Play The Game. Doug Dixon

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СКАЧАТЬ You need to shake his ass and get you a real man. He’s thirty years old, working part-time, and no education. Girl, a nigga like that can’t tell me shit. A thirty-year-old man needs to be in a career, anyway, and not a job.”

      I stayed quiet ’cause I had to agree with Tangie on that. But for some reason Stephanie just couldn’t let him go and move on with her life.

      “You talking about the thorn in my side. What about Todd?” Stephanie said. “You spend more time in bed with him than his wife does.”

      “Whose fault is that? He comes to me,” Tangie replied.

      “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Stephanie said.

      “Well, it’s true. I’m not like other girls, who think things are going bad at his house for him to come over. We just enjoy each other’s company, that’s all.”

      “All he’s giving you are false hopes, is all I’m saying,” Stephanie continued.

      “Well, I—”

      “Will you two let me finish my story?” I interrupted.

      There was silence on the phone. “You two are never going to accept each other’s situation, so leave it alone.” I said.

      “Girl, you just mad ’cause you ain’t got no business,” Tangie joked. Stephanie laughed.

      “Anyway, he invited me over to dinner at his place next weekend. How should I handle that?”

      “Well, that depends on you,” Stephanie said.

      “Yeah, what don’t you want to happen?” Tangie added.

      “Well, of course he ain’t getting any.” I poked my lips out.

      “No, I’m talking about are you ready to kiss, cuddle, or something like that? Brothers expect that,” Tangie said.

      “I don’t know. I did want to kiss him when he walked me to my car. Especially when he wrapped those arms around me before I left. Oooooh wooooo, that shit felt good.”

      “Tangie, save your advice—Mya’s already sprung. She’s going to mess around and get fucked,” Stephanie joked.

      We burst into laughter.

      “No, the hell I’m not. What am I thinking of, anyway? I really don’t know him that well to be kissing on him. I’ll probably just go over there, eat, talk a little, and come home.”

      “And don’t wear anything too sexy or revealing. Wear something that covers you up. Don’t leave any room for his imagination to wander,” Tangie said.

      “Yeah, the more you have on, the better chance you have to change your mind if it’s getting too hot for you.” Stephanie said.

      “Now that you mention it, let me look in my closet and see what I can wear.”

      I found an outfit that would be perfect. When I got off the phone with Tangie and Stephanie I put it aside to take to the cleaners after I left work tomorrow.

      Darryl never did call back. I wanted so badly to call him a second time but didn’t want to seem desperate, like I was chasing him or something. Instead I spent the rest of the night watching a movie before drifting off to sleep.

      CHAPTER 13

      Tangie

      During lunch I left the teachers’ lounge on my way to my classroom to get my Ebony magazine. I was dying to see this month’s issue—it featured the twenty-five most eligible bachelors. Last year I contacted a doctor from Atlanta who was listed. We e-mailed each other for a couple of months before we went out. The first couple of dates were cool, although I found him to be a little strange. He licked his lips after almost every statement. Not in a sexy way, like LL Cool J, but like he was trying to remove something off the side of his mouth. I continued to see him because he was really cute and fine as hell. Besides, I thought licking his lips the way he did with that long tongue of his was something that could be useful in the bedroom.

      It wasn’t until after he lost his job that things started to change. He would get upset about the littlest things and all of a sudden start having temper tantrums. That’s when I had to break off our relationship and I’m glad I did, I found out more about his true profession as a physician. He was a doctor all right, Dr. Jekyll. This man was a doctor of psychiatry at a state facility and had been diagnosed as having split personalities. He worked around mentally challenged people so much, his ass started acting just like some of them. That explains why, after an orgasm, he would make these strange noises and faces that made me feel really uncomfortable. Last I heard, he was seeking psychiatric treatment in the very hospital where he worked. The sex was good, though, and different every time. I guess it was because I didn’t know who I was fucking, him or one of those crazy motherfuckers that came out of his ass.

      As I continued down the hallway and past the principal’s office, someone called out my name—it literally stopped me in my tracks. When I turned and faced in the direction of the voice, I was caught off guard by Tina’s dad standing there with his brown suede jacket draped across his right arm. “Hi, uh, Mr. Washington? What are you doing here? Is everything okay with Tina?” I asked as I walked toward him. He stood there with a huge smile that showed off his pearly white teeth. “Yeah, Tina’s fine. She has a doctor’s appointment, so I’m getting her out of school early today,” he replied.

      “Oh, I see,” I said, trying not to stare directly at him.

      “How are you today?” he asked as he shifted his jacket over to his left arm to shake my hand.

      As he did this, I noticed his penis as it hung down on the left side of his thigh. Oh my god, I thought. That shit looks thick. I heard that guys with penises that hung on the left side were good lovers.

      I quickly looked up, right into his eyes once again. I felt a hot flash through my body that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. “Uh, I think she’s still in the cafeteria eating if you want to check down there,” I replied.

      “If it’s okay? I know you guys have a policy about strangers lurking in the hallway. Can you take me there?” he asked politely.

      I shifted my eyes down at his penis and back up at him. “Sure, I can do that,” I replied.

      We walked toward the cafeteria, passing a few empty classrooms on the way. Before we could make it to the entrance, Tina came walking out with a couple of her friends, surprised to see her dad. After they hugged and exchanged greetings, Tina took him by the hand and we started walking back toward the principal’s office so that she could be checked out properly.

      “Well, thank you, Ms. Jackson, for walking with me. I really appreciate that.”

      “Oh, that’s no problem. It’s a good thing we did because Tina looked like she was on her way out the door to the playground.” I looked down at Tina. “Well, you two have a nice day.” I turned away and quickly walked off.

      “Ms. Jackson,” he yelled as I continued on toward my classroom.

      I turned around and he was walking toward me. “Yes?”

      “Uh, do you СКАЧАТЬ