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“I believe Julia is healthy and happy. I’m so glad for her. She deserves it. You both deserve happiness. God speed, Judith, good night.”
I felt so much better and put on my pajamas and brushed my teeth. I was curled up in bed with the book I was reading, one by Annette Mackey. She was a new author I had found and I really liked reading her.
CHAPTER 15
The next thing I knew, someone was knocking on my door. I was still propped up in bed. The lamp was still on and the book was on the floor.
I jumped up to answer the door and stepped on my eyeglasses. “Damn,” I said as the glass cut my foot.
When I opened the door, John and Tracy stood there. “We’re on our way to New Orleans, Judith. There was an attempt on Julia’s life last night. We believe Jupiter and Christina are over there. Julia will be flying in today to stay here while we investigate.”
Tracy glanced down at my foot, “You’d better put something on that before it gets infected.” Before I could reply, they were gone.
I hobbled into the bathroom and dressed my foot. I took a shower and put on a pair of jeans and long sleeved bright green tee shirt. Mimi didn’t like me to wear jeans. She thought I should dress like a proper lady.
I looked at the clock. It was only 7:20 a.m. I had almost three hours before I met with Bettina. I was the last one up. Everyone but John and Tracy were having coffee.
“Good morning, Judith,” they all sang. Rosa started teasing me about not being a morning person.
“You didn’t used to be a morning person either, Rosa. When we were both working as dancers in New Orleans, we both slept at least until noon ever day.”
“That’s before I had Jennifer. That cured me. Having a baby will cure you. You’ll see.”
I felt tears welling in my eyes. Ben had wanted kids so badly. Rosa jumped up and put her arms around me. I couldn’t hold the tears back any longer.
“I’m so sorry, Judith, ” Rosa said.
“That’s okay,” I said, “It’s not you. My emotions are close to the surface these days.”
I dried my eyes and joined them for breakfast. We were all excited about Julia coming. As we were finishing breakfast, Jesse brought Brad and Jennifer down.
“Guess what, Aunt Judith,” Brad said as he climbed up in my lap, “Aunt Julia is coming to sleep over too. It’s so fun. We have a lot of sleep overs.”
We all laughed. “Is it all right if I go with Arnold to the airport, Mimi?” Jesse asked.
“Sure Jesse. We’ll watch the little ones,” Mimi said, winking at her.
I was happy for Jesse and Arnold finding each other. And I knew she would be riding in the front of the limousine with him, probably with her head on his shoulder.
I would have only a few minutes for my reunion with my twin sister before going to pick up Bettina. I was so excited. We hadn’t been together since Christmas and it was now March.
I paced and looked at my watch. I paced and looked out the window. They were running late and I had to leave. I would have to wait and see her later today.
As I drove toward Bettina’s house, I thought about how I would approach her about her mother’s death. I think part of her knew her mother was dead but she had compartmentalized.
Mrs. Frazier took me aside before Bettina came down from her room. “She had a terrible night, Ms. McCain.”
“Please call me Judith. What happened?”
“Well, the kids had all gone to bed and Mr. Frazier and I were watching the news. It showed you in the yard of a big house not far from here and they were bringing out a stretcher in a body bag.”
We heard something h it the floor and looked around. Bettina had come into the room without us seeing her, saw what we were watching, and fainted. We have a doctor friend who came over and gave her a shot to knock her out.
“ When she came to, before the doctor arrived, she became hysterical, screaming and crying that that wasn’t her mama.”
“Is her mama dead, Judith?”
“Yes, a
I felt so much better and put on my pajamas and brushed my teeth. I was curled up in bed with the book I was reading, one by Annette Mackey. She was a new author I had found and I really liked reading her.
CHAPTER 15
The next thing I knew, someone was knocking on my door. I was still propped up in bed. The lamp was still on and the book was on the floor.
I jumped up to answer the door and stepped on my eyeglasses. “Damn,” I said as the glass cut my foot.
When I opened the door, John and Tracy stood there. “We’re on our way to New Orleans, Judith. There was an attempt on Julia’s life last night. We believe Jupiter and Christina are over there. Julia will be flying in today to stay here while we investigate.”
Tracy glanced down at my foot, “You’d better put something on that before it gets infected.” Before I could reply, they were gone.
I hobbled into the bathroom and dressed my foot. I took a shower and put on a pair of jeans and long sleeved bright green tee shirt. Mimi didn’t like me to wear jeans. She thought I should dress like a proper lady.
I looked at the clock. It was only 7:20 a.m. I had almost three hours before I met with Bettina. I was the last one up. Everyone but John and Tracy were having coffee.
“Good morning, Judith,” they all sang. Rosa started teasing me about not being a morning person.
“You didn’t used to be a morning person either, Rosa. When we were both working as dancers in New Orleans, we both slept at least until noon ever day.”
“That’s before I had Jennifer. That cured me. Having a baby will cure you. You’ll see.”
I felt tears welling in my eyes. Ben had wanted kids so badly. Rosa jumped up and put her arms around me. I couldn’t hold the tears back any longer.
“I’m so sorry, Judith, ” Rosa said.
“That’s okay,” I said, “It’s not you. My emotions are close to the surface these days.”
I dried my eyes and joined them for breakfast. We were all excited about Julia coming. As we were finishing breakfast, Jesse brought Brad and Jennifer down.
“Guess what, Aunt Judith,” Brad said as he climbed up in my lap, “Aunt Julia is coming to sleep over too. It’s so fun. We have a lot of sleep overs.”
We all laughed. “Is it all right if I go with Arnold to the airport, Mimi?” Jesse asked.
“Sure Jesse. We’ll watch the little ones,” Mimi said, winking at her.
I was happy for Jesse and Arnold finding each other. And I knew she would be riding in the front of the limousine with him, probably with her head on his shoulder.
I would have only a few minutes for my reunion with my twin sister before going to pick up Bettina. I was so excited. We hadn’t been together since Christmas and it was now March.
I paced and looked at my watch. I paced and looked out the window. They were running late and I had to leave. I would have to wait and see her later today.
As I drove toward Bettina’s house, I thought about how I would approach her about her mother’s death. I think part of her knew her mother was dead but she had compartmentalized.
Mrs. Frazier took me aside before Bettina came down from her room. “She had a terrible night, Ms. McCain.”
“Please call me Judith. What happened?”
“Well, the kids had all gone to bed and Mr. Frazier and I were watching the news. It showed you in the yard of a big house not far from here and they were bringing out a stretcher in a body bag.”
We heard something h it the floor and looked around. Bettina had come into the room without us seeing her, saw what we were watching, and fainted. We have a doctor friend who came over and gave her a shot to knock her out.
“ When she came to, before the doctor arrived, she became hysterical, screaming and crying that that wasn’t her mama.”
“Is her mama dead, Judith?”
“Yes, a
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