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I chuckled. “Was I wrong, though? He slept with several other guys while dating my brother.”
“Nino and Ryan were not exclusive.”
I let go of her hand and ran that same hand through my hair. “There you go again, finding excuses. He must’ve known how my brother felt about him.”
Silence fell between us for a second before she took my hand in both of hers. “I know you think I’m finding excuses for my brother …”
“…Aren’t you?”
“Not so. What you must understand about Ryan is that he had a lot to deal with growing up. We lost our parents and when people discovered his sexuality, he was bullied.”
“I’m sorry your brother was bullied, but he’s still a dick for what he did.”
“Look Babes, those other people mean nothing to him. They are just a means to an end.”
My brows furrowed in confusion. “So, he’s a prostitute?”
“Not really.”
“Then what is he then?”
I was making her angry again like before, but I wasn’t backing down from this argument. At least she didn’t drive off like that last time, and she was still holding my hand. Which meant she wanted to face the truth about Ryan, or rather stop defending his dirty action.
“Is he a prostitute or not?” I demanded. “Because I can accept that more than the other story you gave me.”
“He’s not a prostitute,” she replied quietly. “He’s a sugar baby.”
I slipped an arm around her shoulder. “That wasn’t so hard, wasn’t it?”
She snapped her head around to look at me sharply. “Why you have to emphasize that word?”
A smirk lifted the corner of my lips. Neeky nudged me and tried to pull away.
“Sheesh, man. Yuh cyan behave yuhself?”
My hand slid from her shoulder down to her waist as I pulled her closer to me. “Why do I have to behave?”
The street was getting busier with traffic, and I could see stares from cars passing by. I didn’t care and I hope Neeky wouldn’t care either. We were now facing each other with her palms against my chest, pushing me away. I gripped her waist tighter, our bodies’ warmth seeping into each other.
“Let me go. Yuh think dis is Italy? People a watch we.”
“Let them watch. Who cares?”
“Cho man, Neo. Let me go no man.”
“Not before a kiss.”
“If yuh think yuh bad kiss me right now,” her voice sounded threatening. “If yuh think yuh bad, do it.”
I chuckled and pulled away as I wasn’t about to get a knee up my crotch for a kiss. Neeky sucked air through her teeth and mumbled something under her breath. Just around the time I leaned back on the car, the security guard came to tell us we were needed inside. He opened the gate to allow us to drive in. The security directed us where to park and told us which building we should visit. Five minutes later, we met Uncle at the dormitory where Mass Joe lived.
This dorm was not a unisex dorm as it hosted only males. The female dorm was on the other side of the property and only on rare occasions did both sexes meet. Most of the men were still asleep while the cleaning staff got to work. We smelled breakfast being cooked from the kitchen and it sparked a bit of a hunger pang in my belly. I liked Jamaican breakfasts which was mostly ackee and saltfish with boiled yams and bananas, or roasted breadfruit, or some nice fresh fried dumplings. A mug of sweet chocolate would accompany that.
“Damn, I’m hungry,” I muttered. “They cooking my favorite.”
“How’d you know what they cooking?” Neeky inquired.
“I smell saltfish cooking.”
