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up,” he warned. “I said I was going to check it out so that’s what I’m doing.”
    She didn’t respond, but Keenan knew that she was wearing a smile as big as Texas. In his home office, he quickly booted up his computer and zipped over to YouTube. “Now what was her name again?”
    â€œJalilaG1000.” Excitement crept back into Keisha’s voice. “My girl be spitting the truth about these men running around here in Cali.”
    Keenan rolled his eyes.
    â€œAnd stop rolling your eyes at me.”
    â€œThen stop trying to sound like you’re straight out of Oakland when you were born and raised in the suburbs.”
    â€œWhatever.”
    He chuckled as he clicked onto JalilaG1000’s YouTube channel. The beautiful woman who popped up on his screen was definitely a stunning surprise. “Hey, I know her.”
    â€œYou do?” Keisha asked, surprised.
    â€œWell, kind of.” He stared into those hypnotizing deep-brown eyes that were surrounded by a fan of long, curly lashes. Her flawless, oval chocolate face and full, plump and kissable lips caused something to stir within him.
    â€œKeenan! Are you still there?” Keisha barked.
    He blinked and successfully broke the strange spell he’d fallen under. “Uh, yeah. Who is she—some kind of actress?” Even as he asked the question, his eyes scanned the left column for her stats. There wasn’t much there. Her name, of course, and age. She warned viewers that this was the space where she’d like to opine about life and love as a single woman in L.A.
    â€œI don’t think so. From time to time, she talks about owning some spa.”
    Keenan stared at her picture again and couldn’t stop the soft smile that crept across his lips. The camera loved her. He clicked the play button on her recent vlog.
    â€œLadies, where have all the good men gone?” she asked in a soft, honeyed voice.
    Keenan’s smile inched higher. He found this Jalila woman adorable in her pink, flannel pajamas with her black hair pulled back in a ponytail. “Did she just say some guy was sniffing her shoes?” he asked, certain he’d heard wrong.
    Keisha cracked up. “Ain’t that some crazy mess? Ha! You should watch some of her other videos. One time she was set up on a blind date with a guy who showed up with boobs. Boobs! Ha! He was taking hormones and was three months away from having a sex-change operation.”
    â€œSay what?” His eyes remained locked on the beauty before him. He couldn’t believe that someone as beautiful as she was would have problems in the men department.
    â€œThat’s not all. Here was a guy wanting to become a woman, but not because he wanted to date men. He still wanted to date women—but as a lesbian. Ha!”
    Keenan laughed as well. “And here I thought you were the only magnet for losers.”
    â€œNow I’m about to hang up on you.”
    On the screen, Jalila rolled over onto her belly and panned the camera around the bedroom. “I’m tired ofthe other side of the bed being empty. I want to cook for more than one person. I even want to argue with someone to take the garbage out.” She turned the camera back on herself. “Ladies, I have to believe that my soul mate is out there. He just has to be.”
    The footage stopped, freezing Jalila’s solemn but angelic face on his computer. “Keisha, let me call you back.” He didn’t wait for an answer and hit the end button on his cordless phone. He replayed the video.
    â€œLadies, I have to believe that my soul mate is out there. He just has to be.”
    An idea began to form, and Keenan spent the rest of the night watching every video JalilaG1000 had uploaded to her channel. They weren’t all about the trials of dating. Her best friend Martina, her father, James, and her beloved dog, Cujo, made frequent cameo appearances.
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