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I shook my head, grabbed my keys, and walked out the door before they could start all over again.

By the time I pulled out of Mama's driveway, the laughter had faded, but one thought refused to leave my mind. I still couldn't wrap my head around it. We spoke exactly one time and somehow, he managed to turn my entire Monday upside down in a good way. I tightened my grip on the steering wheel. "That man really is crazy."

I turned the radio up and headed home, not realizing Jokah was just getting started.

CHAPTER TEN

By the time I pulled into the driveway, the sun had already started dipping behind the houses across the street. I sat in the car for a second, my mind still stuck between Mama's kitchen and the cute gesture with the hibachi grills, before I finally grabbed my purse and headed inside. I unlocked the door and stepped inside, and the smell of his cologne hit me before anything else. The shower was running down the hall.

"Kyrie?"

Then I heard the water cutting off a few seconds later. I set my purse on the counter and kicked my shoes off by the door. A minute after that, he walked out of the bedroom in a towel, rubbing another one over his head.

"Hey," he said, not really looking at me.

"Hey. I stopped by mama’s house, she said hi. I just need to take a shower and get dressed."

He paused just long enough for me to notice.

"About that."

I felt my stomach drop before he even finished the sentence. "What happened?"

"Somebody called out. They asked if I could come in and cover."

"So, in other words you said yes."

"I had to, Kai."

"You had to?"

"Yeah." He dropped the towel he was drying his hair with onto the dresser and grabbed a T-shirt. "You know I'm trying to get that supervisor position. If I start turning down shifts every time somebody needs coverage, they gon' give it to somebody else."

"So, the one night you said we would finally do something, work wins again."

"It ain't about winning, it's about opportunity."

"It's always about opportunity with you, Kyrie. Meanwhile I'm the one sitting around waiting."

"That's not fair."

"Isn't it though?" I dropped my keys on the counter harder than I meant to. "You know what kind of day I had?"

"I know you said something happened at work."

"Something happened is an understatement." I crossed my arms. "But it doesn't even matter now, because clearly you're too busy chasing a promotion to care."

"I do care. That's why I'm trying to move up."

"You could've told them no."

"And then what? Watch somebody less qualified get the spot because I wasn't available when they needed me?"

I didn't have an answer for that, not one that would've made either of us feel better, so I just stood there another second before shaking my head.

"Whatever, Kyrie. Go to work."

"Kai—"