“Bria.”
“Bria Abbott?”
“You know any others?”
“I damn sure wouldn’t mind getting with her fine ass.” Paul shook his head. I guess he was pondering the possibilities. “And you say she’s dying to get with me?”
“She is. I don’t know why but she is.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“’Cause you were with Vanessa.”
“Well we ain’t together any more. Hook me up, cuz,” Paul said.
So I called Bria, she came by and it was on from ther
e. Problem was a week later him and Vanessa kissed and made up, but by that time it was too late. Bria had Paul’s nose so wide open you could drive a truck through it.
When I got to Paul and Vanessa’s house, she opened the door and let me in. “Missed you yesterday,” I said and kissed her on the cheek.
“We were on our way out the door, when something came up,” Vanessa said.
“Really? What was that?”
“We decided that we’d rather do something that didn’t involve baking in the hot sun all day just to eat,” she said.
“She means we had sex. And we’d rather have sex than do most things,” Paul said when he came in the room.
“But, I heard you enjoyed yourself,” Vanessa said.
“What do you mean?”
“I heard you brought Natasha.”
“I did not bring Natasha. She met me there.” Just another version of we’re just friends. But Vanessa wasn’t buying it.
“Whatever. It’s the same thing and you know it. You invited her and she came there to be with you.”
Yeah, she did, I smiled inside. “Who told you?”
“Angie. She called me three times while she was at the park and again when she got home.”
“So I know she told you everything.”
“From the minute she spoke to Aunt Claire to Uncle Willie cooking a rib especially for her,” Vanessa shook her head. “And that lame excuse he offered up.”
“I ain’t say nothing to that girl. Y’all better stop telling that lie on me,” Paul said imitating Aunt Anita.
“Then y’all disappeared for hours,” Vanessa continued.
“And yes, everybody swore y’all were off somewhere doing it,” Paul said.
“And then the two of you had the audacity to go to Boston on and totally silence your aunt and uncle.”
Paul leaned close to me. “Mom called this morning and she was not happy,” he said and I wondered if they knew we were cheating.
“Guess she didn’t miss a thing.”