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    Tales From Sha-Hair-Azad

    By Najya Yasirah


    Why Women Go To The Bathroom Together - Chapter 13



    Kate and Reyjah excused themselves to the powder room. Deuce and Antoine sat at Deuce’s table that was closest to the dance floor.  “So…Antoine, I take it she’s not one of your ‘clients’?” Deuce had tried to be a manwhore once, but he decided that slinging his sac around was not the best way to make money. Antoine, however was an internationally known, gigolo. In fact, other prostitutes in LA feared him. Antoine gulped his white wine. “No…she’s really my hairdresser,” he said casually. “Yeah, I noticed your hair…it looks good,” said Deuce, drinking a martini.  “Thank you, Reyjah has much talent with the scissors.” “And she can sing, and she can dance, and she’s alluring, and sweet…”Deuce hinted. “Where is this going Deuce?” said Antoine. “I’m saying, maybe she’s your one…you know the woman that makes you want to hang up your manwhoring ways and settle down,” Deuce explained.

    “So you cut Antoine’s hair?” said Kate as she applied fresh, softened red lipstick. “Yep,” said Reyjah as she twirled one of her wisps around her finger. “It looks great,” said Kate, smiling. “Oh, here you go,” said Reyjah giving Kate one of her business cards. “You can come tomorrow, if you want,” she offered. “This is so funny, I work for a hair transplant doctor,” said Kate. “Be cool if we went in business together,” said Reyjah. “I’ll cut it, and you transplant it.” They laughed.

    “I tried to tell her, Deuce, but she didn’t believe me,” said Antoine desperately. “And if I stopped manwhoring, how would I keep my mansion, my car, my fish tank…” He stopped when he saw Kate and Reyjah approaching the table. “We’re baaaaack!” said Reyjah as they sat down beside their respective dates. “So, Has Antoine told you all the dirt about me, Deuce?” she asked. “Like how I dance when I do hair, and how I am constantly making him laugh?” “Antoine, you laugh?” said Kate. “I had this man in hysterics,” Reyjah nudged Antoine.  “Yep, he’s my new buddy!”  Antoine’s heart fell at the word “buddy”, but he smiled anyway. Obviously Reyjah did not realize his attraction to her.  The music changed to a tango. “Oh, we gotta tango, Antoine!” said Reyjah pulling him up.  She led Antoine out to the dance floor.  Kate and Deuce were amused by her zest for life.  “I have never seen Antoine so smitten, before in my life,” said Kate.  “Does she know…?”  “He said he tried to tell her but she didn’t believe him,” said Deuce.  They watched as Antoine and Reyjah danced in perfect harmony. “I hope she doesn’t find out the hard way,” said Deuce. Kate nodded.

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    “Okay Kate, I’ll see you tomorrow at 10:00!” Reyjah confirmed. She and Antoine waved goodbye to the Bigalows.  Antoine walked Reyjah to her Navigator.  “This is a nice SUV,” said Antoine as he opened the door for her. She eased off her shoes and put on her blue and silvers Nikes. “Thank you, I tell you, my feet are cussing me out!” she declared as she threw the Jimmy Choo’s in the backseat.Antoine looked inside. “Nice interior, you must have worked sleepless nights for this!” Reyjah felt guilty, but why did he have to know that she was a millionaire? She would probably never see him again, anyway. “Thanks,” she said laying her head on the steering wheel.  “I had a splendid evening,” she said.  He took her hand, “As did I,” he confessed. “I am sending you three customers, be on the look out,” he said. “You did?” she jumped out of the Navigator and into his arms. She hugged him tightly. Antoine almost fainted. His hands roamed up and down her back. He wanted to rip that dress off so badly. She stepped back. “You are the bestest ! she declared. She gave him a kiss on the cheek; he almost melted.  As she hopped back in her vehicle, she said, “You wanna come to my place, learn a little more about me?” she asked innocently.  Antoine smiled in relief. “I’ll let you lead.”

    Tales From Sha-Hair-Azad - Chapter 14