Chapter 33: Turning the Corner

Carmella was in the kitchen preparing lunch. It was a rare to find her without the baby propped up on her hip or asleep. Bilal was in the living room with Raj, and she considered how far she had come. She remembered once telling Jody that she didn't want her baby near one of "those things."

Now her baby was partially one of "those things."

Every so often she would have a fit of uncertainty concerning the direction her life had taken, and it usually went away as soon as she set eyes on her beautiful baby boy. When he smiled at her or kicked his pudgy feet and played with his toes, she was overwhelmed with love for him.

Carmella wondered if it was love for her son that changed her feelings for Bilal so drastically. It wasn't because she had been alone for so long. Lonely people did not resort to going out of character or departing from their true natures. Racists might be lonely and keep company with other ethnicities if forced to, but they would still be racist, wouldn't they?