The Pastor's Heart - By Desiree Future Page 0,4

her a lifetime. As far as she was concerned she was done dating at least for the moment. She was drama free and happy with that.

“You can and will find him in church. We’re having Friends and Family day next Sunday. You should come, and then right after church you can come over for Sunday dinner at our house. My sister is coming over and bringing her adorable son that loves his Auntie Sinclair.” Desmond tried as hard as he could to persuade Sinclair.

“Desmond, just because they go to church doesn’t make them any better than the next man. I can name a few that are scandalous in their own right.” Sinclair added while she shook off some of the crumbs from her crumb cake.

“Newsflash! No one said they were. But they are in church where you need to be yourself,” Robyn said to Sinclair, who was still trying to get the extra crumbs off of her cake.

“I have had my share of church men so thanks, but no thanks.” Sinclair had been on a few dates with church men and none of them had gotten past the second date.

“Just because you ran into a few bad seeds it doesn’t mean all the men are the same. A saint is just a sinner who fell down but got back up.” Desmond said to Sinclair.

“That is exactly true Sinclair. You can’t judge everyone by another fool’s mistake. When you do that you limit yourself to the good things that are waiting to come into your life.” Robyn explained to Sinclair while she played with the napkin holder on the table.

“Whatever, you guys.” Sinclair rolled her eyes at them.

“Who knows? The next man you meet might just be your husband.” Desmond was doing his very best to get Sinclair to change her mind. “Now with that aside you really need to get back to church.”

“Look, Sinclair I know the last church you went to didn’t work out but now it’s time you get back.” Robyn interjected as she sliced her cheesecake so that she could share it with Desmond.

With a huff Sinclair began. “Didn’t work out is an understatement. It was way too many things going on there that I refused to deal with.”

“What happened?” An inquisitive Desmond asked, feeling like he missed something.

“The married pastor had a wandering eye.” Sinclair put in to a stunned Desmond.

“It’s just plain crazy. But that’s business for God to handle and trust me, He will handle it,” Desmond said while biting into a piece of the cheesecake Robyn had given him.

“I caught him giving me the full body once over and smiling at me with lust in his eyes. The next Sunday when I came to church I felt like a complete outsider because no one would speak to me.” Sinclair leaned back in her chair to get a better view of an octagon-shaped picture on the wall.

“Once again, you can’t judge everyone by another fools’ mistakes be it a church or a man. You can’t do it.” Robyn said as she swirled her fork into her cheesecake.

“And to let you know, there is no perfect church. You will never find a perfect one because they don’t exist. You just have to keep searching until you find the one that is right for you, one where you feel comfortable and loved.” Desmond said to Sinclair who was blankly starring at her half-eaten pastry.

“We went from talking about a man to talking about going to church.” Sinclair said looking up from her plate. “Which is it?”

“Both.” Robyn and Desmond said simultaneously.

“You both are hilarious.” Sinclair lingered. “But you might be right. I do need to get back to church.”

“I’m making your favorite Baked Ziti,” Robyn tried to change Sinclair’s mind.

“Fine, I will come. Only because I really miss little Omar,” Sinclair gave in because she knew they would not leave her alone.

“Great! Then it’s settled. Right after church you’re coming over for dinner and quality time with Omar. Thanks for today Sinclair, but it’s getting late and we have to go.” Desmond said as Robyn was grabbing her purse.

“See you in church.” Desmond said as he dropped a twenty dollar bill onto the table for the tab and waited for Robyn and Sinclair to hug and say their goodbyes before leaving.

CARTER CLAN

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