“So what are you going to do for a brother you woke up in the middle of the morning that has a serious hard-on from listening to his wife tell him about another man looking at her like she was a chocolate sculpture he wanted to eat.”
“I didn’t say that, Raphael.”
“It was close enough ’cuz that turned me on, Baby.”
“You’re a naughty boy. I’m telling you about some guy from the past who gave me the heebee jeebees when I saw him today, and you’ve got the nerve to turn it into your own sexual fantasy.”
“Baby, I’m glad you’re all right, but you know how you do me. Now if you would slide those fine voluptuous hips of yours through the telephone cables, you’d make a brother real happy.”
“Now, Colonel, I’m not that kind of girl. What would your troops say?”
“They’d say, ‘do it, Colonel. Go on and get your twenty-one gun salute—boom-boom, boom-boom.’ And you know I’m gonna try.”
“Aren’t you afraid that you might be reported to your superiors?”
“Sister, I say lay it on me. I’d do fifty push-ups right now, if you were going to set me free. I’m all alone in this dark room, undressing you with my mind, throwing kisses all over your body, feeling every crevice of your being…”
“Well, Colonel, umm…umm, if you don’t tell nobody, I for sure won’t. There might be something I can do to make your dream come true. Your wish is my command.”
“Talk to me.”
14
A good night’s sleep was all Mimi needed. Making love to her husband over the telephone had erased the tension that had built up in her body. She slept like a baby. But now, as she lay face up on the bed, the desire for her husband returned.
Mimi closed her eyes and let Raphael’s sensuous and erotic teasing echo in her brain. She could still feel his breath as he hissed into the phone. Mimi hugged herself, longed for his touch, the feel of his hands and lips all over her body. A small moan left her mouth as she recalled a moment when their lovemaking had been so intense. It was as if Raphael was on an assault mission in the jungle searching for the enemy, the thrill of the hunt pumping his adrenaline. Stalking the enemy with his savage, lustful words spoken only for her ears and she, intoxicated and unable to bear another moment of his grueling attack, found Mimi’s hands thrown up in total surrender. She shuddered as the memory made her have her own private earthquake.
Mimi’s eyes flew open at the sound of the telephone. Maybe it was Raphael calling, still under the cloud of their early morning tryst. She searched for the phone that had somehow fallen off the bed and found its way to the floor, the caller still intent on being heard. Mimi looked at the time and gasped. It was nine in the morning, and Brenda was the caller.
Her first thought was to not answer. Mimi wasn’t in the frame of mind to talk to Brenda. In fact, the call had already spoiled the pleasure she’d derived from her instant replay of the phone sex she had with her husband, and that pissed her off. Maybe she could fall asleep again and recapture the moment, the aura with a couple of new twists and turns, like Taye Diggs did in the TV series, Daybreak.
The persistent ringing of the phone caused Mimi’s finger to press the TALK button. She sat up, scratched her head before speaking. “Hey, Brenda,” Mimi said in a low voice that seemed far away.
“Umm, is this a bad time?” Brenda asked cautiously.
“No, no, I was awake. Didn’t sleep well last night but finally found the right spot at about five this morning.” Mimi wasn’t sure why she lied to Brenda, but it was too early to be confiding in her; especially since they hadn’t reestablished their friendship and the culprit for her anxiety was Brenda’s husband. The truth was that after Raphael had whipped it on her with his tongue lashing, she had slept like a baby. But Brenda didn’t need to know that.
“I only wanted you to know why I was a no-show yesterday and that I was sorry.”
Mimi choked on her own spit. She wasn’t sure what she was supposed to say since she had also been a no-show. Did this mean that Brenda had chickened out as well? She hesitated and then found what she believed were the