“All I know is that I’m flying on the same plane as Mama Wolf,” Magnum announced.
“Aww,” Prissy cooed, patting her son’s stubbled cheek. “That’s sweet that you want to fly with your great-grandmother.”
“Heck, yeah, I do,” Magnum asserted, grinning. “Mama Wolf is like a good luck charm. She’s one hundred and five years old and still going strong. As long as she’s on the plane, nothing’s gonna happen.”
This set off a round of laughter and guffaws, heads shaking in amusement.
Maddox remarked humorously to Mason, “Your boy Reid has been lighting up Twitter since last night.”
“I know,” Mason said with a laugh. “Every woman I know has been sending me the link to the video all day. Like I hadn’t already watched the press conference last night and called to congratulate Reid.”
“Are you talking about your friend who plays hockey?” Sterling asked.
“Yeah. He popped the question to his girlfriend last night after the game. Mind you, he had a really big night, scored his three hundredth career goal. But all these chicks wanna talk about is his romantic marriage proposal. Granted, itwaspretty dope.”
“Ooh, I wanna see it,” Reese exclaimed. “Is it on YouTube?”
“But of course.” As Mason pulled out his smartphone, everyone crowded around him to watch the video of a tall, strapping, blue-eyed hunk proposing to his stunned girlfriend, a lovely young black woman in a badass Miu Miu dress.
When the video ended with the couple locked in a passionate kiss, a chorus of feminine coos and sighs swept around the kitchen.
“Aww! That was sooo romantic!”
“What a lucky girl!”
“There’s nothing like young love. Andwhata kiss.” Asha sighed, laying a hand over her heart. “Le seul vrai langage au monde est un baiser.The only true language in the world is a kiss.”
Zora was less eloquent but just as truthful. “Damn, Reid is fineashell!”
The women laughed and hummed in hearty agreement, causing the men to scowl and grumble.
Zora grinned, fanning herself. “If I weren’t happily married—”
“Girl, hush,” Maya chided. “One white boy is enough for you.”
“I know.” Zora leaned up on tiptoe and soundly kissed Zachary’s cheek, drawing amused snorts of laughter from everyone.
“How long have Reid and his girlfriend been dating?” Asha asked Mason.
He grinned. “Just a couple months, if you can believe it.”
“Wow,” the others exclaimed. “He moves fast!”
Marcus smiled down at Samara. “When it’s right, it’s right.”
“Amen,” Michael agreed, winking at Reese.
Asha gave Samara a meaningful glance before smiling at Mason. “And how did you meet Reid?”
“We met in New York a few years ago,” Mason explained, tucking his phone away. “We were shooting an anti-drug PSA with some other pro athletes. We hit it off and started hanging out after that. He’s good people.”
Stan nodded. “I like him. He’s got a good head on his shoulders, seems like he was raised right. Pris, remember how he treated us all to dinner when we flew out to Denver for Mason’s game against the Broncos?”
“I remember,” Prissy said warmly. “Reid was the perfect host, and it was so wonderful to see the Wimbushes again. Remember how we spent hours at the restaurant laughing and reminiscing about the years we lived in Denver?”
“Sounding like a bunch of old fogies,” Mason clowned his parents. “Reid and I were tryna hit the club and y’all were holding us up.”
Stan and Prissy laughed.
