"I couldn't have heard you correctly. You're intelligent, Pearl. Don't tell me you hadn't figured that out way beforehand before all this happened between you and him in New York. To hear this isn't very pleasant. You call yourself walking out on him, and don't you think walking out on someone who is in love with you is just as bad as pulling out a gun?" Mama Olivia sighs heavily.
"I think you could have been direct with him much earlier, especially since you had figured out who he was and why he was there in New York."
Deja cried even harder, "I know, I know."
She realized that mama Olivia was so right. But Deja knew she wanted to have her cake and eat it too. She wanted to be with him for as long as she could while, at the same time, accomplishing her mission successfully. Deja did
