Teach Me Tonight

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“Tamara,” he prompted, touching her arm lightly.

“Huh?” Embarrassed, she glanced up to find him and Sunni watching her.

“I’m sorry, were you saying something to me?”

His brown eyes met her hazel-green ones, probing to her very soul. “Tamara, I asked if you wanted something to drink.”

“A glass of white wine please.”

Micah signaled a waiter and placed their orders.

They stood for a moment in uncomfortable silence until Sunni stated, “I see someone I need to speak to, honey, but I won’t be long. Please excuse me.”

“I’m glad we have a few minutes alone,” Tamara began as she tried to force her confused emotions into order. “I would like to sit down with you and talk, Micah. There’s a lot I have to tell you.”

“So talk,” he responded, his expression a mask of stone.

Taken aback by the coolness of his tone, Tamara quickly noted that Micah was no longer the same man she knew all those years ago. He had changed.

“Micah, this is supposed to be a party,” she reminded him with a nervous chuckle. “I don’t want to do this here, but I do want to talk about this another time—maybe tomorrow if you’re not busy.”

He did not respond immediately.

Their drinks arrived.

He handed her the glass of wine.

“Thank you,” she said and took a sip. “Mmm…this is good.”

Again Tamara’s words were met with silence.

She released a short sigh of frustration. “Micah, will you please talk to me?”

“Tamara, what are we supposed to be talking about? You really haven’t said anything.”

She took a deep breath and adjusted her smile. It was clear that Micah wasn’t going to make this easy for her. “Okay…Well, let’s talk about Justice. First off, I really want to thank you for allowing me to go on tour with him. This opportunity is going to guarantee my position as the feature writer for the entertainment section of Luster magazine and take my career to the next level for sure. This is my trial run so I really can’t mess this up. Micah, I’ve got some great ideas about this story and I—”

“Actually, I’m glad you brought that up,” Micah stated. “I’ve changed my mind. After further consideration, I’ve decided that the interview may not be a good idea for my artist. As you know, Justice Kane has come a long way from being that thug from the ATL, and I’m just not sure it makes good business sense to bring his past back up. You were planning to write from the hometown bad boy gone good angle, weren’t you?”

Tamara finished her glass of wine in one swallow. “You can’t be serious about killing the article, Micah. Justice has come a long way from the person he used to be—why not write about his journey to the man he is now? His story would inspire others, don’t you think?”

His hard gaze met hers. “I’ve never been more serious in my life.”

Chapter 4

I’ve never been more serious in my life.

She had said those very same words to him ten years ago. In fact, they were the last words she had spoken to him on graduation night. Right after she told Micah that she would never date someone like him.