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“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Luke 12:34
Christ... She was right: I objectified my gift. I’d never looked at Alexis as a wife. I’d only looked past her, to God for delivering His end of the bargain. I took the gift and ran, so to speak. I viewed her as a blossomed flower, instead of a seed needing to be watered and properly nurtured to grow.
“Teach me something,” he proposed on a cool rasp. I felt wounded by his insult. “Like what?” Ezra’s head straightened while his eyes locked into mine. “How to love you.”
“On the contrary, I can be taught at my age. What cannot be altered is my willingness to learn; that’s already covered. I want to love you, Alexis. The way you deserve to be loved. Just tell me what to do.”
“You’re flawed...” She sobbed quietly. Since we’re name calling… “You’re my token of perfection.” I stood straighter. “We’re hopelessly broken.” ‘The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.’ I choose life… “We’re irrevocably bonded.”
“Unless you are legally dissolved of me, your pussy still belongs to me. So, since you believe you can serve it better than I can, let’s see it. Show me.”
“This is why only I can touch this pussy. It’s why it belongs to me. You can’t do what I can do with it.”
In Christianity, there is a doctrine of the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is of all three entities, and all three are of distinct traits. In other words, they are all key in our journey here on earth—or simply, in life. The Father is the Creator, the Son is the Savior, and the Holy Spirit is the Counselor and Comforter.
no doubt in my mind about it, my heart. He wasn’t the pastor, scientist, therapist, or dominant. Ezra was a man. “Ezra, I think we’re bonded more than you think, whether I like it or not.” My hand went to touch my stomach, but held suspended in the air. This would not

