Memoirs of a Creole Crime Cartel

by Red Snapper

  “Brian…what a pleasant surprise…what are you doing down here in the assembly area?”

  He looked at me with the shit eating grin as he responded, “I just wanted to see my little Nubian Princess before she walked across the stage.” “I know you’re going to celebrate with me tonight right?”

  I looked at him as I tried to break free from him, “Brian…you’re hurting me…please let go,” I said as he looked at me as if he was angry.

  “I asked you a question…are you hanging out with me tonight…can’t you give me a straight answer girl?”

  I looked at him as he finally let go of my arms, “I have plans Brian…why didn’t you check with me before you came down here?”

  He looked at me with this sinister expression on his face as he replied, “Since when does a man have to check with his future bride before he shows up to see her!”

  I looked at him angrily as I replied, “I haven’t told you that I was going to marry you!”

  He replied, “Oh but you parents already have…you see you’re mine!” “I don’t care who you think you’re seeing around this fuckin’ campus, you’re my woman…REMEMBER THAT!”

  Just as I was about to curse him out, Vikki walked up to us.

  “Waynell are you alright…you look a little frustrated?”

  I looked at her as I replied, “Everything is fine Vikki…let’s get ready to take our seats.” “Brian…I need you to go back in the guest seating area…I’ll see you later okay?”

  He looked at Vikki than he looked at me with a shit eating grin as he said, “Don’t forget what I said Waynell…you know you mean the world to me okay!”

  I just smiled as he back away from us and then he eventually turned around to walk away. I stared at Vikki as I said, “Girl…you’ve got to help me get away from him…I tell you I can’t do this tonight…not with him please!”

  Vikki laughed as she replied, “Girl…I got you…don’t worry!”

  *****

  The Commencement Ceremony when well as we listened to the great speeches from our Chancellor, the Professors and especially our distinguished guest speaker. As I tried to stay focused on the festive event which was supposed to be the beginning of the rest of my life, I was sitting there worried. I just couldn’t get those awful words and that tone that Brian displayed to me tonight out of my mind. I was extremely displeased with him and I can’t believe he had the audacity to demand that I see him. The only thing that kept me sane doing the ceremony was seeing Montel sitting behind us. Every chance I got, I used it to gazed upon his chocolate slender. I craved this man and I knew if it was to be so, than tonight was it. I just had to shake away from my parents but worst of all I had to get away from that psycho Brian and his family. Lucky for me Vikki and I have last names began with an “R” which put us two seats away from each other in the ceremony so I had her near me.

  All during the ceremony I just kept thinking of Montel and how I wanted to break away to meet him. As I walked up to receive my diploma I could see my parents and Brian and his family watching. As I strolled to the received my diploma from the Chancellor, I could feel Brian’s eyes gazing at me through the crowd. I could have sworn if eyes could burn, my flesh would be burning right about now. As I continued shaking the hands of the members of the faculty, I also noticed Vikki’s mother sitting in the crowd with one of the most beautiful sisters I’d ever seen. She was dress to impress, wearing at least a $1000.00 dollar navy blue business ensemble and her silky cold black hair…wow her hair was immaculate. I thought, “I’ll have to ask Vikki who was that sharp sister with her mother.”

  After all the speeches were given and all the diplomas were passed out to the graduates it was finally the end of commencement as many of the newly degreed graduates threw their caps in the air. It was hard to believe but it was here. I finally graduated with my Pre-Law Degree. As soon as we were dismissed I immediately looked for Vikki so we could go and see briefly our families and then get ready for the after party. As I searched for her I was also afraid that I’d run into Brian so I tried extremely hard not to run into him. As I search for Vikki I saw Montel taking pictures with his parents by the podium. As I began to stroll over to introduce myself a very sexy lady walked up to him and embraced him. I stopped in my tracks as I observed the situation. She was extremely pretty and she was hanging on him like she was more than just a friend. I had to know who she was so I decided to take a chance and continued to stroll over to him. When I got there I immediately congratulated him, “Hey Montel…Congratulations on receiving Magna Cum Laude.”

  His eyes lit up as he replied, “Yeah Waynell…Congratulations to you for receiving Summa Cum Laude as well.” “You worked extremely hard to maintain your perfect GPA and you should celebrate.”

  He smiled and then immediately introduced me to everyone, “Hey Waynell…I’d like you to meet my parents…this is my mother…my papa and this is Chanel.”

  She reached her hand to greet me as she said, “Well Waynell…I’ve heard a lot about you…Montel tells me you’ve been accepted to Harvard Law…that’s awesome!”

  I looked at him and than her as I smiled, “Yes…I’ll be attending in the fall!”

  “Will you be doing any internship this summer while you’re waiting to go to Harvard?”

  “Yes…I’ll be interning for Bacon Jenkins and McPhelps in Kansas City, Missouri.”

  Montel looked at me then he put his arm around Chanel as he said, “Chanel is a super model with Belo Horizonte, based in Brazil…she stopped in on her way to Paris to do a photo shoot.”

  I looked at her as I replied, “Well…that’s awesome…I think that is so intriguing!”

  She smiled as she replied, “I know you’re going to be practicing law but you should also consider modeling yourself…you have the look!”

  I smiled at her as I thought, “Bitch…who you trying to fool!”

  With that I felt it was time for me to move on as I replied, “Well Montel…I just wanted to say congratulations again on you receiving your degree.”

  He looked disappointed as he replied, “Are you coming to the after set?” “I hope you’ll make it!”

  “Sure I plan to be there…see you then!”

  As I turned around to walk away…I never felt so crushed. I’ve been knowing Montel for three and a half years and he’d never mentioned his tramp girlfriend. That was really fucked up! As I walked over toward my parents Vikki walked to me with her mother.

  “Congratulations Waynell…I’m so proud of you and Vikki!”

  “Thank you Ms. Reynolds.”

  She looked at us as she said, “Well you young ladies enjoy yourselves at the party okay…I’ll be having dinner with my friend tonight so don’t worry about me okay?”

  “Okay mother…I won’t be out too late!”

  She turned and looked at her as she replied, “You deserve this time after all the hard work you did to get here.” “Have fun…both of you!”

  Vikki smiled as she kissed her on the cheek and said, “Okay Momma…see you later!”

  I immediately looked at Vikki and asked, “Who’s your Mother’s friend she is so awesome?”

  She looked at me as she replied, “She’s a close friend of my mother from her school days in Columbia, Missouri.”

  “Isn’t that close to Kansas City?”

  “Yep…it’s about a two hour distance from KC or something!”

  As soon as Vikki’s mother walked away, my parents walked up with Brian and his family.

  “Darling…I’m so proud of you…you’ve done it!” “Give me a hung!”

  I embraced my mother…than my papa as Brian’s mother said, “The older you get the more you remind me of someone I know!”

  My Mother looked at her baffled as she replied, “Jamesetta…I’m sure she just has that look...you know of someone that you may have seen on television or something.”

  Brian immediately interrupted, “So Waynell what’s your plans for tonight?”

/>   I looked at him as I noticed that he put me on the spot as I answered, “Well…I’m going to meet with some of my friends over at a private gathering in Marietta then I don’t know…why Brian?”

  “Well…darling (grabbing my arm) I thought we could have a quiet dinner tonight with family…together!”

  I looked at him furious as I replied, “Brian…I told you that I had plans…I’ll see you tomorrow before I leave for Kansas City okay?”

  He looked embarrass as he said, “Can you please excuse us for a minute.”(pulling me away from the family)

  Vikki was watching us as I strolled away with this bastard. We walked around the corner and as soon as we were out of sight of everyone he grabbed me by my arms and said, “Bitch…how dare you embarrass me in front of my family and yours….now you’re gonna go with me and spend some time with me…fuck your friends…YOU HEAR ME!”

  I looked at him and said, “Let go of me you bastard…I’m not going nowhere with you!”

  He raised his hand to hit me as Vikki came around the corner just in time. She immediate stepped in front of him as she said, “Waynell are you alright?”

  He gazed at her deep in her eyes as he said, “Vikki why you over here…this is none of your business…I’m trying to discuss something with my fiancée!”

  “Maybe your fiancée don’t want to discuss anything with you right now Brian!” “Come on Waynell… lets go we gonna be late!”

  Brian looked at Vikki as he replied, “How you gonna come over here and take her like that!” “Waynell…come back over here now…Waynell!”

  It took everything I had to follow Vikki as I grabbed her hand, holding on tight. I didn’t want to be with him and I was glad that she came to my rescue. As we walked away, I could hear he saying, “Aww I see how it is…you better bring your ass back to me now!”

  As we walked away Brian came running after us. But before he could do anything my Mother was coming toward us as he quickly regrouped.

  “Waynell is everything alright…Brian are you okay?”

  I looked at her as I thought, “You want Brian so much you should fuck him then!”

  Vikki and I finally made it to the car and opened the doors. As we got in the car I said, “I’ve got to do something about this damn Brian issue!”

  “Yeah…he’s a real asshole!”

  “Well girl…were about to go see your boy Montel…ain’t that good?”

  “He introduced me to his little model girlfriend…he’s not interested in me!” “Man are just dogs…he never told me about her…what if I would have gave him the trim?”

  “Maybe he was counting on you to do that!”

  “Girl…if I would have done that then I would be a hoe…I don’t want to be some one night stand!”

  Vikki looked at me as she started the car, “So what if you fucked him…you ain’t getting married to the dude!” “You need to loosen up!””Walk on the wild side every now and then!”

  “Girl you is off the chain,” I said as we drove down the street.

  The drive to Marietta was about thirty minutes as we finally drove into the mansion filled cul-da-suc. These homes were extremely valuable ranging anywhere from $500,000 to $3,000,000 million easily. We parked our car in front of the mansion as the valet came and give Vikki a ticket. We stepped out of the car and walked up entered the vestibule of the mansion.

  I felt like we were on top of the world as we stepped into the door of the party. The mansion was full of beautiful, well dressed people, as we strolled into the graduation reception. I felt like I was stepping into a dream as a few of the graduates from our class who lived in Marietta decided to host this private reception for a few choice friends so we decided to come and celebrate.

  I had spared no expensive when I went shopping for this dress. After four years at Spelman, I needed to treat myself. I removed my gown and walked into the living room to show off my curves. All I wanted to do was impress one man tonight and his name was Montel, but after meeting his girlfriend I changed my plans.

  I felt that a man with Montel’s persona demanded elegance mixed with sensuality, and that’s what I purchased: a slinky black number that oozed over my medium breasts, slim waist, and bootylicious ass. The tight black material hung off my round ass and down my dancer’s legs, a long slit up the right side revealing an eyeful of my shapely, stocking-clad leg. The party was already in full swing, the room filled with elegantly dressed men from Morehouse, Clark-Atlanta and several other campuses in the Metro area as well as women from Spelman and Georgia Tech, the soft murmur of conversation comforting to my ears. Servers in white tuxedos filtered through the dark suits and beautiful business casually dressed guests as they discussed they plans after college. The mansion’s floor to ceiling windows offering a panoramic view of the nighttime Marietta suburbascape as the D. J. was getting the party started.

  As we strolled toward the main ballroom the first persons I saw was Montel and Chanel. They were paused at the elevator as though waiting for someone to announce their arrival. As they finally strolled into the ballroom he smiled at a few people before they made their way to the bar. After they made it to the bar Chanel kissed him on the cheek and then went toward the ladies room.

  Vikki looked at me as she said, “Well there’s your chance to at least find out what’s up with him and his super model.”

  “Yeah…I guess I can at least do that huh?”

  I slowly sauntered over toward him as I thought, “I hope she knows what she’s talking about.”

  I walked over to him putting my hand on his shoulder, “Hey Montel.”

  “Hey Waynell…you like absolutely beautiful!” “Can I get you a drink?”

  “Sure…if it okay with your friend.”

  “About Chanel…let me explain…I”

  I immediately interrupted him, “Look Montel…that’s your business…you don’t have to explain to me about your girlfriend.” “It just seems funny that you never mentioned her before.”

  That’s just it Waynell…she’s not my girlfriend…she’s my cousin!” “I wanted to explain... she likes to put up this defense…she’s always protected me like that!”

  “What would you like, my dear,” Montel asked, his deep voice confident and suggestive. The dark gaze that met my hazel eyes flashed with excitement.

  “Grey Goose and Cranberry Juice on the rocks with a lime twist please,” I said, batting my long lashes. My heart fluttered and I was forced to look away, pretending to adjust my silky wavy black hair in the reflection of the window. In the reflection, I caught Montel staring into the deep scoop of my black dress, down into my shadowy cleavage. My full lips formed a soft smile. Tonight was going to be entertaining, I knew it.

  Chapter 24– Waynell

  June 2006

  Graduation After party

  Marietta, Georgia

  Finally Chanel came back to the bar as I noticed Vikki talking to some guys. Chanel smiled as she said, “So Montel finally told you who I am…huh?” “I’m sorry but I am very close and protective of my cousin…I didn’t mean anything by it…you understand right?”

  I laughed as I replied, “I know…there are a lot of strange people in the world…you can never be too careful.”

  Chanel laughed as she said, “Well my cousin…I see someone I need to speak too…so you too enjoy yourselves okay?”

  The bartender gave me my drink as we got up from the bar and began to mingle through the room. At one point, we got split up, but I made sure to keep him in sight at all times. How else was I going to tease him properly? When I was sure he was looking, I’d absently run my fingers along the bronze skin of my collar bone, or sip my cocktail suggestively, or pretend to drop something, only to bend at the waist and pick it up.

  Montel wasn’t the only one who had noticed me. I was surprised that several other men and some women were casting furtive looks in my direction as I felt their eyes on my fat ass, or caught them talking to my bosom, not my face. I didn’t mind the
attention. In fact, I got quite a thrill from it, but I had already decided that If I was going to fuck someone it would be Montel.

  I just hoped that was soon. All the teasing, all the stares, all the booze was getting to me. As I felt flushed and wet. By the time I sauntered across the room in my four-inch stiletto heels, I was brimming with sexual tension. I needed release and was suddenly prepared to be a little bit more straight-forward to get it. Vikki was watching from across the room as I ran my fingers softly across Montel’s shoulders, feigning a yawn as our eyes met and sparkled. “Are you ready to leave, girl,” he asked.

  Vikki laughed as she knew what I was up too as I adjusted the dark lapels of his suit coyly, tightening his tie.

  He smelled of expensive cologne as I looked up at him shyly and said, “Oh, I’m so ready.”

  His deep brown eyes smoldered with a lust that had been building all through the evening.

  He looked at me as he said, “Let’s say our goodbyes and we’ll be on our way.”

  All I could do was nod my head in the affirmative because I was horny, I wanted to leave now, but I knew that pretenses had to be made. I clung to his arm as he walked around the room, shaking hands and nodding goodbye. Montel seemed to sense my impatience and was probably shorter with the last few people than was appropriate, but at that moment, I didn’t care, and neither did Montel. Vikki walked over toward us as I spoke with her.

  “Vikki I’m going to take your advice…I just need…”

  She immediately interrupted, “Girl…do your thang…call me when you’re done okay!”

  As we were walking away, Vikki’s phone rang. She smiled as she waved me on.

  We stroll casually out to the hallway and into the foyer. We walked out the main entrance and strolled over to the private parking area We took the elevator to the level where his car was parked. As soon as the elevator doors closed, we were all over each other. He plastered my luscious curves against his masculine frame, as our lips came together in a fevered kiss. We French kissed for what seems like hours as our tongues dueled for dominance. I felt his hands slid up and down her body, over my hips and especially over my ass.