news the other night, she said, âPoâ chilâ. Donât nobody deserve that. Iâd giveâer a hug if I could.â
His mother sure couldnât stand to see the dollar signs flashing in Milanâs eyes, or the bossy, fake proper way she started talking since she went to that white prep school and renamed herself after the fashion capital of Italy. But something about this chick Victoria Winston, she looked and sounded one hundred percent real.
She was all natural, without a lick of makeup. Perfect black eyebrows arched over lashes so long and thick they looked like awnings over windows with her long, black hair falling straight around her face and an Indian-style necklace on, she looked like a Native American princess, walking toward the chief.
She was about three feet away on the sidewalk when she turned to him. Locked those silver-dollar eyes right on him. Her face wore no expression, but the sex power in her stare hit him like two blue-flamed blow torches. Sucked the air out of him. His mouth, nose, and throat burned dry as the desert. It felt like a firestorm inside him.
His heart beat fast and hot, blowing blood up to his brain like a hot air balloon. His head felt light and swirly, like steam was shooting out of his every pore, from his bald head to his toes in his brown leather loafers. His eyes bugged as big as doorknobs behind the sunglasses that steamed up and blurred his focus as she checked him out.
And Timbo, he was flipping around like a giant, caught fish just laid out on the dock under the burning sun, trying to dive back into familiar waters. But it bit that juicy bait worm, so now he was caught. Used to being king of the sea, it was now about to be served up as a feast for a creature who was bigger, better, smarter.
Maâfuck me! What the fuck kinda crazy feelinâs am I settinâ off? This bitch gonâ kill me witâ one glance!
âDuke?â Beamer knit his thick eyebrows, leaning close. âLook like you havinâ a heart attack. What the fuck?â
It was as if Dukeâs eyes were a magnet and she was a rod of gold. He couldnât separate the two. He was paralyzed on it.
âDang, she got The Duke kronkâd witâ a right look,â Beamer exclaimed. âHe out cold!â
The hot spotlight of her stare turned cool as she looked to her left, toward Miss Greenâs house. Duke sucked in air. She turned her back, walked up the front walk toward the porch. Her ass was bouncing, Bam! Shazam! with every step.
His every muscle was trembling, like when he didnât eat for three days after Prince died. His stomach was jumping, and his whole body felt like he was cumming, wracked with delicious spasms. That light-headed feeling was rolling down his whole body, like he was about to float away.
His soul had just found its mate. In fact, it was the same soul, born in two different bodies, in two different worlds. Now it just wanted to run over, dance around with its other half inside her, and come right back here inside Duke.
âDuke, you look possessed. Iâm âbout to call a priest, sprinkle some holy water over yoâ exorcist ass.â
âRidiculous maâfucka,â Duke said coolly despite his jittery insides. âThat Mexican food we had foâ lunch crampinâ my gut. Stole my breath for a minute.â
Duke watched her walk up the steps into the house.
âYou the ridiculous one, Duke,â Beamer said. âSayinâ âmyâ about some chick who might be crazy as hell after what she went through. Black momma got fucked to death. Daddy blew his brains out. Now she gotta move outta a big-ass palace anâ move into that ghetto shack.â Beamer nodded toward her as she ascended the stairs.
âIt ainât a question,â Duke said, watching her ass cheeks pop as she stepped up. âShe gonâ move into Babylon tonight.â Duke deepened his voice to imitate bad-ass Yul