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We settled around the table, and after Nicky had drained her first glass of wine, she said, “Where did Lorenzo go? He greeted us and disappeared.”
“Probably closed up in his office writing,” I replied. “Why?”
“Because I didn’t want to say this with him around. But anyway, Nay, that motherfucker is fine! Shit! Big-ole thick, grown man fine!”
“I told you he was,” Angie reminded her.
“And so handsome in a rough, ‘I been through some shit’ kind of way. Girrrrl, I bet he be having you yelling your ABC’s backwards! Good grief! I bet he can bait the hook and fry the fish!”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Nicky! What the hell does that even mean?”
She drank half of another glass of wine. “That he can get his cunnilingus on and then hit you with that superior stroke game. Am I wrong?”
I grinned, took a sip from my own glass of wine, and said, “Nope.”
“Got me all hot just thinking about how good it probably is. Makes me wanna give all of this to Maurice later tonight,” Nicky said.
“Don’t you mean Travis?” Angie asked, looking confused.
“No, she means Maurice,” I said.
The confusion remained on Angie’s face.
“Nay, this is truly some Cinderella shit. You went from that doggone frog to a big-old rich prince!” Nicky gushed.
“Um, I think you’re mixing up two fairy tales, Nicky,” Angela pointed out.
Nicky shrugged. “I’m just saying, you don’t bullshit with your upgrades. It’s like you traded in one of those big, brick-ass Nokia phones for some shit they ain’t even invented yet, like a damn iPhone 22!”
“As crazy as Nicky is, I have to agree, and Nay, if anyone deserves what you have now with Lorenzo, you do. You put in enough years of misery with a man who didn’t appreciate you. But Lorenzo? Girl, he is all gone over you. I really don’t think he wanted to leave us alone. I have never seen a sexier kiss on the cheek in my life,” Angie said.
“Yeah, he loves me, and I love him, too.” Noticing that Nicky was pouring a third glass of wine, I added, “Nicky, you planning on staying here tonight? I can’t let you drive if you’re gonna keep drinking.”
“I’ll have Travis pick me up. Gotta go home to him since I have him right where I want him.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked.
“He proposed.”
My eyes widened. “Did you accept?”
“Not yet, but I will. I told him I needed to think about it. You know, let him sweat for a while. That way, when I accept in a month or so, he’ll feel like the luckiest man in the world.”
Angie said, “But what about Maurice?”
“Who?” Nicky asked.
Angie looked at me, and I just shook my head.
“Okaaaay…well, what about Damon then?” Angie questioned.
Nicky frowned. “What about him? He’s still, and always will be, my BFF.”
Angie reclined in her chair and gave Nicky a smirk. “Nicky, come on. You know he’s in love with you, and you care about him, too. You lost your mind when he came home to visit last year, and you guys have kept in touch since then, right?”
“Uh, first of all, we love each other as friends. Second, yes, I lost my mind when he visited because I had not seen or talked to him in a decade and he is my best friend, and third, yes, we keep in touch because we’re—you guessed it—friends!”
“Nothing more?” Angie pushed.
