Page 35 of Know Your Place

“How?” I asked. I always got a kick out of hearing her logic.

Scottlynn tried to explain her logic to me, and then we spent the rest of the ride arguing about it.

When we finally got into the ice-cream parlor, it was crowded, and Scottlynn was close to tears because I argued her down so well. I held her hand and chuckled. That little girl was a damn force to be reckoned with. It was okay that I humbled her little ass from time to time, especially if she was punching niggas for a damn juice box, unprovoked. What could I say? She was our daughter through and through.

As we waited in line, Icelynn leaned her head on my shoulder.

“You good, Juicy?”

“More than good. Just tired.”

My baby had expanded her little waxing business. She didn’t take male clients anymore, but she had more than enough female clients, and she even had multiple employees under her now. I was so proud.

“Too tired to give me some of that juice box when we get home?” I teased.

She giggled. “Remember when we met, and you acted like you ain’t even like me? Like you could live without this juice box?” she asked as she gazed up at me with joy dancing in her eyes.

“I acted like that? You were the one running from me every other day.”

Because I couldn’t remember a time where I ever thought I could live without her or her juice box.

She snorted. “Was not.”

We both knew that was a lie. We were both trippin’ way back when, but these days, there wasn’t a person on the planet that could tear us apart. Icelynn was mine from the moment I laid eyes on her. It just took us a minute to figure shit out, but once we did, there was no looking back. I wouldn’t trade her or Scottlynn for anything in the world.

I pulled her into me and kissed her nose before I pulled back and looked into her pretty brown eyes. I would never get tired of looking at her. Luckily for me, I had an entire lifetime to drink as much of her in as I wanted. I patted her ass and grinned.

“I’m just glad you finally Know Your Place.”

The end