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“Since you won’t stay all night with me, I have to take it all in and commit every inch of you to memory.”
Staring at our reflection in the mirror, there was no denying how good we looked together. I wasn’t just focused on the physical either. It was the intimacy, the energy, and the comfortability between us that looked good. But more than that, everything between us felt good.
“What’s your favorite verse right now?” he asked. “Oh, it’s gotta be when Megan Thee Stallion said…” I went on to rap my favorite lines from one of my favorite songs. I moved my shoulders to the beat in my head. “I’ve been obsessed with that verse since I first heard it. What’s yours?” His eyebrows were raised. “Uh … Proverbs 3:5.” The silence that followed was like a vacuum. I thought I heard God laugh.
“When I say you’re my escape, I mean you’re my freedom.” He cupped my face. “When I say you’re my escape, I mean I can be myself with you.” His mouth hovered over mine. “When I say you’re my escape, I mean that whenever and wherever we’re together, it’s the only place I want to be.”
“With that being said, I love RLF, and I’d do anything for it. I love Nina and I’d do anything for her. I love my sister and I am honored to announce that effective immediately, Remedy will be acting CEO. I’m stepping down as CEO of Real Life Fashions.”
Russell Long was the manifestation of the love I always knew existed, but thought would be impossible to find. I’d been fostering men until they found their forever home. It never occurred to me that they were also fostering me until I found mine.
