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’i2' 'TWCbiiiiiA®*' Tuesclay'Decembery, 'ldd3' Students surprised by family connection Students learn they noukfJtmltJanlm are more than ‘just friends’ By Keischa Holley Many students who come to ECSU from other places make new friends—^to help them share the work, joy and heart aches of college life.But when ECSU stu dents, Samuel Freeman, Orlando Holloway and Terry Williams became friends, they found Aey had much more in common than anyone might have ex pected. They had heard there was an "ECSU family," but at the time, they didn't know the spool's "family connection" would have a special meaning for them. Not only are they all three criminal justice majors, they are half brothers who all share the same father, Louis Freeman, a former long distance trucker. "At first we were shocked," said Sam Freeman, a 20-year old sophomore from Trenton, New Jersey. "The shock lasted foralittlewhile,butit'sgotten to the point now where we can laugh about it." Orlando, 23, had been at ECSU three years when Sam came in 1991. They quickly developed afriendship, says Sam. Sam withdrew from school, however, in 1992. At that time, Terry transferred to ECSU fromChowan College. And heand Orlando became friends. They discov ered through their mothers that they are brothers. They knew they had another brother livingin Trenton, saysOrlando and Teny, but they didn't know who he was. 'Terry and I used to talk about our brother," said Orlando, "we wondered what he was like. Sam met Terry in Sept., 1993 at ECSU. They soon became friends. Then one day, Orlando was tellingSam about the fact that he and Teny were brothers, and, in the ensuing conversa tion, they realized they all had the sanve father. Sam went home soon afterwards, and asked his father about it. "He showed me pictures of Ch-lando and Terry, and confirmed they were my brothers." The brothers are already quick to look for similarities, as well as differences among each other. 'Terry and I are the quiet ones," said Sam. "Orlando is the loud one." Orlando,however,sayshehaschanged a lot since first arriving at ECSU. "I used to be loud," he says, "but now % Three of ElzsiDeth City State Universrty students Terry (left), Sam (center) and Orlando (right) denwnstrate their family pride and affectton. I'm not." Another thing the brothers all have in conrunon is they all want to work for the Drug Enforcement Agency. And they all came to Elizabeth Qty State University to play football. Orlando says he hasonly met his father twice; Terry has never met him at all. The brothers say although they would aU like to have a fanily reunion with their father, there's not much of a chance of that happening due to the distances in volved. OrlaiKio is from Durham. Terry is from Conway. And their father still lives in Trenton. The three brothers also say they have become much closer since they learned they have the same father. "There wasr>ever a duD moment," says Sam. "There were a lot of people in the house, so 1 always felt loved." I t/UO iroJ^ Fiction continued from p. 12 "I thirJc..." I started to say. "I think somebody needs to drop ten bucks on me for the^ drinks." Quickly, I shoved a ten at the man and left the drinks on the bar. I foimd Keisha in the bathroom. "Keisha?" "Oh, hey..." "Youokayr "Yeah...Why wouldn't L..." "Well, I saw...." "That?" "Yeah, that." "Giri, I am fine. He saw me flirtin' with Tim Frye and he got " "Tim Frye flirts with everybody and it'susually harmless. That'snoreasonfor him to...." Keisha shook her head. 'Tina, girl, it was nothin'." She staggered out of the bathroom toward a blue door. "You followin' me like lassie, you want to come in?" I shook my head. "Y'know,Tina,girl,youisabraveone." "Why?" "Causeyou don'tneed this-" sl« jerked a thumb at the door-"to get througJ\ yo day. You don't need it to keep you believin'." "Keisha, you don't need it either." 'Tina, you jus' don't know how good you got it, 'sides what you thinkin' and suspectin'." "Keisha, do you think I'm crazy for..." "1 ain't the one who took no vows. Only you can say whaf s good or bad for you." "1 don't want to believe what 1 can feel is true. I just don't want..." "Gatina,girl, whenyoustartnot wantin' to believe what you feel and know, you need what's behind that door more than me. And I know you don't want to start no trip like that." "Sometimes you make too much sense. One day, Keischa Freedman, you’re going to accept what you really feel.” A tear rolled down Keisha's copper- rnlnred cheek. Then she hurriedto the door. She knocked until a beefy man answered. She looked back at me, then went in Aimlessy, I wandered the club, looking for Isley. My heart was poxmd- ing and sweat dripped from under my arms. I finally saw Isley standing by the exit. "Baby?" Hewassurprisedtoseeme. "Gatina...." "Why are you over here? Come dance with me." "I don't feel like it." "Back at Centavis's place you were jumping out of your pants to get here." "That was before I had this headache." "Headache, Isley? Can't you come up with something better than that?" His constant glancing over my head made me turn around. "Is she late?" "Gatina...." 'Tm not going to scream and yell and make a big scene, Isley. I wouldn't em barrass you." 'There's no reason for you to think—" "Isley, I overheard heard you talking to her on the phone."He looked down. "Answer one question, will you?" "What." "Did you ever love me." "Of course I did." "Why are you doing this to me?" "You said one question, Gatina." "Isley, how could you do this to me?" "Gatina—" "Am I not enough for you?" "It's not that..." "Don't....Don'tyou dare makeup some excuseor giveme some raggedy explana tion. Itwon'thelp things. Itwon'tgetyou any sympathy." I took a long breath before saying what I knew he had to hear: "If you leave with her tonight, don't bother about coming back tomorrow." "Risks, Gatina? You know all about 'em 'cause everybody takes 'em." I iKxlded, remembering our wedding night and our first Christmas. I didn't want to let him go. But the impatient look on his face made me let go of my perfect dream of love. "What happened, Isley? Why are you sleeping with another woman behind my back?" He looked around nervously. "I thought you weren't going to make a scene." "You thought a lot of things." "Gatina, stop." 'Til stop. I'll stop pretending. You can stop pretending to love me, too." "Gatina, I really don't want to go through this here." "I'm going home, Isley. Are you coming?"Islev's siletKe hit harder than any blow Centavis ever laid on Keidia. I had^ blink five or six times to hold back the tears. I didn't want him to see them. In the isolation of the cab's dark back seat, I four\d myself trying to forget my wedding day and rememberthe number of that lawyer I saw on TV.
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