Don't Blame the Devil (2010)
“He’d expected to find the same defiant, pint-sized woman who gave the world hell on a moment’s notice, if she had to. He gave her a moment before he spoke. “I’m going to go to court with you.”
Delilah wiped the corner of her eyes with the back of one hand. “Why?”
“We’re all camped out upstairs….”
“What do you mean, camped out? And not that I care much, but how’s Thurgood and Martha…Marty, whatever her name is?”
Jessie chuckled. Lord, this woman is something else. “They’re okay, but the deacon—w...ell, he looks sadder than you. I had emergency prayer with him before that detective brought me down here to see you.”
“You did? How long has he been upstairs? They don’t even have a clock down here where I can tell time.”
“Hmmm. Let me check. It’s almost eight-thirty in the morning.”
Jessie began to offer Delilah words of comfort. He walked her through the process of what would happen, or what should happen if she behaved, once she got to court. When that conversation was exhausted there were another few moments of silence between them.MoreLess
Delilah wiped the corner of her eyes with the back of one hand. “Why?”
“We’re all camped out upstairs….”
“What do you mean, camped out? And not that I care much, but how’s Thurgood and Martha…Marty, whatever her name is?”
Jessie chuckled. Lord, this woman is something else. “They’re okay, but the deacon—w...ell, he looks sadder than you. I had emergency prayer with him before that detective brought me down here to see you.”
“You did? How long has he been upstairs? They don’t even have a clock down here where I can tell time.”
“Hmmm. Let me check. It’s almost eight-thirty in the morning.”
Jessie began to offer Delilah words of comfort. He walked her through the process of what would happen, or what should happen if she behaved, once she got to court. When that conversation was exhausted there were another few moments of silence between them.MoreLess
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