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Mitch went running down the hall, holding Shawn, waving him from side to side so he could fly. As I got closer to the living room, I heard Malcolm’s voice as he talked to Macy. He was already standing, holding Shawn when I walked into the room. He was dressed in a similar fashion as Mitch, wearing a dark green and gray striped polo shirt and a pair of gray slacks. His dreads were pulled back. My face heated up as I remembered how good they looked hanging loose around his bare shoulders.
He walked over and slipped his free arm around my waist. His
hand rested right at the top of my ass. I couldn’t stop myself from inhaling. A mix of sweet and spice, that blended together in a most unique and amazing way. If sexy had a scent, Malcolm would be it. How was it possible my entire body temperature went up at least ten degrees just by him standing close to me? And everything south of the border rushed to life at the memories of our night together.
“Hey, wasn’t expecting to see you here.” He leaned down and gave me a quick peck on the lips.
I looked over at Macy. This felt like some sort of set up on her part. Like she wanted to see how we acted around each other. “Macy asked me to come hang out for a little while.”
He looked at his sister and gave a clipped laugh. Shawn squirmed to get down. Malcolm released me so he could put him down. Shawn walked over to where London sat on her playmat with Mitch.
“Did you get to talk to your parents?”
I nodded. “Yeah, I was getting ready to call you when I pulled up here. We’re all set.”
“All set for what?” Macy asked.
I turned my attention to her. “You look terrible,” I blurted out.
My poor friend wore no makeup and actually looked green. Her hair was pulled back in a messy ponytail and she wore a pair of yoga pants and what looked to be one of Mitch’s shirts. On the table beside her was a bottle of ginger ale and a box of crackers.
“Gee, thanks. This kid is kicking my a...butt.”
“Yes, thanks for coming, Lee,” Mitch added. “I was going to cancel today, but she wouldn’t let me. Something about me being a helicopter husband.”
She stuck her tongue out at him. Mitch blew her a kiss in response before giving London a peck on the cheek.
“We should get going,” he said to Malcolm.
“Okay.” Mal turned and placed his hands on my waist, pulling me to him. My entire body tingled with awareness of him. “I’ll pick you up at six.”
I placed my hands on his muscular chest. God, he smelled good, and I had to stop myself from taking another big inhale to breathe in more of his scent. “Okay.”
He smiled then leaned down and gave me a quick kiss before saying his goodbyes. I watched as they left, admiring how nice his ass looked in those pants.
“Oh my god! You had sex with my brother!” Macy accused right after she heard the door close.
“What!” How in the hell could she possibly know that?
“Don’t deny it. You were eye fu...f-ing him the minute you walked in. Now I know why you were acting all nervous yesterday.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.” I walked over to take a seat beside the kids on the floor. “And I was not acting nervous.”
“Please. Your beet red face tells me you know exactly what I’m talking about. Ewww, Lee, like I’m not sick enough already.” She reached over to grab a cracker. “I guess you two worked through whatever was going on...wait he wasn’t being all pissy about not getting laid, was he? Because I swear to god I’ll kick his ass morning sickness or not!”
“What! No! No, Macy it wasn’t that at all.”
She frowned at me. I got up to help Shawn get in the jumperoo, since he was trying to climb in it. I picked up London and carried her with me to the couch after he was situated.
“So, what then?” she asked, repositioning herself when London crawled from my lap to hers. Macy gave her one of the crackers to chew on.
After all our years of friendship, I knew when she was prepared to let things go and when she wasn’t. This was the latter. She was my best friend, yet I’d been so closed off that I couldn’t even bring myself to confide in her.
“It’s me okay. I...I have issues. Panic attacks.”
“Oh my god, Lee! Since when?”
I looked over and gave her a weak smile. “For a while now. Since right after…everything.” I started twirling the ring around my finger.
