Guilty of Love (45 page)

“
You watching me sleep
again?” Cheney turned on her side, finger-combing Parke’s thick,
wavy hair.

“
A man’s got a right to
watch over his greatest possession.”

Cheney reached for Parke’s large hand
and placed it on her pouch of a stomach, closing her eyes as Parke
prayed, “Lord, in the name of Jesus, I thank You for my life, my
wife, and my soon-to-be tribe.”

1. What is the one thing in your past
that you never got over?

2. Hallison knew what God expected of
her, yet she tried to ignore everything she learned for a feel good
moment? Are you guilty of this?

3. What is the most extreme thing you
will do for love?

4. Do you think church can instantly
change someone?

5. Paula Silas gave up her man because
he wasn't saved. Later, Hallison did the same thing. Could you turn
a man away you are truly in love with because of God?

6. How do you feel about men who judge
women who can't bare them natural children?

7. The Reynolds judged Cheney without
confronting her. If a family member or friend did something you
didn't agree with, would you embrace them or shun them?

8. Was Parke too excessive with his
family history? How important is that to you? How flexible would
you be?

9. How often have you let a man, woman
or situation stop you from moving forward?

10. What was the turning point in
Cheney’s life when she stopped fighting Parke?

11. When God saved you, did you have
Annette’s zeal to save your friends, too?

12. Do you think Paula Silas and
Annette Barber symbolize people God has put in your presence to
help you with your salvation walk?

I would like to introduce my
great-great-grandmother who I brought back to life in one of my
characters:

Charlott (e) Jamison (considered a
mulatto) was born in 1842 in South Carolina.

By 1850, she was believed to be in the
household of slaveholder, Robert Jamison in Mississippi.

On the 1860 census in Chickasaw,
Mississippi, there was White John Wilkinson living in the household
of Robert Jamison. John is listed as a “teacher in Academy.” He was
23 years old, born in Alabama. Most likely he is my
great-great-grandfather. Charlott was 18 years old.

In 1865, two years after the
Emancipation Proclamation, my great-grandfather, William Wilkinson
(Wilkerson) was born.

In 1867, the birth of Sam was
recorded.

By 1880, Charlott Wilkinson was a
widow.

Her son William died in his
80s.

Both sons were considered near-White.
Family rumor has Sam Wilkinson going up north to pass. To date, no
one knows his or his descendants’ whereabouts.

John Wilkinson died young.

In 1880, Charlott Wilkinson was living
with another widow, Martha Leopard.

The world of family genealogy is
fascinating and in every Guilty series novel, I bring one of my
ancestors to life. I hope you enjoyed Book I: Guilty of Love.
Please don’t forget to post a review and follow the Jamiesons in
Book II: Not Guilty of Love and Book III: Still Guilty; The Guilty
Parties Book I: The Acquittal; and The Jamieson Legacy: Guilty by
Association, The Guilt Trip, and Free from Guilt.

Until next time, happy
reading!