Thin Line Between Love & Hate

Chapter 3 : Word Got Out

Sunday Morning , 8:10 Am

The Sun Had Rised & I Woke Up With A Horrible Headache . Everything That Happened Lastnight Came Back To Me , From Drinking , To Dancing , To Getting Caught , To Being Rejected.

I Don't Know What I Was Thinking , Who Would Want To Be Involved With The Preachers Daughter ? I Just Wanted To Experience A Normal Life & Be Treated Just Like Everybody Else , But I Would Never Be Treated Like Others Because I Was A Church Girl .

I Had Less Than 30 Minutes To Get Ready For Sunday School Or Else My Father Was Gone Know Something Was Up Judging That I've Never Been Late To Morning Service . Not Only Would That Look Bad On Me , But It Would Look Bad On Him & He Didn't Want To Ruin Our Good Reputation At All .

As I Grabbed My Towel And Found Me A Flower Pink Dress That Covered Up My Body Toya Had Called Me On Ft . I Quickly Picked Up My Phone & Headed Towards The Bathroom To Take My Shower.

" Hey Girl , What You Doing ? " She Asked .

" Toy I Really Can't Talk Right Now , I'm About To Be Late For Church ."I Quickly Told Her As I Sat My Phone On The Counter And Ran The Shower Water For It To Get Hot .

" Ooo You Better Hurry Up , Or Big Daddy Brown Gone Ground You . " She Sarcastically Said Laughing At The Big Daddy Part .

I Rolled My Mocha Browns Because This Girl Was Just Too Much . She Always Found It Funny When I Was Close To Getting In Trouble Because She Knew How My Dad Got . My Dad Didn't Really Like Me Hanging Around Toya Because He Said She Was " Too Wild " For Me & She Was Always Somewhere Were The Devil Was Making Devil Moves .

I Never Told Her That Because Ian Know How She Would React But I Honestly Didn't Think Toya Cared About What My Father Had To Say Because Me And Her Had Been Close Since Pre-K . I've Been Around Toya's Parents Before When We Were In Our Teen Years And Around That Time I Could Tell They Let Her Live Judging By How She Went Everywhere & Wore The Hottest Clothes I Didn't Even Own .

My Father Said Since I Was His Daughter I Had To Keep It Classy And Wear Skirts That Were Long And Passed My Knee Along With Shirts That Cover My Chest & I Barely Wore My Hair Down . I Think I Was The Only One Who Dressed Like This Now A Days Because I Didn't See Anyone Else Match My Style .

" T I Gotta Call You Back , I'm About To Be Late For Church . " I Informed Her Hoping She Had Got My Message .

" Okay Girl , Hit Me Up Once You Out Of There Cause We Need To Go Shopping . " Toya Said As She Hung Up And The Call Ended .

Once I Got Myself Clean I Lotion'd My Body And Straightened The Ends Of My Hair To Put It In A High Ponytail . As For My Shoes I Wore Pink Flats And Grabbed My Purse , Heading Out To My Car . I Looked At The Time ... 10:45 And Church Had Started At 10 Sharp !!!

God Please Save Me 🙄

Once I Pulled Up To The Church I Quickly Got Out And Made My Way Up The Stairs . You Could Tell Church Had Started Because Of The Music You Heard From The Outside Of The Church . There I Walked In Face Down Hoping Nobody Would See Me , But It Was Too Late .

Once I Walked In I Met Eyes With A Very Angry Pastor. If Looks Could Kill I Would Be DEAD By Now . He Motioned For Me To Sit In The Front Right Next To The First Lady Of Saint Baptist Church . As I Took Walked My Steps Slow I Could Hear Everyone Whispering About Why I Had Been Late & How I Would Be Getting In Trouble Later .

Guilt Washed Over My Face As I Disappointed My Father . I Mouthed An Apology And Quickly Sat Down So she Could Continue With The Morning Service .

Minutes Had Past Into A Hour And Church Was Finna Be Over . The Elderly Man Had Came Around With Our Bread And Wine So We Could Do Our Communion. Once We Prayed & Finished Our Wine And Bread Everybody Went Around Too Greet One Another Before Heading Out . One Lady Had Came Up To Me And Told Me My Father Wanted To Speak With Me In His Office .

I Already Knew By The Tone Of Her Voice That This Wasn't A Good Talk . I Walked Down The Quiet Hall That Lead Me Towards My Father's Office . His Door Was Wide Open And He Had That Type Of Posture That Told Me He Had Been Waiting For Me .

" Come In ." Was All He Said .

Once I Came In , I Shut The Door And Say In The Love Seat He Had In The Corner. My Eyes Never Met With His , I Focused On The Bottom Of My Dress As I Played With The Strings That Looked Like They Were About To Come Out . I Pulled Them One By One Until My Father Spoke Once Again.

" What Were You Doing At That Devilish Club Lastnight ? " He Asked Which Made Me Pick My Head Up And Look At Him With Furrowed Brows .

" Don't Lie To Me Either , Because Someone Has Already Told Me . " He Smirked Like He Had Knew I Was Going To Protest That I Wasn't In The Club .

I Sighed . I Don't Even Know Why I Wanted To Lie. But I'm 24 For Crying Out Loud And I Can't Even Have Any Fun . Before I Spoke I Made Sure I Would Get All My Thoughts Together Or Else I Would Definitely Say The Wrong Thing To Make Him Think Twice About Me .

" Father I'm 24 , Yet You Keep Treating Me Like I'm A New Born . " I Told Him As He Stood Up And Walked Towards Me .

" As Long As You're In My House , Under My Roof , Being MY CHILD ? You Will Not Do Such Demonic Things & Hang Around Demonic Vibes .. Do You Understand Me ? " He Spoke Loudly Getting All Up In My Face .

As I Was Going To Speak He Cut Me Off Once Again . " I Said DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME SYDNEE !?" He Shouted Like The Ladies That Did The Shouting When They Heard Him Giving The Talk Of The Day In Church .

I Simply Nodded As A Tear Came From My Left Eye. I Never Understood Why I Would Try To Get Him To Listen Or At Least Hear Me Out Because He Wasn't Going Too . Like I Said , Being A Preachers Daughter Was Not Easy At All .

" Good , Now If You'll Excuse Me I Have A Meeting To Attend & You Have Chores To Be Done At Home By The Time I Get There , Love You . " He Said As He Kissed My Cheek And Left Me Staring There In The Middle Of His Office Speechless .

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