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Ms. Minnie led Ellen around to the tool shed where she had her garden supplies. Ellen said, “I remember you used to work for the Red Rover Adoption Agency. Do you remember my secret?”
Ms. Minnie said, “Honey, I remember all the girls but I don’t talk about when they needed help.”
Ellen and Ms. Minnie carried a couple of buckets and hedge clippers around to the garden area. Ms. Minnie also carried a couple of pillows to sit down on as they got down to pull weeds.
Ms. Minnie said, “You don’t have to worry about me talking out of turn.”
Novelette: Envy Is A Terrible Thing
By Charles Peters
Copyright 2019
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This story is fiction.
Any resemblance to any real people or places or things is not intentional.
Chapter Eight
Victor knocked on the door to the home where blind Joe Racho lived with his wife Minnie. Mrs. Minnie Racho answered the door with dog Joe Jr. at her side. Joe and Minnie were a black couple. Joe Jr. was a white poodle with a large afro and besides a gold color collar had a gold chain around his neck.
“Hey, Minnie I have come to do some work around your house like I told Joe that I was going to do. I brought some people with me.”
Minnie said, “I don’t know what Joe was thinking.”
Joe Jr. started sniffing Victor’s crotch. Victor petted Joe Junior and said, “Yeah, boy, unlike you I still have my balls.”
Joe Jr. gave Victor a dirty look and walked off.
Ms. Minnie said, “Victor, we can’t afford what you are talking about. I wish we could.”
“It is not like that. I have a fund that I use. You don’t have to worry about any expenses for anything I might need to buy for any repairs.”
“You are doing this for free. You think we are a charity case?”
“No. You don’t have to but if you want to volunteer to work to help me help the next person who needs a little TLC, you are welcome to do that. So anyway, Joe told me he needs some shingles replaced from the last windstorm. Also there are some boards that need replacing on the porch.”
Joe walked up to the door. “Minnie, I need help and Victor offered it. Victor is a good boy and don’t you be giving him a hard time just because he is white.” Joe added, “And still has his balls.”
Victor asked, “What makes you think I am white?”
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Minnie laughed.
Joe said, “Son, I am blind. I am not stupid. I’ve heard the kind of music that you play on your car radio when you’ve given me a ride.”
Jack walked up. “I’ve told him he needs to listen to more rap music.”
Joe said, “Fuck that rap shit. He needs to listen to jazz and soul and black gospel; stuff that will move him to say hallelujah and praise God.”
Minnie said, “Amen. Course Joe, you know you are talking to Jack Minx who plays that heavy metal stuff we listen to while getting our fuck on.”
Joe asked, “Are you shitting me? Jack Minx is standing at my door. Is this some kind of candid camera shit?”
Victor laughed.
Jack said, “I wish I was that famous.”
Minnie said, “We found you on youtube and put you on our play list that we listen to during sex. You really are good.”
Joe said, “Victor, Jack Minx is your friend and he came here to help you do work on my house. This is not some kind of joke.”
“No joke. Yeah. Judy and my parents are here also. Stewart is at church.”
Joe shook his head. “Victor, I remember you and that Jossette girl. I’ve heard about Jack. Are you gay now?”
“No. Jack and I have been friends since High School.”
Minnie asked, “So what happened to that Jossette girl? You two were always together.”
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“She moved to Atlanta and I really don’t want to talk about it.”
Minnie said, “Yeah. Well. Let us get busy.”
Ellen and Elliot took the ladder out of the back of an old truck that Victor sometimes used. They leaned it on the side of the house. Victor got his supplies to do roofing. He and Jack carried the items and shingles up on the roof.
Ellen looked at Ms. Minnie. Ellen looked at the porch while Judy walked up on the porch to begin talking to Joe. Elliot sat some sawhorses up from out of the truck. He then got a saw, a hammer, and some nails out of the truck.
Ellen asked Ms. Minnie, “Is there anything on the inside that I can do. I am not going to be much help to Elliot.”
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“Good.”
Ms. Minnie led Ellen around to the tool shed where she had her garden supplies. Ellen said, “I remember you used to work for the Red Rover Adoption Agency. Do you remember my secret?”
Ms. Minnie said, “Honey, I remember all the girls but I don’t talk about when they needed help.”
Ellen and Ms. Minnie carried a couple of buckets and hedge clippers around to the garden area. Ms. Minnie also carried a couple of pillows to sit down on as they got down to pull weeds.
Ms. Minnie said, “You don’t have to worry about me talking out of turn.”
“Oh, I figured that. I’ve just had the baby on my mind. He is grown now and I wonder about him.”
“That is natural. Some girls try to find out about their babies but it is discouraged. It is really not a good idea.”
“Do you know if the family who adopted my baby turned out to be a good family. I guess that is the main thing I want to know.”
Ms. Minnie said, “The agency doesn’t really keep track.”
“But what about you?”
“If they were local and I knew the families I couldn’t help but pay attention. Many of the adoptive parents came out of Atlanta though. Many were not local.”
“What about my baby?”
“Honey, even though I am retired and I can’t be fired, I still don’t need to talk about that.”
“Please. Tell me what you know.”
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“The couple was a good couple. They doted on the boy up until he was around the age of twelve. Then he started getting into some trouble. They couldn’t handle him. He ended up in a juvenile detention center. A judge said they were unfit parents but honey they weren’t. It wasn’t them. So he ended up in foster homes. But the best I can tell, he turned out fine. You should have no regrets.”
“So you know who he is? Will you tell me?”
“No.”
“What could be the harm?”
“They used to tell us about a New York case where the mother asked that very question. ‘What could be the harm?’ The child in that case hated the birth mother and her family that had not included the child. The young woman murdered her birth mother and the entire family. I think your boy turned out fine, but what if he didn’t. Do you want to put your family in danger? You know what they say, ‘Curiosity killed the cat.'”
“You must think awful of me, pressing you for information.”
“No dear. I understand. But not knowing is best.”
“Okay. Thank you for telling me as much as you told.” Ellen looked about and tried to fight the despair in her heart.” She focused on the varied plants that Ms. Minnie had planted. “I love your garden.”
“When it is cared for, it is a pretty patch of ground.”
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