That was something that he always said and stood by it. His parents’ relationship traumatized him, and on the other hand, he saw my parents together before my dad died. He knew what a loving marriage looked like. It was my parents’ love that shaped me and made me want the same. It was also why I wasn’t the overly friendly type. It would take a special woman to hold my leash.
Dinner Cruisin’ . . .
It was time for our monthly dinner cruise at our Charleston location. I was on the grill tonight. It was a sacred thing to cook on another man’s grill. Grif trusted a baby’s handful of people on his grill. His second in command was good, but he couldn’t manage the task alone.
We hadn’t pulled from the dock yet, and it was already hype as hell. The cruise was sold out like it always was. The vessel that we bought for these cruises was expensive as fuck, and I thanked God that our business sustained us to afford it and still turned a substantial profit. The first boat that we financed was paid off five years ago, and this one only had a little over a year. It was the biggest and most expensive of the two vessels.
“I already see a little bitty that I plan to get at.” Joshua interrupted my grilling. “I don’t think that I’m gonna have to work too hard for it either. The best kind of quick dick trips. The ones that don’t require too much gas.”This nigga.
“Man, shut the hell up,” I said with a laugh. I looked at my watch. “We should push off in less than an hour. The servers are about to serve the main course.”
For our dinner cruises, the boats stayed docked until after the main course was served, and I shut the grill down. We could grill while the boat was moving, but my dad never liked to do it, so we didn’t. If it was a private event and they requested it, we did, but outside of that, we were docked until after the main course. Once we were on the water, there was a buffet set out that people could enjoy, to soak up their liquor.
“Bet, I’ll get at her after we push off,” Joshua said more to himself than me.
I finished up what I was doing while we talked about bullshit. Our aimless conversation was interrupted by one of the servers. “Bolt, one of the tables wants to give personal compliments to the chef.”
I smiled at the sentiment. “Aight, I’ll be out there in a minute. What table is it?”
She told me what the table number was before she grabbed what she needed. Joshua patted my back. “My boy out here like a country ass Gordon Ramsey. Pop Benj would be proud.”
I moved to the sink to wash my hands. “Shut the hell up. Let me go get my compliments so I can take a shower and chill.”
I left the grill area to head to the table that requested me. When I got a few steps away from the table and realized who it was, my blood bubbled. Yeah, I wasn’t about to do this dumb shit. I walked up to the table.
“Bolt, hey! The food is amazing. I love when you’re on the grill,” Anna cooed.
I was confused as hell how she was here. I knew that I canceled their reservations. “Anna, how the fuck are you here? I know for a fact that I canceled your reservations.”
I glared between her and Kaycee’s ditzy ass. Anna’s light skin reddened. “Bolt, I thought that was a mistake. Our friends also had a reservation, so I paid them for theirs.”
“Yeah, that’s some real stalking type shit.” I reached into my pocket, pulled out a wad of cash, flaked off six hundred dollars, then dropped it on the table. “There’s the cost of the night. Now both of you get the fuck on.” I waved over security. “Please escort these two ladies to the dock. Their night is over.”
Anna jumped up. “No, it is not! We are paying customers. You can’t just kick us the fuck off!”
I heard my security mumbleoh shitunder his breath. Yeah, it was oh shit. I assessed how much attention was on us to decide if I cared. I took a couple of steps toward Anna. I didn’t get completely into her space, because something told me that was what her weird ass wanted. She was the type of female to sneak kiss a nigga.
“Anna, as the owner of this establishment and organizer of this cruise, I can deny service to anyone at any time for any reason. I tried to give you a hint when I canceled your reservation. When I called you after my people told me that you pulled that bullshit in the store and told you to fuck off, you should have told your stupidity that it was a hard stop for us.In the happenstance that you didn’t get that picture, I canceled your reservation, but you’re still here stuck on stupid.” My voice was low and audible only to her.
As stupid as she was, she must have understood that I truly didn’t want to completely embarrass the fuck out of her. She stepped in closer. “Bolt, I don’t understand. It’s like you don’t even want to give us a try. You just want to fuck.”
I closed my eyes because what the whole fuck. When my eyes opened, it was only half the normal size. “Anna, it’s not like anything. That’s what it actually is, and that was what you agreed to. I told you from jump it was just a fuck and would never be anything else. Since you don’t get that, then you don’t get this dick. Terry, carry both of their asses off, and if they start shit, call twelve on them.”
I turned my back and walked back to the grill area. I didn’t hear commotion, so I assumed their asses didn’t cut up when Terry escorted them off. I thank God that Anna wanted to be extra before we left the dock so I could send her somewhere. “Ah shit! You get ya compliments?” Joshua asked from his seat in the grill area.
I stood there to figure out if he knew about the bullshit and this was his attempt at humor. I felt like he didn’t know. “Nigga, you knew Kaycee and that crazy bitch switched reservations with their friends?”
He jumped up. “What? Kaycee on here? I didn’t see her ass when everyone boarded.” He moved past me. “Where she at?”
“The fuck you mean, where she at? I had Terry escort both of their asses off. So, you ain’t know their asses was coming?” I asked again.
His head bucked back. “If I knew they were coming, I would have told you. I told you the first damn time. Last time I talked to Kaycee, she was upset that she couldn’t attend because of the canceled reservation.” He moved back to his seat, sat down, thensaid, “Good looking for putting them off. She woulda blocked the fuck out of me getting at ole girl.
“In other news, Nee just texted me. Bethany, Jojo, and her are going toClub Obsessiontomorrow. They’re driving up in the morning to shop, brunch, and all that other shit, then check into their hotel.” It was like he and Nee fell right in sync again.
That was interesting information to have. “Word? That’s what’s up.”
He nodded before he took a sip out of his beer. He set his beer down on the table next to him before he spoke again. “What you got going on tomorrow?
