Pamela nodded. She had tried to avoid this topic with her grandmother. When her kids clocked a year, after the birthday party that year, her grandmother said she was ready to get a man. It wasn't going to affect her education at all. Then she told him that men had hurt her and she doesn't want to get involved with any man again. Besides, what does she need a man for? All a man can offer her, she already has it. Men should stay in their space while she keeps her distance. Now, her grandmother saying it again implies that she was insisting on seeing her married. What can she do about it then? Clarion Johnson smiled and kissed Pamela's temple. She caressed her hair and announced to her that they were going to accompany her back to Oak City for a few weeks before returning to Mid

