Out of Control

“How’s Michelle?”

“She’s fine. Like me, missing her daddy.”

“Where is she?”

“She went shopping with Bernadette. They should be back soon.”

“Tell her I love her and I’ll be home soon.”

“I will.”

“And I love you too, Cee.”

CeCe smiled “I love you so much. I can’t wait for you to get here,” she said.

“I’ll call you later,” Black said.

“I love you,” CeCe said again.

Next Black called Wanda. “Hello.”

“Hello, Wanda. Why don’t you meet me at Cuisine in a couple of hours?”

“I’ll be there,” Wanda said and Black ended the call. He made the same call to Jackie, Cynt, Doc, Sherman, and Howard Owens. Then he called Nick. “I need you to meet me a Cuisine in a couple of hours.”

“You got it.”

“And Nick.”

“Yes.”

“Bring Ms. Robinson with you when you come.”

“She so hyped about last night she wouldn’t miss it,” Nick said and ended the call.

Black got out of bed and headed for the shower. Once he was dressed he went down stairs and waited for Bobby to get up. An hour later, Bobby came out of his room and went down stairs. He found Black sitting in the living room.

“What’s up, Mike? How long you been up?” Bobby asked and sat down.

“Couple of hours. When you’re ready, I need you to take me to Cuisine.”

“What? Since you back in this country you can’t drive any more? You could have taken the car.”

“I know, but I called a meeting and you need to be there.”

“Okay, I’ll go get dressed.”

“Wait a minute Bob, there’s something I want to talk to you about first.”

“What’s up?”

“I need to know what your plans are?”

“You mean other than gettin’ dressed and going to this meeting?”

“Yeah, Bob, other than that. I mean, are you goin’ back to South Carolina?” Black asked.

“No, Mike, I don’t think so. That’s a lost cause.”