It didn't matter to Nicole although some of her mother's former beau's sometimes got her mixed up. Nicole was a shade darker than her mother, and she had Nanna's hair coloring of burnt brown hair instead of her mother's black hair. Along with that, there were some features that distinguished Nicole from her mother if one looked closely. She had a pudgier nose than Lynne and her fingers were longer with healthier nails, which Lynne kept covered with manicured faux tips. Nicole was two inches taller also at five foot six and a half.
Still people still had the tendency to mix her up and even call her Lynne, which she hated to be called.
"So tell me about how he looked in detail and if you dare say he was tall dark and handsome I'll rip your tongue out."
Nicole giggled. "He wasn't as tall as Marvin. Maybe an inch shorter, but he was definitely bigger than my uncle. He was cut and I could feel ripples when he pressed against my chest."
"Ripples? Damn, did you make him undress?"
"Let's just say, I was aware of a lot of things."
Cleo smiled wickedly. "What else?"
"He's strong. That's the reason I stopped because he was squeezing me so hard against him, but I didn't half mind. He was clean-shaven with dark blonde hair and the prettiest green eyes I have ever seen. Like jade." Her look went far away again. "He smelled like...expensive cologne and cigarettes."
"So he smokes?"
"That would be the reason why I smelled it, but he tasted like a man. A real man. Not some sweaty nasty bad breathed ass."
"I thought you said all men would taste like that," Cleo teased.
"I know I did and before I kissed him, they all did. I don't think it had anything to do with his color, either. I think he was naturally like that."
"I think you lost your mind."
Cleo closed the bag and stapled the order ticket on it.
Someone knocked on the window for change, but when the twenty came through the slot, Cleo smiled knowingly and took the bill. "I'll be out in a minute, sugar lips," she promised the old man in the long trench coat.
"I'll finish this up," Nicole said giggling as Cleo freshened up quickly.
"Thanks darling. I'll be back in a moment."
Nicole finished up the work and then sat back by the window to try to finish up her lesson. She was two months ahead of the workload, but that didn't matter to her, the sooner she finished the faster she could get out that house and when Nanna passed away, she wouldn't just be put out, but have a nice job waiting for her although she enjoyed the Laundromat business.