Her name is India.”
Brendan shrugged his shoulders to indicate he didn’t know who she was.
“So who are you with tonight…don’t tell me your lady.” She smiled as she sipped her drink.
“No, I’m with another buddy of mine. Actually, my barber,” he continued, “I’m real cool with him too. He hangs out with my regular crew from time to time but he’s always been into some shady dealings so we kind of had to limit the contact with him. Nothing against him, just you gotta be careful out here these days.”
“I understand,” she said.
Brendan added, “Lately though, he’s kinda chilled out and left that fast life behind so I don’t mind coming out with him.”
“Plus you don’t have anyone else to hang with,” she laughed.
Brendan smiled and laughed. “Right.”
“So, Brendan, do you have a lady, a wife, or whatever?”
She caught him off guard with her question. Brendan looked into her hazel eyes and was hypnotized. Time slowed down and he took a minute to think about his life. Trina was cheating on him. Renée was about to get married. Tanisha seemed nice enough. She was definitely a cutie with Beyoncé-quality booty. He needed something to change his luck, so he replied, “No, I’m kinda between relationships.” He immediately thought of how Nate always ran game on women by deceiving them so much that they wouldn’t recognize the truth if it smacked them in the face. He always got what he wanted by doing just that, at least until Kim committed suicide. “What about you, do you have a man?”
Brendan was surprised when she answered, “Yeah, unfortunately. Remember I told you that I stick with something for a while. In this case though, I think that I may have stuck around a little too long.” She sipped her drink and then said, “But there’s always tomorrow.”
They sat and finished their drinks and talked until the lights came on. Tanisha was a nurse at Southern Maryland Hospital. She owned a town house in Clinton, Maryland, which was fifteen minutes outside of D.C. Her boyfriend didn’t live with her but to her dismay he spent a lot of time camped out in her crib with her remote on his lap. She told Brendan that she had been thinking of ways to get him out of her life for months. Brendan didn’t give as many details of his life because he, of course, had started lying to her out of the gate. When her girl friends came to the table to get their coats she whispered into Brendan’s ear, “I hope that I can see you again.”
Brendan’s chest poked out a bit. “No doubt. Gimme your number.”
“I can only give you my work and my cell, you understand?”
“That’s fine. When should I call you?”
She smiled. Brendan used a sweet and genuine approach. Even in his mack mode he still came across as a gentleman. “I’ll leave that up to you, but don’t make me wait too long. Good night.” And she walked off to catch up with her girl friends.
Brendan stood there with the napkin in his hand that she’d written her number on. He was excited because in his opinion he had met the most gorgeous woman in the place. He caught up to Dee at the door. Dee had two honeys with him. One was his dance partner from earlier in the evening. “Yo, B, we gonna go get some breakfast and head back to my crib, or we gonna head back to my place and get some breakfast. It’s whatever. Right, ladies?”
“That’s right,” they answered.
“B, this is Carmen and Pam.” Pam was his dance partner.
“Hey, nice to meet you,” Brendan replied.
“So you ready to roll?” Dee shot back.
“Honesly, Dee, I think I’m gonna take it on in. I ain’t trying to start too much drama.”
Dee sucked his teeth and shook his head. Brendan caught that he was disgusted with the respect that he was showing Trina. “Man, F that.” He leaned over to Brendan so that the two ladies couldn’t hear him. “Man, these hoes are ready to get loose. You want me to handle both of them by myself? Look at
Brendan shrugged his shoulders to indicate he didn’t know who she was.
“So who are you with tonight…don’t tell me your lady.” She smiled as she sipped her drink.
“No, I’m with another buddy of mine. Actually, my barber,” he continued, “I’m real cool with him too. He hangs out with my regular crew from time to time but he’s always been into some shady dealings so we kind of had to limit the contact with him. Nothing against him, just you gotta be careful out here these days.”
“I understand,” she said.
Brendan added, “Lately though, he’s kinda chilled out and left that fast life behind so I don’t mind coming out with him.”
“Plus you don’t have anyone else to hang with,” she laughed.
Brendan smiled and laughed. “Right.”
“So, Brendan, do you have a lady, a wife, or whatever?”
She caught him off guard with her question. Brendan looked into her hazel eyes and was hypnotized. Time slowed down and he took a minute to think about his life. Trina was cheating on him. Renée was about to get married. Tanisha seemed nice enough. She was definitely a cutie with Beyoncé-quality booty. He needed something to change his luck, so he replied, “No, I’m kinda between relationships.” He immediately thought of how Nate always ran game on women by deceiving them so much that they wouldn’t recognize the truth if it smacked them in the face. He always got what he wanted by doing just that, at least until Kim committed suicide. “What about you, do you have a man?”
Brendan was surprised when she answered, “Yeah, unfortunately. Remember I told you that I stick with something for a while. In this case though, I think that I may have stuck around a little too long.” She sipped her drink and then said, “But there’s always tomorrow.”
They sat and finished their drinks and talked until the lights came on. Tanisha was a nurse at Southern Maryland Hospital. She owned a town house in Clinton, Maryland, which was fifteen minutes outside of D.C. Her boyfriend didn’t live with her but to her dismay he spent a lot of time camped out in her crib with her remote on his lap. She told Brendan that she had been thinking of ways to get him out of her life for months. Brendan didn’t give as many details of his life because he, of course, had started lying to her out of the gate. When her girl friends came to the table to get their coats she whispered into Brendan’s ear, “I hope that I can see you again.”
Brendan’s chest poked out a bit. “No doubt. Gimme your number.”
“I can only give you my work and my cell, you understand?”
“That’s fine. When should I call you?”
She smiled. Brendan used a sweet and genuine approach. Even in his mack mode he still came across as a gentleman. “I’ll leave that up to you, but don’t make me wait too long. Good night.” And she walked off to catch up with her girl friends.
Brendan stood there with the napkin in his hand that she’d written her number on. He was excited because in his opinion he had met the most gorgeous woman in the place. He caught up to Dee at the door. Dee had two honeys with him. One was his dance partner from earlier in the evening. “Yo, B, we gonna go get some breakfast and head back to my crib, or we gonna head back to my place and get some breakfast. It’s whatever. Right, ladies?”
“That’s right,” they answered.
“B, this is Carmen and Pam.” Pam was his dance partner.
“Hey, nice to meet you,” Brendan replied.
“So you ready to roll?” Dee shot back.
“Honesly, Dee, I think I’m gonna take it on in. I ain’t trying to start too much drama.”
Dee sucked his teeth and shook his head. Brendan caught that he was disgusted with the respect that he was showing Trina. “Man, F that.” He leaned over to Brendan so that the two ladies couldn’t hear him. “Man, these hoes are ready to get loose. You want me to handle both of them by myself? Look at
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