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“And fine? Are you sure?” Angie asked.
“Am I sure about what?” I questioned, confusion evident in my voice.
“About him being fine,” Angie clarified.
“Yes, why wouldn’t I be?”
“Um, well…I’ve seen Robert.”
“Robert is ugly, but you have to admit he has a decent body.”
“Uh, no, because unlike our baby sister, I don’t ogle other people’s men’s bodies.”
“Damn, I’m sorry! It ain’t like I’ma try to screw the man or something!” Nicky shouted.
“I ain’t worried about that. Your ass just needs to show some respect,” Angie countered.
“Are we ever gonna be able to have a sisters’ night without one of y’all acting a fool?” I asked.
They both fell silent and dropped their eyes.
Mama peeked her head in the open bedroom door, and said, “I’m heading out for a bit. Don’t wait up.” Before either of us could say a word in response, she’d disappeared.
“She got a new man?” Angie asked.
I shrugged. “Who knows? I don’t even know who that woman is half the time. I miss my original mother.”
“Daddy destroyed that one. She’s long gone,” Nicky said.
“Yeah, I know,” I agreed. “I don’t understand either of them. I mean, what are they doing? Neither of them has filed for divorce.”
“Wait a minute, it took you more than a year to file. They’ve got forty years of marriage together. That’s got to be hard to let go of,” Angie pointed out.
“But they’re not together. Just doesn’t make sense to me.”
“Look, you know I be playing with you about Ryan, right, Ang?” Nicky asked, shifting the conversation.
“Of course. Same here. I enjoy our little arguments,” Angie admitted.
“But he is fine,” Nicky muttered.
Angie threw a package of cotton balls at Nicky, and they both fell out laughing.
I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
“Anyway,” Angie said, “so this guy is fine and rich. And you say he’s nice, and it was pretty clever of him to trick you into that date. He must’ve been able to tell you wouldn’t have agreed otherwise.”
I tilted my head to the side. “How do you know I wouldn’t have?”
“Because I know you, Renee Elise Strickland-Mattison. You may be over Robert, but you’re not one to jump from one man to another. Plus, you’re technically still married, and you take your vows as seriously as I do. So I’m actually surprised your ass didn’t leave when you realized it was a date.”
“I started to…”
“But?”
“But you like him, don’t you?” Nicky asked.
I shrugged.
“Are you going to see him again?” Angie asked.
“He seems to think so.”
“Dang, why can’t I find a fine, rich man who’ll jump through hoops to get my attention?” Nicky whined.
“Because you’re a ho’,” Angie reminded her.
Nicky nodded slowly. “Oh, yeah…”
