"Hey"
"She's such a selfish jerk."
"I can't stay there Cage."
"I didn't mean to leave my phone. I was just upset."
"Yes, your new roommate's a nice guy. He's been very helpful."
"No, don't end your date. Get her out of your system. I'll wait."
"I promise not to go back."
"She is who she is Cage."
"I just hate her," I could hear the tears in her voice again.
"No, no, really I'm fine. I just needed to see you."
"Don't. I'll leave."
"Cage --"
"No"
"Cage"
"Okay fine."
She held the phone out to me, "He wants to talk to you." This conversation was like nothing I'd expected. The girl had to be his sister.
"Hey."
"Listen, I need you to make sure Low stays there until I can get home. She's upset and I don't want her leaving. Get her one of her damn Mexican soda thingys out of the fridge.
They're behind the Bud Lights in the bottom drawer. I have to hide them from other chicks I have over. All females tend to like those nasty drinks. Turn on the television, distract to like those nasty drinks. Turn on the television, distract her, whatever. I'm only ten minutes away but I'm putting my jeans on as we speak and headed home. Just help get her mind off things but DON'T touch her."
"Ah, okay sure. Is she your sister?"
Cage chuckled into the phone. "Hell no she ain't my sister.
I'd never buy my damn sister drinks and call her back when I'm in the middle of a f**king threesome. Low's the girl I'm gonna marry."
I had no response for that. My eyes found her standing over by the window with her back to me. The long thick copper locks curled on the ends and brushed against the middle of her back. She was absolutely nothing like the girls Cage regularly hooked up with. What did he mean she was the girl he was going to marry? That made no sense.
"Keep her there man. I'm on my way."
Then he hung up the phone.
I dropped the phone on the table and stood there staring at her back. She turned around slowly and studied me a moment then a smiled broke across her face.
"He told you he was going to marry me didn't he," she said laughing softly before taking a drink of the orange soda with what appeared to have spanish writing on it.
"Crazy boy. I shouldn't have bothered him but he's all I've got."
She walked over and sank back down onto the old faded green sofa pulling her legs up underneath her.
"Don't worry. I'm not leaving. He'd rip apart my sister's house searching for me and scare the bejesus out of her if I left. I've got enough issues where she's concerned. I don't intend to unleash Cage on her."