Jaylen and Jessica 1: When Love Hurts by Shaquanda Dalton

Author:Shaquanda Dalton [Dalton, Shaquanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Urban, Genre Fiction
ISBN: 0615775055
Amazon: B00ACCSWZ6
Published: 2012-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I stomp on my brakes just as the car in front of me stops. The freeway traffic’s on that bull, and I’m not in the mood to be dealing with this crap. Malcolm’s with me to check out some property I can lease or rent for a new sports bar I plan on opening. Even though I’m satisfied with my first bar and the income is good, it’s time to expand the Miller brand.

Malcolm’s sitting next to me not saying anything. When I had told him everything that happened last night with Jessica, he was furious. When I came to the part where I cut her off from my life, though, he didn’t agree with that. He probably doubts that I’m serious about it.

Traffic starts moving again, and I blow out a heavy breath. I just want to look at this building and get it over with.

“You all right, bro?” Malcolm asks.

“Yeah, I guess. Why?” I ask.

“Aw, ’cause you gripping that stirring wheel like it owed you money. You still thinking about Jess?”

I shrug and relax my hands. “Fuck her, man.”

“You don’t mean that. Hey, you want me to call her and make sure she’s all right?” He starts to dig in his pocket for his phone.

I shake my head. “Don’t even bother with her, man. She’d be all right if she was here with us.” I get off the freeway and make a sharp right.

Malcolm doesn’t say anything after that, but I see him shake his head. Eventually, I pull up to the brown-and-red building on the corner of the street. We get out and walk to the iron steel door that needs to be repainted or completely removed. A few seconds later the owner of the building opens the door wearing blue plaid shorts and a red polo shirt, and a thinning mustache that makes him look well over fifty. He stretches out his hand with a big smile. “I’m Donald Refer—nice to finally meet you, Jaylen. How’ve you’ve been?”

“Good. Thank you. This is my brother, Malcolm. He’s tagging along ’cause I’ll be making him manager of this sports bar if we have a deal.”

“Oh, all right. That sounds like a plan. Well, don’t just stand there; come on in!” Donald says, smiling and stepping aside. The front room is spacious, the windows are barred, and the floor is entirely concrete. The building gives off a cold feel. “You can probably add the bar on this side over here next to the wall.” Donald points to his left. “The bathroom’s over this way too, and there’s also a hallway for a back office if you want. Or most likely you can use it for a break room for your workers, if you’re hiring.”

“How many rooms is it? I got to make sure I can build two bathrooms out of one room, but I need a break room and an office.”

“Umm . . . you can go half-and-half on the break room and office, can’t you? Your main

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