“Oh, well yeah, they looking for him and saying that he isn’t answering.”
I could hear her sighing over the phone.
“Okay, that really concerns me because I thought it was just me that he was ignoring at this point. This is day two, and no word from him. I at least thought they had heard from him.”
“I’m not sure if they had yesterday, but they said he has pretty much been MIA since they got here.”
“Fuck. I think I’m about to call the police, this shit is giving me a bad feeling now.”
“Well, maybe he is in the room, knocked out, sleeping. We don’t know what he’s been doing the past few days.”
“Yeah, but sleep could be a bad thing if he’s hurt or got drugged or anything. I’m starting to get worried for real because if it isn’t that he’s in jail, or in that room fucked up, then that means he really did take that money and left.”
“What money?”
“Nothing, Cyn. Listen, I’m about to call the police to at least get a welfare check done on his hotel since they won’t let me up. I’ll call you back once I figure something out.”
“Okay, I will be heading to the room as soon as I finish eating.”
“Okay, I should be back there soon.”
“Okay,” I replied, hanging up the phone before I realized she said back in the room. Where was she at with sleep in her voice that wasn’t in the hotel room we all paid for?
When I got back into the kitchen, I guess my face full of wonder had him on the edge of his toes.
“You look even more concerned than you did before you took that call. Is there something going on?”
I shook my head.
“Not really, just my friend’s man being dumb and not answering anyone’s calls.” I shrugged my shoulders.
“Niggas known for coming down here and forgetting home.” Hawk shook his head, and I did too before digging back into my food until it was almost gone.
When we were both done with our food, Hawk told me that I didn’t even have to put my plate in the sink because his housekeeper was coming in the next thirty minutes to clean up. I went into the room, and he followed me going into his closet and coming out fresh to death while I still looked like last night.
“Do you know where I go to get in my Uber? I know these hotels are crazy about where you can and cannot get picked up.”
“You don’t have to Uber. I can take you back that way. I have some business to handle anyway.”
“Okay,” I replied before I thought about it for a moment.
“But what about people seeing us. Aren’t you worried about?”
“I’m not worried about a damn thing.” He interrupted me.
“I’m honestly tired of worrying about this or that when it comes to Nina. Now put your clothes on and let’s roll. I got somewhere to be.”
I’m not sure if his hostility was for me or the fact that I brought up Nina, but I won’t be doing that shit anymore. Obviously, they have some shit to work through that doesn’t have anything to do with me.
Hawk and I took the private elevator down to the lobby, where we stood out front waiting for the car to come from the garage. I can’t lie and say that I wasn’t nervous as hell. I know Hawk said he has me if some shit goes down, but how do I knowthat? How do I know Nina won’t sue the pants off my ass for fucking with the man I knew I wasn’t supposed to.
Once Hawk’s car pulled up front, we climbed inside and took off towards the hotel in a bit more traffic than I would’ve hoped, since I was trying to check on my friend. The music was playing low, and Hawk reached up to the speaker to turn it down even lower.
“Look, I apologize for going off back there. I’m just really fucked up in the head right now about a lot of shit with me and my girl.”
“It’s cool. I didn’t take offense to it. It is what it is.” I shrugged my shoulders.
“Man.” He shook his head.
