Honey (A Keith Powers Story)

Chapter 20

We were all at Julian's house preparing him for his press conference. I grabbed a bagel and apple from his complementary breakfast that was made by the chef he hired. I was amazed at his living arrangements he had a huge pent house style condo with a huge window to die for. I could see the whole city from afar. I sat on the bar chair opening up my laptop. Today I would be showing Marlowe the 30-minute documentary I worked my hardest on.

"Marlowe" I called. Marlowe came over with a guy in a gray suit. "Wassup Honey" he smiled. "Hey Marlowe, I finished the documentary and I have some earphones for you" I said turning the laptop towards him. "Oh great, oh Honey this is Cohen Welburg. He works with Sheila Nevins the president of HBO" he explained

"Oh nice to meet you" I said placing my hand out. "Like wise" he said kissing my hand. I glanced over at Julian glancing over at me in the midst of his conversation. I took my eyes off him and back over to the guy in front of me "He works with her to find stories and projects to add to their network" he explained.

"Really? I asked. "Yes, really and from the looks of this documentary we may have to pick it up" he joked. Cohen was the finest white vanilla I ever saw; he resembled Channing Tatum and I was lost for thought as soon as he made that possible offer. They took my laptop and walked over to his living room table. I continued to sit there looking through my emails. What if they would pick that documentary up? That would help me so much financially. I sighed at the email I received from Elle magazine. I definitely didn't get the job and they found a more suitable candidate. Who was I kidding, there was no way in hell they were going to hire my black ass. I started to wonder if I got black balled from all magazine companies

Julian

Julian seem liked you had a rough fight against Ricky Slaughter can you explain the difficulty?

He adjusted the mic closer to him. "There definitely wasn't any difficulty going on. It was a quality fight" he explained.

"Can you explain how the brawl took into the ring and outside the ring?

"Umm Slaughter took it upon himself to kick me which is a foul. I kind of lost and we ended up brawling. I'm definitely a head strong man and you have to be mentally disciplined in boxing. I think we all lose it sometimes." I explained

"Do you think Ricky is a world champion as well?

"I think Ricky is a quality fighter but he spends too much time worrying about what I'm doing personally" I said making the crowd laugh. "I understand it though all the talk and hype if for the show but with me you have to put your money where your mouth is" I explained.

"We noticed your favorite strike to use in fights are uppercuts explain why you use them?

"It honestly gets the job done faster being able to lift my opponent off the ground and too the floor in seconds; I will say that I always switch up punches"

Honey

Once the press conference was over we walked down the street to the local restaurant we were going to. We were starving even though it felt like I just ate a second ago. "You looking sharp in that suit" I said.

"Ha! Well you know I try" he said popping his collar. "Ole conceited ass" I said.

"I aint conceited" he said. "I aint conceited" I mocked him. He playfully shoved me to right. Stumbling over my heels. "Oh shit, my bad" he chuckled grabbing my arm. "You almost made me fall" I said hitting his arm. "Nobody told you to wear those 6 inch heels" he said.