5 years ago. ..
"Do you love him", my dad asks me as we sit by the porch. "Yes I do", I tell him. He keeps quiet for a minute, and takes another sip of his whiskey. He clears his throat and states, "love isn't all roses and kisses. One day you're all lovey dovey, telling each other how you're the best thing that ever happened to them. Next you're arguing about unrelated shit caused by someone leaving the toilet seat up".
"So is that why you and mom were arguing last night", I ask him. "No! I came too early last night, then left the toilet seat up afterwards", he replies in a very sarcastic tone. "Point being, marriage isn't a breeze as people make it seem", he finished off saying. "Well you and mom seemed to have made it work for all these wonderful years", I remind him. My dad chuckles. "She was this close to covering my face with a pillow while I was sleeping in the afternoon", he states while making a gesture with his two fingers.
"We're rich assholes April. One of the richest assholes in this town. Are you willing to throw that all away", he asks me.
"The Bastons are rich assholes too", I tell him. "Yeah! But how about your little boyfriend. I've heard all the stories about him, his conception, and of course the wonderful relationship with his white family. There's no way that boy is getting a piece of the Baston fortune", he tells me. "I'm not in it for the money", I tell him.
My dad takes another sip of his whiskey. "Of course not. But you do need money to survive April. But hey, you want to work for your fortune, rather than to use your golden ticket to my wealthy estate. Is it him who's got you pursuing this silly attorney venture of yours", he asks me.
"No! I'm doing this is for myself", I tell him. "Well when that eventually fails, you know where to find me and my money. So go ahead and marry your high school fling. Consider that my blessing", me dad tells me with an unexpressive face. I get up immediately; and head out.
"Oh and April. Be prepared for the day you're future hubby presents you with a silly business venture of his. I suggest you have a bottle of whiskey near by", my dad gives his last say.
I remain silent and leave the house.
A few days earlier. ..
"An app", I exclaim in a less than enthusiastic tone. "Yes baby. It's crazy how I forgot about this dream of mine. Like this could actually work", J tells me. "Yeah, but have you given it a lot of thought. I mean there's a lot to consider when it comes to this sort of thing. Plus you can't do this on your own. You'll need people to help you out with it", I point out to J.
"Don't worry, I've got this. I'm putting the old crew back together", he tells me.
"Are they even in town love", I ask him. "They can't be that far", he tells me while scrolling through his contacts on the phone. I stand there anxious and nervous like a girl being urged by her friends into sleeping with a guy.
Exciting now; but afterwards the responsibility is going to hit hard.
J noticed the worry on my face and walked up to me. He kissed me and told me, "this is going to work. Trust me". I looked at him with a forced smile.
"So what did you do afterwards", Karen asks me. "I just left him to call up his old friends", I tell her. "Are you sure that was a good move to make", she asks me. "I don't know. What did you expect me to do", I exclaim to her. Karen shrugs her shoulders and sits by her work desk.
"You ever convince someone into doing something that you thought at the time was a good idea, only to realize it might end badly. Now you've gotten yourself hurt for it", I tell Karen.
"This is sounding like a sex thing. Trying something new", she asks me.
"God, I wish I was. That would have been a lot easier to handle", I reply while holding my head.
"Gosh! My poor J. What have I done", I start thinking out loud.
"Do you think I'm a good wife Karen", I ask her. "Well you're not a terrible wife, so that's something", she tells me. "Well I really feel like it. Like I've been on a roll of hyping up J just for failure", I tell her.
"Still upset about him being fired from the bank I see", Karen asks me. "Yeah! Like really upset. I actually didn't see that coming. A part of me only gave J that old book of his in the hopes of cheering him up", I exclaim. "And the other part", Karen asks me. "The other part was like, you should have told him to get off his lazy ass and look for another job. We've got bills to pay", I tell her.
"Well it's too late now. You know your man. Once he sets his mind on something there's no turning back", Karen reminds me.
"Crap! I'm a really terrible wife", I say to myself. "But not the worst in the world", Karen says.
I sit by my work desk and let all the stress of this situation take it's run around my head.
"April", my boss screams out from his office. "Coming", I yell to him while getting up from my desk. "The beast has summoned you", Karen says in a comedic tone. "Crap! Yet another man giving me stress today that I don't need", I exclaim. "You got this girl", Karen says while slapping my butt as I walk past. I get into the office and find my boss on his phone.
"I said I'll be home a little late tonight, so please calm your milky tits Lizzy", he yells into the phone. He cuts the call and throws the phone to the side.
"Wife", I ask him. "Pregnant wife", he replies, "do yourself a favour and don't get pregnant please. You women and your hormones just don't know how to behave". I look at him and quietly nod my head. "Anyways, I need you to work a little late tonight", he announces to me. "Okay. How long is late", I ask him.
"Long enough for me to find a valid reason to get aroused by my whale of a wife", he yells at me. "I need some serious head", he mutters to himself. I quietly look at him. "Well if you ain't offering get the hell out of my office then", my boss yells. I pull my lip and tell him, "okay". I walk out of the office and close the door behind me. "Working late tonight", Karen states while perusing through a magazine.
"What else", I respond to her. "Better those hands working than those lips", she says with a chuckle. "You don't think he was actually being serious about that head stuff right", I ask Karen while pointing at the boss's office door. Karen rolls her eyes to the side and back to the center. "My guess. His wife has been a little difficult with matters regarding sex. My advice, sit at a distance tonight", she advices me.
I sit by my desk and rub my head. "Hey! At least this isn't the worse time you've had with Jahmal. Remember Eddy", Karen reminds me. "Gosh don't even say that name. Do you know how hard it was to get rid of that guy", I tell Karen in an annoyed tone. "Where is he these days", Karen asks me. "By J's and my luck, probably sleeping in a coffin", I tell her. My phone beeps. I look at it and notice it's a message from J.
The Techno nerds are back in action. You're going to be our legals person baby. 😆😉😉
the message read.
"Who's that", Karen asks me. "It's J. He's got the old crew back together", I tell her. "So fast. Your man doesn't waste any time", she says. I roll my eyes and start typing out a reply to J.
That's great babe. I'm honored 😊😊You're really determined about this. Listen, I'll be coming home a little late tonight if that's okay. Work stuff 😡😡😬
"Don't you wish this was all a bad dream", Karen asks me. "It felt like a bad dream the moment J broke the news about what happened at work. This app thing isn't making it any better", I tell her.
"Just remember that it was YOU who initiated this. So deal with it", Karen tells me. "I'm dealing with it like a bad case of crabs", I tell Karen. "Hector", she asks me. "No Steve", I tell her. "Oh by the way. He probably got it from me", she claims.
My phone beeps again.
😭😭😫You're coming late tonight 🙏🙏Damn and here I was planning on making you the best supper tonight. Guess you'll have to get a bite of this another time 🍆👅😈
I start to laugh and send a quick reply saying,
Save it for dessert😋😋
Karen notices my bright red face and exclaims, "sexting at such an hour. Careful you might stain that nice skirt of yours". I roll my eyes and tell her, "leave me to my mans".
Later....
I eventually finished up at work avoiding any sexual contact with my boss. It was close to 10pm and every inch of my body was aching. I headed home and arrived there at 10.40pm.
I got into the bedroom with the intention of making a little snack out of J before bed, but when I walked in I found him fast asleep across the bed. I sighed heavily and exclaimed to myself, "another time I guess". I took a quick shower and afterwards ate the food J left for me in the warmer. I washed up and headed into the room.
I gave J a kiss on the forehead, and pushed him to the side of his bed. I tucked myself in and drifted off to sleep.
I got up the next morning turning over to J. I was hoping to get some morning action just before work. But I was soon disappointed, because instead of J, I found an empty bedside with a sticky note on the pillow
Gone to break the news about the App to Trevor. See you later.
Love you loads. ☺
I held my face and thought to myself, "he could have at least given me 10 strokes to get me through the day". I got up afterwards and got ready for work.
I had to play duck and dodge from the landlord cause I knew he had a habit of preying on tenants.
I walked into the office to Karen asking me, "how are those lips this fine morning". I ignored her and sat by my desk. "So how goes hubby's app development", she asks me. I breathe out hot air and tell her, "it's official. He's doing this thing". You want me to buy you a drink to endure some more hurt", Karen asks me. "Not now. But I'll hold you on that offer", I tell her.
The day seemed to breeze through without any drama besides the usual annoying clients. I even get off work semi early today. I walk into the reception area of the apartment, forgetting about the preying landlord.
"Shit", I exclaim when the landlord's path and mine met. He walked past me and said, "good evening". "Good evening", I replied in a slightly confused tone. I figured maybe he was in a good mood, hence him not preying on me. I went up to my place and found J sitting by the table scribbling in his notebook. We spoke for a bit, and reminisced the past.
Afterwards J got up saying, "well I'm having an early night tonight". He stretched his arms out and was about to leave me hanging. I stopped him in his tracks by grabbing his collar. "You're not having an early night while on my watch. You still owe me that dessert, so give it to me now", I told him in a very demanding voice.
J looked at me with a smile and said, "somebody is horny tonight. You sure you aren't a sex addict, cause that would explain a lot of things". I look at him with desire burning in my eyes. I bit into the idea of biting into him, and it was ever so tempting.
"Maybe I am. And if so deal with it", I tell him.
J laughs in a low voice and responds with, "okay. I'll deal with you. Let's head off into the room". He grabbed my hand and we went into the room to put our lips and flesh to some much needed work.