Authors: Leslie Esdaile Banks

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“And so do I.”

Ted leaned in close, prepared to give in, but only for the moment. “I hope Alexandria has a good time today.” He smiled. “I really do.”

Although Victoria knew that he meant every word coming from his mouth, what he just said didn't arrest her worries, because she knew what her husband didn'tâthat this was just the beginning. She wished she could wave a magic wand and change the last three hundred fifty years of American history. This was a war she had been suited up to fight all her life, but it was a new battle for Ted, and she knew that he would never fully understand the complexities of what it meant to be black in America.

“I'm heading upstairs, because we've got to leave soon,” Victoria said. She grabbed her BlackBerry and rose from the table. She leaned over and kissed Ted lightly on the lips. “We'll work through this, together.”

Ted kissed her back and nodded his head. He watched his wife as she walked out of the room, and thought about the question his daughter had asked.
What am I?

He's Quite a Catch....

Victoria's stomach was a bundle of squiggly lines and nervous jitters. It had been that way since she had arrived at Hilda Barrett's house a half hour ago. She looked down at her watch.
Damn! Thirty minutes to go.
That was how long it would be before she could get the hell out of there!

She couldn't wait to make a beeline out the door and head straight to her car. Even though she would have to return in a few hours to pick up Alexandria from her first Jack and Jill playdate, she knew that she needed to leave now, before her temples throbbed any harder.

She was sitting on a large paisley-print sofa with her legs crossed, trying to concentrate on the information that Hilda, the current chapter president, was delivering to the parents of the newly minted crop of young Jack and Jill darlings. Even though Victoria knew the information like she had written it herself, she tried to focus hard on the words coming out of Hilda's mouth. Focusing would help take her mind off the man sitting across the room. The one causing her nerves to fray at the edges.

She'd spotted him as soon as she and Alexandria had arrived. He'd been bent down on one knee, whispering something to an adorable little boy who looked like his “mini me.”

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