“Answer the phone, Rim. She ain’t gonna stop calling till it’s answered. You know your fucking friend and she already knows you’re here.”
“And how does she know that, Reminisce?”
“Yo, lil best friend in there can’t hold water in a fucking desert.” He stepped his shirtless ass in the doorway. “Now answer the phone for your girl and make sure she ain’t in labor before you join me in this shower.” He disappeared from my sight and I glared down at his phone.
As soon as I answered, Jade’s smile beamed through the damn screen. “Well, well, well… If it isn’t Ms. It’s Nothing. Looks like very much something to me.”
I laughed, sitting up. “How are you?”
“Well. I was calling to check in on them, but I guess I don’t have to. You have them.” The smile on her face had yet to move. “You eat better than me, so I don’t have to worry about the dino nuggets bullshit he’s been feeding her.” That last statement was when her expression changed slightly.
I laughed.
“As well, I assume I’ll be seeing you at dinner Sunday, right?”
“Jade.”
“Fine, fine, fine. Your cousin and I will be out there, so I assumed. Anyway, call me later off your phone. I might need a favor.”
I nodded. We hung up a few seconds later, my mind kind of reeling off her calling Oden my cousin. It was nothing against him, or his brothers, but it took some getting used to. Not only that, but I wanted to know them. While Aroyal was indifferent and already knew Kinga, I wanted to know them. I wanted to know my family, because truth of the matter, I didn’t have much.
“Damn, Rim, what’s taking you so long?” Reminisce’s voice interrupted my thoughts.
“I’m coming. Stop rushing me,” I snapped.
“From where? Tacoma? Bring your ass.”
Chapter
Seven
Reminisce
Spending my entire day with Karim and Romance was the most necessary bliss I could ask for. It was literally the easiest fucking peace I had ever experienced because it was natural. For most of the day I played the background, watching how Rim was with Romance and how Romance clung to her. The corniest things were making a nigga’s heart flutter. The type of shit that usually made me clown a nigga had me smiling so hard my cheekbones hurt.
After spending over the amount of time intended in the mall, we were headed out when Karim wanted to stop by a shoe store and grab shoes she had been eyeing online. One thing I loved about Rim was she made that tomboy shit sexy as fuck and she wasn’t overdoing it to throw on a pair of heels.
“I want those.” Romance pointed to a pair of hot pink Nikes. The motherfuckers were so bright they made my head hurt. They were neon, bright enough to probably light up a room.
“Those are cute, Ro.”
“No, the fuck they aren’t. Too bright.” I moved toward the children’s clothing, looking for Romance’s size. This was thetype of motion I messed with. It was solid grays and blacks, shit maybe even a navy blue.
“They’re girlie, and she’s a little girl, Reminisce.” Karim gave me that look, letting me know I was getting on her nerves.
“So. Those black ones are nice too.” I threw my head in the direction of the less bright, functional looking ones.
“I’m getting her the ones she likes. What are you over there even looking at?” Karim was sitting on the little try-on bench looking at me while Romance played on my phone. I swear I couldn’t win for fucking losing because why was the car iPad dead and the other one at the house.
“These lil sweatsuits.” I held up the gray one I had already found in Ro’s size.
“Reminisce, she is a girl. Not a little boy. Look at that baby blue one right there.”
I shook my head. “Too bright.”
Karim sucked her teeth. “What size is she?”
“Nah, you good. ’Cause yeen about to piss me off in here.” I shook my head.
