Mario resisted the urge to sigh. Just fucking great.
Four hours later, Block sipped from the double stacked Styrofoam cups in his hand. He sat down on the couch inside the Airbnb that Ebony and her cousin were staying in. They came to North Carolina to see the Diamond Cove Cougars play. Block went to NBA games often and from experience, he knew some of the baddest chicks went to games, and he doubted it was for the love of basketball. Ebony was going to be in town for three days, and she wanted to link with Block. He had sex with her three times in Miami, and he hadn’t talked to her much since arriving back home.
Ebony was cool though, and he could deal with her for three days. That wasn’t an issue.
“Oh you got some drank,” she sat down beside him. “Pour me a line.”
Ebony wasn’t as plain in NC as she’d been in Miami, but most chicks did turn it up a notch when they went out of town. She had extra long weave in her hair, and her nails were done. Her and her cousin went to brunch earlier, and she had makeup on. With all the extra shit, she was a little cuter than she was when he met her, but she was nice looking either way.
Without speaking, Block stood up to get his bottle from the car. When Ebony’s cousin saw her being poured some syrup, shewanted some too. Ebony had asked him if they could all go out one night and if he’d bring someone for her cousin. Block knew she wanted to hook a big fish. He didn’t ask Brazil because he was in the middle of the season and didn’t hang out like that. Lethal had started training, so he didn’t do alcohol and clubs like that either. Block planned to turn the cousin on to his homie, Ja’Don. He had paper, and he got plenty of women. Whether him and ole girl would hit it off didn’t have a thing to do with Block. He didn’t care either way.
He had moves to make, so he only planned to chill at the Airbnb for an hour tops. They could link later that night. He didn’t have a lot of time to give her while she was in town, but he didn’t want to not see her at all. She wasn’t in town for him, but he wasn’t even going to do her dirty and not see her at least a few times. He didn’t even mind taking them to the club and showing them a good time. Prior to meeting Symphony, Block for sure had women he dealt with, but it was strictly sex. Even if they saw him out with another woman and felt some kind of way about it, they wouldn’t make a scene in public. Block didn’t play that shit, and they knew it.
His phone vibrated in his pocket, and when he looked at the screen, he chuckled. Symphony rarely ever called him. Of course, she would do it now, but Ebony wasn’t in the room. And even if she was, he was single.
“What’s up?” his tone was low and lazy. The drank in his cup had him relaxed.
“Hey, are you busy?”
“No. What’s good?”
“I know where I want to go.”
“Word? Where?”
“Chicago.”
“Oh yeah?” he expected her to want to go to an island or something. Chicago was only three hours away by plane.
“Yes. I’ve only been once and that was barely two days. I didn’t get to do a lot of the things I wanted to do, and I didn’t get to eat at all the places I wanted to try.”
Block chuckled. “So, you want to go to Chicago to stuff your face full of food.”
“For the most part, but you know it is a beautiful city.”
“That it is.” Block had been to Chicago more times than he could count, and if you went to the right spots, the food was ten out of ten. “When do you want to go?”
“I can take off the fifth, sixth, seventh, and the eighth is on a Sunday, so I’ll be off anyway. As long as I’m back to go to work Monday, it’s cool.”
“Sounds like a plan. Go ahead and book the flights and let me know the total. I’ll send it to you through Apple pay.”
“I can pay for the flight, Nasir. You gave me luggage and an insane amount of money to shop with. The flight can be my treat.”
“Nah it can’t. That pussy on my face can be a treat. I’m paying for the flight and the hotel. Not to say I think you’d stay just anywhere but when you find the hotel, make sure it’s some top-of-the-line shit. I don’t give a fuck if it’s $1,000 a night. Book the best.”
“Yes sir.”
Block licked his lips as he thought about how good Symphony’s pussy was. She was so damn pretty, and her personality was top-tier. He was so comfortable from the lean and engrossed in his conversation that he almost forgot he was in an Airbnb with two women. When Ebony walked into the room and saw him slouched down on the couch with his legs wide, talking on the phone in a low sexy rumble, she knew he was talking to a female. She didn’t have the right to be jealous, but she was.
“We about to order food, bae. You want something?” Ebony’s tone was sugary sweet, but he knew what she was doing. She’d never called him bae before.
Block cut his eye at her but didn’t respond.
“I asked you if you were busy,” Symphony stated. “You can call me later. I’ll go ahead and book the flight.”
“Man, what I tell you? Book the flights while we’re on the phone, and let me know how much it is. I know what you said, and I said I wasn’t busy.”
The way he cleared Ebony without having to acknowledge her had her feeling dumb. She walked out of the room with flaring nostrils, but she was going to go in the other room and calm down. She had paid for her own flight and portion of the Airbnb. This nigga was on the phone with a bitch telling her to book flights. Ebony wanted that kind of situation with him, so she wasn’t going to act out. She was going to calm down and play her part. They didn’t live in the same city, and she could tell he had money. Of course, he had women. She couldn’t let that bother her if she wanted to see the bigger picture. There were plenty of ballers in Miami, but she wanted Block.
