I pull my bottom lip into my mouth and tilt my head. “I don’t know. I should be ecstatic right now. I’m going to dinner with Dominic Abrahams, and he’s my best friend. He’s someone who’s right for me, someone who is safe. So why am I sitting here all dolled up thinking about a menace!” I swing my arms up before putting my face in my hands.
I feel the bed dip next to me and an arm wrap around my shoulders.
“Menace being Ade?” she asks lightly. I drop my hands and scowl at her.
“No. Menace being, ‘Don’t be a menace in south central while drinking your juice in the hood,’” I reply sarcastically.
“Okay, okay, be nice,” she says with a hint of a smile. “Do you want to know what I think?”
I widen my eyes and nod my head. “Obviously Phoebe don’t play dumb.”
She narrows her eyes again and smirks. “Easy tiger. I think you need to do a lot of healing. I think that you’re probably going to end up with Ade. But I also think that you should take your time with that. Do you want to know why? Because there’s no way in hell he will ever be letting you walk out of his life again. Ever.”
“But should I be going out with Dominic tonight?” I ask, looking at her.
“Yes. It’s just dinner. Feel it out and see how you go. Take note of those feelings. After tonight, you should know what you need to do,” she says calmly.
Damn, this girl is pretty bloody smart.
I smile. “Okay, I can do that. I miss him so much, Phoebs. It hurts me how much I miss him, his company, and how he makes me feel. I’m addicted to him.”
She smiles and pats my leg. “I know, love, I know.”
She stands from the bed and stretches out her arms. “I better get going. I’m supposed to be back in Westbeach by now.”
“Why were you over this way?” I ask, touching up my make-up.
She looks at me and claps her hands excitedly. “That’s what I came to tell you! I took a job that could do tremendous things for me. I’m not sure what the gist of it is, at the moment, but I’ll have to go on tour with some famous singers while they tour around the world. I’ll need to dress them and all that. I’m really excited, but I hope I don’t get a damn diva queen. I’ll fucking kill it. I swear to God, I will kill the next famous person that plays diva with me.”
I nod my head in agreement while standing. “Tell me about it, the Diva comment. I need to throw myself back into work. But, oh my God, Phoebs! That’s so awesome. Don’t forget me when you’re famous and all that. I wonder who it is? The list is endless. If it’s someone like Eminem you have to shove me in your suitcase with you. I swear I will play nice,” I say gripping her shoulders.
She laughs, patting my hand. “Honey, I doubt someone like Eminem will give a flying fuck about the thoughts of someone like me when it comes to his apparel. Calm down.”
She pulls me in and kisses me on the lips. “I don’t head out for another two weeks. So we have heaps of time to catch up.”
I nod my head. “Okay beautiful, I love you.”
“I love you too, sugar cakes,” she says while throwing up the peace sign, and walking out of my room.
Phoebe has this chillness about her. She’s so sure of herself and knows what she’s doing in this world and she doesn’t give a shit about what people think of her. She races cars in four-inch heels for goodness sake. The girl is a goddess.
“Right,” I mumble out. “Time to get this shit sorted.”
I straighten out my dress, grab my clutch of my dresser throwing a few necessities into it before walking out of my room. Walking down to the living room I see Carter on the couch with a guy that I’ve seen around—twice now. Interesting. Carter usually only does casual and has a definite no double dipping rule. I look between both of them snuggled up on the couch.
“Hello,” I say with a smile.
Carter pulls out a huge smile and rakes over my body from my head to my toes. “Damn, baby G, you are fucking flawless.”
“Thanks.” I look to the dark haired beauty next to him and pointedly look at Carter. Carter looks at who I’m looking at then looks back to me.
“Oh, shit! My bad. Kalie, this is Matt. Matt…Kalie,”
I walk over to them on the couch and shake his hand.
“Hi, nice to meet you!” I greet him with a huge smile.
“Nice to finally meet you, too, Kalie,” he says kindly.
I’m not going to lie, seeing Carter with someone makes me extremely happy. Who knew? I look back at Carter and he’s giving me evils. I snap my mouth shut and narrow my eyes back at him.