“Say it again, sis! The lines of communication have always been open between you two. He’ll let you know if he becomes overwhelmed.”
“I made him promise to do so, and I hope he doesn’t break his promise.”
“He won’t.”
“That news isn’t even the tea.”
Skye’s eyes widened, and she leaned her head toward me.
“Shit! There’s more? Give me all the tea.”
“So, I got caught up at work before the meeting with the coaches and had Nyeem pick up some finger foods for them. I’m not sure how long they’d been there before I arrived, but they were in the kitchen. You wouldn’t believe who the coaches are.”
She thought for a moment before saying, “I have no idea.”
“Kilo and Knox.”
“Are you serious?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
“And you had no idea?”
I shook my head. “Kilo and I didn’t talk about personal stuff. We didn’t even exchange last names. I had no clue. So, imagine my surprise when I entered the kitchen.”
“Damn, sis. I know you were shocked as hell.”
“Girl, my mouth was on the floor. Thank God Nyeem couldn’t see my face, and he doesn’t know Kilo well enough to read his. He would’ve known something was up. Once we gathered ourselves, we played it cool.”
“You know what? Now that I think about it, Knox told me he was a football coach. I wasn’t interested enough to ask where he coached, but I assumed it was at one of the high schools.”
She shrugged.
“Seriously, Skye. Had you asked a few more questions, I would’ve had a heads-up.”
“I know damn well you’re not trying to put this on me when you gave up the goodies without asking his last name. Hadyouasked a few more questions, you would’ve known you were fucking your son’s future football coach.”
I threw one of the decorative pillows from the couch at her, just missing her head because she ducked.
“Whatever!”
“Don’t be mad because I’m right. Is there more to this story?”
“Oh, yeah. This is the craziest part and why I’m pissed. So, Nyeem and I walked them to the door, and they exchanged a few more words before he went to his room. As soon as Nyeem was out of earshot, Kilo asked if he could talk to me for a minute. It took everything in me not to cuss his ass out. I mean, I did cuss, but not like I wanted to.”
“But why?”
“What do you mean? It was all a setup. He saw me and Nyeem atSoulful Dineron the Friday before the mixer, and when he saw me again at the mixer, he put his plan into action.”
“Damn. I guess it’s possible, but I don’t see why he would think pretending to be unaware of the connection you share with the kid he’s recruiting and sleeping with you would be beneficial. Plus, didn’t you say he looked just as shocked as you were?”
I rolled my eyes. “It was all a part of his plan to make me believe this wasn’t a setup.”
Skye looked to be mulling over my words. Her expression didn’t say that she was fully convinced.
“I’ll admit, it does sound suspicious, but it still seems far-fetched.”
“If I didn’t care about Nyeem knowing I fucked that man within hours of meeting him, I would’ve knocked all that food off the counter and kicked him and his greedy ass brother out of my house.”
