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She slammed my door, and I sped off. Life was just fucked up all the way around right now.
Chapter 19
Legacy
Ispent the remainder of the weekend holed up in the house. I had called Zenobia and told her about what happened, and her exact words were, “Lord, bless it.” She was shocked that Josi had done that to her sister, but she was like me; it wasn’t Mauri’s place to intervene between the two sisters, especially considering that she and Eliana weren’t good friends like that.
After spending all day Sunday in bed, with brief intermissions to use the bathroom and answer the door for the Uber Eats driver for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I was well-rested on Monday. The physical, mental, and spiritual exhaustion that hung over me like a dark cloud on Saturday night was no longer in sight.
I had to let grown people be grown people. We were all adult enough to make our own choices, Legend included. If Josi wanted to creep with her sister’s ex, that was on her. If Mauri wanted to create confusion between the two sisters, that was on her. And if Legend wanted to creep around behind my back, then so be it.
I had washed my hands of it all. I deserved better than what any of them were giving, and I was determined to steer clear of negative energy. Although that was my mindset, my heart achedand longed to see Legend and to hear his voice. I would be a lying fool if I stated that I didn’t miss that man, because I truly did.
I headed back downstairs at lunch on Monday afternoon, around one thirty, for a late lunch. I had been caught up in doing some research on a corporate sexual harassment case for a client. My stomach had growled so loudly that Sendya, the paralegal who was sitting in the research library beside me, glanced my way and then offered me her granola bar.
I was a little flushed by the time that I got to the bottom of the stairs. I was lethargic and didn’t have much energy because I had eaten breakfast at six. A smile lit my face when I discovered that the café was still open.
Rushing inside, my face lit up when I saw they were serving lasagna today. I loved Italian food, and the vendor of choice at the café today was a little Italian couple. Zito’s was a popular Italian restaurant that often came as one of the vendors to our office building.
“Hello, Luisa,” I greeted, walking up to the station.
“Hi, Legacy. What can I get for you today?”
“I’ll take the veggie lasagna with a Caesar salad, some garlic knots instead of the bread, and some sweet tea.”
“Okay, coming right up.” She began fixing my plate, and my stomach growled loudly again.
“We’ve got some Italian wedding cake. Would you like a slice?” she offered.
“I’d better not. I can’t afford to gain another pound, or I’ll be shopping for a new wardrobe.”
“I doubt that with the way you’ve been hustling up those steps lately,” a voice stated beside me.
I spun around to see Courtland, Legend’s best friend, and one of the name partners in the architecture firm that he worked at.
“Hey, Courtland. What’ll you be having today?” Luisa asked.
“Same as her,” he stated, jerking his thumb at me.
“Hey, stranger. How are you?”
“I’m doing well. But nobody’s seen hide or hair of you. So who’s really the stranger?”
“You two make a gorgeous couple,” Luisa declared.
I blushed, and Courtland responded, “Thanks, Luisa, but this is my boy’s girl. He’d kick my as—butt if he saw me trying to kick it with her.”
“Luisa, mind your manners,” her husband Joseph called from his place at the register.
“What? I just call it like I see it,” she countered.
“I’m not your boy’s anything,” I muttered to Courtland as I accepted my plate from Luisa’s hands while Joseph rang up my order.
“Hey, Joseph. Put her order on my tab.”
“You don’t need to do that.”
“You make a cuuute couple. And if he’s paying for your meals, then you should definitely consider going on a date with him,” Luisa stated.
