Limelight

The Closer We Get

" Good morning brothers, sisters, and other wonderful people. Today I woke up reminiscing on old times this is RadioRic and right now I present to you The Georgettes's Would You Rather."

" Tina, Can you pass the butta?" Alyssa asked Valentina tiredly. Mrs. Smith knew how tired the girls were so she decided to cook breakfast at a later time. She was worn as well— standing on her feet yesterday afternoon till the wee hours of the morning.

The pay never seemed equivalent to the long hours she remained at the hospital — yet she was never the one to complain or reveal how powerless she felt.

Mrs. Smith peered at her daughters with overdue rent on her mind along with the divorce papers that came in the mail.

The sound of the Georgettes haunting her ironically as she sat there trying to make sense of his reason. Multiple times she asked him to come home yet he chose to stay where ever he was.

With him, they were getting by with rent but ever since he left and got the Joneses' family check – he spent it all on his palace sized church.

The thought of him made her eyes burn with tears then at an instant she masked it with a smile as Ms. Betty sat the orange juice on the table." So tell me about Los Angeles."

" Ooo, I bet you girls had a good time out there — Lil Honey got a tan I see." Betty chimed in causing Delilah to laugh a bit as she grabbed her fork.

" Yeah, I just wish it never ended. Soul Train felt unreal mama...like a dream." Delilah expressed and Mrs. Smith smiled with her hand rested on her cheek as she listened — there was nothing like watching Delilah talk about what she loved. Her mother could watch her do that all day and slowly be cured of all the hurt she felt inside.

Alyssa nodded as she chewed her food." Right ma, our hotel was amazing and as we toured around the place I saw the biggest beauty salon ever– elevators and everything...it had me written all over it."

" Nah what had me written all over it was the king-sized beds, the jacuzzi,  plus les not forget that once we touched down in the Bronx y'all Tío had us riding in a fly Cadillac... I felt like a million bucks."

" A Cadillac?" Mrs. Smith repeated with a perked brow. Her and Ms. Betty eyed each other until coincidently Curtis came walking through the door.

Curtis smiled brightly at them, hugging Ms. Betty and Valentina before giving his sister and nieces a kiss on their forehead.

" Where's my knucklehead nephew–"

" Next door... Curtis, did you really rent a Cadillac for them?" she tilted her head.

His smile faded slightly before reappearing again." Yeah... I wanted this to be as rememberable as possible."

Mrs. Smith shook her head and took a sip of her drink." You think them being in L.A — that along with being on Soul Train wasn't memorable enough?" her words came out harsher than she intended earning various looks from everyone as there was a brief pause.

Curtis eyed his sister for a moment." Emily... I knew the man driving it so the discount was practically free." he frowned as she didn't respond to him, but instead turned her attention to the girls.