Southern Gossip: A Complicated Love Story Read Online Free PDF

“Maybe it was God’s doing to have Unc make sure that Eleanor and her family would be taken care of for the rest of their lives. I don’t see what’s so bad about it.”
     
    Mama Gray totally sided with Mrs. Gray as she chimed in with her two cents. “It wouldn’t have been bad if Eleanor would’ve chosen him. I mean, what else can I say? He was always a stupid man.” She hissed. “Not only did he leave her that house, but in his will he specifically stated that if she accepted the money and the twenty acres of land that she could never sell or rent it out to anyone. The house and the land must and will always remain there for the Kent’s.” Mama Gray disappointedly shook her head. “Not to mention that it’s on the Gray Plantation. I never cared about her getting the mailbox money, but her mailbox should’ve been in another state somewhere, not out here.”
     
    “And because it’s here, history just keeps on repeating itself,” Mrs. Gray added drinking the last of her wine.
     
    “Okay mom. I know the story.” Marlon cut in not wanting to hear it again.
     
    “It’s true, Marlon.” Mama Gray added. “I went through it with your grandfather, watching him and Gray bicker over a Kent woman. Your mom went through it with your dad, watching him and your Uncle Evan fall out over a Kent woman.”
     
    Marlon cut in. “And now you’ve witnessed me and Keem fight and quarrel over none other than another Kent woman.”
     
    “Finally, you get it.” Mrs. Gray chimed in with sarcasm. “I believe that Gray put a curse on them too, or something, because it has been nothing but Kent women that have grown up in that house. First Eleanor had Daphne & her twin sister, Deena, and then she had Denise. Then her girls turn around and have nothing, but more girls. They’ve never had any boys in that family.”
     
    “I’ve thought about that for years,” Mama Gray chimed in. “I wouldn’t put it past Gray. He was truly bitter that Eleanor couldn’t decide which brother she wanted. However, he wanted your grandfather to suffer by also knowing that he couldn’t have her, either. They competed so much in everything and Eleanor was the first thing that neither could win. Even though it hurt them both, Gray got peace out of seeing your grandfather in such low spirits. However, nothing pissed him off more than to see his brother move on with me since he seemed to be at a standstill in his love life. It crushed him to think that his brother could end up happy and not him.”
     
    “I can only imagine how that hurt him,” Marlon chimed in thinking that it had to have been bad.
     
    Mama Gray looked at Marlon with the side eye, totally disagreeing. “I don’t believe that it hurt him. I think it only tapped into the darkness that hid inside of him. Not only was he known as a bad boy, but he was also known to be very impulsive.” 
     
    “Like A’keem.” Marlon slid in.
     
    “Although A’keem looks just like him, he’s really not like Gray at all. I have to admit that Gray certainly passed him and Seth his care free spirit and deep gray eyes.” Mama Gray stated thinking that that’s where Gray got the nickname from. It wasn’t because of his last name, but because of the color of his eyes.
     
    “I believe that he passed down his criminal record to my child, too.” Mrs. Gray added feeling that A’keem was definitely a bad boy like his great uncle.
     
    Mama Gray slightly agreed. “He tends to get in a bit of trouble just like Gray, but A’keem is not him. That man also had a twisted mind. A’keem seems to be bad, but he’s just misunderstood. He has a heart as pure as gold. So, no telling what Gray did before his miserable death,” she said looking at Marlon like she was very serious.
     
    “Okaaaaay, I get it. But, that’s over. The myth doesn’t exist anymore. If anybody ends up with a Kent woman it’ll be Keem or Seth, not me. I’m not falling out over Jada again and if my brother ends up