Never Say Never (45 page)
Authors: Victoria Christopher Murray
“The Food Court?” Noon said. “Is that the name of some new restaurant, 'cause you know, I'm not pedestrian like that.”
“Pedestrian?” I laughed. “Heffa, have you forgotten that we grew up on the same street in Compton?”
“Shhh . . .” She lowered her voice and chuckled at the same time. “Brett thinks I'm from Kenya.”
“I'm gonna tell that white boy the truth if you don't meet me in an hour.”
“I'll be there in thirty minutes,” she said.
We laughed before we both clicked off our phones.
© SIGRID ESTRADA
V
ICTORIA
C
HRISTOPHER
M
URRAY
is the author of ten
Essence
bestselling novels, including
Too Little, Too Late
and
Lady Jasmine.
Her most recent novel,
Destiny's Divas,
was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Fiction). Winner of the African American Literary Award for Fiction and Author of the Year, she splits her time between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
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Friends & Foes
(with ReShonda Tate Billingsley)
Destiny's Divas
Sinners & Saints
(with ReShonda Tate Billingsley)
The Deal, the Dance, and the Devil
Sins of the Mother
Lady Jasmine
Too Little, Too Late
The Ex Files
A Sin and a Shame
Grown Folks Business
Truth Be Told
Blessed Assurance
(contributor)
Joy
Temptation
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Murray, Victoria Christopher.
Never say never / Victoria Christopher Murray. â First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
p. cm.
“A Touchstone book.”
1. African American womenâFiction. 2. WidowsâFiction. 3. Man-woman relationshipsâFiction. 4. Psychological fiction I. Title.
PS3563.U795N48 2013
813'.54âdc23
2013013282
ISBN 978-1-4516-9577-9
ISBN 978-1-4516-9578-6 (ebook)