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pays me the big bucks.”
    Zenobia tilted her head slightly and looked sternly up at him. “Oh, so is that why the FBI is so interested in you lately?”
    â€œMama, I told you. The FBI is interested in me and my skills in finance and accounting. That’s what happens when you’re good at your job and word gets back to the Big House.” Knowledge plucked his white silk shirt twice with both his thumbs and index fingers like a bird pecking at the ground trying to snatch up a worm. It was his way of emphasizing his pride in himself.
    â€œPeople in high places begin to search you out for positions in their organization. The government is stepping things up within the financial world. There’s too much corruption too high up. People aren’t sticking up banks with guns and a note the way they used to. Things are high tech now, sophisticated. And the government is looking for the best of the best to put a halt to a lot of these things, or at least slow them down. I know you’ve seen the movie Men in Black . Well, the government really is looking for the best of the best now.”
    â€œYeah, okay. That’s what you keep telling me. You’d just better be sure that’s the only reason the government is interested in you. I mean that, Knowledge.”
    Knowledge kissed his mother again on the cheek. “Mama, you raised me better than that. I won’t embarrass you or our good name. I’m the good son, remember?”
    â€œKnowledge . . .”
    â€œI’m just kidding, Mama. Well, I’m out of here. It’s Thursday and I have to pick up Dominique and Jasmine from ballet and Deon from karate. I’m just glad Isis found a place with both activities next door to each other. At least I don’t have to run all over town dropping them off and picking them up for this. After I get them, I’ll go by the daycare and pick up Dante before they close at six and end up charging me a late fee.”
    â€œPoor Dante . . . having to be the last one picked up,” Zenobia said of the six-month-old. “You should have stopped by and gotten him before you came here. I’m sure he would have loved to see his granny. And how is Isis these days?” Zenobia asked of her daughter-in-law. “We don’t see very much of her hardly ever.”
    â€œOh, she’s good. The law firm is keeping her busy. But as she tells me often when I try to get her to slow down: this is what she was born to do. And I must admit, when you see her in action, grilling a witness on the stand, connecting the dots, that wife of mine is good . I believe they’re thinking of making her a junior partner soon.”
    â€œWell, I hope to see all six of you Sunday night. In fact, I think it would be great if we all got together for dinner after church. I could cook a nice, big meal, check Gramps out. Clarence could come over and maybe bring his two children. It would be fun.”
    â€œWe could do that. I need to check with Isis to be sure she’s available. But me and the children could be here. As for Clarence getting his two daughters . . . you know Tameka and Clarence are like a Mac and a PC: they both work well respectively, but they use totally different operating software to function. With Clarence’s previous line of work, he didn’t always get the children on his weekend. If it’s not his weekend this week, Tameka may not cooperate just to get back at him for all the times he didn’t get them when he could have.”
    â€œBut this is a special weekend. Their father is being baptized. I’m sure Tameka will be fine with us having a family gathering here at my house,” Zenobia said. “You just see about Isis and I’ll handle Tameka.”
    â€œYeah, Tameka still loves you. You two are sort of like Ruth and Naomi in the book of Ruth in the Bible. ‘Where thou goest, I’ll go. Thou God will be my god.’” Knowledge quoted