Carry-on Baggage: Our Nonstop Flight by Bailey Thomas Cynthia Thomas Peter Short Rochelle Saunders Keith

Author:Bailey Thomas, Cynthia,Thomas, Peter,Short, Rochelle,Saunders, Keith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: autobiography
Publisher: Bookmasters Group
Published: 2013-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER VI

Blackout Period

Our Financial Loss

Peter’s At Capacity

Our wedding turned out to be one of the most trying, yet happiest times of my life. I had finally married the woman who made my eyes cross from the first time I saw her. Unfortunately, my high hit the bricks when I saw the wedding episode of our show. I was mad as hell, watching Cynthia’s mom and sister contemplate hiding our marriage license. It hit me hard. Not one of them had mentioned a word about it to me, not even Cynthia. When the shakedown aired, several months had already passed. Learning about the whole thing, along with the rest of the world, pissed me off even more.

Cynthia claimed she had no clue about what had gone on, because her mom and Malorie never brought it up. I wrestled with understanding how three women, who were so inseparable, had not ever discussed something so major. I was angry for a long time about it. It was embarrassing and painful for my parents to watch. Cynthia’s mother and sister should have called a family meeting after the wedding and put their dirty laundry on the table. Hiding what they had done made it seem even more deceptive. They eventually apologized, but the situation still bothered me. I had no choice but to put it out of my mind, to make room for all the other shit that was falling apart around me.

The day I didn’t have the strength to take out my keys and unlock the door, was the day I knew it was time to close Uptown. When I opened her, my vision was that she would be the hottest bar and dining scene in Atlanta. The interior was a custom build-out, with split stone on the wall, marbled fireplace and a $20,000 chandelier suspended in the main foyer. People would walk through the doors and feel like they had stepped into New York or Miami nightlife. Being seven months behind on my rent was proof enough that I couldn’t go on. It was as if I had been holding onto a child that I could no longer afford to feed. I finally reached a point where I was prepared to give it to someone who had the means to nourish it.

My landlord was generous in a way that was unheard of in the business; I could always tell him the truth about what was going on with my finances. We agreed that I would stay on the lease until he found a replacement tenant. He allowed me to strip the space of most of my expensive upgrades. One of the biggest blessings was being able to keep my custom barstools and $7,500, Subzero wine coolers. It was his way of giving me an incentive to bow out graciously. We both had a feeling that a comeback was in my future, but neither of us knew when, where or how.

I tried to sell the chandelier on eBay, but it wasn’t pulling in the type of bids I wanted.

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