lose my job?
JACOB
Noooooooooooooo …. I really need this. We kind of lost touch when he was released and I moved.
RICHARD
What is his name?
JACOB
Thanks cuz . His name is Kywong D’Wayne Johnson.
RICHARD
Tall, thick brutha . Wear a mo’hawk .
JACOB
Yeah.
RICHARD
Chile, I know Ky. He is always at the Playground.
JACOB
Stop lying. You just trying to get me to go out.
RICHARD
Ok, I am telling you. He is so damn fine. I should have known he used to be in prison.
JACOB
Trix , give me the number.
RICHARD
212.555.4651. He lives 2337 West Lake St.
JACOB
Thank you. I owe you big.
RICHARD
Go to Playground with me?
JACOB
Yes, Saturday night.
RICHARD
OK.OK. I will get with you later.
When I pressed end on my phone I could not help but look in the mirror and smile at myself. I was excited that I was going to finally get to meet Kywong after all this time.
I turned the shower on to get the water at the right temperature. I grab my wash cloth, bath gel and shampoo. I washed my hair first. Afterward, I begin to lather. Once I got to my midsection my mind thought about how it would feel for Kywong to be lathering me.
I noticed that my manhood began to rise. I thought that maybe I should release this tension. Ah man, how this would feel.
Let me come back to reality. I have been in this shower for close to thirty minutes. I looked down and noticed that my dick was still rock. I got out of the shower and dried off. I wrapped the towel around my waist. The mirror was fogged from the shower.
I left the bathroom and went into the bedroom where Dennis was watching TV. He noticed that my dick print was showing through my towel.
DENNIS
You could have taken care of that in the bathroom.
JACOB
What are you talking about?
Dennis pointed at my dick. I jumped on his playfully. We pretended to wrestle for a minute.
Amazing this bought back feeling of wrestling with Ellis. Once Dennis and I got off of each other, he went into the bathroom to take a shower.
I decided that I would take this time to try the number to Kywong . I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. I dialed the number and waited for someone to answer but no one did. I never knew that I could be disappointed and relieved at the same time.
NINE
Aretha was preparing dinner waiting for Monique to get in from school. She decided that she would make shrimp alfredo , garlic bread, a chef salad and her famous lemon tea.
She called and invited Mattie over to join them for dinner. Mattie declined the first offer but with a little convincing from Aretha she came right over.
MATTIE
What time should Monique come home?
ARETHA
It is almost 6:30. She should have already been here unless she is hanging out with her friends.
MATTIE
Jacob has a nice house. Do you think that he will get into another relationship?
ARETHA
Chile, I don’t know. As far as I know I don’t think that he is even dating anyone. He took it hard when Ellis died. They had been together since college.
MATTIE
Ellis was young when he passed right?
ARETHA
Yes. He was only 25 years old.
MATTIE
I can’t imagine what that must have been like, to see him shoot himself. Ree maybe you should help Jacob get back out there and start dating. No one should ever be alone.
ARETHA
I don’t get in his business. If he is happy by himself, I am happy for him. Besides you and I am not dating anyone. But I do have an occasional visitor.
MATTIE
I have you to know that I have been going out. I don’t tell you everything.
ARETHA
I know about you and Jeffery.
MATTIE (looking shocked)
WHAT? What are you talking about?
ARETHA
I saw y’all at Red Lobster on Frontage Road. You think you are something. Then feeding his old ass. I bet he