Disclaimer: I do not own the Clark sisters
Notes:
Strange things starts happening to Karen and Someone knows a secret about her and they tried to blackmail her to expose of her secret to the news/press.
It was the second, Sunday of the month and Drew had been carefully, watching Karen take her medicine after the last slip and he wanted to make sure that-that would be the first and last one they had to deal with because he hated seeing his wife that way and he couldn't do anything about it. If he could've he would've taken all her pain away and just let himself feel it.
Revival:
Today was a normal day in church. However, during church service everyone was cooing over Tammy's adopted daughter. This month was GEI's revival service and everyone was invited. For some time now they heard that Tammy had been an adoptive mother but they didn't really believe it due to her personality. Of course, her nephew, Dee had stayed with her for a time-being until he left to go back home. But the little girl she spoke of often no one really saw her until today.
"That little girl is just too cute." One of the older church members said. "Indeed but her story is just sad." The other one said who had met the little girl when Tammy first got her as a baby. "Mmhmm." Elder Ridges said, "I can't believe her mama would actually leave her for dead." The older church lady said in a quiet voice before service started. "It's a sad world we live in." The other woman said ending the convo before church started.
During church service, Karen seemed to be enjoying herself as she paid attention to the Word that her husband for the start of the revival. Everything was going so well after the small accident that triggered her.
Though Deacon Roy was still there she tried her best to ignore him. And did her best to stay on top of medication. She noticed that they were starting to help instead of making her feel numb. She took them in her husband's office seeing that it was still difficult for her to step foot in there without crying.
Her and her sisters haven't had the open conversation yet as her therapist had suggested but she was going too. It was just that she was hesitant on telling them everything. She didn't know how they would take all of what she had done. Hell sometimes she couldn't even stand herself for it. But it had to be done. She had to have a peace of mind somehow and she did what she had to do.
Once she was done taking her medicine she put her pill bottle back in her purse and went into the sanctuary. When she went back into the sanctuary she saw a mini crowd over to where Tammy was seated. Karen rolled her eyes knowing that Tammy was an attention whore.
She heard of Tammy bringing a little girl with her to church that was around 5 years old that she had adopted since birth.
If Karen was being honest with herself she thought Tammy was lying since she never bought the child with her and she didn't seem to be the motherly type anyways considering how she was helping to raise her nephew when she needed to step in. Going up to the pulpit, Karen saw the child but thought nothing of it as she just wanted to mind her business for the rest of today without anyone bothering her because last Sunday was a lot.
But during church service she saw one of her best friends who was a guest singer, Tamela Mann. She couldn't wait to hear her sing. Oddly, enough she had kept in touch with Tamela when she was gone. Because over the years she thought she would've left everyone behind but she didn't. The two people who she kept into contact with the most was her cousin, J.Moss and her best friend, Tamela.
She looked over towards, Tamela and thought about how she really hadn't talked to her since coming back home. If anything they had little interaction since then. But she knew that Tamela would try to call her but they just kept missing each other's calls. Even James would ask her if she spoke to Tamela and would pass on word to her that Tamela needed to talk too her. But they could never find the time to do it.
She didn't know what it was about but she guess it couldn't have been that important until, Tamela made time to see her at the revival.
When it was Tamela's turn to sing she threw down as she had everybody up on there feet at church including Tammy. Which surprised her because Tammy knew that her and Karen were best friends. Heck everybody knew
Once, Tamela was done singing she sat back down at her seat listening to the rest of the service. But throughout the service, Karen would watch how Tamela would eye Tammy and Tammy would do the same but Tammy would only do it for a second. Tammy knew not to stare at Tamela too long before she got mean-mugged by her.
Tammy and Tamela had beef too daring way back when over something stupid. But this time it was different. It was something more serious.
Karen observed how Tamela was watching Tammy throughout service and it looked like she wanted to beat her ass with how Tamela was squinting her eyes.
'She so dang trifling.'
Tamela said to herself as she zoned out from listening to the Bishop preach and kept focusing on Tammy. 'She betta be glad we in church and not outside.'
Tam thought to herself but before she could go on she felt her husband, David gently hold her hand to bring her back into the sermon. How can she live with herself? Tamela wondered as she paid attention to the service trying not to let Tammy get the best of her.
David looked to his wife telling her with his eyes that 'they'll just have to talk about it after the service and Tamela nodded her head once in understanding as that was the plan.
Once service was finally over with Tamela made her way to the back as almost if she was rushing trying to dodge all of the compliments of how amazing she was today when she performed.
She was used to the comments by now and thanked them all. But she had some business to tend too. Making her way to the Bishop's office she just hoped that Karen was already in there as she didn't see her in the sanctuary after church let out.
When Tamela finally made her way into the Bishop's office after knocking on the door she heard, Karen's voice. "Come in." Karen said, and welcomed, Tamela with a big smile and hug. "Heyy girl we missed you we're so glad you're back." Tam said and Karen thanked her.
"I'm sorry for not keeping in touch with your calls things had been so hectic lately and Every time I tried to call you back it's like I had just missed you." Karen said, "And Tamela told her it was alright." Then, there was a moment of silence in the room as the two looked at each other.
"Karen I need to talk to you about something important." Tamela said and Karen looked at her like a dear in headlights not sure if she wanted to talk too her now after her tone went from...
'I missed you now okay we need to talk' in a serious tone.
Karen has so many guesses on what Tamela could possibly want to talk too her about. "Okay so, shoot tell me." Karen said as she sat down behind, Drew's desk. Right before, Tamela could get the first syllable out there was knocking at the door as the Bishop opened it up seeing his First Lady and Tamela chatting as if he had interrupted something important. Tamela already knew that when Bishop opened up the door more people were gonna follow behind him.
Karen backed up in the chair almost as if she was afraid of the child as she looked back at her husband and back at the child in front of her. First Lady why are you behaving in such a manner she's just a child? Tammy asked as if she was innocent bringing the child up closer to Karen. And everyone looked at Karen as she is literally in the chair with her feet backed all the way into the couch with a scrunched up face looking at her husband.
Every since the day Karen broke down crying in church she had crying spells every now and then it was like her violent episodes became crying spells. She guessed the medicine really was regulating her mood like her therapist told her. But the crying spells was happening so much and so, often to the point where her husband and sisters almost thought that Karen was about to have a nervous breakdown with the way things had been going. But thankfully that didn't happen.
However, one Sunday she fainted in church while sitting in her regular seat in the pulpits. Of course, Drew was the first one to see that his his wife had fainted in the seats and he was just glad that she was sitting down so when he came off the stage to tend to her it was easier to deal with instead of if she was standing up.
Then, her sisters immediately rushed to her side. "Get her some water." Jacky said as she held up Karen's head. "She's still breathing." Jacky said quietly as she turned to look at Drew who was standing on the other side of Karen after he abruptly stopped in the middle of his sermon and one of the Deacons took over while Drew tended to his wife while the kids looked on worried for their mother.
He let out a thankful sigh that his wife was still breathing and it was nothing more than her body just being exhausted. After a while of trying to wake, Karen up Jacky told, "Karen to rise up very slowly" since she had fainted and Karen looked shocked when she told her what happened especially since a mini crowd had surrounded her. But when she tried to get up even with Jacky's help and still holding her hand she felt to weak too talk as she almost fainted again.
But this time, "Drew caught her" carrying her bridal style in church as he took her too her office calling the ambulance since this wasn't exactly normal for a person to still be a bit weak few moments after they've woken up from fainting as Jacky noted.
The family of Karen clark sheard her doctor called out has been under a lot of stress lately?Try to keep her stress levels down know that she's IED and that's gonna be harder. But it was nothing more than her being stressed out and the family let out a breath especially Dorinda and Drew.
Because everyone was lowkey thinking that it was another suicide attempt and it just so happened inside the sanctuary and it would've been too much for them to handle especially Dorinda.
After she was let out the hospital, Tamela had called by the house just to make sure that she was okay. But she knew that she needed to talk to Karen before someone else did.
A week after, Karen was resting at home she had received a vanilla envelope in the mail with no address on it. She was glad that she was the only person home at the time since the kids were at school and Drew was at work. She went upstairs to her bedroom with the envelope in hand opening it as she sat down on her bed. When she pulled it open what she saw shocked her.
'I know your secret.' The note said, as she saw a smaller white envelope she opened it and pictures fell out. She looked at the pictures and she gasped covering up her mouth jumping back on her bed as they fell to the floor she looked at them like she was afraid of it.
'I'm going to ruin you if word ever gets out.' The message on that same letter said, where it had I know your secret. And Karen had no idea who took these or who even knew of her address. There were only a few people that knew of her and Drew's address and they barely got mail like this there could only be one or two other people who she knew would do something like this.
'Run your mouth if you want too.' The last note said looking at the letter that came as she finally picked up the pictures looking at them. "Am I crazy?" Karen thought to herself as she kept looking through them not believing what they saw. "No." She shook her head again wiping her tears that fell as she looked through them looking at the pictures one more time she scrunched up her face in distaste before she ripped them and burned them in her and Drew's fireplace that were in their room.
'No one is ever going to know.' Karen said forgetting that she had to have that conversation with her sisters as she took the letter and burned that too not trying to save anything for evidence.
To be continued...
Notes:
What do y'all think is happening?
Why do y'all think Tamela even came there?
What y'all think Karen saw in those pictures?
~ Next chapter the truth will be told in a three part series that I might upload all at once.
It's finna be a rocky ride y'all!
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