Accidental Deception by Tina Martin

Author:Tina Martin [Martin, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: United States, African American, Multicultural, Contemporary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
Published: 2013-03-18T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

At home now, Shayla laid on the couch in the den, watching TV while Carter disappeared upstairs in his bedroom. He checked his phone, saw two missed calls from Terrance and decided to quickly call him back.

“What’s up, Tee?”

“Where you been, dawg?” Terrance asked.

“Been busy dealing with work and such. What you been up to?”

“Nothing…trying to check out this spot tonight over there on Beatties Ford Road and wanted to see if you were down to ride. But if you got a honey over there, I guess I’ll have to chill by myself.”

“No one’s here. Well, actually, I do have someone living with me now.”

“What?”

“Not like that, Tee.” Carter rubbed his head. Terrance was his boy and all, but conversations with him were just plain tiresome. “You remember the woman I told you about a lil’ while ago? The one from the sidewalk?”

“Yo, don’t tell me you took a bum home to live with you, dawg,” Terrance said.

Something about hearing Terrance call Shayla a bum didn’t sit well with Carter. He felt the need to defend her, to demand others respect her as a woman and not as a person who fell upon some misfortune, to be looked down upon for eternity. “She’s not a bum, Tee. Her name is Shayla, and I offered her residence with me because she had no where else to go.”

“Whatever man. So are you coming or what?”

“Nah. I’m tired of clubbing at all hours of the night…meeting women, knowing I don’t want to pursue a relationship with them. It’s wearing me out and quite honestly, I’m focusing more on my future rather than partying and picking up women for fun. And you…you got a woman and you still out here trying to play the field, man.”

“Oh, now you wanna get all righteous on a brother.”

“I’m just sayin’…you got Jasmine and she’s a good girl. Why don’t you take the time to grow your relationship with her? All this clubbin’ is old, Tee.”

“Dude, Jasmine is so busy in the salon, she has no clue what I’m doing. So what if I holla a few females here and there…”

“Remember you said that when you calling me crying because Jasmine left you,” Carter said then chuckled a bit.

“Whatever dawg. Anyway, I guess I’ll have to chill at the crib since sidewalk chick got you on lock down.”

Carter let out a frustrating sigh and shook his head. “Ah’ight. Later.” He set his phone on the night stand. He jogged downstairs about fifteen minutes later to find Shayla stretched out on the expanse of the couch, her eyes closed, her breathing calm, her body still. He sat next to her, touched her face and watched her eyes open.

“You ready for bed?”

Shayla stared into his eyes. “I can sleep right here,” she whispered softly.

“Or, you can sleep upstairs in your bed. I don’t want you sleeping on the couch.”

“Why not? I’m not gonna mess it up.”

“I’m not implying that you are. I just want you to be comfortable, now come on.

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