“Here, I have something for you. Since I knew we were coming and I knew this was one of the things you wanted to do, so I have some special locks. I painted us on the locks and had our names engraved on them. It’s one of us, and then one of the three of us, and one of you and baby girl.
Tears fell from her eyes. “This is so beautiful and well thought out. I can’t believe you did this.” She wrapped her arms around me and kissed me long and hard.
“Ewwwww, not around the public.” Butterfly frowned.
We broke our kiss and chuckled. This little girl was too much. Together, we locked our locks onto the bridge and took some pictures. Later that day, we met up with Jaz and Ashley, and I took them bungee jumping. Forever was scared as hell, but she did it, and so did I.
Later that night awe went out for dinner. After dinner we visited the Eiffel Tower wrapped up in each other's arms. This entire experience with her has changed me and softened my hard exterior. I realized in that moment that I was falling in love, and I was already gone over this woman.
Tonight I had a meeting downstairs with Mr. Larke before tonight’s show. Aubrey was headed over to the gallery to make sure that my pieces arrived and were setup the way that I liked.
“Babe. I’m leaving to head downstairs.” I walked up behind her as she fixed her hair, standing at the bathroom sink while looking in the mirror.
“Okay, I’m going next door to meet with the girls, then we’re going to walk around and grab some lunch.”
“Cool. I’ll call you when I’m done.” I kissed her and headed out.
When I made it downstairs, Brian Larke was already seated in the lobby.
“Mr. Larke. I’m Legacy Porter, it’s nice to meet you.” I introduced myself and he stood to shake my hand.
“Likewise. Mr. Porter your work is amazing, and I wish that I would have caught on to you before now. I saw some of your pieces in New York, but it wasn’t until my daug— Excuse me, I think I know that young lady. Foreverrr!” He called out with a smile, jumping up from his seat to go greet my lady.
The fuck was going on?I got up and headed over there.
“Hey, Mr. B, what are you doing here?” Forever asked him, nervously looking from me to him.
He laughed. “I’m always traveling abroad, you know that. Is Jaz here with you?” He asked her.
“Yes, she is. She’s staying at another hotel. I’m here with my friend, Legacy Porter,” she told him, and that friend shit rubbed me the wrong way.
“Oh, yes. I was wondering why Mr. Porter was standing here.” He laughed, but I’m still trying to find out how they know each other.
“You two know each other?” I asked.
“Of course, she’s the reason you’re here. Well, her and my daughter Jaz. But listen, Forever, tell Jazmine I would like to have dinner with you both before you all leave. She should’ve said she was coming,” he said to her.
“Okay, I’ll let her know.” She smiled and then looked over at me.
“Legacy. I just wanted to meet up with you to let you know about the details of Naïve Lafite. He’s a very reserved person and very particular. I’m sure he’s going to want to meet with you at the event or right after. Here is a little bit about him in this folder. It’s always best to know what you’re walking into.” He handed me the paperwork.
“Thank you. I appreciate that.” I nodded. I wasn’t even concentrating on this meeting anymore. I needed to know from Forever what the fuck was he talking about. We spoke for a few more minutes and he left.
“What is he talking about, Forever?” I asked, pulling her to the side.
“Ummm. I didn’t know that he was the reason you were here. Remember you never gave me any details on this trip. When I was writing the letters, I wanted to help in some kind of way. I didn’t know if you needed help or not, I just wanted to do something special for you. I knew that Jaz’s dad was into this, and I asked her to talk to him and show him the paintings I had taken pictures of. She did, and he said that he would reach out. But I guess he didn’t tell Jaz that he reached out and invited you to Paris. Because if she would’ve known that, Jaz wouldn’t be here. She loves her family, but she tries to deal with them from a distance. I’m sorry but it wasn’t to do anything to hurt you,” she said, and my heart was beating fast as hell. Even when she didn’t know me, she was still trying to make things better for me.
“Awww; thank you, beautiful. But one thing we gotta talk about and that’s that friend shit. This is more than a friendship; you mine, and as long as we got that agreement then we good.” I wasn’t playing about that with her.
“But you know how I feel.” She sighed.
“It’s going to be whatever it’s going to be. I can’t let go, baby. Let’s not talk about that. My meeting is over so let’s go have lunch with the girls.” I grabbed her hand and we left out.
A couple of days later, we were on our way back home. Paris was everything that we wanted it to be. The exhibit went well, and I sold my first painting for a million dollars. And I’m doing a piece for Naïve Lafite. Life was good.
Two Weeks Later
Forever and Iwere waiting on Zelly to come pick us up. Today was Sunday and my family dinner. We were at my parents’ house last night, and my mom fell in love with her. My dad, not so much. He was just being an asshole, but he had one time to disrespect her and that was his ass. I looked up at Forever when she walked into the room, and she looked good as fuck. The jumper she had on had that ass sitting up.
