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“I knew you would love it. I will now submit your offer to the sellers. They should respond fairly quickly. They’ve been wanting to sell for a while now. Once the offer is accepted, we’ll close on the building, and the keys will be yours. In the meantime, start looking for contractors and figure out the designs you want.”
“Sounds good. Oh, while I have you here, I’ve been trying to sell my other home, but there haven’t been any buyers. It’s been on the market for months. Can you help with that?” I asked, pushing a stray hair from my face. I was desperate to sell that damn house. It held so much trauma and needed to go.
“Of course. We can plan an open house and have it sold before February. Let’s meet once we close on this building and get the ball rolling. I have another appointment to get to, so let me get out of here. You’ll be hearing from me soon.” She gave me a quick side hug before heading to her car.
As soon as I got into my car, I called Messiah. “Siahhh,” I sang into the phone as the call connected.
“Wassup, Sis?”
“I found a space. Eva’s putting the offer in now.”
“Aye, that’s great. I’m so proud of you. I hate how shit played out with your last job, but that shit needed to happen for you toelevate. You ain’t never gotta work for anybody else for the rest of your life. Don’t nobody deserve this shit more than you.”
“Aw, stopppp Siah! You’re gonna make me cry. Thank you, I needed to hear that.”
“Imma come over there in a few. I got something special for you.”
“You don’t have to get me anything, Siah. You’re already helping me pay for the space.”
“Don’t tell me what to do, lil girl. I’ll be over there after I pick Kaia up from class.”
“Are you fucking her?” I asked, remembering what my grandma told me.
He sucked his teeth, “Where you get that from?”
“That’s just what I heard through the grapevine.”
“Naw, you got that from your messy ass grandma. She needs to get herself some business.”
I burst into laughter, “Not too much on my grandma. Now answer the question.”
“We chillin’,” He responded. My phone beeped, indicating an incoming call. I knew it was Saint.
“I’ll see you later. Love you, bye!” I said before answering the call. “Hi babyyyy,” I smiled.
“Hey, gorgeous. How’d everything go?” He asked.
“It went perfectly. An offer has been made. Just waiting to hear back from the seller. I miss you already, Papa.” I pouted, turning my car off after pulling into my driveway.
“I miss you too, baby. I’m so proud of you, baby. Imma spend the night with you tonight since we fly out tomorrow.”
“I knew you would,” I said with a grin. We chatted on the phone until he had to leave. Today, the team partnered withThe Huddle Project. The organization focuses on mentoring youth football teams. They were taking the entire OCHS football teamto buy suits and spend a practice with them. The team always gives back to the community.
As soon as I walked in the door, I heard little feet padding into the foyer. “Mama!” Sage squealed, running to my legs. I scooped her up in my arms and showered her chubby cheeks with kisses before making my way into the living room. Journey was sprawled out on the couch, scrolling on her phone.
“Hey, sissy.” She said, looking up at me as I took a seat on the other end of the couch.
“Uh, what happened to your lip?” I asked, noticing her busted bottom lip.
“Ask your bad ass daughter.” She retorted, rolling her eyes.
“Sage, did you hit your auntie?” Sage nodded her head and climbed off my lap to lie on top of Journey. “Aw, she’s sorry. She didn’t mean it.”
“Yeah, whatever. Can I take your car to go to Target?”
“You can take the Benz. You’re not driving my brand-new Jeep. What do you need from Target?”
“I just need to get some last-minute Christmas gifts.”
