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So, technically, she didn’t have a reason to dislike me. She didn’t know me. As I was making my way back toward the stairs, she said, “I’m glad you could make it this time.”
There her shady ass go. Nice nasty.“Me too. Nate calms my spirit. Finding out all the BS the record label was keeping from us concerning my dad was heartbreaking. It had me immobile with depression for a couple of days.”
“Hmph.”
That was all she said. I at least expected an ‘oh, I’m sorry to hear that’ sort of statement from her. I was definitely going to let Nate know how she was behaving. I knew that tight-lipped smile she gave me was fake. Before she knew of my interest in her son, she was cool as ever. Taryn and I had enjoyed getting to know her. She’d flipped the fucking script on me. That was okay though. I would still be with her son, and unfortunately, if she didn’t get her issues under control, she wouldn’t be in his life.
I truly believed she thought he was bluffing, especially since they’d just made up. She wasn’t taking what we had seriously. I knew it seemed so unreal because of how fast it was moving, but it was like neither of us could control it. We were both passionate beings, in search of something real. I’d gone from what I deemed as a frustrated love to embarking on a perfect love.
After turning to make my way to the stairs again, I heard her say under her breath, “Been together two minutes and think that woman gives a damn about him.”
I slowed my steps and closed my eyes. After taking a deep breath, I tried to continue, but she came out of the kitchen and saw me. “You okay, Kenya?” she asked way too nicely.
“Yes, ma’am. I have a wonderful man that I look forward to spending the rest of my life with. I couldn’t be better.”
I walked away, wanting to stomp my way up the stairs. She was pushing me to say something to her ass. I wanted to text Nate so bad. There was no need though. He would sense that shit when he got back home. I was more than sure he would be back in a couple of hours. He said the practice wouldn’t be long, and he’d already been gone for two hours.
When I got to his room, I started slinging clothes from my luggage, then stopped and took a deep breath. I couldn’t let her irritate me like this. After folding what I wasn’t going to wear and laying out the outfit I chose, I closed my suitcase. I still needed to take a shower. After our session on the couch yesterday, I passed out. I slept for an hour, then we ordered food. After eating, we watched a movie then fucked again. We both fell asleep sticky as hell.
I went to the bathroom and started the shower then went to the mirror and pulled my dreads up. After I started my facial, I could see that bitch appear in the mirror, no knock or anything to alert me of her presence. This was getting harder than I thought it would be. She was really trying to push me to curse her ass out. Taryn was the nice one… I wasn’t.
“So, what is your angle exactly, Kenya?”
I frowned. “I’m not sure what you mean.”
She smiled and rolled her eyes. “I feel like you are only using Nate for what you can get out of him. He falls in love so easily, and women have taken advantage of that. He has a kind heart, and that makes him somewhat gullible and naïve.”
“First, Nate approached me. Second, all the attributes you mentioned are the things that attracted me to him. Third, I’m very capable of taking care of myself. I’ve been doing it my entire adult life. I don’t want for anything.”
“If you say so. I have my eye on you. It’s bad enough you’re older than him and probably don’t want children now.”
“I really don’t like how you’re assuming you know me. The only thing you know about me personally is my name and, I suppose, my age. You know nothing about my character, so I won’t take offense to your accusations since they are ill informed and laced in ignorance.”
I turned my back to her and continued my facial while she stood there staring at me like I had cursed her out. “Well, for your sake, I hope I don’t have to run interference to keep my son from being heartbroken. I won’t be as forgiving as I was last time with Jessica, since I didn’t get to meet her.”
I rolled my eyes as I rinsed my face then started getting undressed with her standing right there. I didn’t give a fuck. She was just miserable because she had never experienced a man like Nate. His father apparently didn’t love her like he loved Noah’s mother. She was trash. So, because she was miserable in her love life, she was clinging to her son. She was toxic at best.
I was really praying that Nate showed up and overheard her at first, but the more I thought about it, I was glad he didn’t. Tonight would be his first game in over a week. He didn’t need to be worried about the bullshit between his mother and me. I was sure she would fix her attitude once he got here. I would pretend that all was well. I wouldn’t be overly friendly, but I would respond if she said something to me. If not, I wouldn’t have shit to say to her.
I planned to stay in this room as long as possible. If that meant I had to lie down and take a nap, I would. After I took my shower and had dried off, I sat on his bed and moisturized my body. Nate had the most comfortable bed known to man. So, it wouldn’t be hard to go back to sleep. After eating a snack from my purse that I’d packed for the flight, I lay in bed, butt ass naked, and went to sleep.
“Damn, baby, you smell good,”I heard Nate say as he rubbed his nose up the back of my neck.
I slowly turned to face him and let a lazy smile grace my lips. “Hey, baby. How was practice?”
“Practice was cool. I was just anxious to get back to you. Have you eaten lunch yet?”
“No. I wanted to wait for you,” I said, then kissed his lips.
I glanced at the clock to see I’d been asleep for an hour. That was one hour less that I had to be in his mother’s presence.Bitch.“So, how did it go with my mother?”
“Fine. We really didn’t spend much time together. I was getting my things ready for this evening when she got here. I like to be prepared beforehand. Then, once I finished, last night’s festivities caught up with me.”
He nodded as if he knew I was withholding the truth from him. He kissed my lips and asked, “So what do you feel like eating?”
“Whatever you want, baby. I’m not terribly picky.”
“Okay. Well, I have to be back at the arena in three hours, so I typically like to eat a lot of protein, but not too much to weigh me down and have me feeling sluggish. So I’ll probably get some type of chicken and broccoli pasta of some sort or a grilled chicken salad.”
