16
Tegyn
By the timedinner was over, I’d been mostly accepted into the fold. “Call me Mama Delta,” she murmured against my cheek when she kissed it on her way out the door. “The whole family does,” she added as she winked at me.
“Oh, Mama Delta is a wonderful name. Thank you, I will.” I smiled at her. “Oh, wait, Mama Delta! Would you like to bring home some brownies to Arionna and Necie?” I started toward the kitchen to pack some when D called after me.
“Don’t go giving away my brownies, woman!” He punctuated it with a laugh.
I rushed back to the door with several brownies on a paper plate, wrapped in plastic wrap. “There will always be more brownies for you.” I shook my head. “Let your mom take some home. I don’t want to have an accident.”
“An accident?” D’s brows knit together.
“She mean she gone eat them all,” Mama Delta explained with a snicker. Then she clapped me on the arm. “You a real treat, Tegyn.”
“Thank you. And I mean…really, thank you.” I looked her in the eye. “You raised an incredible man.” I could feel my eyes watering and I wanted to beat myself up for it.
“Aw, honey. You welcome.” She shook her head then swatted at DeSean. “Why didn’t you tell me she so perfect for you, huh? All this worry and fuss over nothing.”
I smiled and swiped at my eyes. “Can I ask you one favor, please, Mama Delta?”
She nodded. “Anything for you, chile.”
“Would you be willing to bring the whole family over after church on Sunday? You could teach me how to make southern fried chicken, and I’ll make all the sides?” I reached out and squeezed D’s hand hopefully.
“You gonna get DeSean to church on Sunday?” she asked, her brows arched. “We’ll make chicken. The whole family.” Then she smiled. “I told you I would like her. I don’t know why you hid this girl away.”
I grinned. We were doing this. We had Mama Delta on our side. If she was in, the rest of the family would follow.
As we waved and watched her drive away, D’s arm wrapped around my waist. “You did it. And now we can make some light skinned babies,” he teased.
I shook my head and sighed.
“Wait. No mixed babies?” He frowned.
“Just babies, D. Just a little bit of you and a little bit of me.” I turned in his arms and hooked my hands around his neck. “If we’re married.” I laughed and rushed toward the kitchen, but he quickly caught up to me and hauled me back against his body.
“You mean that?” I could feel his heart pounding in his chest against my ribcage.
“Actually, no. I’m cool with a little bit of you, but I’m secretly hoping for a whole lot of me. A girl would be nice…” I let my voice trail off and I giggled.
“Not that…” He spluttered.
I held his face in my hands and stared at him just long enough for him to calm down. “I knew what you meant. You heard what I said.” I shrugged. Against my leg, I could feel an erection growing.
“Now look what you’ve done,” he growled in my ear.
“Oh, and look at the time,” I teased. “You need to get ready to go. And I need to get Keyon ready for bed.”
“Is it safe to come up yet?” Tommy called from the family room downstairs.
“Why would it not be safe? Get your ass up here.” DeSean huffed and rolled his eyes.
“I don’t know. It seemed mushy up there. My stomach was turning,” he joked. Tommy leaned on the island after trudging up the stairs. “I gotta tell you, Tegyn. You done something to my boy. He don’t laugh. He don’t smile. Only with you, he do.”
My cheeks burned and D held me a little tighter.
“I don’t want to go,” he whispered against my shoulder. “And I always want to go to work. You’re going to ruin my business.”