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Even Levin had stopped when he saw me.
He looked me over, gave me one of those little nods and said, “Nice to see you back here.”
“Nice to be back.”
“Doctor cleared you?”
“To be here? Yeah.”
“To dance?”
I sucked my teeth.
“No.”
“Then don’t, I mean it, Heather.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
His face went blank.
I laughed.
“Don’t fucking play with me.”
Before I could walk off, Tyler came up beside him.
“Well, look who finally decided to bring her ass back to work.”
I smiled. “You missed me?”
“Missed the money you make us.”
“Same thing.”
Tyler laughed and hugged me.
“You good though? Baby good?”
“Yeah. Collin’s good.”
“That’s what’s up.”
Then he looked me up and down.
“Damn. You just had a baby?”
“See? Thank you. That’s how you welcome somebody back.”
Levin sucked his teeth. “I said nice to see you.”
“With that dry-ass delivery.”
“That’s just his face,” Tyler said.
“Fuck both of y’all,” Levin said.
I laughed.
