by Nako
Neka’s mouth dropped, as she expected.
“I know that you thought you taking Kareem would kill me, which it did. But you did it because you didn’t think I could have kids and honestly, me neither. God had other plans for me. He heard me and my husband’s prayer.” Mahogany looked down at her rock and smiled.
She and P were faithful servants. Together, they fasted all to get what they desperately wanted from God, which was a baby. She couldn’t wait to see the smile on his face.
“That’s all I wanted… Take care.” Conversation over. Neka didn’t get a chance to say a mumbling word. She was in and out.
The crowd chanting her name brought her back to the present moment.
She motioned for the band to stop.
“I was born and raised in Florida, it’s an honor to be here with y’all…I dedicate this song as I always do to my son, Kareem, and on tonight I want to dedicate it to not only Kareem, but my unborn child.” She leaned back a tad and rubbed her stomach as tears of joy spilled from her eyes.
Her fans really went crazy, but no one was more ecstatic than Porter Bavay. He was in the owner’s suite still as a tree.
Genesis and Juice was dapping each other up, “UNCLES,” they said at the same time.
His crew jumped on his head bringing him back to life, “CONGRATS NIGGA!”
Porter had tears in his eyes as he stared down at the stage.
His baby was having his baby.
After she finished the song, she walked off the stage and right into her husband’s ears. He picked her up and spun her around.
“Baby, you for real?” he whispered in her ear. All eyes were on them.
“YES!”
Cameras flashed, recording the intimate moment between the couple.
“Are you happy?”
She asked him once he placed on her feet.
Mahogany was at the height of her career, and yeah, they were ready to start a family, but he had to question the timing of everything.
“Of course, I am, baby. You sure though? We were just talking about your next project.”
Mahogany could do both. She’d do it all. They’d prayed for this miracle.
She leaned up and took his face in his hands. “We got this,” spitting his words right back at him.
He couldn’t help but to smile and kiss her lips. “We got this.”
Mahogany: The LOVE DROUGHT Series Book 1
The End
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D I S C U S S I O N
Q U E S T I O N S
For my reader whose name I can’t remember right now but hopefully, I’ll remember to double back and get your name to insert here. LOL. She asked could I start including questions for those that are apart of book clubs. We discuss all my books in Nako’s Reading Group on Facebook, we’re an active community. You can also follow us on Instagram at @nakosreadingroup, but for those readers that still got their own thing going on… here are a few questions that I came up with. Enjoy with wine.
*What do you think initially attracted Porter to Mahogany?
*Is Burke to blame for his own demise? Could his wife have been more supportive?
*Mahogany had trust issues from the beginning, did Yara cause strife by having a meeting with her about protecting her finances?
*Did Porter need therapy after losing his family in the plane crash?
*Mahogany was a driven person, but no one could deny that Porter motivated her to want more out of life. How important to you is it to be with someone whose supportive of your dreams?
*Who was the most interesting supporting character?
*Do you think Porter trusted the people in his circle?
*Did Kim love him, or did she use him to get the family she desired?
*Why do you think Mahogany really moved to New York?
*Are you interested in reading more about Mahogany and Porter?
*Was Genesis seeking love and support from his big sister? Was he silently crying for help?
*How did you feel about the relationship between Jillian and P, did he lead her on?
*Do you think that Jillian had room to judge Mahogany?
*Mahogany was misunderstood by Carmen. Do you think that first impressions are lasting impressions?
*Do you think Porter would’ve/should’ve had that conversation with Mahogany about how much money she was making?
*Mahogany struggled with herself, were you able to relate to her?
*Porter gave love but was it hard for him to accept it from the ones closest to him?
*Mahogany was a butterfly; did you feel her growing throughout the book?
* Would you recommend this book to your friends and family?
Sneak Peek into The LOVE DROUGHT Series Book 2…
Although, this book isn’t up next...you can expect it SOON!
Introduction
“What are you saying?” her husband of seven years asked her for the fourth time or maybe it was the twelfth, honestly, she had tuned out minutes ago. Her mind was already on the new life ahead of her. She was shedding this dead weight and repairing her broken soul. By self. All Alone. The next chapter of life would be by her lonesome, and she was eager to pack her things and get going.
“Carmen” he called her name with more force than he had ever used in his little life.
That’s how she viewed everything concerning him, little. His little hands and feet, his little voice, little dreams, little ambition and not to mention his penis as well. He was small and in the past seven years of their awful marriage she had allowed him to minimize her as well.
She used to be full of life and still…on the outside looking in, things were…great.
But she wasn’t happy.
And where she was right now in life, it didn’t fulfill her. She wanted more, she expected more. And marrying at eighteen just because she was pregnant wasn’t her plans, but her parents. She refused to allow them or anyone else to dictate her doings.
Carmen was divorcing her “little husband” and moving to California and not looking back.
She had plans to become the best at whatever the fuck she decided she wanted to be.
That was her plan.
“I’m saying that I don’t want to be with you anymore, I can’t do this” she shook her head as she looked down at the ring. The ring that everyone fawned over. The ring that people swore was the prettiest jewel they ever saw yet she wasn’t impressed at all.
No thought went into the purchase.
In fact, he lacked empathy. He didn’t know what she liked or disliked, he knew nothing. Carmen had to get out of there.
Divorce or separation, she didn’t give a damn what he decided on, she was leaving regardless.
“Why?” he was curious to know what he had done wrong for her to come home from the grocery store and drop this bomb on him.
He was watching television, drinking a beer and eating peanuts…waiting on dinner to get done. It was his simple routine after work on Monday. So, what was the issue?
“You don’t work, what are you going to do Carm?” he reminded her.
That was one thing she definitely wouldn’t miss, the way he said her name. The way he looked down at her. The way he spoke to her as if she was beneath him.
From what she had learned in the past few weeks about marriage had her eyes and heart wide open. Marriage was about balance.
He didn’t do that for her, he didn’t level her out. Instead he was a weight so damn big that she couldn’t breathe.
“I don’t know yet, nor do I care, what I do know is that I’m getting out of here…tonight”
He huffed, “Oh yeah, I bet” he wasn’t about to keep feeding into this shit. Carmen wasn’t going nowhere.
She nodded her head, “Okay” she felt the same way, no longer would she stand before him wasting time. So, she backpedaled out of his man cave and walked down the hallway and made a left into their bedroom, she w
as ready to pack her things and head out.
Her son was at her brother’s house and earlier they spoke of her plans. He told her there was no rush in picking him up and Carmen thanked him a million times over.
There wasn’t anything of major importance that she just had to have tonight. Her plan was to return while he was at work at a later day in the week to really pack up her belongings.
She grabbed her toiletry bag and tossed a few pair of panties in a Victoria Secret overnight bag. After snatching her phone charger out of the socket behind the nightstand on her side of the bed, she picked up her bible and headed for the steps.
This was the happiest she had been in seven years. Seriously.
With every step she took, a lone tear fell down her face as she picked her head up and counted down the seconds until this miserable ass marriage was behind her.
“Baby?” her husband called her name from the top of the steps.
She held her breath as she turned around to see what the hell he wanted for the last time.
POW POW
POW POW
POW POW
She felt the shots, the bullets pierced her body in different places. Her husband hadn’t missed not one shot.
Images of her giving birth to her son, the degree that she never received because he rather her stay home and raise their child and memories of the life she always envisioned for herself were the last things that crossed her mind before she crashed backwards and closed her eyes as her heart beat stopped….
Coming Spring ‘19
Carmen: The LOVE DROUGHT Series Book 2.
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