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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
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"Sleepovers are what unites women everywhere.
"GIRL YOUR MAMA Rotel dip is the bomb! Natasha emphasized as she went in like a hungry child and dipped some Hot Cheetos into the cheese and meat dip Diane happily prepared for the girls in a swift of seconds as a snack for their sleepover. Natasha was the first one to arrive tonight, mostly because she wanted to be here for Mrs. Haughton's slamming cooking and plainly because Natasha was just plain and greedy as they came. But Aaliyah wasn't mad because her mom's cooking was genuinely excellent so imagine being away from it for months.
Her mother threw down some crispy friedchicken, the type of chicken that crunches like Popeyeschicken when you bite into it, and some string beans and potatoes with bacon bits in them. Some semi-sweet homemade cornbread that almost tasted like cake because of the sweetness in the sugar she put in them and some Sweet potatoes,her absolute favorite with melted marshmallows scattered on top exactly how she liked it and precisely the way her late grandmother prepared them. Last but not least, mama's homemade lemon peach ice tea she boiled and had Aaliyah squeeze many lemons herself.
Daddy even made his usual peach cobbler for dessert and some store-bought Dean's Vanilla ice cream on the side to go with it. In a sense, it was a way to celebrate the whole family being here and together again. Michael and Diane wanted to spend as much time as they could with their growing children. With Aaliyah soon to be graduating from school and touring the world and Rashad going away to Columbia Film School in the fall, the two proud parents wanted to cherish every given moment with their children as they could.
"I see; now can you save the others some for when they get here? Aaliyah giggled as she went into the fridge and grabbed some eggs and vegetableoil from the cabinet to prepare some box Brownies along with Toll House chocolate chipcookies from the fridge for tonight. Yeah, it was a lot of sweets, she admits, but after all, it was a girls' night, and her mother was letting it slide just this one night, and then the next day, it was back to eating celery raisin and peanut butter again.
