three months, but the relationship is going so well. We’re always with each other, or on the phone talking.”
That was always her sister’s story. She was the oldest by five years, a kindergarten schoolteacher that had never been married. Every guy she dated for more than three months looked like marriage was going to happen. She didn’t know why her sister had never been asked, she was sweet and would probably make an excellent wife and good mother.
But maybe the guys she dated were wrong for her, or they could sense her eagerness to get to the altar and it scared them away.
Her sister was also different from her in that she completely submerged herself in the Portuguese culture and traditions. When she, found a small little community in
She had just gotten back from visiting the twins at the orphanage. The phone rang while she was in the kitchen getting ready to prepare dinner.
“I’m doing good.” Yasmine added a light touch to her voice.
“Oh, yeah, then why does your voice sound phony?” Laura sounded unconvinced.
Yasmine wondered, if it is so apparent to my sister, who lives at the bottom of the eastern coastline in Florida, then how visible is my misery to the people around me everyday?
She knew how obvious it was, that’s why Leigh had pressured her into going away for the weekend, soon.
Yasmine avoided the obvious. “Everything is going well at the office, Leigh and I have really grown our clientele by working some programs with the local hospitals.”
“That’s great, I always knew you guys would make a success of it. But, how’s the personal life since you so craftily left that out?”
“I have some potentials on the horizon.” Yasmine didn’t tell her sister that it had to do with trying to become a single parent of twins.
The sound of expectancy entered her sister’s voice, “Want to talk about him?”
Yikes ! Yasmine knew she should correct her sister assumption, but she chose not to because she didn’t want to worry her. “No, I don’t want to talk about that—but, I have great news.”
“What’s that?”
“I’m going away this weekend for a mini vacation, including a trip to a spa.”
“Wow, someone must really care about you.”
“Yeah, they really do.”
Yasmine had reluctantly agreed to go on the trip, but more and more she was glad Leigh had pressured her to go. She needed a chance to get away, clear her mind, and come up with the realization she probably wouldn’t end up with the twins.
“I’m glad to hear you’ve found someone who cares about you. I’ve been worried about you since your divorce from Blake.”
“Can we not bring his name up, Laura?”
“I know you don’t like to talk about him, but all I was trying to say was that I was worried he may have ruined any chance of happiness you could have with someone else. I was afraid you would close yourself off from a relationship because of him.”
Boy, her sister didn’t know how on the mark she was about her personal life. Yasmine would keep it to herself as she always did. She and her family weren’t extremely close; they all preferred to live their own lives. She and her parents had been estranged since her divorce. Her parents never believed things were bad enough to warrant breaking wedding vows. Even when she tried to explain to them that Blake was trying to hurry along the ‘til death do us part’ vow. Her mother told her that he just had anger issues that counseling could have fixed. Her father never said anything, one way or the other.
“How are you doing, Laura?”
“Great, I’m dating this guy that works at the school and it looks like marriage may happen for us.”
“How long have the two of you been dating?”
“Three months, but the relationship is going so well. We’re always with each other, or on the phone talking.”
That was always her sister’s story. She was the oldest by five years, a kindergarten schoolteacher that had never been married. Every guy she dated for more than three months looked like marriage was going to happen. She didn’t know why her sister had never been asked, she was sweet and would probably make an excellent wife and good mother.
But maybe the guys she dated were wrong for her, or they could sense her eagerness to get to the altar and it scared them away.
Her sister was also different from her in that she completely submerged herself in the Portuguese culture and traditions. When she, found a small little community in
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