Yearning for Love by Toye Lawson Brown

Author:Toye Lawson Brown [Brown, Toye Lawson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Multicultural, Women's Fiction
Amazon: B00I4Y1BNO
Publisher: BooksbyToye
Published: 2014-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Walker stormed from the apartment building to his truck. Snatching his cell phone from the console he started to dial a number until he saw the clock; it was too late to call anyone. Starting the truck he pulled from the curb to head to the hotel. His head was banging, and he hoped the bar was open. He needed a beer to mull over what to do about Nicole. Despite her erratic behavior, he felt it was his duty to keep her from destroying her life.

Arriving at the hotel, he entered the adjoining door connecting the two rooms together. His mother was sitting in bed watching television. “What are you still doing up.”

“Thank God you are back,” she answered clicking off the TV. “So how did it go with the young lady?”

“I don’t want to talk about it. You should get to sleep; I want to leave for home early in the morning.”

“Walker, what happened? Did she reject you?”

“Mom, I have a lot on my mind, and I don’t want to discuss it. Good night,” he said going to his room.

Kicking off his shoes, he laid on the bed. His headache hadn’t subsided with the two beers he drank. If anything, it intensified. He couldn’t wrap his head around the Nicole he saw tonight and the woman he met three months ago. The sweet woman he rescued from the snow was not present tonight. This woman was bitter, cold, and determined to get revenge against a man that had brainwashed her since birth.

He sat on the side of the bed removing his shirt. It smelled of her perfume. When he scrubbed his hands down the scruff surface of his face, he smelled her on his hands. Her beautiful face hid her pain well. He thought he had problems, but nothing compared to what she was dealing with. It was no wonder she was confused and angry. He had his mother to bitch to about his life; Nicole had no one but herself. She’d been on her own since a young age and the roots of her anger were buried deep—maybe too deep for him to uproot.

A laissez-faire attitude was out of the question for her. She had every right to be pissed at life. His mission was to find a way for her to be pissed and stay out of jail.

He took off his pants getting under the cover. The drive to Cleveland would be to drop his mom off and tie together a few loose ends at work then back to Columbus to work on Nicole.

*****

At seven o’clock in the morning, Nicole wiped down the shower stall and shook the excess water from the shower curtain to avoid mildew buildup around the bathtub. Securing the towel around her wet body, she hung the shower cap on the hook on the back of the door and left the bathroom. She was running late for work but really didn’t care if she got there on time or not.

Sitting on the bed, she hurried to rub lotion between her hands to smooth on her arms and legs.

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