I stumbled a little when someone hit me in the chest.
“Oh gosh I’m so sorry.” a familiar voice said. I looked down to see that Danelle had run into me. She looked up at me and shock crossed her face. “Oh dear,” she said when she recognized me.
“It’s you, the women from the bar.”
“Women from the bar. Is that what you and the girls do when you go out?” I looked behind Danelle to see a younger version of her standing off to the side looking at us.
“Cassidy could you meet me out at the car please.” she handed Cassidy the car keys.
“Can I drive home?” She nodded.
“Yes, that fine.” Cassidy smiled and ran off to the car. Danelle looked up at me
“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to run into you again.” I shook my head
“No, its fine. I just seems that we keep running into each other.” she blushed
“Literary. I ah have to go, it was nice running into you again.” before she could walk away I grabbed her arm
“Could I get your number? Maybe we could get coffee sometime?” Danelle smiled and pulled a small white card out of her purse.
“Here’s my card. My cell number is on the back.” I took it from her and watched her walk away. I looked down at the card she had given me and grinned.
“Sanders and Michelson Construction.” I laughed and headed to the table where my friends were sitting. “Hey, guys.”
“Lucius, glad you could make it. How was your interview?” I sat down next to Keven and told him how my interview had gone.
“I told them I would need a few days to think it over but I think I’ll take them up on their offer.” David laughed at me.
“It must be hard being a big shot doctor,” Keven said with a laugh. A waitress walked over to us with a big smile. She popped out a hip putting her long legs on display and bending over in some contortionist like fashion to show off her big breasts. She handed each of us a menu.
“Can I get you anything?” she said kind of slow and almost like a whisper. I looked over the front of the menu.
“A bud light will be fine thanks.” I didn’t look at her, just opened the menu. The other guys ordered and laughed when the waitress walked away in a huff, her heels clicking agents the stone flooring, our drinks were brought by a different waitress.
“I’m sorry about Alexis. She thinks she’s hot stuff and doesn’t take it well when people or men disagree.” We all laughed.
“She was hot,” Thomas said.
“Yeah, smoken.” David agreed. Keven smiled
“She’s just barking up the wrong tree. Where just not interested.” the waitress smiled
“Well I’m Jamie, and I’m happy to get you whatever you need.” We ordered our dinner, some enchilada plate with all the fixings. A couple of beers in and I decided to ask about Danelle.
“Do you guys know a Danelle Hook?”
“Yeah, she’s the best. Right, Keven.” David said with a grin. Keven punched David in the shoulder and looked at Luc.
“I know her. Why?” Keven thought of Danelle and Cassidy like a family and was very protective over them both.
“I’ve run into her twice now. Once at that bar, we went to last night and now here as I was walking in.“ Keven took a long sip of his beer.
"No, not my Danny, she doesn’t go to bars. I don’t think she’s ever been to a bar in her life except the one in this restraint. Her friend Sasha owns the place. So Danny comes here a lot with her daughter.”
“So that’s who that girl was. I should have guessed she looked just like her.” I said out loud. What did Keven mean by his Danny? Something twisted in my gut, jealousy? Maybe? I had never been jealous before and I didn’t like it now. Thomas nodded
“I saw Danelle when I first got here, bought her a beer. I didn’t know she had a daughter though. I didn’t see her, so maybe she wasn’t here.”
“She was here.” I had been surprised when I saw the young girl. She looked just like her mother. Keven smiled
“That girl is something. She’s extremely smart, straight A’s and advanced classes. She works here as a waitress and comes in with Danny to the office from time to time to help her with some work.“
"What do you mean to help with work?” I asked
“Oh, Danny works with me. She like my right-hand women, she does paper work, comes up with beautiful home designs, some other things too.” I nodded
“So how do you know them?” I asked and hoped I had said it in a nonchalant kind of way. Keven sat back in his chair a look of joy and laughter crossed his face. Right then I could tell Keven loved them.
“She is a beautiful, smart, funny, hard working women.” Keven thought back to when he first met Danelle. “I was in my second year of college when I met her. She was trying to dig through her book bag and push a stroller through campus. I was watching her when all of a sudden her books fell to the ground and her baby started crying. I didn’t see anyone running to help so I went over to her. She was running late to a class and didn’t want to go with a crying infant, so I asked her out to coffee. We became good friends. She didn’t have any family, only a small group of friends she made when she had been pregnant. At the end of the year, we got an apartment together. I would watch Cassidy for her while she worked or went to class. When we graduated I told her I was going down to Columbus to open a construction business with a friend from high school. I offered her a job designing houses. That way she could stay home with Cassidy and still make a paycheck. I lived in Columbus with Thomas for what five years? I would drive up here for every birthday and holiday. One we were big enough to expand I moved back up here to be closer to them.” Keven sighed and took a swig of his beer.
“If it wasn’t for her single mom’s club than I would have moved them down to Columbus with me.”
“Single moms club?” It sounded like some weird TV show. Keven laughed
“Yeah, it’s Danelle, Sasha, Kelly, and Courtany. A group of single mothers who got together in Lamaze class. They each have daughters. Danny has Cassidy, Sasha has Jessica, Kelly has Alex, and Courtany has Emily. They’re all still friends, even their daughters are friends.” Things got quite so Keven switched the conversation to sports and I leaned back in my chair. I just couldn’t seem to get Danelle out of my head and found it weird that it didn’t bother me that she had a child.
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