ODDS OF LOVE - SEASON THIRTEEN

Episode 18

" So why Solly ain't here at dinner, LuLu Mae ? ," Bubba Joe demanded to know as he reached out to grab the big bowl of mashed potatoes and scooped out a too large helping on his plate to join the fried chicken and green beans. " You need to put your foot down with that man in the wheelchair next door. Don't matter what that Klein woman said in no fancy lawyer paper. Boy's your son and he needs to be living here. With you and Jonah and Jimmy here. "

Nettie Jean shoveled green beans in her full overly painted red mouth as her blue eyes greedily watched her brother in law Jonah eating a chicken leg. " LuLu ain't never been no mommy of the year, Daddy. You knows that. She was happy to have the boys living with her old mama in law. "

LuLu pursed her lips at her sister and snapped," And, where your children at , Miss Always Got Something To Say About Everyone Else ? Oh , wait. You ain't got none. Sitting there talking about me with those rotten eggs between your own legs. "

Jonah mumbled ," I'm trying to eat. Bubba Joe , Sol and his little friend couldn't make it because  a friend of theirs got hurt in that damn accident I saw on the news earlier. They're at the hospital. That is some messed up stuff. Rich White lady driving so crazy and hits one boy then another car. Ridiculous. "

Nettie Jean nodded at Jonah as she shifted her chair closer to him. " Oh , it is. It is. There are videos all over social media about it. She messed up that nice automobile of hers bad. Oh , and hurt people. "

" She killed people," Jonah snapped. " One person at the moment but news said those boys were hurt badly. I think one of the boys , the Black one, is Keisha Duncan's son. I used to go to school with her. She was a firecracker back then. Still is I bet. I know she mad. And , that brother of hers , Jeremiah,that used to be a girl of all things is most likely going to sue this woman into the next few years. I saw him in action during the Faith Lane mess. "

LuLu ignored the reference to Jeremiah Duncan. Just like she had ignored him at the trial when he had been asking her questions and him trying to pretend he didn't know her intimately. Sometimes she wished she had been able to put the triplets on him instead of Jonah. It would have been such fun being married to a rich lawyer. And maybe they wouldn't have to live next door to Wheels.

Jimmy pushed his food around on his plate, saying ," Mr. Duncan not so bad. He said I could do some part time work at his firm in the mailroom. Should be easy enough. I met his sister when I was job hunting. She was okay. Sucks about her kid. And the other person. But what if the woman was sick or something when she hit them ? People on FireBook are mad and saying she did it on purpose. That other kid, one Sol knows , he was really popular at that fancy school apparently. "

Jonah shook his head. " Of course she did it on purpose. All those people that saw it said she was speeding and talking on a phone. Hope they put her under a jail what she did to those boys. And killed the White boy's father too. Shame. "

Bubba Joe grumbled ," Still ain't no reason for the boy not being here. We're his family. Not them people next door. Boy think he bigger than he is going to that school with all those rich spoiled kids. Gertrude Klein put ideas in his head and those mixed up people next door making it worse. LuLu Mae , he needs to move back in here. "

LuLu ignored her father as she dropped a chicken thigh on the floor for the pig to sniff and gnaw at gustily. " Can we not discuss that terrible accident? I saw on Rebel that discussing bad topics don't mix well with good food. "

Nettie Jean laughed with an open mouth of chewed up food. " Well , how it mix with your food then ? And, speaking of Rebel when you, Jonah and the babies going on that there paternity show ? "

LuLu said with much irritation," Never ! There's no reason to go on any paternity testing show ! "

Jonah pointed a fork at Jimmy. " I'll change the subject. It's good you working now. Because I think you should start putting in for bills and food and stuff. Maybe a hundred dollars a week. It's not good to be living off other people you know. "

With the last comment he glanced at his father in law with derision.

Nettie Jean smiled sweetly in Jonah's face. " I agree. You're such a good daddy, Jonah. Even with all the ones not related to you. Just the good strong vital male influence that those boys need in their lives. I would love to meet a man like you. "

Jonah smiled back at her just as LuLu snapped," Well , then you need to go out and find one, sister. Pass the rolls, Jimmy. "