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Chapter 2
I’m taken aback by the words
coming out of the mouth of one of my oldest and dearest friends. As kind and
compassionate as they are, they still feel like a knife going through my heart.
“You want me to step down as Senior
Grand Mother?” I bristle.
“There’s no way you can continue
on as Andrea Robinson Isis.” Alma continues. “The pledges are starting to get
suspicious.”
“What would make them suspicious?”
“Come on, Andi, you’re supposed
to be 98-years-old. But when you’re with the kids you use slang like an
eighteen-year-old.” Edna says.
“And you eat like a sixteen-year-old.”
Alma jabs. “At my age I can’t eat half the stuff you scarve down. Heck, I can’t
even digest half the spicy stuff you scarve down anymore.”
“Hey, I just
don’t want to come off as a stuffy old lady-”
“I’d say you’re doing that too
well.” Edna continues. “Not that many senior citizens your age have the
dexterity to drive a Mustang convertible.”
“Edna, you know that Lincoln
Continental convertible I bought just doesn’t handle as well. Powder blue piece
of crap-”
“But that’s what dignified older
women like you are supposed to drive.” Alma says.
“Come on Alma, I
still have a good forty years left in me-”
“But if you stick around The
Thetas won’t have another forty years
left in it.” Millicent says. “Some of the pledges are eventually going to
figure out that you’re more than human.”
“You only
figured that out because you walked in on me lifting up my dresser with one
hand when you were little-”
“There were other tells.”
Millicent continues. “But the point is someone else may walk in on you doing something
a 98-year-old woman wouldn’t be able to do.”
“And there’s a chance that one of
them may slip and reveal that fact to someone outside of our sisterhood.” Edna
says. “Now we’ve made efforts to keep your secret so that you can continue to
do your philanthropic work.”
“But none of us can guarantee
what the next generation of Theta sisters will do.” Alma says. “And we’d all
hate to see all of your good work compromised.”
I hate to admit it but they’re
right. If I remain here as Andrea Thomas Robinson I could wind up destroying
everything I’ve built over the past seventy years. If my cover is blown, it
could have a ripple effect throughout the Black community.
“Guess I have to take one for the
team.” I sigh.
“It would be for the best.” Alma
replies.
“I just wish I didn’t have to leave
now.” I continue. “You really need me to help you fight those feminists-”
“You have to have faith in us to
preserve your legacy.” Edna says. “God sees all the good work you’ve done. I
know He’d want it to continue.”
“And we’d all make efforts to
keep teaching our daughters what we learned from you over the years.” Millicent
says.
“So when do you want to announce
my retirement?”
“We’ll let the other Theta Sisters
know in a few weeks.”
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