Page 31 of Aquarius Awakening
Sincerely,
John Thomas
Attorney at Law
Thomas & Thomas
My eyes watered at the realization that Mason’s grandmother, Tabby, had passed away. I loved Granny Tab as if she were my own grandmother. We spent so much time together while I was married to Mason. She was one of the reasons we purchased the house on Long Island. Granny Tab had cancer, but she was a fighter. She always told me that no punk ass cancer was going tobeat her. Granny Tab was a feisty old lady with a heart of pure gold.
I only saw my grandmother during the holidays while she was alive. My grandparents lived in the South, and we didn’t visit them often. However, Granny Tab filled that void for me. I felt bad about not having checked on her before. Now that she had passed away, I felt even worse. My cell phone rang, interrupting my moment of sadness. It was Jacob, so I answered.
“Hey, love. How’s your day going?” he asked.
“It was great until I got some sad news,” I answered.
“I’m sorry to hear that. Why don’t we meet up after work? You can tell me all about the good and bad,” he offered.
“Aww, I would love that. There’s a place over here that I go to all the time. It’s called Pia’s. Meet me there around five o'clock,” I stated.
“I can’t wait to see you then, beautiful, and cheer up in the meantime,” he coaxed.
“I’ll try. See you in a bit,” I responded as we disconnected the call.
I went back to work and tried not to beat myself up over the time missed with Granny Tab. There were so many positive things happening in my life, so I wanted to focus on that. After a couple of hours filled with meetings and calls, I packed up my things. I was beyond ready to meet Jacob. I needed a nice stiff drink.
When I walked into Pia’s, the first face I saw was Jacob’s. He stood up and then walked over to me, pulling me in for a hug and squeezing me tightly around my waist as he sniffed my neck.
“Damn, I missed you. You smell good as hell, love,” he whispered in my ear.
“I missed you too,” I uttered back. Jacob made me blush so hard my cheeks ached.
“Okay, boo. I see you and your actor bae. Let me get you to your favorite table,” Ginny teased as she led us to the booth in the back.
Once we were seated and alone, Jacob asked, “What’s got you happy and sad all at the same time?”
I went on to tell him about Granny Tab and my meeting with Trigga.
“I’m sorry to hear you lost someone so close to you. Do you need me to come with you to the reading of the will… for moral support, of course?” Jacob offered.
“Imani is going to come with me. I appreciate you offering,” I said.
“I’m glad Trigga finally reached out to you,” he noted, changing the subject.
“Wait. You know Trigga? You referred him to me?” I asked.
Jacob took a sip of water that the server had brought over and nodded.
“I asked him how he had found out about me. All he said was I came highly recommended, and he wouldn’t take no for an answer. I even told the man I hadn’t designed men’s clothes in years, but he was very persistent. He only wanted to work with me. I can’t believe you would do this for me. Do you know what an impact this will have on my brand?” I asked with excitement.
“This is only the beginning for your brand. A client like Trigga will bring you even bigger clients. There is no limit to the people you can work with. Use this as your opportunity to showthe world what I already know. My lady is the hottest fashion designer out,” he boasted.
“Your lady, huh? Was your lady informed of this new development?”
“Love, would you be my boo thing? My lady for forever?” he asked.
Before I could answer him, the server was back to take our orders. Jacob asked her what was good on the menu, and I said, “Everything,” so we ordered a little bit of everything.
Once we were alone again, I picked up where our conversation had left off.
