Chapter 12

"Come on, let's dance" he grabbed my hand and we joined the crowd of people. I wasn't a dancer but dancing with Seth didn't make me feel too bad about myself. I was happy. I don't need a man to be happy. I was applying eyeliner when my phone beeped on the dresser beside me. Ignoring it, I continue putting on my makeup. Seth was going to be here any minute and I was way behind time. I can't believe I actually agreed going out with him a second time, but I had a really good time last week at the club. Seth Parker knows how to have fun and I needed someone like that in my life. Not that Iris isn't fun, but she wasn't single which meant she was always unavailable. With all these cases that I am working on, I need to get loose now and again, and Seth Parker seemed like the right guy to get loose with. Maroon 5 ft Cardi B- 'Girl Like You' started playing on my phone, it was my new song obsession and also my new ringtone. I reach over and pick up my phone. Speak of the devil and he shall call. Putting my phone on speaker, I placed it back on the dresser. "I'm in the parking lot of your apartment." His voice sounded chill coming through the speakers. "I'm coming, give me two minutes," I said while looking for my matte lipsticks. "Okay, ten minute it is." I rolled my eyes at his statement. "I'll be there in a few." Finding my LA girls matt lipstick, I quickly open it and start applying it to my lips. "Decades or centuries." I jeer at myself. I wasn't that bad. I'm only a few minutes behind and that was because I totally forgot about him coming to pick me up tonight. "You know if you keep talking to me, it makes me move slower" He hissed teeth a little then respond, "Of course, I forgot women are terrible at multitasking." Before I could answer the line went dead. I rolled my eyes at his sexist comment. Everyone knows women are better at multitasking. I place the lipstick back in my makeup bag and start packing up the other stuff. When I was finished, I stand in front of the mirror and looked at myself. My makeup was simple and not cake faced. I look good. I moved away from the dresser and walked over to my bed taking a seat. I bent over and start putting on my heels that were at the foot of my bed. Standing up, I tug on my black dress because it slid up when I sat down. Grabbing my purse from off my bed, I exit my bedroom. "Bye, babies," I said to my dog and her sleeping pups. I took the key from my key stand and close the door behind me. I walked over to the elevator and pressed the down button. I did a silent prayer hoping that the elevator was empty when it came but god didn't answer it. When the elevator doors slid open Woody, a guy that lives on the 13th floor was in there. He smiled when I walked in. "You looked great. Girls night out?" I looked across at the thirty-something-year-old man and offered a fake smile. "No, I'm going out with a friend." "A male friend?" And this just one example why I hate elevator talks. Don't get me wrong, Woody was a nice guy, but he talks way too much for a man. I always left the elevator knowing way more than I should. "Yes, He's male." "Ah! So where are you guys going?" Maybe because he was single he didn't have anyone else to annoy so he choices to disrupt his neighbour's silence. "No idea. He plans, and I just go." "You trust him like that?" Nodding my head, I answered, "Yes, I do." "How long have you known him?" Why do you care? I mentally sigh. I look up at the reader, we were on the 6th floor, almost there. "I've known him since High School." "Ah cool!" he stayed silent for a while, so I know he was finished asking the questions now it was my turn. I looked over at the blond. "So, what about you, where are you going?" "I'm going to Walmart and then go look for my girl." "Ohhhh, you're going to get some sexy time," I said in a fruity voice and a smile on my face. So he wasn't single after all. "No, I'm going to look for my daughter." The smile off my face was gone immediately. I didn't know he had a daughter. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know you have a daughter, I just.." before I could completely sentence the elevator stops. "See you later," I look at his as I exit the elevator, but his face was no longer smiling but black. I quickly walked away from the awkward scene. They must be something going on to make his facial expression change in a matter of seconds. I shake my head, I can't think about the unhappy look on my neighbour's face right now, I need to go out and have fun tonight because today is going to be one hell-a-of day. Pushing the last lobby door open, I exit the building and walked over to the parking lot. I spot Seth's Honda. I walked over to it, Seth was on his phone, so I knocked on the passenger window to get his attention. When he turned and saw me his pearly white teeth start showing. I rolled my eyes and smiled, I couldn't help it, his smile was contagious. When he opened the door, I entered. "Ready to try something new?" I looked over at him with a slight smile on my face. "Depends on what that something new involves." He smiled at me before giving his full attention to the car. After he started the engine, he spoke, "You'll love this." ..........