“What made you get married, ‘cause you’re not the husband type?”
He chuckled. “I am the husband type. I got you, didn’t I?”
“You know what I mean. Did you agree to this out of obligation or what? I can’t see you wanting to get married. I also can’t see you willing to help my father merge his family with yours. So, what was it?”
Licking his lips, Lo released a deep sigh. “It’s a combination of things but…I knew you.”
“Huh?”
“I knew who you were. Seen you out a couple times and admired you from a far. I ain’t want you like that or try and step to you because I wasn’t on that type of time. When your pops said he had a daughter that was available to marry, I knew it was you, so I said yeah.”
“Are you playing with me right now? So, you had a crush on me?”
He chuckled, pinching his bottom lip. “Nah, no crush. I wasn’t on you like that. I just thought you were beautiful. So, I was with it when your pops came at me. Besides, my brothers were married, and I didn’t wanna be left out.”
“Really? I wouldn’t even think a man of your caliber would care about what they were doing. You just seem to move on your own accord.”
“I do but…” Lo didn’t know how to articulate how he never wanted to be separated from his brothers again. Therefore, whatever move they made, he would ensure that he was on full accord. “I don’t know how to explain it, but it was time. Plus, I’m thirty-four years old and it was time for me to try something new.”
“And how are you liking it?”
“Mmmmmmm!”
Lo looked up at his target trying to scream through the duct tape.
“Aye, hold on.”
Sitting the phone down, he walked over to him and struck him in the face. Within seconds, he was out cold as his head hung. Lo walked back to the phone and resumed his call.
“Yeah.”
“What happened?”
“Nothing… what you asked me?”
“I asked how you were liking being married?”
Lo ruminated for a while before he responded, “It’s cool. Still new to me, and I’m trying to get to know you better. I really like you, Bri-Bri.”
She tittered. “I like how you gave me a new nickname.”
“That’s my name for you. Don’t let nobody else call you that either.”
She snickered, “Yeah, okay. Hey, guess what?”
“What?”
“I got booked for a Nike campaign.”
“Word?”
“Yeah, I’m pretty excited. It’s for their body collection. It’s in two weeks, so I’m going to go hard in the gym to make sure I look good.”
Lo admired her work ethic. Bria was always working out or rehearsing for a performance. That was one of the things he admired about her.
“You look good already. You don’t need to do anything else.”
“No, I have to look perfect. This is a big deal. I can’t believe my agent got me this booking. Now I’m just waiting to see if I got the part for Swan Lake.”
