Chapter 111
He sat beside me on the chaise. “I’m serious, though. You got real talent. You never thought about having your own salon?”
“Yeah. I have. But you have to crawl, before you walk.” Looking at me, he took that bottle of champagne to the head.
“Or you can just align yourself with the right man, and skip the line.”
I laughed. “Is that right?”
He winked at me. “For shit’ sho.”
Face
I found myself gazing at Babi, as I sat beside her.
There were so many things running through my mind, and I had never been in a situation where I couldn’t just express myself freely.
Not that she was gonna knock me over my head, if I said the wrong thing.
But what I was feeling was deep, and I didn’t want to leave myself vulnerable, by telling her what was on my heart, especially if she didn’t share those same feelings.
So, I decided to veer in another direction.
“I’m still tripping over the fact that you didn’t have a passport.
In all your life, you literally never left the country?”
She shrugged. “I guess you can’t really miss what you never had. Besides…I’ve never flown anywhere, before this.”
I narrowed my eyes. “You bullshiting?” “Nope. I’ve never flown before.”
“Why? You never thought about seeing shit outside of Houston?”
“Yeah, of course. Plus, I never said that I haven’t traveled. I just haven’t flown.”
“And why is that?”
“Cause,” she sighed, before giggling. “Too Low had some