Single Black Female by Tracy Brown

Author:Tracy Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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Bree shifted her weight in the passenger seat of the car and faced Kingston bravely.

“I like you, King,” she admitted. “You’re dope. So am I. It’s a no-brainer. You should be spending more time with me than with them silly girls you like.” She shrugged. “That’s me shooting my shot.”

He laughed, his mind reeling. This was all so unexpected, and he felt so flattered. His smile wide, he saw that Bree was staring back at him deadpanned.

He tried to get serious. “Okay,” he said, smiling. “You wanna pull up with me to my basketball team’s awards dinner in two weeks?”

Until this moment, he’d had every intention of asking Mariah to go with him. But there was something about the way the light was catching Bree as the sun set over their neighborhood, the way her lip gloss sparkled in that light and how her eyes twinkled when she smiled. Maybe she was right, and he had been missing out on a good thing right under his nose.

She smiled, wide and unashamed. She nodded. “Yeah. I’ll go with you. Text me the details.” She opened the car door and paused. “Thanks for picking me up. Good talk.”

She winked at him and climbed out of the car, her heart pounding like a racehorse’s hooves. She prayed that he didn’t notice her nervousness as she shut the car door.

Kingston watched her walk to her door and waved to her as she went into the house. She waved back, her heart pounding.

Beaming, Bree was immediately greeted by her stepdad.

Bobby was frowning. “What’s Kingston doing dropping you off? What happened to Rashid?”

Deja emerged from the kitchen, looking concerned.

Bree looked at both of her parents and shrugged. “He got stuck at work and couldn’t make it,” she lied. “So, I called King.”

Bobby’s frown deepened. “Why didn’t you call me? Or your mother?”

“I was going to,” Bree lied. “But then King called me and asked what I was doing. I told him where I was, and he came and got me.”

“Rashid was supposed to come and get you,” Bobby countered angrily.

“Bobby, calm down.”

Deja’s voice was low and steady. She looked at Bree, smiled weakly, then returned her attention to her husband. “Let her explain. She just got in the door.”

Bree sensed the tension in the air. “Like I said. He called and said that he was stuck at a construction site and he couldn’t make it in time to pick me up. So, I was about to call one of you. But then King called me. So, he picked me up instead. It was no big deal.”

“It’s a big deal because Rashid didn’t call to tell us that the plans changed. He shouldn’t be calling you directly.”

Deja scoffed. “Why not? He’s her father, Bobby!”

The words were out of her mouth before she had time to think about it. It hadn’t occurred to her that they would cut so deeply.

Bobby looked like he had been slapped.

Bree stood, helplessly, immediately regretting her decision to involve her parents in her lie.

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