Flipping Billy onto her back, he began to pull her T-shirt over her head. Erect nipples taunted him through the fabric of the sports bra she was wearing, causing a throbbing in his groin. Using both hands, he pulled the bra up over her breasts and admired them. Billy had breasts the color of honey and nipples like milk chocolate. His mouth sucked at them greedily as she purred under the sensation.

Neither of them were sure when it happened, but at some point they both ended up on the floor as naked as the day they were born. Wild hands explored nude flesh without pattern or destination. She reached down and pulled on his dick, appreciating the hardness and length.

“Be easy. I haven’t had sex in almost two years,” she warned him.

“I will,” he said. Marcus ran his fingers across her pussy and they came up soaked. Not being able to hold back, he attempted to enter her, but Billy stopped him.

“Aren’t you forgetting something?” She looked down at his unprotected penis.

“My fault,” he said, rolling off her. Marcus snatched a condom from his pocket and reassumed his position. He rolled the condom on, careful to make sure it was done correctly to lessen the chances of it breaking. Using his thumb to navigate, he tried to penetrate Billy. Just getting the head in was like trying to fit an elephant into a doghouse. She hissed in his ear and dug her nails deep into his back, but never asked him to stop. When he finally managed to work his penis in, it was pure heaven. He could tell she wasn’t bullshitting about not having had sex, because the pussy was way too tight for her to be fronting. His forced entry was halted when he looked down and saw tears in the corners of her eyes.

“I didn’t mean to hurt you,” he whispered.

Billy reached up and touched his face. “Baby, these tears ain’t got nothing to do with pain.” Billy pulled Marcus back down on top of her and they made passionate love. It had never once occurred to them that Yoshi might come out of the bedroom and catch them. In truth, it didn’t matter. That night the balance was restored to two lives.

36

When Paul got off the elevator the first thing he heard was the loud music. The walls were damn near vibrating from the bass coming out of Rhonda’s house. Rounding the corner, he found himself engulfed in a cloud of weed smoke. Kelvin and some dudes Paul didn’t recognize were standing in the hallway, passing a blunt.

“Uncle Kel!” P.J. squealed, running to the young man.

“What up, li’l dude?” Kel rubbed his head. “What’s popping, Paul?” he addressed Rhonda’s former lover.