few friends had the number to. It went straight to voicemail.
Hi! You’ve reached Josie. I’m not available at the moment. Leave a message and I’ll call you back! Oh and have you heard the latest Notorious Noise song Anarchy? Check it out! It’s hot!
Carlton smiled. Never in his life had he had a woman who loved him and supported him like Josie. “Hi babe, it’s me. I really need to hear your voice now. Call me in the morning. I’m ready to listen. Okay?”
Carlton dropped back against his pillows and smiled. Fuck. He could imagine little ones in the studio jamming to his music, and Josie there supporting him. Why was he fighting it? Another year or so and he definitely could be ready. Carlton yawned and chuckled again at her voicemail message. “I miss you.”
Chapter Four
“Wake up.”
The bed shook. Tiffani jerked awake. Her mother glared down at her. “Ma? What time is it?” Tiffani moaned reaching in the dark for her watch.
“Have you spoken to your sister?”
“Huh?”
“Josie. Have you spoken to her?”
“No. Not in a few days.” Tiffani’s voice croaked. She cleared her throat. “Good grief it’s three in the morning Ma. Go back to bed.” She rolled over.
“Wake up!”
“I’m up. I’m up.” She sat fully up again and sighed. “What’s the matter?”
“She’s not answering my calls. I tried her all day. I haven’t spoken to her in six days.”
“So?”
“So!”
“Mama, c’mon. Josie’s on a sabbatical. She told you she would ditch technology and commune with nature or some stuff. Leave her alone.” Tiffani moaned.
“I don’t like it. She knows not to turn off her personal cell phone. Only a few of us have the number. What if you or I took sick, what then? Josie is more responsible than this and so are you. I call and the phone just goes to voicemail. That’s not like her, something is wrong.”
Tiffani was awake now. She tried to do her sister a favor on this one. The last thing she needed was Madeline robbing her of her peace. “I’ll call her, okay? Just leave her alone. She was really upset about how things were with Carlton. She went there to get away from us remember?”
“Hmpf. I’m her mother. You don’t run from your mother. And when I spoke to her she was talking nonsense about wanting to stop practicing law. The girl won one of the most groundbreaking cases for our people since Thurgood Marshall. Her first book nearly won her Nobel Prize. Who quits after that to make babies at twenty-six?” Madeline crossed her arms in disgust. “I made babies for your no-good father and dragged them all over this country chasing his dreams. What did it get me?”
“Two successful daughters?” Tiffani frowned.
Madeline smiled. “Of course. I’m only saying that she and Carlton are famous. They should enjoy it. They have all the time in the world to be parents or whatever is going through your sister’s head. Talk to her, Carlton isn’t a man she should ignore.”
“I’m sure she’ll call. The phone is probably in her purse or something. Just give her a little space. Promise me. Ma? Promise me.”
“Fine, but you tell her to call me. You hear?”
“Yes mam.”
“Get some sleep baby.” She kissed her forehead. “I’m staying with you here in Chicago until your sister surfaces. I’ll make you breakfast.”
“Oh goodie.” Tiffani rolled her eyes. Her mother left her room. She flopped back on her pillow and shook her head. No way in hell would she be stuck with Madeline for a month while Josie found herself. She was going to call her and tell her to get her ass back home. Pronto!
In His Arms
Josie woke to find herself spooned by a warm male body. Elu’s arm lay heavily around her sore waist. It took a moment before she understood where she was. And it took even longer to recall the facts and meaning of their time together, but slowly the night before seeped into her languorous brain.
Elu. Her mind whispered the name and her pulse
Hi! You’ve reached Josie. I’m not available at the moment. Leave a message and I’ll call you back! Oh and have you heard the latest Notorious Noise song Anarchy? Check it out! It’s hot!
Carlton smiled. Never in his life had he had a woman who loved him and supported him like Josie. “Hi babe, it’s me. I really need to hear your voice now. Call me in the morning. I’m ready to listen. Okay?”
Carlton dropped back against his pillows and smiled. Fuck. He could imagine little ones in the studio jamming to his music, and Josie there supporting him. Why was he fighting it? Another year or so and he definitely could be ready. Carlton yawned and chuckled again at her voicemail message. “I miss you.”
Chapter Four
“Wake up.”
The bed shook. Tiffani jerked awake. Her mother glared down at her. “Ma? What time is it?” Tiffani moaned reaching in the dark for her watch.
“Have you spoken to your sister?”
“Huh?”
“Josie. Have you spoken to her?”
“No. Not in a few days.” Tiffani’s voice croaked. She cleared her throat. “Good grief it’s three in the morning Ma. Go back to bed.” She rolled over.
“Wake up!”
“I’m up. I’m up.” She sat fully up again and sighed. “What’s the matter?”
“She’s not answering my calls. I tried her all day. I haven’t spoken to her in six days.”
“So?”
“So!”
“Mama, c’mon. Josie’s on a sabbatical. She told you she would ditch technology and commune with nature or some stuff. Leave her alone.” Tiffani moaned.
“I don’t like it. She knows not to turn off her personal cell phone. Only a few of us have the number. What if you or I took sick, what then? Josie is more responsible than this and so are you. I call and the phone just goes to voicemail. That’s not like her, something is wrong.”
Tiffani was awake now. She tried to do her sister a favor on this one. The last thing she needed was Madeline robbing her of her peace. “I’ll call her, okay? Just leave her alone. She was really upset about how things were with Carlton. She went there to get away from us remember?”
“Hmpf. I’m her mother. You don’t run from your mother. And when I spoke to her she was talking nonsense about wanting to stop practicing law. The girl won one of the most groundbreaking cases for our people since Thurgood Marshall. Her first book nearly won her Nobel Prize. Who quits after that to make babies at twenty-six?” Madeline crossed her arms in disgust. “I made babies for your no-good father and dragged them all over this country chasing his dreams. What did it get me?”
“Two successful daughters?” Tiffani frowned.
Madeline smiled. “Of course. I’m only saying that she and Carlton are famous. They should enjoy it. They have all the time in the world to be parents or whatever is going through your sister’s head. Talk to her, Carlton isn’t a man she should ignore.”
“I’m sure she’ll call. The phone is probably in her purse or something. Just give her a little space. Promise me. Ma? Promise me.”
“Fine, but you tell her to call me. You hear?”
“Yes mam.”
“Get some sleep baby.” She kissed her forehead. “I’m staying with you here in Chicago until your sister surfaces. I’ll make you breakfast.”
“Oh goodie.” Tiffani rolled her eyes. Her mother left her room. She flopped back on her pillow and shook her head. No way in hell would she be stuck with Madeline for a month while Josie found herself. She was going to call her and tell her to get her ass back home. Pronto!
In His Arms
Josie woke to find herself spooned by a warm male body. Elu’s arm lay heavily around her sore waist. It took a moment before she understood where she was. And it took even longer to recall the facts and meaning of their time together, but slowly the night before seeped into her languorous brain.
Elu. Her mind whispered the name and her pulse
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