Brother's Keeper✔️

5. Find the Magic

Taj POV

This was going to be one of his easier semesters since he decided to change his major last year. He was majoring in journalism hoping to write for a paper or magazine, but that's not where his head was. Speaking with his boss, Jossie DeCosta-Smith, she geared him toward Public Relations without him having to take much extra coursework and graduating on time if he took a few summer classes to make up for some classes he needed.

He liked working with people face to face, especially future students. Illinois State University was a good top school and he liked working with Jossie recruiting.

"I know you need to focus on your classwork, but I hope I can count on you to help around here with some new student workers." Jossie talked while they sat at her small conference room table having a short meeting. Since he was a senior, he was going to be working with the other student assistants as their supervisor, with a graduate assistant over him. The GA did most of the traveling, although he had been on a couple of recruitment events in the past.

"When will the new grad assistant show up?" It was already the end of the first week of classes, and there was no one there yet.

"Had a delayed first week, should be here today. Older graduate student, but you know I only work with the best of the best. Like yourself young man."

"Sorry, I can't travel this year." Not with his overloaded schedule. Plus serving as President of Epsilon Upsilon with only Brian to help him bring in some new pledges.

They did not cap the membership intake, they took, however, many guys were interested. If they got ten guys interested, they were pledging ten guys. That would not happen. They were not as large and well-known as the other fraternities of the Divine Nine, the nationally recognized Black Greek organizations. EU probably did more, but they were new and small, so most guys did not give them a try and research them to find out their history.

They could end up with no pledges. Last year the only one that was interested was Brian, so that's all they brought in. If there was no membership intake for this year, that would relieve a lot of his time.

"I can attend some recruitment trips a couple of weekends."

"I'll take what I can get. I know you're young, busy being a college kid...and hopefully dating."

He ignored Jossie's attempt to get him to open up about his past relationship with her sorority sister. Jossie was the one that got him to open his eyes. It was a messed up situation to be in considering she had loyalty to Sherry

"Sorry, I'm late!" In walked a tall, gorgeous woman with a big curly fro. Her face was perfectly made, the sleek summer dress fit every curve, and he could not take his eyes away from the two mounds sitting high and spilling from her low-cut top.

"Faye, right on time. I'm finishing up with Taj and you and I can get started."

Faye never looked his way, just pulled up a chair to sit beside Jossie.

"Taj, I know you have a class soon, I'll see you next week. Oh yeah, you haven't met before. This is Faye Masterson the new graduate assistant in the Admissions office. Faye, this is Taj, he's a senior but he's worked with me since freshman year. One of my special little buddies."

"Nice to meet you," he said to her, but she barely looked up at him.

She was going to be his immediate supervisor? How would he get any work done? It was one thing Jossie looked young, but he never was distracted by her beauty. She was older, and happily married, he never thought about her in that way other than being attractive. He glanced over at Faye, not noticing a ring on any finger, not that it meant anything.