Full Figured 12 by La Jill Hunt

Author:La Jill Hunt [Hunt, La Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

“Zen, where are you?” Caldwell called me just as I pulled into the crowded drive-thru at the bank. I still hadn’t deposited the check that Georgette gave me the week before.

“At the bank. Why? What’s up?”

“Which bank? Where? I need you to come and get me right now.”

“Citizens Bank in midtown. Why do I need to come and get you? From where?”

“My crib. I got a call from Home Depot, and I gotta get over there ASAP. My mama got my truck parked at her crib. You gotta come,” he said.

“Who called you from Home Depot and why?” I asked, rummaging for the check that I had dropped in my purse when she gave it to me.

“Stop asking so many questions and come and get me. Hurry up,” he said.

“Caldwell, I don’t even know where you live.” I sighed. “And can’t this wait until I finish at the bank? I’m already in line.”

“No, get out of line. And I’ll text you the address.”

When I didn’t find the check, I pulled out of line. I would come back later and go pick up Caldwell now.

When I got to his house, he was already waiting out front, moving slower than usual, but he looked fine.

“Are you supposed to be out of the house?” I asked him.

“Yes, I am. My doctor cleared me yesterday. I’m fine. I just don’t have my truck because it’s still at my mother’s house. She was supposed to come and pick me up, but she’s still at the hair salon, and I gotta go meet this guy right now,” he explained. “He’s been waiting almost an hour.”

“What guy? I’m so confused.”

“I got a hookup that I’m trying to make happen if you hurry up,” he told me.

“What kind of hookup? On what?”

“Will you stop asking so many questions and drive?” he said, taking out his cell phone and dialing a call.

“Hey, Josh, you get my text? Okay, cool. I’m headed there now. Cash only, though. All right. See you in ten minutes.”

I tensed up when I realized he was talking to Josh. He was the absolute last person I wanted to see. “If Josh was going to meet you, why didn’t you just get him to pick you up?”

“Because he’s all the way on the other side of town. You were closer. What’s the problem?”

“There is no problem. I’m just saying. I stopped handling my business to pick you up to help him handle his. I have a life too,” I snapped.

“Okay, I don’t know what that means, but damn, Zen, you coulda just said you were busy. A simple no woulda been fine.” Caldwell looked at me like I was crazy.

“You were talking so fast that I didn’t have a chance to say no. You always do that. It’s like I don’t have a chance to comprehend what you say sometimes,” I complained, not even caring if I was making sense.

“Well, excuse the hell outta me. I didn’t know I was so inconsiderate with my conversation.

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