Chapter 31
Roman
“Come on, fucker. Let’s go get a drink.”
I leaned against the doorframe and shook my head. “Nah, brother.”
“Come on, dude. Call up your girl, tell her what you’re doing, and let’s bounce.” Marcus pushed me into my room and looked around. “Damn, brother. How the hell did you get the fucking presidential suite?”
“That’s all SKW.”
“I can see why you wouldn’t want to leave your room. This shit is impressive.”
“Just a room, brother.” It was nice, but it was just whatever.
“Well, you can leave it for an hour.”
“What’s so important downstairs?”
He smiled. “My mom is down there. She’s bugging that you’re here without your woman and told me to come down and get you.”
I busted out laughing. “Your mommy sent you up here?”
He shrugged. “Dude, it’s my mom. Not like I can tell her no.”
“Are you sixteen or twenty-six.?”
He grabbed my phone off the dresser and tossed it to me. “Just like you need to check in with your woman every couple of hours. Call her. Give her my number, tell her the damn address of the place, whatever she needs.”
“Doubtful Sage is going to have a problem with me hanging out with you and your mom. I mean, that thing between Agnes and I happened years ago.”
I ducked into the bathroom and locked the door behind me.
“You fucker!” Marcus hollered.
“Give me five minutes, asshole.”
“Just for that shit, I’m going to eat everything in your snack bar.”
Didn’t matter to me. All of this was SKW’s dime.
I jumped on the counter and called Sage.
“Hey.”
“Hey, baby.”
“Marcus is up here harassing me about going to get a drink with his mom.”
“Okay?”
I sighed and hung my head. “I was just calling to let you know.”
“Don’t believe what he’s saying about my mom, Sage!” Marcus hollered through the door.
“What did he say?” she laughed.
“Nothing important,” I chuckled
“Sounds like you’re having a good time.”
“Just counting down the minutes until I get to see you and Sam.”
“You’re so sappy,” she giggled.
“And you know you love it.”
She sighed, and I heard Sam shouting in the background. “Go have fun with Agnes and Marcus. I’m gonna try to get some pizza in Sam and then get him into bed.”
“Think about me?” I missed her more and more each time I talked to her. She was living without me, and I didn’t like it.
“It’s almost too hard to forget about you. I love you.”
She hung up, and I sighed. For most people, that would be enough, but she had said almost.
Almost wasn’t good enough for me.
*
Sage
“Was that Ro, Mama?”
“It sure was.”
“Did he say he missed me?”
I smiled and nodded my head. “He did.”
He pumped his fist in the air and ran around in circles.
“Go wash up. Pizza will be done in five minutes.”
Sam jetted down the hallway, and I leaned against the counter. I rubbed my stomach and wished it was time for bed already. I never realized how much Roman helped with Sam after work. I had played Sensei Says except it was just Mama Says according to Sam because I wasn’t a Sensei. Then we decided to make homemade pizza, which was an ordeal in itself.
Roman had called two times since I had talked to him at the café, and each time he called, I missed him even more.
Only a day and a half ‘til I got to see him again. I could make it.
I think.
*