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“Nick your food is here.”
“I’ll be done in a second.”
He took longer to get dressed than any woman I know. Everything had to be perfect.
But he sure looked good when he stepped out of that room. It made me want to go back to bed but Saundra had discreetly left us alone to go to the movies. That meant two hours. She would be home any second.
“If I didn’t know better, I’d swear you were gay,” I teased him.
“Watch it, Asha. Just ’cause a man likes to take care of himself and wear nice clothes doesn’t mean he has sugar in his tank.”
“Sorry about that.”
“Besides, gay men are cool.”
“Why are gay men cool, Nick?”
“Don’t you get it? In the jungle the key to survival is less competition among predators. Gay men are cool because there’s more pussy for me. That’s why I don’t understand cats that be hatin’ on them, dumb muthafuckas don’t know that gays make it easier for us!”
I couldn’t believe I was in some kind of zone and actually listening to his ridiculous little ghetto philosophy. “Are you still mentoring that kid?”
“No. He dropped out of the program. I’m getting another one in the spring, though.”
“Well, could you please stop the thug talk? It is truly tired.”
He looked down in the Mexican food bag. “You’re absolutely right, Asha. Do you believe they didn’t send any sour cream?”
I opened the greasy bag and emptied its contents on the coffee table. “Nope, all they put in here is salt, pepper, and ketchup.”
“I can’t eat a tortilla without sour cream.”
“I think there might be some in the fridge.”
Nick dumped almost the whole cup of sour cream on that tortilla.
“That’s disgusting.”
“Don’t worry about my food.”
I put my food on my black Crate and Barrel plate and sat down next to Nick.
“So why you want me to take a bullet from Baby Girl?” he asked.
“I just don’t feel comfortable knowing she is pinning her hopes on an illusion. If she still wants to roll with you after the talk, then that’s on her.”
He shook his head. “Saundra’s rubbing off on you, girl. Meditation isn’t far behind.”
“It’s not like that.”
“Yes it is, and that’s a good thing.”
“Stop it.”
“I’ll drop Baby Girl and all the rest of my women if you’ll give me a real chance.”
I resisted the smile tugging at my lips. “What is a real chance?”
Nick stopped moving around and his expression became very serious. He spoke slowly and distinctly. “We both stop seeing other people.”
