“Your husband is not at home, miss mamas,” she wagged her finger.
Nina shook her head but she was still smiling. “I've already found my person.”
It was the truest thing she’d said all day. Although she was still considered a young woman, she was wise for her age. Her definition of love was Jio. When she thought of what she wanted her 30s and 40s to look like, he was in the picture. She didn’t have to shrink who she was to make him comfortable. He was content with who he was as a man, and her status, whether it stayed the same or changed as she continued to put in the work, she knew that his love or respect for her wouldn’t waver.
Jio had always seenher.There was something deeply comforting about loving someone who never required a performance.
With Jio, she had never felt the need to prove that she was extraordinary.
She was allowed to be exactly who she was and that’s why he was her person. Jio couldn’t be replaced by someone older, more handsome, richer, or exciting. People spent their entire lives searching for what she’d stumbled upon that day she walked into the bookstore.
So why would she start over now?
“You think you did,” Danyelle corrected her.
“I know I have.” Nina wanted them to change the subject. She was tired, sleepy, and hungry, so all of those things made her irritable.
Danyelle sighed dramatically. “I just hate that you skipped the fun part.”
“Enlighten me on what am I possibly missing?” she asked sarcastically.
“The part where you date everybody.”
Nina almost choked. “EVERYBODY?”
“ALL OF EM!” she reiterated.
She started counting on her fingers. “You could’ve had an athlete, an actor. Hell, an architect, a damn tech guru.”
She went on and on.
“Chile I swear the best sex comes from a divorced man with emotional intelligence.”
Nina was cracking up. “Absolutely not.”
“The man with a passport and a therapist.”
“My man got a passport!” she let her know. The therapist portion would never happen. Jio barely trusted her with his thoughts, let alone a stranger.
Danyelle pointed her fork toward her.
“My point is you don't know what’s out there.”
Nina leaned back in her chair.
“I do.”
“If you say so honey.”
“I’ve been with a billionaire, a criminal…allegedly,and a man everybody wanted and one that nobody understood.”
“Where are they now?”
Nina winked. “They’ve all been the same man.”
Danyelle stared at her before shaking her head.
“You’re so far gone.”
