Page 2 of Dear Mr. Vampire
“I know. It’s just so crazy not having you around. I have to hang out with dingy ass, Donna.”
“Donna loves you.” I poured the wine into both of our glasses without spilling a drop.
“Donna gets on my nerves. She fetishizes me and it’s weird.”
“She does, but you know she has color issues. Ignore her.” I slid Morgan’s glass across the island.
“I try, but she is too much.”
I took a long gulp from my glass. “Have you heard anything about Lonzo?”
“No, I haven’t.”
“Thank God.” I let out an enormous sigh of relief.
“No, well, I know he’s out on bail. I would be very careful if I were you.”
“I am as careful as I can be.” I took another drink to calm my nerves.
“How’s the new job going?”
“It’s okay. It’s kids, so it can’t really be bad.”
“If you say so. Kids get on my nerves.”
“Everything gets on your nerves.”
Morgan giggled. “You right. I need a Caribbean vacation. We should go to Mexico.”
“I can’t leave my job for a vacation. I just started.”
“Ah, yeah, that’s right.”
“I met a guy.” I opted to change the subject.
“Already? You just got here. Who? How? Where?”
“At work?”
“Really? I can never meet anybody.”
I couldn’t help but roll my eyes. “You already have a boyfriend.”
“For how long? I really think he’s going to leave me for a White woman.”
A White woman?Morgan was biracial. She was so light that she was White passing when she wore her hair straight. So I had no idea what she was talking about. “Why do you think that?” I decided to indulge in her far-fetched fantasy.
“I don’t know. I just do.” She took a sip of her wine. I could tell she had things on her mind. “Tell me about this guy you met at work.”
“He comes into the office a lot. We started talking and I think he’s feeling me.”
“Wait. Hold up. He comes into the pediatrician’s office? So you saying he got a kid or kids?”
“No, I don’t know. I never asked him that.”
“Is he a FedEx driver or something? Because I know you know better than that.”
“He’s a pharmaceutical sales rep.”
