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She had started already.
“I love her hair, Mommy,” Kenzie replied. “It showcases her high cheekbones and beautiful skin. You know she gets those from you.”
“That’s true,” my mother agreed.
She loved compliments.
Kenzie, Keeva and I made eye contact and smiled.
“Where is Travis?”
“He is outside with daddy and Reem. I can’t wait to come over and stay at your new place. Plus, I need some new things to take back to LA with me.”
Both of my sisters loved raiding my closet. We were all about the same size in clothes, but my feet were a whole size larger than theirs so at least my shoes were safe.
“When are you coming down?”
“We have to go and see Travis’ mom then we will be there. Will you be awake?”
“I already gave your name to the front desk, so you will be able to enter whenever you want. There is an app you can download that works as a key to unlock my door.”
“Cool! All fancy and shi…” Her eyes got wide as she self-corrected. “…Stuff”
We held in our laughter.
“What’s going with you?” Kenzie asked.
“I landed a big case. I am going to be partnering with another firm. One of the largest and most influential firms in the country and the managing partner is black.”
“That’s what’s up!” Kenzie smiled.
“You decided to work with them?” Keeva asked.
“Yeah, after I got off the phone with you, Mr. Valentine came to my office and offered some half-butt apology, so I decided to not work with them, but then he showed up at my building with his tail tucked between his legs and apologized again. That’s when I decided to help him.”
Keeva high fived me.
“That’s right! Make him work for it.”
My mother finished dinner. My sisters and I helped her take all the food into the dining room where the men joined us.
“Hey, daddy. Hey Reem. Hey Travis.” I hugged each man before we all sat down to eat.
We talked about Keeva’s daycares and how well they were doing. Travis talked about his new project with Lyrica, one of the hottest pop singers out. She’d taken a break to have a baby but now she was back, and Travis was producing a couple tracks on her new release. Then the conversation turned to me.
“Have you heard from Stan,” my mother asked.
I knew we wouldn’t make it through this dinner without her asking.
“No Mommy. I’m sure he is busy with his wife and family.”
“Wife and family,” my mother mumbled under her breath.
“Daddy, I was telling mommy in the kitchen I am partnering with a prominent law firm to work on a high-profile case.”
“How did that come about?” He stopped eating to give me his full attention.
“One of the senior attorneys at the firm contacted me. They want a female to represent their female client.”
