We were back in Florida two days later. I promised Sonya that once we got back in town, I'd have lunch with her because I haven't spoken to her in a minute. We met up at Eric's Grill Bar; a restaurant owned by a man with the most delicious grilled hamburgers in Miami. I sat down in front of Sonya who had made it there before me.
"So how did Thanksgiving go" she asked.
"It went pretty well. As a matter of fact, it went better than I expected. They loved Jahseh. I was so worked up about wondering if they liked him on our way to Atlanta but they clicked instantly the moment we got there."
"That's good to hear. I know that took a lot of stress away when you had seen how they got along with him" Sonya said while looking at the menu.
"Yes it did. So tell me about your Thanksgiving." I said as I took a sip of my sweet tea.
"I mean, it was going well til my step sister Kemah showed up."
My eyes got wide at the word step sister because I remembered her telling me how she had slept with Sonya's ex boyfriend. "The stepsister that slept with your ex?"
"That's her. She tried coming up to me and hug me like everything was ok between her and I. I gave her a fake hug back only because I didn't want my family to notice that something had happened between us. No one besides me, Kemah and my ex Kelvin knew about the situation. If my family did know, it would be a big argument and I didn't have time for the drama."
"I bet it was awkward the whole time you two was there."
"For me it was. She literally told my father that she needed my help in the kitchen so he made me go in and help. She was trying to get under my skin."
I laughed at Sonya. "Well maybe she just wanted to work things out between you and her and she probably felt bad about it. You have to forgive somehow or someday."
Sonya gave me a facial expression that I couldn't really read. "Forgive? I can forgive a lot of people for a lot of reason but my stepsister and my ex boyfriend? Never!"
Me and Sonya talked and laugh then went our separate ways. I was cooking later on when Jahseh walked into the house and slammed the door. His face was red so I knew something was up. I ran to the room to ask what was wrong. I opened the door and seen Jahseh sitting on the bed with his head in his hands.
"Jahseh, what's wrong?" I said sitting down on the bed next to him.
"Nothing, just leave me alone, alright?" he said in frustration. But no. I was not gonna leave him alone til I got to the bottom of whatever he was upset about.
"Jahseh I'm not leaving out this room til you tell me what's wrong. You come in here slamming doors and shit so I'm not gone leave you al-"
"I lost my fucking job, alright!!"
My face became red as ever. I didn't know what Jahseh could have possibly done to get fired. His boss always tells me good things about him. "Fired? What do you mean you got fired? What did you do? How in the hell did you get fired?" I was asking so many questions at one time only because I was shocked. Jahseh was one of the his best workers if anything.
"Someone lied and said that I stole some money out of the safe that is kept in my bosses office. Yea I was in there for a moment alone but I didn't steal any fucking money! I get paid good enough for me to pull any shit like that!"
"Who lied?"
"They didn't say. All they did was tell me that someone seen me go in that safe and take the money because I'm the only person who knows the code."
