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“Huh?” Carla turned to Pricilla. “What?”

“You said Lennox running for office was pretty brave.”

“You do know who his father is, don’t you?”

Pricilla thought for a minute. “Point taken.”

Carla nodded as her phone rang. Removing it from her satchel, she smiled and answered it on the second ring.

“Yes, ma’am.”

“So, you’re just not going to call me and tell me how your first date with that fine-ass man went after I told you to?”

Laughter speared from Carla’s mouth. “I was eating lunch, thank you very much.”

“And?”

“And, can’t a sista eat lunch?”

“A sister can eat and talk, can’t she?”

“That’s kind of rude.”

Tina sucked her teeth and popped her mouth. “Please. You’re playing now.”

Carla shook her head, a broad smile on her face, and she rolled her eyes over at Pricilla.

“It was a great date. Informative. Intentional. I gained a lot of clarity.”

“Oooh, I like clarity.”

Carla snickered. “Girl, what am I going to do with you?”

“Love me to pieces. Now hurry up and tell me about it before you try and rush me off the phone under the pretense of your lunch being over.”

Carla laughed louder. She’d just sneaked a peek at the time.

“Okay. To make a long story short…”

“Mmhmm, don’t pause, continue!”

Carla was in a fit of laughter.

“Oh, you playing games with me.”

“Hey, would you look at that? My lunch break is over!”

“I will send you to hell if you do this to me.”

More laughter.

“I’m not playing with you, Ms. Jones!”

“Okay, okay, calm down, dang.”

“For your information, we are dating, okay?”

Applause echoed through the line. “Okay, kay, kay!” Tina shouted.