Page 36 of Fever: Love In Scrubs
“Good morning, Wynter.”
“You okay? You sound… I don’t know. A little off.”
“Baby mama issues. I don’t wanna talk about her, though. What’s up? You made it to town?”
“I did. I got in a day early. I’m sorry about calling so early. I figured you’d be up with your daughter.”
“I am. Getting ready to take her to school.”
“You work today?”
“I’m actually on call today.”
“Oh… well, would you maybe want to have breakfast? I could meet you somewhere if you have a recommendation.”
“I’d like that. And of course, I have a recommendation. I’ll shoot you an address.”
“Let’s say, nine?”
“Nine is good.”
“Okay. See you then.”
“See you.”
We disconnected the call, and I slipped the phone back into my pocket. Hopefully, good food and good company would putme in a better mood because right now, I wanted to kill my ex-wife.
Jaxson and I sat in a quiet corner of a cute little cafe in the downtown area.
The place had to have been built after I left Silver Run because it was unfamiliar to me. I nervously sat across from this man like I hadn’t spoken to him almost every day for the last two weeks. It amazed me how well he listened and paid attention when I told him things about myself. Sometimes I’d forget I even told him something, then boom… he brought it up.
I smiled nervously as he took a sip of his water, eyes trained on me.
“You good?” he asked.
“Mmm hmm. So…” I said, picking up the menu. “Can you recommend anything good here?”
“The breakfast sampler is always good. So are the steak and eggs, the sweet potato pancakes, and any of the omelets.”
“You eat here often?”
He chuckled. “More often than I should. It’s my go to spot when I don’t cook breakfast in the morning.”
“How is being a single dad for you?” I asked, curiously.
He smiled. “A journey, but rewarding. Jamari knows how I’m coming behind her at any time. I have to remind her of her beauty and worth cause kids can be cruel as fuck and I’ll fight about mine. If I could get her mama on board, things would be great.”
“Is it that bad?”
He sighed heavily. “This morning, Jamari told me her mother has a man over when she’s there. Not only that, he walks around naked and she’s seen him.”
“What!”
“Right. Because what the fuck makes him think that’s okay? Jamari said this happened twice. She’s talking about ‘it was a mistake.’ Then! And get this, she said if it did happen, why didn’t Jamari say anything to her. You’re basically calling my child a liar about something serious and I don’t play that.”
There was a harshness in his voice that I hadn’t heard before. It was warranted, though. If he didn’t protect his kid, nobody else would.
“I’m sorry you’re dealing with this,” I said sincerely.
