Page 56 of The Key To His Soul
“I got you, Ma,” a voice said from behind me as a hand reached above mine.
I glanced back to find Tobias standing there with a smile that got him out of more trouble than he probably would admit.
“Look at you being the gentleman,” I said, walking inside.
“Always. Plus, I know I gotta be at my best to make up for last week.”
“Not at your best, just better than last time.” I smirked.
“I’m on it,” he replied.
I found myself judging the comeback, reassuring but weak at the same time.Mehki would’ve…I cut off my internal thought before I could complete it. I had no business thinking about Mehki.
“I booked us an hour couples massage. That cool witchu?”
“Yeah. That’s fine.”
“Aight, bet.”
The receptionist greeted us with a nod and a warm smile before checking us in. Soft music played throughout the place as she led us to the back, through a dimly lit hallway. This was the one thing most spas had in common, lights low and everyone speaking in hushed tones, like volume was against some unspoken rule.
“You can undress in the private bathrooms here.” The woman pointed out to us. “There’s a brand-new robe and slippers for you. This is your room.” She opened a door to a nice sized room that smelled like eucalyptus with two beds inside. “Your masseuses will be in shortly.”
“Thank you,” Tobias spoke on our behalf.
The woman nodded in response, and we stood in the hallway a few seconds, him staring at me like he didn’t know what to do next.
“This is the part where we go change, Tobias.”
“You right.” He chuckled nervously. “I’ll meet you in there.”
“Okay.” I turned into the bathroom labeled women and locked the door behind me.
As I went to undress, my phone rang. With my jumpsuit sitting on my waist and titties exposed, I reached in my bag to pick it up. It was Amil calling.
“Hello?”
“Bitch, why would you leave us at the table with the couples?”she complained.
“Yeah, got us looking like the odd balls out,”Ebone said in the background.
I chuckled.“I told y’all something came up.”
“Still trifling. I just called to tell you that.”
“I’ll make it up to y’all. Right now, I gotta go,”I said, rushing them off the phone.
“Whateva, ho, bye!”
Shaking my head, I continued to undress. Slipping into the terry cloth robe that sat neatly folded on a chair, I slid my feet into the slippers and gathered my things to step out. Walking across to the room we were set up in, Tobias was already inside, speaking at a low volume on his phone.
“Yeah, it’s a good deal. I told Murda that yesterday. He got some big shoes to fill.”
I quietly stepped around him, setting my clothes and purse down, before making my way over to the other massage table.
“Aye, let me holla at you in a few. I got someone in front of me that requires my full attention,”he said smoothly.
Only it sounded like he was trying to be smooth to me versus just being that. Still, I smiled, not letting my face show my internal thoughts.
