We met at a party in East Atlanta. Brenda, one of my best friends, was having a housewarming get-together and I had been coerced into attending. Body parts had been threatened. She had just married her childhood sweetheart, Melissa, in New York, and they were enjoying a hers and hers moment. There were a lot of people there I didn’t know. It had been a long dry spell for me at this point and I wasn’t in a rush to meet someone new, but s*x was always good. Brenda, it turned out, had other ideas. I bet she regrets it now.
Anyway, by the time I arrived, the party was in full swing. I gave Brenda and Melissa hugs and kisses and congratulated them on the house.
“It’s beautiful, just like the two of you,” I said with a wink.
Brenda rolled her eyes. “Whatever, Cole. You just want me to introdu
