Boyfriend Season by Kelli London

Author:Kelli London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

More music blared, bottles of bubbly were popping, and half-naked women danced on stages and poles, some suspended from the ceiling. Mammoth glass sculptures, carefully placed throughout Club Opera, served as dividers, separating relaxing celebrities from the ones who were dancing on the floor. Patience smiled. She was in a club. A real grown-up place with the boy of her dreams. They sat in a section reserved just for Trill and his brother, who was known to the world by the initials T.O.P., or T. Without trying to look at him too hard, Patience saw the resemblance. Caramel skin, clean haircut, and a baby face.

“So, lil momma, my boy here tells me you a good girl. That right?”

Patience nodded, then shrugged. “I guess.”

Trill put his arm around her. “No need to be shy, lil momma. You amongst family.”

“So . . .” T began, pouring himself and his equally well-known fiancée, Teeny, a drink. “You rap, sing, design? What do you do?”

Patience looked at Trill, blushing. “I just . . . well, study, I guess. But I used to sing in church.”

Eyebrows shot up.

“Really? You didn’t tell me that you sing,” Trill said, sounding something other than just surprised.

Teeny flung her long hair. She scooted closer. “They don’t like their women to work—”

“Don’t say that,” T said to her. “We just like to take care of ours ’cause we’re men, and that’s what men do. We just don’t like our women in the spotlight. It’s a grimy business.”

Patience laughed. “I don’t want the spotlight. Not at all. That’s why I stopped singing in the choir. It made me nervous to lead a song and have all those people watching me.”

Trill perked up, smiling. Relief crossed his face. He looked at his brother, and they both nodded. “I’m happy to hear that, Patience. Really happy.”

“But,” Teeny interjected, “she can sing. Has to be able to blow something serious if she was leading songs. I’ve been to their church, and they have one heck of a choir. Maybe we can use her in the studio. I write songs, Patience. And if you can write the way I think you can sing, we can be the background dynamic duo. Family’s important to us, so we work together as a family.”

Patience sat there taking it all in. If only her real family could see her now. Oh God. She remembered she had to call her sister, and the panic must have registered in her eyes because Trill elbowed her.

“You a’ight?”

She hung her head. “I need to call my sister, see if she’ll cover for me. And maybe my cousin Meka, because she’ll make my sister do it.”

Trill laughed. “Oh . . . I like that. That’s kinda raw. Your cousin be strong-arming people. Bet. But it’s not necessary. Your sister will cover for you. Believe me. Watch this.” He tapped his brother. “’Ey, T, I need you to do me a favor, bruh. Can you call Patience’s sister and tell her to cover for her, then her cousin—the muscle of the family.

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