He Didn’t Have Much to Say About the Dinner Other Than, ‘I Fell in Love’

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times DEBORAH AND BRANDON ROBINSON Live: Pinson Married: Sept. 23, 2023 Met: March 2021, at Viking’s Motorcycle Club in Birmingham. Brandon’s brother, Micheal Williams, and Deborah’s twin brother, Derrick Douglas, are members and had been Deborah manning the grill for the club’s cookout. “I met her smelling like BBQ smoke,” Brandon laughed, “as soon as I saw Deborah, I knew she was going to be the one. My brother, Michael introduced us, [which was notable] because out of all the women there, she was the only one he pointed out. I started trying to talk to her and told her she was looking good and asked her for her number, but at first, she was acting like she didn’t want to give it to me…” As the night went on, an opportunity was presented, Brandon said. “Deborah had to go pick up her mama and I asked her if I could take her to get her so we could ride around and get to know each other,” he said. “… he acted like a real gentleman, he didn’t approach me like any other man, and he had a lot of respect about...