As I walked into my high school and college friend's law office, I sighed deeply. I never did anything close to illegal in my life. My cousin and myself had one mishap. I had a hook up. That hook-up happened to be...
"Chad Dupree. Tell me you didn't..."
"No, Miss Fancy, you know me better."
"Well, if you think about it..." Fancy said, pondering.
"I'm here for my cousin, okay? I'm going to keep it real. I want you to represent him. I don't care if you're a public defender or what. He's got a future. You and I go way back," I said.
"What kind?" She said.
"He raps," I answered.
"Oh, mixtape rappers. Those."
I rolled my eyes for a second and said:
"Once upon a time, not long ago, didn't you idolize a rapper because of his mentality? Didn't you idolize the fact that he came from almost nothing, just like us? You still idolize him, do you?" I said, sincerely. She nodded. After a slight hesitation, she asked:
"What's your cousin's story?"
"Well, this will be a long story," I started. "My cousin Jay and myself were close. We still kind of are. We're close knit. All of my cousins that I am close to I like to call 'the siblings I never had' due to the fact that I am an only child. As for this one, I also liked to call him my 'first tag team partner.' We used to practice wrestling moves on each other. As we grew up, we eventually went separate ways. But not too much. Recently, when Jay was at a session, we were smoking weed as a one-time thing. He took me home soon after. I lived clear across town. After he got dropped me off, police got him. So..." I shrugged.
"Damn. I respect everything you're doing for your cousin," She said.
"I said to him and his family that you're my hook-up. So, I know you're just starting, but..." I started to stand up, but got interrupted.
"Why?" Fancy said, bending over on the desk, showing her cleavage quite generously.β¨"Why? Because... I want you. Oh, and by the way... nice rack," I said, looking at it. She smiled.
"You know I got a boyfriend, right?" She said.
"Oh, is that why you haven't been taking selfies of those sexy red lips of yours?"
"Yeah, pretty much," She said licking her lips.