please give tameka a happy romance

I really, really, really enjoyed reading this. Gramps was really off the chain. But, I'm glad everyone came to acceptance of their union. You've done a really good job in expressing real life situations. Loved the background--everything about this story. Thanks for writing such a great story.

hey brenda!! just revisiting matheson and val. looove these two!! i hope one day youll write a baby fic for them. thanks again for a lovely story!! ima have to figure out how to get this on my reader! i should send you a check for real lol!!

Langston was nothing but a Racist Pedophile and like all peodphiles he also weaved a fantasy of love within Lilly's childish slave mentality.  He continued to pleasure himself in this teenager while the Mathesons sustained Lilly in a continuation of slavery but merely without the physical chains of bondage.  The Matheson's knew that Langston was Raping the teenage Lilly but continued to allow it because they still considered Lilly as chattel just like in slavery where the White slaveowner and his White male friends Raped and had extensive sexual abuse of the Black female. Langston also weaves the fantasy of love into Lilly's mind to keep her compliant to his sexual use and also to give himself love along with the sex, thusly more pleasure for Langston and a web of hypocrisy for himself to excuse any feelings of real guilt.  

Lilly was an orphan baby whom the Matheson's took in, this gave them additional leverage to develop her in a crippling negative environment and sense of self; they did not permit her to receive education, they encaged her in a slave world, it was child abuse; instead of the love and protective care adults should give to any child entrusted to their care.

The year is 1945 just 80years after the abolishment of slavery but in the South a slavery culture was often still continued; as in the Matheson's household where Lilly lived in impoverishment cut off from the outside world wherein she would have discovered her humanity and legal rights as a person; but instead she was treated as chattel, worked  in a drudgery of domestic labor without real wages and not allowed to go to school, just like the chattel during colonial slavery.  Langston's Rapings included no use of condoms (for his greater sexual pleasure), putting continued pregnancies on Lilly's young body and possible sexual diseases.  He used Lilly like she's an animal and cared not for the children his sperm produced!  Langston is a Racist, self indulgent, Rapist, and hypocrite!

 If Langston had actually fallen in-love with Lilly he would not have continued her in her impoverishment but, he preferred her enslaved state; which permitted his Rapings of her!

The Mathesons are just as despicable as Langston and perhaps more since it is they who make Lilly's slavery condition that condones and allows Langston his sexual abuse of Lilly.  Lilly exists in a horrible pathetic state also, later Mavis, who continues the domestic drudgery and is often hit by Emit Matheson.  Mavis also becomes the mammy for Emily.  Mavis, presently, still calls Emily by title while Emily calls her Mavis, that too was the inequality custom between mammy and the White child she raised during slavery.

GO!  Matheson!  And I am so proud of him!

Matheson really put the fear of God in that rebel racist gramps-William Sr, now I greatly hope William leaves Valysia and Matheson alone to have their happiness.  And leave Tam alone too; although she brought a lot of the evil on herself and was Gramps accomplice; my concern is that any continued harm to her from Gramps would make problems in the Matheson and Hendricks family also caused stress for Valysia and Matheson relationship.

It looks like Matheson should not marry Valysia because if her drink was not doped by this Black stranger she met in the club then Valysia cannot be trusted, she let that man feel her up very intimately and greatly enjoyed it, desired more,  and that also makes me doubt that she really loves Matheson.  Too bad Valysia didn't get a blood test immediately after the club episode to see if there was any chemical left in her that evidences the drink was doped and probably with a sex drug.  However, without such evidence Valysia is not acceptable for Matheson to marry because if she were not doped she will continue to cheat and as I said does not really love Matheson.

Valysia is too big hearted and naive, she really needs to stay away from evil Tameka who is scum and I don't feel sorry for her beatup and rape, she  met her match and got what she deserves.  If Val continues to hang out with her she too will be in the gutter!

I am so glad that Gramps does not have the controlling interest in Hannah's because he would have sold it to force Matheson to not marry Valysia.

I like Emily and I feel very sorry for her because she may lose some of her sons's complete devotion to her, now his Aunt Hannah may share in a piece of it.

Emily's whole life is dedicated to her love for her husband Gregory and secondarily to Matheson and she seems to have a slight mental imbalance, dear Emily possibly has not the strength to allow Hannah's inclusion especially since they have been such enemies all these years.

My GAWD!  Interracial love sure has it tough; the hatreds and prejudice from so many people!.. its disgusting that persons who engage in perverse lifestyles are more acceptable than the divinely approved relationship of man and woman without regard to race!

I greatly applaud Matheson and Valysia strength and strong Love!

 Valysia's cousin, Tameka, really made me feel nauseous, Tameka's is a real scumbag.  I felt sorry for Matheson to have to endure her presence and obvious slutty come on, it was like dirty slime contact.  He was enduring because he thought he had to, since she's Val's cousin.  I pray he tells Valysia about the encounter, Val will finally deal the decisive blow to Tam and her insulting presumption of superiority merely due to Val being dark skinned.  Really can't stand Tameka and the rest of that other side of Val's family that Tam generates from.

I strongly hope that the upcoming short vacation Val and Matheson will take will help reduce his high blood pressure.  His fainting at ejaculation is kind of scary, instead it could have been a heart attack!  Like Matheson said, this fainting has never happened previously with any other girl so it must also be the fact that he's in-love with Valysia that put impact on the high blood. 

YUP!  Val really projects a abrasive protective shield for her weak sense of attractiveness but, she is also just being honest with American society's low appreciation of Black women who do not look mixed and she has determined to not allow their depreciation to lower her self esteem.  But, she is I think also condemning herself for her attraction to Matheson's Caucasian good looks.  Also, can't believe he finds her attractive.

I just finished this story and I'm ready to start reading the sequel! No pressure though! LOL

what a wonderful story!!!! i thoroughly enjoyed it brenda!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can you do a baby fic for them???? i would love to see how a little bundle of joy would affect all of their lives!! plus matheson in protective daddy mode is a MUST SEE lol!!