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mumbled.
“I betta get going now.” Chester didn’t say another word as he hurried out the door.
As soon as the screen door slammed, Eva and Mamie turned back to Dorothy Mae. The three women just stared at one another.
“What?” Dorothy Mae finally said.
“I bet Chester did clean your pipes,” Mamie finally cackled. “Got them old things up and running smoothly, I’m sure.”
“Mamie, just what are you trying to say?” Dorothy Mae huffed.
“I ain’t trying to say nothing. I’m straight up telling you, you know your old behind was up here getting your groove on.”
Dorothy Mae’s mouth dropped open. “How dare you say something like that? Chester was just over helping me.”
“Umm-hmm, I’m sure he was,” Mamie said. “This the same Chester you act like you can’t stand.”
Eva finally shook off her surprised look. “Dorothy Mae, if you want to have Chester, ah, clean your pipes, then you go right ahead.” She giggled.
“Shoot, I ain’t mad at you, chile,” Mamie added. “My pipes so clogged, I just done ’bout given up hopes that anything will ever flow between them thangs again.”
“Will you two just drop this and tell me what you’re doing here,” Dorothy Mae demanded as she took a seat in a chair at her dining room table.
Eva quickly filled Dorothy Mae in on their little run-in with Savannah at Wal-Mart.
“So she wants us to give her a chance?” Dorothy Mae mumbled, as Eva finished up the story.
“She sure does,” Mamie muttered. “But that little floozy is out of her mind if she thinks that will ever happen.”
“But I tell you what,” Eva said. “I could tell from the look in her eyes that she was serious. She’s going to try to get Terrance any way she can.”
Dorothy Mae got up and began pacing the room. “Y’all, this is serious. You know Terrance can’t handle a worldly woman like her. She get to seducing him and throwing her womanly wiles on him, it’s all over.”
“Well, that’s why we got to make sure he loses interest in her.” Mamie was just about to say something else when Terrance appeared on the other side of the screen door.
“Knock, knock,” he said through the door. “Can I come in?”
“Come on, it’s open,” Dorothy Mae said.
“Hello, everyone.” Terrance leaned in and gently kissed each woman. “Aunt Dorothy Mae, you really don’t need to be sitting up in here with your doors unlocked. I could’ve been anyone.” He tossed them a suspicious look when no one responded. “Why do I get the feeling you all are plotting something here?”
Eva eyed her sisters, then plastered on a smile. “It’s just your imagination, sweetie. What are you doing here? You rushed me off the phone when I called you a little while ago.”
“That’s because I was on a business call. But since you told me you were coming over here, I just came by to tell you all about my date with Claire.”
An excited look crossed Eva’s face. She patted the chair next to her. “Oh, yes, have a seat and tell us. How did the date go? Isn’t she just wonderful?” Eva was grinning from ear to ear. Her smile quickly faded when she saw the look on Terrance’s face.
“No more dates,” he said, shaking his head.
“Terrance! Does that mean it didn’t go well?” Eva exclaimed like that was definitely not the response she was hoping for.
“Aunt Eva, she’s an atheist.”
Eva almost fell out of her seat. “What did you say?”
“You heard me. She doesn’t believe in God.”
Mamie and Dorothy Mae turned to Eva with scowls across their faces.
Eva looked just as shocked. “I didn’t know.”
“Well, now you do,” Terrance replied. “And you know I can’t do nothing with a woman who doesn’t believe in God.”
“But she’s a nurse,” Eva said, grasping at straws. She’d known Claire’s family for over ten years, and no one had ever mentioned Claire didn’t believe in God.
“And what does that have to do with anything?” Mamie snapped.
“I betta get going now.” Chester didn’t say another word as he hurried out the door.
As soon as the screen door slammed, Eva and Mamie turned back to Dorothy Mae. The three women just stared at one another.
“What?” Dorothy Mae finally said.
“I bet Chester did clean your pipes,” Mamie finally cackled. “Got them old things up and running smoothly, I’m sure.”
“Mamie, just what are you trying to say?” Dorothy Mae huffed.
“I ain’t trying to say nothing. I’m straight up telling you, you know your old behind was up here getting your groove on.”
Dorothy Mae’s mouth dropped open. “How dare you say something like that? Chester was just over helping me.”
“Umm-hmm, I’m sure he was,” Mamie said. “This the same Chester you act like you can’t stand.”
Eva finally shook off her surprised look. “Dorothy Mae, if you want to have Chester, ah, clean your pipes, then you go right ahead.” She giggled.
“Shoot, I ain’t mad at you, chile,” Mamie added. “My pipes so clogged, I just done ’bout given up hopes that anything will ever flow between them thangs again.”
“Will you two just drop this and tell me what you’re doing here,” Dorothy Mae demanded as she took a seat in a chair at her dining room table.
Eva quickly filled Dorothy Mae in on their little run-in with Savannah at Wal-Mart.
“So she wants us to give her a chance?” Dorothy Mae mumbled, as Eva finished up the story.
“She sure does,” Mamie muttered. “But that little floozy is out of her mind if she thinks that will ever happen.”
“But I tell you what,” Eva said. “I could tell from the look in her eyes that she was serious. She’s going to try to get Terrance any way she can.”
Dorothy Mae got up and began pacing the room. “Y’all, this is serious. You know Terrance can’t handle a worldly woman like her. She get to seducing him and throwing her womanly wiles on him, it’s all over.”
“Well, that’s why we got to make sure he loses interest in her.” Mamie was just about to say something else when Terrance appeared on the other side of the screen door.
“Knock, knock,” he said through the door. “Can I come in?”
“Come on, it’s open,” Dorothy Mae said.
“Hello, everyone.” Terrance leaned in and gently kissed each woman. “Aunt Dorothy Mae, you really don’t need to be sitting up in here with your doors unlocked. I could’ve been anyone.” He tossed them a suspicious look when no one responded. “Why do I get the feeling you all are plotting something here?”
Eva eyed her sisters, then plastered on a smile. “It’s just your imagination, sweetie. What are you doing here? You rushed me off the phone when I called you a little while ago.”
“That’s because I was on a business call. But since you told me you were coming over here, I just came by to tell you all about my date with Claire.”
An excited look crossed Eva’s face. She patted the chair next to her. “Oh, yes, have a seat and tell us. How did the date go? Isn’t she just wonderful?” Eva was grinning from ear to ear. Her smile quickly faded when she saw the look on Terrance’s face.
“No more dates,” he said, shaking his head.
“Terrance! Does that mean it didn’t go well?” Eva exclaimed like that was definitely not the response she was hoping for.
“Aunt Eva, she’s an atheist.”
Eva almost fell out of her seat. “What did you say?”
“You heard me. She doesn’t believe in God.”
Mamie and Dorothy Mae turned to Eva with scowls across their faces.
Eva looked just as shocked. “I didn’t know.”
“Well, now you do,” Terrance replied. “And you know I can’t do nothing with a woman who doesn’t believe in God.”
“But she’s a nurse,” Eva said, grasping at straws. She’d known Claire’s family for over ten years, and no one had ever mentioned Claire didn’t believe in God.
“And what does that have to do with anything?” Mamie snapped.
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