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publicly forgive you and ask the church to accept you back in,” recalled Kina. “He didn’t have to do that. I think it shows just how much Charles loves you and wants to make the marriage work.”
    â€œI don’t know,” began Lawson. “I don’t think marriage ought to be looked upon as work. It’s supposed to be a blessing. I mean, look at Garrett and me. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life.”
    â€œThat’s because you’ve only been married six months,” replied Sullivan. “Let’s have this conversation five years from now when you’re studying episodes of CSI to see how you can kill him in his sleep and get away with it.”
    Lawson shook her head. “When you’re married to the one God intended you to be with, you don’t have those kinds of thoughts; at least I won’t.”
    Sullivan rolled her eyes. “Not to sprinkle any rain on your delusional parade, Sister Banks, but I believe the Bible says, ‘Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.’ No marriage is written in heaven, not even yours.”
    Lawson was undeterred. “Sullivan, when Garrett and I took those vows, we meant them. Divorce and failure just simply aren’t an option.”
    â€œ Humph! ” Sullivan laughed a little. “Ignorance is bliss.”
    â€œI can’t attest to ignorance, but my marriage sure is,” boasted Lawson. “I thank God for Garrett every chance I get.”
    Angel agreed. “Thank Him, girl, because you know there was a time when we weren’t so sure we were gonna be able to get the two of you down that aisle!”
    â€œThanks to your big-mouthed sister over here,” mumbled Sullivan.
    â€œIt’s not Reggie’s fault,” protested Lawson. “All she did was tell Mark the truth. I should’ve told Mark we had a teenage son together after we first reconnected, and I definitely shouldn’t have let him come between Garrett and me. All that’s in the past now. Mark and Namon are closer than ever, and Garrett and Mark are getting along now that Mark has stopped obsessing over me. All’s well that ends well.”
    â€œNow that Mark’s stopped obsessing?” echoed Reginell. “I believe the ‘obsessing’ was mutual, dear sister.”
    Lawson bristled at the notion. “My obsession with Mark ended right around the time I was in the delivery room screaming at the top of my lungs while Namon clawed his way out of my sixteen-year-old uterus. Anyway, I married Garrett, didn’t I? His proposal is the one I accepted, not Mark’s.”
    â€œCan you all believe what a crazy year and a half it’s been?” asked Kina, thinking back on everything they’d been through. “Between Kenny killing E’Bell, Sullivan getting outted on the Internet, Angel reuniting with Duke, and Lawson’s battle with Mark over Namon, it’s a wonder we’ve made it through in one piece!”
    â€œIt’s no wonder, Kina. The Lord brought us through, pure and simple,” attested Lawson. “There’s no way we could’ve survived all that without Him.”
    â€œTell it, girl,” affirmed Angel.
    â€œBut you know what?” Lawson went on. “I’m grateful for the trials and everything we’ve gone through. It’s made us all stronger in our walk with the Lord, in our friendship, and made us stronger as women. 1 Peter 1:7 says, ‘These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.’ So I praise him, y’all! I have a level of faith and endurance that I’ve never had before and that I don’t think I would have if I wasn’t forced to lean on God to get me through. We need to count it all joy,