Tina remembered that her father had left them when Jude was a baby, saying he was tired of their mother and then leaving with another woman who had been controlling him.
As she waited for her mother to step outside, Tina sighed and asked, "What happened, Mom? When did he return?"
Mama Tina sat back and sighed before responding, “He came back with the woman he ran away with. I should’ve returned home sooner, but the elders were trying to convince her to leave. She refused to go without your father, claiming he wanted to abandon her now that she was getting older. Your father, on the other hand, said she hadn’t given him any children during all those years they lived together, and he couldn't continue with her. So he returned to us."
“And you accepted him back?” Tina asked, but her mot
