Page 20 of Guarding Our Love
They both looked at me like I had two heads.
“What? I know a little about basketball.” I didn’t tell them I knew Calil because they would lose their minds, especially since he was their favorite player.
“Sure, Mom. You always leave when we watch it,” Blake said as he got up from the table.
I laughed and rushed them out of the kitchen so that I could get started.
While they shouted at the television, I tidied up the kitchen and did my best to avoid crying. I had cried enough earlier in the day and had a headache from it. Once I was done in the kitchen, I joined the boys in the living room to watch whatever was left of the game. Every so often, I would look at them and get sad because their father had broken up our home, and they didn’t know it yet. They both looked up to him and would be devastated once they found out.
Calil and his team had won the game, and the boys were excited. While they went upstairs to get ready for bed, I ensured the house was secure before I poured myself a glass of wine. I wanted to drink the entire bottle, but since I had to work the next day, I settled on one glass.
As I stood in the kitchen, sipping my wine, I pulled my phone out of my pocket. I found Calil’s message from two weeks ago and sent him two words.
Me:
Good game.
I put my phone back in my pocket and went upstairs to get ready for bed.
“You gotta go,”I told the chick who had been waiting in the lobby specifically for me. She went through the trouble of seeking me out, so I brought her up to my room.
We just won another road game, and I was ready to slide into something when I got a text message from Sloan. It had been two weeks of radio silence, and it messed with me. I wasn’t sure if she was safe or not. I tried to push her to the back of my mind, but it hadn’t worked, no matter how many chicks I fucked.
“What? What do you mean I have to go?”
“Yeah. Something just came up. You’ll be compensated for your time.”
Her eyes stretched wide, and she sucked her teeth. She walked closer to me and reached for the band of my sweats.
I looked down at her as she squatted. “What are you doing? I said you have to leave.”
She looked up at me and smirked. “I will as soon as I suck your dick.”
My dick jumped against her hand, and she smiled. I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to get a little head, then I would send her on her way. I couldn’t halt my life because Sloan texted me. It was not like she put her life on hold for me. It took her way too long to respond for my liking.
“Well, shit. Do your thing, shorty.” I was close to the wall, so I backed up against it for support.
I probably shouldn’t have told her I’d compensate her for time because I didn’t pay for sex at all. I just felt a little bad for kicking her out. We actually had a decent conversation on the elevator, and she seemed like a good girl—good in the sense that I didn’t get the feeling that she just sat in hotel lobbies waiting for players or celebrities like some of the other chicks do. Many of those girls would go with the first baller that came in their faces. It didn’t matter what a dude did. If it looked like you had money, they had no problem going with whomever. From what shorty told me, she had been a fan of mine since college. She even knew all of my stats, and I was impressed.
She told me about how she took care of her mother and her son. I wasn’t sure if she lied or not, but she convinced me, and for that, I was going to slide her a few bands. Every once in a while, I passed out money like it was nothing, but it was only to chicks who I felt had a story and wasn’t trying to fuck on any nigga moving.
Shorty pulled my dick out and got to work. I kept my eyes on her the whole time because I knew how sneaky some chicks were. She could suck me off and rob me at the same time. I wasn’t giving her an opportunity to do that.
“Yeah, just like that.” I palmed the back of her head. I wanted to speed things up because I had to try to see if Sloan was still up. It was a two-hour difference between home and where we were.
Shorty moaned and gagged on my dick until I came down her throat. When she was finished, she stood and wiped her mouth.
I pulled my pants up and pulled out my phone. “What’s your Cash App?”
She gave me her info, and I sent her a couple of bands. Her head game was on point, so she deserved a few dollars. When her phone chimed, she looked at me with wide eyes and then hugged me.
“You don’t understand how much this will help me. To be honest, I wasn’t even looking for anything. I just wanted to be around you.”
“It’s all good. Take care of yourself.” I walked her to the door and opened it.
“Thank you again.”
I nodded and watched until she got to the elevator. I wasn’t worried about her coming back or anything, but even if she did, she wouldn’t be coming into my room. As soon as I closed and locked the door, I went into the bathroom to shower. As the water heated up, I texted Sloan to see if she was still up.
