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“Then you don’t worry about me either. JaCory and I are okay. I haven’t seen Mama since you saw her. Thankfully, she hasn’t reached out, although Terrence is talking about inviting her to JaCory’s birthday party. He can kiss my whole ass if he thinks I would be cool with that.”
Her ex-husband and our mother had suddenly gotten so close since Daddy died. That shit pissed me off to no end, because he rarely came around when daddy was alive. I felt like there was more going on that we didn’t know about, but whatever. She could ride off on a white horse with his ass into the sunset for all I was concerned. Janay surprisingly felt the same way. “That jackass.”
“Right.”
“Well, I won’t hold you any longer. Let me know what Friday you can come, and I’ll check my schedule. Oh! Wait! You won’t believe who I met yesterday.”
“Who?”
“Nate Guillory.”
“You’re lying!”
“No. He and Jakari are friends. We’re going to a basketball game next weekend. I’m gonna send you the pictures we took.”
Not long after I sent them, she started screaming. I laughed until she quieted down. “You okay?” I asked.
She burst into tears. Hearing her crying audibly was hard. She always kept it together in front of me. I supposed she was hyper-independent too. She rarely showed negative emotions that would make one assume she needed help. “Janay, please don’t cry,” I said as I wiped my tears.
“I’m trying not to, but Daddy would have been in heaven standing next to Nate.”
“I know.”
“I’m sorry for breaking down on you. It’s just hard.”
“Believe me, I know. You don’t have to apologize. It doesn’t seem like it’s been nearly six months already.”
“Right. Okay. I’m gonna get on that schedule check. Thanks for these pictures, Yendi.”
“Anytime. I love you, sis.”
“I love you too.”
I ended the call, feeling more emotional than I was when I called. This had to get better. Out of everyone in my family, I talked to my dad the most. I got out of bed and went to the bathroom to clean up a bit. I was sure Jakari would be getting home soon. Since we didn’t go to my place before coming here, I had to “brush” my teeth with my finger. Thankfully, I really didn’t sleep long enough to have morning breath. So I would be okay if he wanted to kiss me before we went to my place.
After straightening his comforter and tidying up his room a bit, I wrapped myself in his flat sheet and went to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water from his fridge. To say he lived alone, he had quite a bit of food in the refrigerator. Immediately after the thought graced my mind, I remembered his mom was a cook.Duh, Yendi.Of course he would have plenty of food. He never had to cook with a mom like her. I could tell that she spoiled him too. He wasn’t rotten, but there were things she still did for him… like cook.
If he didn’t get home soon, I would dip into what was there, because my stomach was talking mad loud. I hadn’t eaten since the baby shower yesterday, and it was coming up on a whole twenty-four hours since then. When I heard the door open, I smiled. Despite all the turmoil my soul was in, it was still happy about where Jakari and I were in this relationship.
I couldn’t dare tell Janay that I was already in love with him. I still couldn’t believe he said it first. My mind wanted me to believe that he was bullshitting me, but then I talked myself out of that reasoning. What reason would he have to lie about that? He’d already gotten the pussy and my fucking devotion without even a promise of us continuing to see each other. I didn’t know what had come over me regarding this man.
Everything I said I would never do… I was doing. Jakari had my heart before I could count to ten. I was willing to do shit for him that I had refused to do for anyone else.Me wait for who?There was no way in God’s green earth I would have told a man that I would wait for him to get his shit together. No way in hell. My behavior was shocking to me, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Jakari’s love was passionate and gentle. I loved that. However, that shit could get aggressive as well. I’d sensed that he loved me, because I could tell he didn’t even understand why he was explaining so much to me, like that night he came to my house to tell me we couldn’t see each other anymore. He should have known better. We were both miserable for days after that.
I heard the back door open and close again, then he rounded the corner. He smiled when he laid eyes on me, wrapped in his sheet. “Damn. You look sexy as fuck.”
“You’re only saying that because you know I’m naked under here.”
“Idoknow that, but it’s not the reason you look sexy.”
He walked to me slowly and leaned over to kiss my lips, just as I figured he would. At least he had mouthwash I could gargle with. His fingers slipped in between my breasts and pulled the sheet from my body. “Mm. You can walk around just like this, baby.”
“I bet I can. My pussy would never recover from such a thing.”
He laughed. “Let me find out though. I’ll be sure she recovers so I could do it all over again.”
I joined him with my laughter as he swatted my ass. I bit my bottom lip while he slowly shook his head. “What?” I asked.
