Like your father said about Omar, Osman is also, to us, an important part of our lives, even though we are unable to be together. Still, he shares a b...nd with us just as Omar."I thought about the next question that had arisen in my mind."Are you going to have any other c***dren by other African men?" Yes," my mother replied, without any pause. "Just not this year."My feelings were a little confused, but one thing that wasn't confusing to me, was the fact that my non-biological father had always. What about Samantha?”“She and I will talk, probably tomorrow night, and we’ll figure out where we are.”“I had a very long talk with her on Friday after she got home from school. I’m amazed at what a different person she is. Her environment at home was toxic beyond anything I could imagine.”“Yes. And that’s why I think there’s a very good chance she’ll decide she needs a dad more than a lover.”“I don’t know,” Jessica said. “I couldn’t tell from the conversation. It’s like what you said after. She would give Howard and Sara time to retract the lies they had spread about her before making appointments with the three clients who had expressed interest in discussing projects with her. Although she didn't mention it, I assumed she was accepting my offer to go along, posing as her assistant."Crystal invited us to dinner on Friday night. She and Clifford want to talk to me about doing the remodel plans on their house."Again, I didn't complain about her planning our week. It wasn't until we. "Stupid fucking whore," he says when he thinks I'm out ofearshot....The motorcycle makes good time. I arrive at the littlemetropolitan park. Office buildings surround the smallpatch of green. I walk down a few paths, checking the placeout.My little Jenna used to love places like this. I look atthe jungle gym. I shut off my emotions. Maybe I'll do theemotional healing later. There is a solitary black womansitting on a bench under a streetlight. She throwsbreadcrumbs to pigeons."Scuse me. Are you.