Novels by Shekinah

She doesn’t know this man, not really - yet here she is flying to another continent with him.After the game, Lynn had hammered her with questions about her and Dash’s relationship - ‘how old was he?’ ‘how did they meet?’ ‘how long have they been seeing each other?’ ‘what does he do for a living?’ Lenny knew the answer to the age question by chance because it was in the contract - 28. She told Lynn the fake story of how they met and how long they’d been together. She surprised herself with how vivid of a picture she was able to paint regarding how they managed to keep the relationship private for all these months. She told Lynn that he was the COO of his family’s business but, failed to mention that technically he was her boss or soon-to-be if he indeed got the CEO role that this whole act was for in the first place.Lenny has lost track of the time; all she knows is that they were in the air by 9:15 in the morning and it’s been many hours since then. Thankfully, the discomfort she ha

“The best seats in the whole stadium”, Toby exclaims gleefully as the group of four make their way to their seats on the 10th row on the 50-yard line. “You didn’t have to do this, Dash”, Lynn is saying but, she is so impressed by the view up here, she doesn’t mean it. Dash has a humble smile on his face as they take their seats. “It was no problem at all. I’m a huge fan of the Knicks”, he lies through his teeth, and Lenny bursts out in laughter out of disbelief. Just as Lynn had suggested, Lenny had invited Dash out to come to see the Knicks game with them, she thought it’d be a good idea because if they were to wed soon; pretend or not, he had to at least have met her sister. Lenny had no idea he was going to put on this ‘I-love-the-knicks’ act and get them such great and expensive seats. Dash and Lenny met up earlier and then came to the stadium together to meet up with Toby and Lynn. From the look in Lynn’s eyes, her first impression of him caught her off-guard. She hadn’t ex

Finally, he’s home. The day had spiraled out of his control at some intervals but, ultimately it went well. Dash pulls into the parking lot of the gates of the private estate he had relocated to only a few months ago; around the time his mother had started to fall ill. His building; one of the modern semi-detached mansions in the estate, looks like all the others; somewhat bland of any personality. It reminds him of the home he grew up in. The one where their father was now alone; without a wife. He parks his car in the garage that contains several others; a bad habit he had; spending so much money on cars. There was the 1997 McLaren F1, the Audi A8, and his favorite - a 1955 Ford Customline that he has never driven once but, this habit was better than the previous habit he used to have; spending so much time drowning in a bottle. Dash likes the interior of the house even though he’s sure it’ll be a sore disappointment to anyone with an eye for interior design. It’s minimalistic to th

For the rest of the night, Lenny doesn’t ask Dash any questions. They eat the rest of their meal in relative silence, only occasionally talking about things that don’t matter like how good the food tastes in comparison to the fancy food at the dinner and how they looked odd being all dressed up in a fast food restaurant. After eating, he drives her home and they share an awkward goodbye before she gets out of the car and heads inside. Once she steps into her home, she releases a deep breath of both mental and physical exhaustion. She scans her tiny apartment currently devoid of her baby girl and even though she loves the peace, she doesn’t enjoy the feeling of being away from Hannah. It dawns on her that their whole lives would be different in a matter of a year. They would be able to afford a nicer apartment in a nicer neighborhood, she wouldn’t have to borrow money from Lynn anymore, and she wouldn’t have to deprive herself of so much just to put Hannah in a good school anymore. The

It took Lenny a solid 45 minutes to decide which one of the dresses to wear. The jade dress made the green in her eyes pop and it had a certain novelty to it that made Lenny feel like royalty. But the drooping back and seductive slit of the pink dress made her feel like a vixen. A rich one. All dressed and made up in simple, glowing makeup and with her hair sleek in a low bun, Lenny is now at the lavish gates which serve as the entrance to where the dinner party is already in procession - the Le fascino. Once at the gate, security personnel descends from the security gate and approaches the open driver’s window of her car. “Hello Ma’am. How may I help you?”, he asks with a southern drawl. For a second, Lenny isn’t sure if she’s got the right place because there was no signage or anything to indicate that this was ‘the Le Fascino’. It looked like private property - like a billionaire’s home. “I’m here for the charity dinner party? Hosted by the Behrt-Lehman’s”, she says and then it

Dash: So….how did we meet? Lenny:....at work? Someone introduced us but, then you got called and that was it Dash: lol. no. I mean what do we tell my family about how we met? I’m flattered you remember how we really met before the funeral though. Dash: I remember too Lenny: haha. Oh. okay, we can say we met at a work party? Dash: Nah. I don’t want to tie it to work. Lenny: dating app then? Dash: lmao. No way. No one would believe that Lenny: haha. Ok ok. We can say we met at a mutual friend’s birthday party, something like that. Dash: yh perfect and then we started talking before we realized we work in the same company. Good Lenny: How long have we been seeing each other? Dash: good one. A year? Lenny: too much. How did you manage to hide me for a whole ass year? Dash: lol. Fair point. 5 months? Or 6. It was love at first sight so it’s not weird that we’re getting married so soon Lenny: are we engaged yet? Dash: not yet. After tonight. Maybe in a week Lenny: alright