10,000 Hours With A Rich Menace (Caselli Family, #1)

by Jahquel J.

The feeling that the man I was about to connect souls with was my person. Someone that would protect and care about me.

Men were gross and until God came down and put me in my future husband’s arms, I was going to stay single and a virgin.

I was naturally shy. I was an introvert and most times I lived in my own head and found comfort there.

Once I was comfortable with you then that’s when my weirdness came out of every pore of my body.

I often wished that I had the confidence to say what I mean and mean what I say. The confidence to catch the eye of that guy.

“Wonder, the minute you let another nigga touch you is the moment you gonna see why they call me Menace.”

“Because I am in love with you, Maverick. I can’t even think of leaving you, even though that was all I wanted to do when I first met you. The thought of you sitting in that house alone before you met me brings tears to my eyes. You are complicated, and some days I wanna choke you because why can’t you just fucking flush the toilet once… but those are the things that I love. You aren’t weird, baby, you are unique. Different isn’t a flaw, it’s a feature.”

It’s me and you forever, and then even after that we still rocking… come get me from hell.”

“You not sleeping anywhere but in this bed with me, Wonder. Go and do your little stomps and talking to yourself but get yo ass in this bed next to me so I can lay on you and sleep.”

Stevie always spoke about feeling lost and never knowing what was next, but she wasn’t lost at all. She knew what she wanted and where she wanted to go. Life was just hard for her, and I was sent to make it easier for her.

Quiet her mind when she needed it.