Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris

Author:E. Lynn Harris [Harris, E. Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780767926270
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

A couple of weeks passed and everything had gone back to normal. Still, I held my breath the whole time, waiting for the other shoe to drop. But no word from the blackmailer, which I took to mean he’d gotten all he was after.

I woke up late one morning with a dreamy sluggishness and for a moment didn’t realize where I was. I knew I wasn’t in my own bed, but I felt a body close by. I turned over and there was Dray sleeping beside me. Then I remembered.

He had called me the evening before and told me he wanted to see me, so I did what I always did. I jumped on a plane and checked into the hotel the team was staying at and waited for him to call. We were in Washington, D.C., at the Ritz-Carlton near Georgetown, where the Hornets were preparing to play the Bullets that evening. This was my fifth trip of the season; I’d already joined Dray in Seattle, Los Angeles, Miami, and Orlando. If the blackmailer had any plans to drive us apart, he was wrong. I loved that Dray wanted to see me more now than he had in months. But maybe there was more to it. He probably wasn’t getting a lot of sex at home since his wife was almost six months pregnant. I didn’t ask nor did I want to know for sure.

Whenever I joined Dray on the road, I usually got my own room on the club floor and hoped that he would be able to slip away from his teammates before I fell asleep. They didn’t have curfews, but he usually hung out with his teammates until they had made their out-of-town booty call connections. Sometimes this lasted till two and three in the morning and it was all I could do to keep my eyes open.

I got out of bed, walked to the large bedroom window that overlooked Georgetown, and opened the curtains. It was going to be a beautiful day. Motionless clouds hung in a perfect blue sky.

“What are you looking at, babe? Come back to bed,” Dray said.

“It’s beautiful outside. I think I’ll go shopping in Georgetown while you guys do your walk-through.”

“That sounds like fun. Now come back to bed.”

I kneeled down on the bed and whispered, “Are you hungry? Let’s order a big breakfast and put it in the middle of the bed and eat just like we used to,” I said, climbing back into bed.

“That sounds like a plan.” Dray pulled me close to him and nibbled on my ear. Being in Dray’s arms felt like old times and our recent scare felt a million miles away.

“You glad you came?”

“Yeah, Dray. I’m really happy to be here.” During times like this, it was like Judi and her bundle of joy didn’t exist. This was our world.

“I’m happy you’re here too. I always sleep better when you’re with me.”

“For real.”

“Real talk, babe.”

“What do you want for breakfast?” I asked.

“Waffles, bacon, eggs, and maybe some cheese grits,” Dray said.

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