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“FYI, Vashti,” Deja speaks for the first time. “Just about everything is unacceptable in this house according to Mom.”
Jesus ouch
“What if it goes left? We could be out a chef. It took a long time to find her.”
Yeah wtf
“No one in my whole life has ever hurt me like you did.”
Jfc ouch
“We should teach them to play spades, Si,” Vashti says, affection in her smile, in the hand she rests on his arm.
Im irritated
“I never called you a hot mess, even when you were one.” Our eyes lock, and the hurt in hers spears me right through. I’m an asshole.
Bro wtf
Vashti: Yeah, Anthony’s here. Everything’s under control. I just want to see you and maybe we can hang after closing?
I domt like her
I’m a red-blooded male. I want this.
Dont pmo
“Why wouldn’t we be?” She sucks her teeth. “You deserve some happiness after what she put you through.” She? “Um…Do you mean your mother?” “Of course. Who could blame you for moving on? Mom went crazy and ruined your life and—”
Omg
“I wanted to fuck her every day for the rest of my life,” I half joke. “She’s that beautiful. Is that a good enough reason?”
The face im givin this man rn.... Bffr
“If you don’t mind me asking, how far along was your ex-wife when she lost the baby?” “Thirty-six weeks.”
Jfc
She wouldn’t have fallen.
Oh jeez....
I want to fuck her.
Dont pmo
“I want a baby, Si.” Tears water her words even as they grow louder. “Just give me another baby and we—”
Now youregonna pmo
“What are you doing?” Yasmen rushes over, reaching for the brush, which I hold over my head, out of her reach. I quickly slap the brush against the wall, dragging it over the wishes we had for Henry that died with him.
Oh jeez yall a mess
“Neither would I. If something gets weird, we end it, but I’m just glad right now everything’s going so well. You know firsthand how amazing Josiah is.”
......bye
“Fucked, not fucking. Last night was the first time.”
Damn im hurt for yas
“Oooh, yeah.” Kassim’s expression morphs into excitement. “Vashti’s ribs.” Fuck them ribs.
Real
had lost, did I add to Yasmen’s pain? “You don’t have to defend her, Dad. I was there.” “There?” I frown at her use of the word. “Where? You were where, Day?”
Se is seroouly gonnapmo
“Well, I’m not the one who says no to everything because I’m too scared or too uptight to allow my kids some freedom to make their own decisions.”
Um wtf
cannot wait to get you home tonight.”
Girl
I bend down and drop a lingering kiss on her mouth, squeezing the slight curve of her hip. She lets out a little moan, and angles her head to deepen the kiss. A sound at the door distracts me, and over Vashti’s shoulder, my gazes locks with Yasmen’s. She’s standing in the office door, her eyes clouded and the lush curve of her mouth pulled tight. I can’t help but think of the night when I watched her first kiss with Mark. Have they kissed again? Had another date? Fucked? I don’t want to know.
This girl too much i fear
“These salmon croquettes are so good,” I tell Vashti in a low voice, reaching under the table to take her hand. It feels disingenuous somehow,
It is
“Okay, Josiah. If you say so.”
Shes rea but also annoying
“It was great meeting Vashti. She’s very sweet.” She looks up at me, her smile in place, but eyes narrowed. “I’d hate to see that girl get hurt.”
Real
“Compliments? You need me to tell you how good you look and smell? Mark not pumping up your ego enough?” Why did I say that?
Yall are ridiculous jfc
whose love still burns hot, while ours lies in ashes.
Not your lust id def still birning the sctualg love eachother hog take ig
“The only thing holding us together,” Merry says, looking at Ken with affection, “is our love, but that is the proof of it. That we could leave at any time.” “But neither of us ever would. Never have. I would argue that what we’ve made is stronger, truer than most marriages because of the freedom it allows us.” “So you have an open relationship?” Harvey asks. “I didn’t know that.”
Harvey where tf did thesa that wtf
“He banged on the windows with that flashlight because they were all fogged up and we were…” Fucking.
Like ....
hold my breath, deny myself oxygen for as long as I could, until black spots appeared before my eyes. A tiny punishment that never changed a thing.
This is horrible
“Si.” I push his name out, and my chest rises and falls with upheaving breaths. “Ask me again if I’m sorry you and Vashti broke up.” His eyes darken, narrow, the long lashes curling and tangling at the corners. “Are you?” I grip the back of his neck, pull him closer to leave the truth on his lips. “Hell, no.” We crash together and our first kiss in years burns from the beginning.
Like mess
“Once,” he says, his voice hoarse but controlled, eyes hot and unwavering. “We do this once, get it out of our systems, and forget this night happened. That’s the only way it works.”
Dont pmo
I almost say, “Next time then,” but remember there will be no next time. Only tonight.
Bffr
know this time…it is the last.
Bye
The hell he is. She wasn’t thinking about her boyfriend when I fucked her twice.
...
“And he didn’t want to show his girlfriend off to all the Black folks he needs votes from?” Hurt prickles behind my breastbone. I turn down the corners of my mouth. “So that’s the only reason a man like Mark would want to date me?”
Yeah wtf
where Vashti tips up to kiss Josiah’s cheek.
......
“Touch me,” I breathe into his ear and link my wrists behind his neck. “I’m so wet.”
Um where is ur daughter
“Don’t go slow. Don’t hold back.”
R on bith co trol....
“Shit, Yas.” He dips his head to scatter kisses at my neck. “I’mma come.” He starts pulling out, but I grab his ass and won’t let him go. “I’m on birth control,” I whisper. “Don’t pull out.” He stills, looks down at me, and a frown puckers his thick, dark brows. “I’ve never been raw with anyone else. I promise.” “I believe you.” I reach up to brush my fingertips over the fullness of his lips. “Give it to me.”
Ok so you woukdve already gave her an std it dont matter if you cum you weirdo
“This is not a reconciliation.” Of course I knew that, but the words spoken so clearly, so easily, like it doesn’t cost him anything, the idea of living the rest of his life like this, still burns. “I know that,” I answer. “It’s just fucking.” He shakes his head, a breath of a laugh breezing past his full lips. “It could never be just fucking, not with us. You know that. It will always feel like more, but I want to be very clear that it can’t be.”
.....right
Beneath the jacket, his hand inches up my thigh and comes to rest between my legs, his touch burning a hole through my jeans.
Um.... Ew
He pulls me up the steps and backstage.
Like qm i craY this is gross
“Let me be very clear about something, Deja Marie.” I push the bowl aside and face her, arms folded across my chest. “Your mother and I don’t owe you explanations, but I’ll answer some of your questions because I love you and want to be as open with you as possible.”
I like disagree
“This is grown folks’ business. This is our business. We didn’t tell you because we don’t have to.” I pause to let that sink in before going on. “And we know you and your brother have experienced a lot of transition. We didn’t want to confuse you unnecessarily when this between your mom and me is…”
Like the second part is fine the first part pmo
“Why are you cast down, O my soul…Hope.” —Psalm 42:5
Oh
