After Hours by Jada West

Author:Jada West [West, Jada]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

I had a short meeting with a benefactor, and then my day had ended, but I had one stop to make, and I wanted to do it with Azzaria. We left the building at our usual times and headed to separate exits.

Entering the car, neither of us said a word, but we were comfortable. The silence was enjoyable as she rested her hand on my shoulder, and my palms took residence on her thigh.

“Are you sure about this, D?” Mikkel asked, looking through the rearview mirror. I knew why he asked me that question, and I didn’t have a solid answer to give, but we were already this far.

“Yes.” My grip on her thigh tightened, not to hurt her but because of my nerves. Talking about this wasn’t the easiest, but it was only fair that I met her halfway. Azzaria sat looking confused but didn’t make a sound. She trusted me, and now I had to prove to her that I trusted her. This was a long time coming, and so much has changed in three months. I moved from being fearful of this disease to now bending every single rule and moral I’ve ever had for one girl. I didn’t see this coming, but the best things always creep up on me.

As my eyes landed upon the post-modern structure in front of me, I felt unease, discomfort, and displacement, but being with her made it all better. I already took her here once, but the circumstances were different. She made it easier to face this, and on that note, we exited the car.

I grabbed her hands in mine, and we walked to the front door. A place that once gave me so much warmth, love, and comfort was now a place that gave me tension, anxiety, and night terrors. “I think we’ve been here before,” she said and started looking around, “This is your old house, right?”

“This property was given to me as a gift from my grandmother. She knew I loved real estate and housing, so my first gift from her was a house. I remember the vivid moments where she’d take me up here with grandpa and Mara.” It felt good being nostalgic, and I was maybe even a little sad. Not a day passed by where I don’t miss them.

“Baby,” she whispered. It wasn’t all the time she called me that, but whenever she did, it felt electric. “Let’s walk, even though we have about an hour, and I don’t know the route,” she said, her cheeks high and red from the laughter she laid out.

I was captivated. Too captivated.

I brought her to the old maple tree Mara and I used to play and I started telling her about how our parents didn’t care much for us and that’s how we became extremely close with our grandparents.

“Your grandparents sound lovely. This sounds like an entire dream. I’m happy you got that.”

I chuckled and nodded my head. “Definitely. They were, until they weren’t, but we can’t get into that today.

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