Running From Love by J. Nichole

Author:J. Nichole [Nichole, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07J3LR4YY
Goodreads: 42199816
Publisher: Not The Last Page
Published: 2018-10-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Aiden pulls into his mother’s driveway. The house, as he explained on the way, that he lived in his whole life. A house his mother refuses to leave. He opens my door and I climb out of the car and follow behind him. Thinking this may have been a mistake, I stand to the side as we wait for his mom to answer the door.

“Hey baby, come on in,” she says when she opens the door. For a mother of three grown ass adults, she looks good. Only thing hinting at her older age is her silver hair. But her smooth skin could be used for a black don’t crack campaign.

She leads us into the house before Aiden formally introduces me. “Ma, this is Jennifer.”

With my hand extended I say, “Thank you for having me, Mrs. Boyce.” She takes my hand and her smooth face extends to her hands. She welcomes us to take a seat on the couch.

“I’m glad y’all came by to visit today. I needed an excuse to cook up a big meal.” She looks at Aiden and says, “It’s my cheat day.”

Aiden laughs. “Ma, you are the last person who needs to be worried about a cheat day.”

She waves her hand in the air before looking to me and saying, “Guys just don’t know how much it takes to stay looking like we do, right?” I nod my head. “Anyway, I have to stay on top of my health.” She looks down then back to Aiden and says, “Your brother is supposed to be coming over as well.” Meeting his mother and brother, today could get interesting. “Jennifer, would you like something to drink while we wait on him to make his grand entrance?”

“Yes, ma’am.” She stands to walk away before asking me to join her. I look at Aiden intensely before I disappear to the kitchen. I knew this would be coming, the time for his mom to drill me, alone, about her son.

She opens the refrigerator and grabs a pitcher of lemonade. While pouring a couple of glasses she says, “Aiden told me you all met at a coffee shop a couple of weeks ago.” She emphasized couple, and like me, I’m sure she’s skeptical about her son bringing me to meet her after a couple of weeks.

“Yes, we met at Allegro one morning.” I smile broadly thinking about that morning. “Let him tell it, he saved my life.” She laughs holding a hand to her chest. I didn’t tell her he used that to get my number or that we went out on multiple dates that same week.

“And y’all are just friends?” She hands me a glass of lemonade, almost daring me to lie. She has the same look my mama has when she’s trying to get me to tell the truth.

Before responding I take a big gulp of the lemonade. His mama watches me as the liquid slides down my throat. “Yes ma’am, we are just friends.” It’s not a lie. No revelations were made after last night, not even during the car ride to her house.

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