𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝗼𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥

Chapter 4

Theodore  
 

"Thank you so much for coming out, I hope you all enjoyed the service", my dad said while shaking the hands of the people who were leaving the Church.

Me on the other hand I was very tired and ready to go home, dad likes to get here around 6:00 am so that he has time to prepare things around the church. And of course, he told me that I had to help too because that's what the kids did back in the biblical days as he would say.

I feel like I'm going to pass out at any moment. I silently said to myself while trying to keep my eyes open.

"Theodore!".

"Huh, What?", I said while looking around to see my mother just looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm sorry mom, what did you say?", I asked while trying my best to keep my eyes on her but it was getting harder by the minute.

"Are you alright dear?'', she looked at me with worry. "I'm fine, mom", I was getting a bit irritated and just wishing that she would just tell me what she wants.

"If you say so" But any who Chandra and Maxwell had invited me and your father out for lunch", she smiled.

You'd think she had won the Lottery by the way she is smiling.

Is that what she wanted? Lord G-"

"She said that you could stay at their house with Kai and Winifred, while I and your father are out with them".

And at that moment it was like a switch had gone off and I wasn't tired anymore. A matter of fact I was fully aware the second she said something about Kai's house.

"Does that sound good to you honey?", mom asked. "If not th-"

"NO!".

She raised her brow, and I cleared my throat.

"I mean no", I said using my inside voice

"You guys go and enjoy yourselves".

"I'm sure Win will find something for me and Kai to do". But my thoughts weren't on what I and Kai would be doing at his home. It was more so wondering if a certain person was going to be there.

"Alright dear if you're fine with it, then I guess it's alright", she kissed my head and began walking towards Mr. and Mrs. Rush. But before she did she turned around almost like she forgot something, I hope she wasn't having second thoughts.

"Your father will take you to get your car, so that way if we are tired after we leave the Restaurant you can just drive yourself back".

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"So what do you want to do man? Kai asks while throwing his basketball up in the air and catching it. We can play video games, watch a movie, we could get Win to order us a pizza or whatever you want man it's up to you" I'm down with whatever", he explained.

"All those things sound great", I said while looking at my phone to see if Jaelen had texted me, and of course she didn't.

I couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Maybe she just gave me her number to be nice or maybe Win had told her that she and Kai are my only friends and she felt sorry for me. I wasn't embarrassed about that, some of the kids from Church invited Kai and I out once "for Bible study" I would have declined but dad intervened saying it would be good for me to be around kids my age wanting to learn the great word.

Are so he thought, when we got there, Tony the name of the boy whose house we were at, turns out his parents weren't home and would be gone for the evening, and all the kids that came to church every Sunday were in the basement listening to music I know their parents wouldn't approve of, and smoking cannabis.