“Holy s**t!” Br’er exclaimed later that evening when Ray told Br’er and Mazie of his bizarre afternoon with his daughter and her lover.
“Of course, Alex can be a nickname for Alexandria as well as Alexander but I never dreamed when Adrienne talked about Alex, she was talking about a woman.” Ray said. “Adrienne seems to think she’d made it clear. But for the life of me, I can’t remember ever thinking anything except that Alex was a guy. Adrienne was totally surprised that I didn’t know. At first she thought I was making a joke, because I asked if Alex couldn’t make it when I saw a woman standing in the doorway.”
“So, did you tell her about us?” Br’er asked eagerly.
Ray dropped his eyes and scratched his forehead. “Uh…no.”
“Oh,” Br’er said, his voice going flat.
“Why the hell not?” Mazi
