Page 95 of Unexpectedly In Love

“Arson is still a felony, Cassia. Come on let’s go sit and you can tell us everything,” Rosemary wipes my eyes and kisses my forehead.

It takes twenty minutes for me to tell the whole story. My eyes and nose are puffy.

“I think I’m Cassia on this one, let’s burn his house down,” Sage says as she places a sleeping Soleil in her bassinet.

“Thank you, Sage. Fire is cleansing,” Cassia replies as she sips her red wine.

“Fire is too messy. I can inject with an air bubble that would take him out,” Rosemary taps her chin like she was really contemplating it.

“It’s okay,” I whisper.

“No, the fuck it’s not,” Cassia shouts.

“He was so disrespectful. Theatrics? We can show him what theatrics really look like,” Sage was fuming.

I shake my head and wipe my nose. “I almost told him to take the money and shove it up his ass.”

“If you did, I would have bitch slapped you. You worked for that, he is not in love remember. The nerve of that man,” Cassia says.

“I don’t understand what caused all of this to happen. Was it me?” I asked, pulling a tissue out of the box and wiping the tears that are sliding down my face.

“Look at me,” Rosemary demands as reaches over and lifts my head. “None of this is your fault.”

“It is. I may not be as promiscuous as you guys think I am but this is my fault,” I reply.

“Big head. We know that you love dick, hell we all do. But we never thought of you as promiscuous,” Sage states as she rocks in her recliner.

“Freaky, yes. There is nothing wrong with a woman loving sex,” Cassia sips her wine and nods in Sage’s direction.

“If he can’t be mature enough to face his feelings and communicate his thoughts, he is not for you,” Rosemary says.

“Shit,” Cassia bites her nails.

“What?” I ask. Rosemary passes me my glass of wine.

“I will have to give up stutter boy’s dick.” Cassia throws herself back on the sofa arm. “And it’s such a good dick, girthy, heavy and he knows what to do with it.”

“Don’t call Cid that. It’s offensive.” Sage wags her finger at Cassy.

“Stay out of my business. He likes the name and I like his dick.” Cassia’s fake cry makes us chuckle.

“Oh, so you guys finally did it?” Rosemary folds her lips and she is trying to hold her laugh in.

“Yes, I feel so relaxed and well stretched. Yoga could never. But he is Eryx’s cousin so it over.”

A wave of guilt washes over me. “No, please don’t do that.”

“I am. It’s sisters over misters.” Cassia raises her wine glass to me.

“I love that. Sisters over misters.” I chuckle.

“Now about that bubble in the blood.” Rosemary and Cassia go off on things they would like to do to get revenge on Eryx. Pulling my legs up, Rosemary reaches over and rubs my knee as she continues talking to Cassy and Sage. This is my village; these are my people and even if Eryx doesn’t love me…I know they do.

ERYX

The air conditioner hums through the board room, the scribble of a pen against paper makes my heart beat faster. We are almost there.

“Fucking A. I like deals like this. Everyone knows their roles,” Rhet signs his name and places the pen on the table.

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