Page 56 of Legend's Legacy
“Yes it does, when my fam owns that restaurant.”
“Huh?”
“That was my uncle’s restaurant. I wasn’t ’bout to have you up in there airing our dirty laundry, running his customers off, and tarnishing our good family name.”
“You could have said as much.”
“And you could have done what I asked of you.”
She blew out a breath. “I can already see this isn’t getting us anywhere. And you know what, Legend? I’m fine with that. I’m not going to keep giving you my best when all you’re giving me is your worst.”
“Check it, ma. You ain’t hardly seen me at my worst. What is it that you want from me?”
“I wanted a little common decency and courtesy, okay? I wanted you not to lie to me.”
“What the hell do you think that I lied to you about, Legacy?”
“You said you had an appointment that day.”
“I did.”
“What was the appointment?”
“It was the final one that we had with Dr. Giselle Champagne. We had gone to her toward the end of our marriage. While we knew that we weren’t going to stay together, we wanted to seek healing for what we had gone through so that we could healthily raise Kayson together. For most of the sessions, I was closed off, and I didn’t want to talk. But somewhere around the time thatI met you, I opened up in those sessions. I had you to thank for it. I simply wanted to complete my final session that I agreed to. That’s what I did.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”
“I know. You were too busy trying to cut a nigga up, thinking you busted him and all.”
“Yeah, I feel like a real fool for that.”
“And you should have.” I clowned her. “Now give me that shit.” I took the food container from her hand, along with the tea, after I set the water bottle on the landing.
“Boy, you’d better not run off with my food.”
I lifted an eyebrow at her. “Damn, you think I’m broke and can’t get my own lunch?”
“I don’t know what you can and can’t do. I just know that I’m starving.”
“That’s fair. Come on. I know the perfect place for you to enjoy that.”
“Besides my desk?”
“Yeah. Trust me.”
She sighed. “Okay.”
We walked up past the twentieth floor. I swiped my badge against the card reader, waited for the locking mechanism to click, and then opened the door.
“How did you gain access to the roof?”
“Every business owner, CEO, or partner in this building has one.”
She nodded, and I led her to the edge, where there were a few tables set up around a garden area.
“Wow. It’s beautiful up here. I didn’t realize that they had all this up here.”
“Figured you didn’t, but I also thought you might appreciate it.”
