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“Speaking of, El isn’t that your girl over there,” Countee tilted his chin behind me.
I turned around and saw Averie strutting behind the Maître D.
“She doesn’t look fragile tonight!” Roc’s comment barely registered. I was too consumed with what I was seeing.
Averie had a fresh haircut with a part on the side. She was wearing a black dress that looked more like lingerie than a dress; a sexy, silky nightgown. It was black with thin straps, so I knew she didn’t have on a bra. Her breasts were sitting up nicely. The dress stopped above her knees, and the bottom was flouncy so when she walked, it moved like waves. It fit her body like a glove. She had on some black heels that had one strap across her toes and one around her ankle. She looked sexy as hell.
The Maître D led her to a table where a man was already seated. The man stood as she approached the table. I could see the appreciation in his eyes as he examined her from head to toe. I was ready to gouge his eyes out for even looking at her. I dialed her number and watched as she paused before she sat down, opened her purse, took out her phone, saw me calling, put it back in her purse, then sat down. Did she just ignore my call?
“Is that her dude?” Roc asked.
“No, she’s single,” I replied.
“She’s not tonight. From the way ole’ boy just looked at her, she may not be single ever again,” Roc chuckled.
I pushed my seat back to stand up.
“Whoa,” Roc said as he grabbed my shoulder. “Naw, man.”
I looked at him ready to forcefully remove his hand from my shoulder if necessary.
“Wait,” Countee said. “Let me see who this dude is.” Countee took a picture of the guy then typed away on his phone. “This will only take a minute.”
About one minute later his phone pinged. “Alright, that is Doctor Ted Timms. He is a pediatrician and has two practices, one in Clayton and one in Illinois. He is single, divorced and no children.”
There was no way I was going to sit here and watch some guy grin and cheese all in Averie’s face. This date was going to be over soon.
“I’m going down to speak,” I informed the table.
“El, be smart,” Xavier said.
“Maybe I should go down and tell her we are up here,” Ray said.
“Let me try to get him away from the table,” Countee offered.
“I can send some of my old corner boys in here to handle him real quick,” Roc added.
We all looked at him.
“What? I’m just saying,” he shrugged and picked up his drink.
All the men at the table had seen me when I let my temper get the best of me which is why they all offered solutions.
“I’m going down to say hello,” I announced again then opened the door to our private dining room before any of them could stop me.
“Averie,” I smiled as I pulled out the chair at the table next to her and sat down.
“Samuel?” She questioned then looked from me to the clown sitting across from us.
“Yes, I saw you over here and decided to say hello. What are you drinking? Would you like cognac or brandy?” I looked around for the waiter.
“Samuel, I’m on a…”
“On a what?” I asked with one eyebrow arched. I dared her to say she was on a date with this buster. I looked across the table at the good doctor who hadn’t said a word. Only a weak man would allow another man to bombard his table and his date. She understood my question and chose to rephrase what she was about to say.
“This is Tim…”
“Ted,” he corrected Averie. “Ted Timms.”
