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Authors: Curtis Bunn
Before she could answer, he leaned over and kissed her on the lips softly and lovingly. “What does that kiss say?”
“It says you want to make love,” Michele said sarcastically. “Some things can get lost in translation. That's why you should say it. Plus, sometimes it's just good to hear.”
“Hear this.” Solomon kissed Michele again. This time, it was not a peck, but a sustained coming together of lips and tongue and saliva. He leaned her back on the bed, and she watched as he pulled his tank top over his head, revealing his expansive chest and broad shoulders.
He smiled at her and she smiled back and the talk of saying “I love you” ceased.
“Whatever happened to that girl?” Ray asked Solomon. “You regret not having her now?”
“Regret? What's that? You make a decision and you stick to it. No looking back. But a few years ago, I saw a woman briefly who reminded me of her, and it made me think about calling her.”
“You thought about it? Why didn't you call her?” Ray wanted to know.
“Hard to say. Young, dumb. Silly,” Solomon answered. “What would've been the point? I got a job here with Coke and wasn't about to do the long distance thing. So what was the point?”
“Well, did you at least break up on good terms?” Ray asked.
“The last time I saw her, she was on the floor next to her bed, sleeping. I got up and put on my clothes and left. The next day, the movers came and I drove here, to Atlanta.”
“Wait,” Ray said, standing up. “She didn't know you were moving out of town?”
“Nah,” Solomon said, looking off. “Nah.”
“How can you just roll out on the girl like that?”
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Curtis Bunn is a national award-winning sports journalist who has evolved into one of the most critically acclaimed authors of contemporary fiction about relationships. His novel,
Baggage Check
, ascended to No. 1 on the
Essence
magazine and Cushcity.com bestseller lists. He has been featured in national magazines (including
Essence, Black Issues Book Review, Uptown, Black Enterprise, Rolling Out
) and local Atlanta media outlets (
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Fox 5 Good Day Atlanta, Fox 5 Good Day Xtra!). He has written for
Black Enterprise, Honey
magazine,
ESPN The Magazine, Hoop
magazine and others. A native of Washington, D.C., Bunn covered the NBA, NFL, Olympics, college basketball, pro baseball, professional boxing and wrote columns for
The Washington Times,
New York
Newsday
and
New York Daily News
and
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In 2002, he founded the National Book Club Conference, which has developed into a premier annual literary event for readers and authors. This bolstered his connection to hundreds of reading groups around the country. His website is
www.curtisbunn.com
and he has more than 4,600 friends on Facebook.
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A Cold Piece of Work
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
© 2012 by Curtis Bunn
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First Strebor Books trade paperback edition September 2012
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