Christmas With the Wrights_A Wright Family Holiday Short by Christina C. Jones

Author:Christina C. Jones [Jones, Christina C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Warm Hues Creative
Published: 2018-12-20T16:00:00+00:00

Six

Aiight lil nigga… don’t make me come out of character on you…

I pressed my teeth together as I pushed out a deep breath through my nose, trying my best to not say what was really on my mind. Cause that would mean cursing Ferdinand Vance out, and Toni loved Ferdinand Vance, but Ferdinand Vance wouldn’t fucking work for us anymore if I didn’t control my mouth.

Damnit.

Now he had me thinking of his annoying ass as “Ferdinand Vance”, instead of “Freddy”, which I was reasonably sure his real name was. He was selling that shit waaaay too hard – Ferdinand Vance would never, Ferdinand Vance would rather be caught dead, Ferdinand Vance is above, and that is beneath, et-fuckin-cetera.

Ferdinand Vance was about to get a foot up his ass.

“Now, for the last time, Mr. Wright,” he grumbled, pushing a bundle of fabric swatches in front of me. “This is a wedding – not a fish fry. Can you dig deep within yourself and find some elegance to call on to choose your linens?”

Did this motherfucker just…

“You know what… I know you and Toni are trying to keep me involved in these plans, but… I don’t care about linens, bruh. So what’s going to happen right now is… I’m going to leave this table. You’re going to take your swatches. And when Toni gets back, you’re going to talk to her about all this, and I’ll write whatever size check you need. How about that?”

For the first time since this meeting started, hours ago, Ferdinand Vance smiled. “Mr. Wright, that’s the only respectable decision you’ve made all day. I approve,” he said, pointing with a flourish. “We can pretend this never happened, and I will not have to suffer through ecru centerpieces and ivory programs.”

“I don’t even know what you’re talking about.”

“Of course you don’t darling, but you’re very handsome,” he assured, gathering his random swatches and books from the table. “You show up on the right day, and make sure everyone gets paid.”

“Works for me,” I called after him, as he practically ran out.

Shit.

You’d think I was the one being annoying.

In any case, I was glad that shit was over, and hoped Toni wasn’t going to be too pissed at me when she found out how this ended up. She hadn’t wanted to be one of those brides who completely took over, not looking to the groom for anything except paid invoices to the vendors.

But… that was exactly the kinda groom I wanted to be.

This wedding was Toni’s thing, and I was perfectly happy to let it just be that – to show up and look good in my tux, and to make sure the night ended with a big smile on her face.

That was all I cared about, not whether the napkin rings matched the flowers.

With that in mind, I got up to leave the coworking space where our meeting had taken place. I’d promised Bri we’d get hot chocolates and go see the Christmas lights downtown, but that meeting had gone so long it was cutting into the time I’d planned with her.

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