ODDS OF LOVE - SEASON 14

Episode 163

" You signed a what ? ," Jeremiah said in great disbelief as he opened the refrigerator in Bliss's kitchen and then quickly closed it as he turned abruptly around to stare at her while she stood at the counter cutting up freshly washed vegetables for the salad she was fixing to go with the ribs he was barbecuing on the patio of her garden apartment. " Without me looking at it? A contact? "

Bliss sighed. Oh , yes, she was so delighted to keep discussing this particular subject and topic again. First with her parents; her mother had been all in awe since she loved gospel and especially The Family Soul but she and her father had still overly cautioned her to be careful especially about finances.

( " Let your brother Lazarus manage that money for you," Thomas Jones said. " You know math was never your strength in school, little girl. ")

And , Joy had been congratulatory about it all , supportive as she always was but even her older sister had irritated her with her advice over not letting it negatively affect her and Jeremiah's relationship.

( " You really should have discussed it with him first, sis. I never make a decision about things without running it by Faith first. And , Faith does the same. " )

And , Lazarus..... Her always egocentric older brother had mainly talked about that ridiculous campaign for mayor of his, something he only devised when he learned that Spencer Norland - Lane was running. She loved her brother as much as she did Joy but she had no intention of voting for him for anything. She agreed with Spencer on too many of his policies and Lazarus tended to be extra too much even when he was being genuine. Always had. Even when they were all kids. The only thing he had said about her new career was saying she and The Family Soul should sing at his big ass mega church. To benefit" them ". Like Mother Maddie and her family needed PR from Lazarus Jones really.

She put down the big knife and glanced over at him who was now returning from the patio with the done ribs that he placed on the counter. " I signed the contract for Rebel and Reese's manager Bailey to manage me. I read it. I'm not an idiot. It looked perfectly fine. And upfront. It's not like he's some grifter from the block. And , I'm meeting with Mother Maddie on Monday. I can't wait. Oh , and Rebel invited us to a party next week. Wednesday or Thursday. To welcome his and Dom's new baby. They're adopting a little boy from Africa. Nigeria. He's three months old. They're naming him Eric after Eric Fletcher. Eric Gaines. That's sweet. They're really so nice. You'll like them. "

Jeremiah didn't want to discuss Rebel or his new son or some bougie party with celebrities that would ignore him and fawn over her for probably hours. He wanted to discuss why she had made a major decision without consulting him about it. Why she was considering the possibility of her rushing off to a cross country tour with The Family Soul almost right after they got married in December.  But in a way he didn't want to discuss it , he thought as he stared over at his fiancee who had returned to chopping briskly.

" Whatever. Hope you know what you are doing is all. And, hurry up with that salad. I'm hungry. All I ate today was ice cream with the kids. "

Bliss cut her eyes over at him. " Speaking of food..... wait until I tell you what Joy said that Devin Lucas was wanting to serve at the reception. Sushi. Thank God Joy and Faith put a stop to that. The man needs to stop trying to be a wedding planner and remember he's just a school librarian. Oh , and Shondie called. The police arrested Rona for all this mess. They can't find Tina Green though. Poor Shondie is really upset. She can't afford a lawyer for Rona so Rona has to have a public defender. "