Lunchtime Chronicles, Issue 19 by Keta Kendric

The stares, frowns, and glares that we sometimes give off to others, just because we 'assume' something about them, due to their appearance or a certain behavior. He couldn't get enough.Īlright now! This was an eye-opening read, that made you take a deep dive into yourself, to see what if any prejudices you may have. All it took was for Rook to have a slice of Renata's spice cake and he wanted the whole darn cake. Renata learned to put away her prejudice to see Rook as a man she was highly attracted to, regardless of what she was taught. Rook learned a lot about what Renata had to endure in her life. You'd think that her daughter was a teenager instead of a 38 yr old grown widow.

Renata's mother was the typical black mother worrying about her child. It was so funny how Rook's father and Renata's mother reacted to the news. They were hoping no one would recognize them but everyone who knew them did. But Renata's nosey neighbor threw a bomb on their newly blossoming relationship when he posted a picture on social media of Rook enjoying Renata's spice cake. Rook knew that she was everything he was looking for in a woman, as the women he'd previously dated were only looking at his financial status. The scales of blindness were removed from their eyes which opened them to see each other with a fresh perspective and found that they were thoroughly attracted to each other. Westbrook at Revelations, they slowly began to see themselves mirrored in the people they interacted with. After being coupled to work together on projects scheduled by Dr. This lifetime of programming resulted in Renata's friends and Rook's partner to do an intervention so they can see the error of their insensitive ways so far as race was concerned. They were both programmed to think a certain way.

Lunchtime Chronicles, Issue 19 by Keta Kendric