I nodded.“With my purse.”
He sighed, then turned to Liam and said only one word.
“Boy.”
I stared in marvel as Liam got up, no teenage-boy backtalkor grumbling, and headed to the front door.
“Hey, man,” he said right before he disappeared into theentryway.
Tony strolled in and instantly said to Darius, “Sorry,brother.Tried to stop her.”
Lena sashayed in, her gaze homed in on the wine, and sheasked Darius, “Is that from the reserve?”
“Yup,” he answered.
She moved to the couch and sat her round behind on it,mumbling, “When Liam gets back, he can get me a glass.”
This was when Kenneth arrived.
His eyes went right to the triptych.
“Well, that’s just stunning,” he remarked, wandering to itlike he was in a museum.
Toni and I exchanged a look.
Tony and Darius exchanged a look.
“What the fuck?My man appreciates good art.Get over it,”Lena sniped.
“What?”Kenneth asked, like he just realized he wasn’t theonly one in the room.
Lena patted the couch next to her.“Come sit here by me,love muffin.”
Dutifully, Kenneth padded to the couch and sat by his wife.
“When Toni couldn’t get Malia on the line, they all piled inthe car,” Tony explained to Darius.
“Right,” Darius replied.
“Parking around your place is for shit,” Toni griped.“Wehad to park two blocks away.”
Which explained the wheezing.
She was in heels too.
Yikes.
“Where’s Talia?”I asked.
“She dragged our neighbor from having her feet up in frontof her TV.She told her it was an emergency,” Tony explained.
“It was,” Toni asserted.
“Yeah, looks like things are dire here,” Tony replied.
Thankfully, before this could escalate, Darius waded in.
“You guys want wine?”Darius offered.
