My phone rang and I feared that Michelangelo had second thoughts and was calling to cancel, but when I saw Sophia’s name displayed on the screen, I quickly hit the “Ignore” button. While waiting for my boo to arrive, I’d much rather fill the time listening to my grandmother’s wild tales than have Sophia hold me captive with her pregnancy complaints. It was irrational thinking, but a part of me believed that there was a personal message for me, hidden somewhere in Grandma Eula Mae’s recorded memoir. I believed she was providing me with wisdom from the grave that would help me to navigate through life’s challenges. • • • After plotting together and turning O’Grady into a slobbering idiot, Felder and I grew closer than ever. We had an extraordinary love for one another, but we didn’t flaunt our feelings out in the open. As a respected physician, Felder had a reputation to uphold and it wouldn’t have looked right for him to be gallivanting around town with another woman while his wife was locked up in the crazy house.
