Days had gone by Joiner went to Dollar to get some sugar and ran into Sally. Hey girl what's up, Paul is what's up he all up in yo business Sally said. What you mean Joiner asked. He came over to the house and you was the whole conversation what did you say to him. What did he say.
Girl he was full of questions who you was with and all. He truly wanted to know. He has never ask me that many questions in my life. What happened Sally asked. He stole my house number out yo cell the brother had the nerve to call me sitting up in Val's house.
This brother is doing well why don't he have a place of his own. He's paying for a house but he moved in with Val Sally said.
They were getting close to the check out counter so they stopped talking. After checking out outside they continue their conversation. Joiner I want to ask you something. Do you like Paul like that do you want Paul. Let me just say time bring about changes, life throw you some curve balls that you could hit holding two bats and a 347.
There comes a time when you know what you want Joiner said. Paul is with Val
Val is with Paul and Kelvin my thing is
who is Kelvin with. You get what I'm sayin.
I'm single I don't have nobody but when I do get involved with somebody I want just him.
And not the entire neighborhood.
All this sleeping around nobody is asking who got what just because it look good don't make it good. Aides don't discriminate it will get all over me just like any other body. I'm not saying that he has aides but I don't know who's sleeping with who he's sleeping with Joiner said.
You didn't answer the question Sally said.
Ok then yeah I want him but I don't need him understand me she said. Yeah girl I gotcha. I asked you that cause something made him move back in his house.
It wasn't just something, see he was on the phone with me and Val asked him who was he talking to. Well I said nobody and hung up
on him. Sally you don't talk to another woman sitting in another woman house. I could see if he was somewhere else. Sally I'm not friends with Val but that's her house.
Later in the week Paul called Joiner again. The only way I can talk to you is on the phone the voice said. Before you ask in to my house he said. What's that gotta do with anything Paul you can be in Timbuktu
you are still with somebody else. Look Paul
a lot of women need and want a good man
just one, just one man that's all.
Some of us like to be loved we want love trust, honesty, loyalty from just one man because that's what we give to that man.
We don't flirt with be with or even think about any other man when we're committed to him. And we rely on that man to do the same. Not every man is out there trying to slang it out of both dross leg and the rim
and I will wait on him. I guarantee you Val didn't start stepping out until she found out you were screwing around.
Joiner you make it sound like I'm some kinda whore like I'll sleep with anything. Aren't you Joiner said. Hell no he said if I was anything like that I wouldn't be talking to you because you wouldn't talk to me. Joiner like you said I want something nice yeah I messed up on Val but it wasn't only me it was the other person that I was with. If the other women that I was with thought like you I couldn't have messed up on Val. Don't get me wrong Joiner some of these women put themselves out there for me. I didn't make them sleep with me he said
they wanted to sleep with me.
Yeah she said maybe so but do love mean anything to you. You don't respect a woman enough to turn them down just because she is a woman. For some all they want is just that good feeling you get having sex. And for some women and men think that love making and sex is the same thing.
They think that because that's all they've ever had ever learned.
Well Paul it ain't Paul you can not make love to somebody that you're not in love with its just sex. I know that he said. Then why are you trying that with me she asked.
Paul you're a nice looking man with two kids that grown now you should be trying to set an example for your son and your daughter. The kids learn love from their parents. Look we've been talking for an hour now and you know what Paul nothing changed I still feel what I felt at the beginning of our conversation starting last week. I got to go I'll talk to later she said.
Hey Joiner he said can I call you tomorrow.
That's up to you she said bye. The phone is a big deal for a good conversation she thought.
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