This Can't Be Life by Shakara Cannon

Author:Shakara Cannon [Cannon, Shakara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Urban, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Contemporary Fiction, Genre Fiction
ISBN: 0983574804
Amazon: B004YTFA3U
Publisher: Infinite Source Publishing LLC
Published: 2013-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

Deon

The feeling I have when I get back to LA from Atlanta will never change. It has never felt like home. It takes me a good week or two to adjust to being back here. There are always disadvantages when one thing in your life is perfect. Playing ball for the best team in the league is great, but to me, LA isn’t. The weather is nice the majority of the time, but that’s about it. A lot of the women are fake and only want one thing—your money — and the guys just want to hang around you because they want to experience whatever bit of your lifestyle that they can.

I finished doing my daily 500 crunches in my in-home gym and grabbed a bottle of Gatorade, draining half of it with two gulps. With nothing on my schedule, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I thought about going by Simone’s salon to see what it was looking like. I’ve left four messages on the salon voicemail but haven’t heard a word from her. I can’t say I blame her, though. I should’ve just been straight up with her and given her a chance to defend herself.

I hopped in my truck after showering and throwing on some sweats and a tee, and headed east on Wilshire. I was ready to find a way to get in touch with Simone. I turned off the radio and drove in silence, trying to figure out what I would do if they weren’t rebuilding. Not like I really knew what I would do if they were. It wasn’t like she was going to be there, hammering and drilling with a tool belt around her waist. I changed my mind and made a quick left on La Cienega, deciding to run inside Macy’s Men to see if I could find a shirt or something to wear tonight. I was hosting a Playstation fundraising party premiering “Ballin’ Live 3,” the new game for PS2 that featured me, at Boulevard3 tonight. I was feeling kind of anxious these last couple of days, wondering how the game would turn out. We all put a lot of work into making that game hot. Wearing those damned full body suits for hours on end, running back and forth on that court, performing my best moves wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be the first time I was asked to participate. At least this time, I knew what was up and came prepared to be stuck for a while in that tight ass suit with all the cords and shit hanging out from everywhere.

I pulled into the underground parking garage at the Beverly Center and veered right into valet parking. I hopped out, took my valet ticket, and walked quickly to the entrance of Macy’s. Once inside, I looked around for a while and saw nothing that I liked, which I figured would happen. But it was a good way to pass some time. When my

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