by Tynessa
I chuckled when she said that. I thought back on the time Tez and me got into that little fight. We laughed about the shit now, but back then, we hated each other’s guts for a woman that claimed she didn’t want neither one of our asses. No matter what, Jay and Tez were brothers that had each other’s back, so I was one lucky motha that they didn’t jump me.
“So, are you gonna call and check on your friend?”
I frowned as I glanced at her once again. “Who? Jay?” I mean, that was the only nigga I would call and check on.
“No. I mean, you can call and check on him too if you like, but I was talking about the guy that got beat up. What his name? Markus?” It was funny because Melody was serious. I wouldn’t call Mark if my life depended on it. That was some hoe ass, disrespectful shit he pulled.
I rubbed my hand down my face as I turned on her street. “Nah, probably not. I’ma call Jay tomorrow when that nigga has cooled off. But Mark and me weren’t that cool. I mean, I speak to that nigga when he’s around, but that’s about it. I can care less if he lives or dies.” As soon as the words left my mouth, Melody slapped my arm.
“Babe, don’t say that, that’s mean. Regardless if y’all are cool or not, y’all ‘work’ together. Plus, you shouldn’t wish death on nobody.”
“Chill out, you acting like I just said, oh I wish the nigga die. I’m saying, I don’t give a fuck if he does or doesn’t. He ain’t nobody I’ll just break my neck to pray for.” I was really being honest right now and I wasn’t about to pretend that I cared about Mark’s condition when I didn’t.
“Wow. That’s fucked up, Kacey. I’m pretty sure he would feel that way about… Oh my fucking God. What in the hell happened to my damn car?” Melody yelled out. I didn’t even pull all the way in the driveway before I noticed her ride was sitting on bricks. Her candy apple paint job was now covered with white spray paint with only God knows what words written on it. I looked over at her before pulling further into the driveway, wondering who’d she gone and pissed off.
“Who the fuck would do something like this to my car? Look at my damn house, Kacey,” Melody screamed as she stared at the word ‘Homewrecker’ sprayed on her garage door. I was too busy looking at her car and didn’t notice it. On her car the words, bitch, whore, tramp and slut was sprayed on all four doors. On the hood was ‘white cracker’. “What racist fucker would do something like this?” She looked at me for answers. I had none for her.
“Man, who you done pissed off? I told you to put the damn car in the garage,” I fussed as I walked around, still examining her car.
“I shouldn’t have to park my car in there. This is my house and I’ve been living here for years and nothing has ever happened to it. But all of a sudden, I start fucking with you and this happens,” Melody snarled angrily. I didn’t like where she was headed with her statement.
“What the fuck you tryna say? I had something to do with this?”
“I’m not saying you did, but you haven’t been home in a few days and your girl has been calling nonstop. You put two and two together.” She walked off, giving me something to think about. Would Rachel really stoop so low as to fuck with this girl’s car? Yeah, she made that empty ass threat but I didn’t think she would actually act upon it. I seriously think she wouldn’t go further than trying to keep the kids from me. Rachel wasn’t that damn crazy.
“Shit! Stupid bitch!” I looked up to see Melody standing at the front door, wiping her hands on her clothes. She opened the door and walked on inside of the house. Shaking my head, I walked to the front porch to find eggshell everywhere. Whoever done this to her house and car had done egged her house in the process. This was some childish ass shit, if you asked me.
I walked in to find Melody sitting on the couch crying. Her face was all red and shit. I sat beside her and pulled her into my arms. “Man, if it’ll make you feel better, I’ll ask her if she had something to do with it. I doubt she did but I’ll check and see.”
“What makes you so sure she didn’t? Like, you said she was crazy so why you feel she didn’t do it? Somebody did it, Kacey. And they did it over you! I haven’t been with anyone other than you and it’s clear that someone did this shit over a man. Hello, you have a whole damn family and being that I was called a homewrecker gives me every right to believe she did it.”
Melody was speaking the truth but I didn’t want to believe Rachel would’ve done something like this. Though she didn’t have Melody’s address, I knew she had her ways of getting it. She still had her police friends so getting something as simple as an address wasn’t hard for her to get.
Blowing out a frustrated breath, I finally said, “You right and I promise I will get to the bottom of it.” I kissed her lips. She was so upset that she didn’t even attempt to kiss me back. Pulling back, I looked into her eyes and said, “Do you trust me?”
“I do Kacey, but…”
“Ain’t no but. Do you trust me or not?” It was a yes or no question. I didn’t need no buts or her beating around the bush. I need to know if she trusted me to handle this mess.
“Yes, Yes, I trust you, Kacey.” This time, she kissed me. After our passionate kiss, I pulled back.
“Good. I promise, I will handle everything and if she had something to do with it, I’ll pay to get your car fixed myself.” I was getting paid more since Tez and me had let go of that beef shit, so I had no problem getting her car fixed if Rachel had something to do with it. If Rachel said she didn’t then Melody was on her own. Yeah, I might’ve had grown feelings for her but I wasn’t a fool. I wasn’t about to pay for shit that didn’t have anything to do with me.
“But it’s not like she’s going to tell you that she did it, Kacey.”
“Believe me, if she did it, she’ll have no problem with telling me.” Now I can say this, Rachel wasn’t the one that would throw the rock and hide her hand. When she did something, she had no problem with owning up to it—whether it was wrong or right. “Go pack a bag. We’re getting a room until I find out what’s going on.” Melody sighed as she got off my lap and went to do what I said. While she was gone, I sent Rachel a text.
Me: Hey, I’ll be by the crib tomorrow to see the kids. I need to talk to you about something anyways.
She texted back right away.
Rachel: Don’t bother! You have no kids at MY house and we don’t have shit to talk about. Stay where you been!
I wasn’t even about to entertain her. I just slid my phone back in my pocket and waited for Melody to come back out.
Chapter 23
Quintez
Truthful Lies!
It was about a quarter after eleven when I woke up. Reaching under my pillow, I grabbed my phone. I had a few missed calls but none were important. Grisela had even called but being that she didn’t have my daughter, I didn’t feel the need to rush and call her back. I knew that more than likely she wanted to talk to Jazlyn so I would just wait until I picked her up to call back. I checked the few text messages I had before texting Tang.
Me: Hey… Just checking on my lil’ mama. Is she good?
I laid here for a little while thinking it would be a minute before she texted back, but she replied right away.
Tang: Good morning. She’s good… Actually, we just walked in from the store. The diva said she wanted pancakes so I went out to get what I needed to make them. You’re welcome to join us if you like.
I bit down on my bottom lip because pancakes did sound good right about now.
Me: Thanks but I’ll pass on that. I’ll be there to get her in about an hour and a half. That’ll give y’all enough time to finish cooking and eating. Text me your address.
I already knew where she lived, but I didn’t feel like getting into all that ‘how I knew’ bullshit. Plus, I didn’t want her to think I’d been asking about her or no shit like that.
Tang: Same building, same apartment!
Once she texted me back, I slid my phone underneath my pillow and got up. I walked over to my dress
er to grab a pair of boxers and headed to my bathroom that was located inside my room. I brushed my teeth, washed my face and took a quick shower. Thirty minutes later, I was walking out feeling refreshed. After I was dressed in a pair of tan cargo shorts, a black t-shirt with ‘straight outta Atlanta’ written on the front in red with my black and red Nike Air Max, I grabbed my car keys, phone and hat, then headed down the steps.
I shook my head when I noticed my brother was asleep on the couch.
“Aye nigga! You do know it’s two extra beds upstairs, don’t you?” His big ass was balled up on that little ass loveseat.
“Man, what time is it?” Jay asked me as he threw his hand over his face and turned over. He then kicked off his shoes and placed his hands between his legs as if he was freezing.
“It’s after twelve. Go get in one of those beds upstairs. I’m ‘bout to head to Tang house to get Jazlyn. I’ll get you something to eat while I’m out. Get yo’ ass off my couch and go upstairs.” That was the last thing I said before walking out the house without waiting for a reply.
I wasn’t trying to be funny, nor was I trying to be mean but I didn’t understand why his big ass chose to sleep on the couch instead of one of the beds that were upstairs. Then again, Jay would do dumb shit like that.
I wasn’t trying to be in his and Asia’s business, but I felt I needed to go by and check on her. I mean, things were really fucked up last night and I wanted to make sure she was straight.
Pulling up to the house, I grabbed my tool and got out, making sure to check my surroundings. Didn’t know what this nigga Mark was capable of.
I’d been standing out here knocking for almost three minutes before she decided to come to the door. I knew she was here because her car was still parked where it was yesterday.
When she opened the door, she sighed and said, “Oh, hey Tez,” then walked off, leaving the door opened for me to enter.
“What’s up? I came by to check up on you. You good?” I walked into the living room to find Asia now laying on the couch.
“No I’m not good! He wouldn’t even answer my calls last night and now it’s going to the voicemail. Where did you drop him off at, Tez? Please tell me it wasn’t a female’s house,” she said. I felt so bad for her. She sounded like she was on the verge of crying. If I would’ve dropped him off at another chick’s house, she would never know that.
“Nah.” I shook my head. “Nah, he stayed at my house last night.”
Asia jumped straight up when I said that. “I have to go talk to him.” I grabbed her ass because she was not about to go over there only to get her ass beat. Jay wasn’t about to kill this girl up in my house.
“No fuck you ain’t! Y’all ain’t ‘bout to fuck up my shit. Just give him some time to cool off. He’ll be back.”
“No he won’t Tez, and you know it. I fucked up… I fucked up big time.” Sitting back down, Asia placed her head in her hands and cried. I honestly didn’t know what to do. I don’t know if I should console her or what. “All I had to do was tell him. I should’ve told him when it happened.”
“Yeah, you should have. Especially when you found out you was pregnant by him. Like, what the fuck?? If you gone cheat then protect yo’ self,” I fussed. I really didn’t understand why muthafuckas cheat and didn’t think to wear condom. Shit was stupid to me.
“I didn’t cheat on him though. Yes, I should have never slept with Mark but I didn’t cheat on Jay’vion and it was only one time. It was years ago and we had been broken up for a little over two months. I was at Tan’s house when Mark stopped by. We started talking and next thing I know, we were in the bathroom. Tez, I swear it all happened so fast that I didn’t have time to think about what I was doing. A month later, Jay and me got back together and it was the day I found out I was pregnant. Instead of telling him like I should have, I waited a couple of weeks and had him thinking the baby was his.”
I was still trying to wrap my mind around Mark going over Tan’s house. What in the fuck was he going over there for? I wondered.
“But why you do all that instead of just telling him? Things would’ve been a lot better. You didn’t even have to tell him who you were pregnant by but even if you did, it wasn’t shit he could’ve done about it. You just said y’all wasn’t together.”
“Yes, it probably would’ve, but you know how Jay is, Tez. He would’ve did exactly what he done last night, whether we were together or not. Jay could do whatever to me but I couldn’t do shit. Before getting with Ke’unta, whenever Jay and me broke up, I still wouldn’t look at another man. I would just sit at home crying over him until we got back together. I think in a way, I wanted him to hurt like he continued to hurt me, but when it was all over I wished I could take it back. You can’t sit here and tell me that if he knew I was pregnant with another man’s baby, he would’ve taken me back.”
“I mean, if he knew you was pregnant by Mark, I don’t—” I started but she cut me off.
“I’m talking about any man, not only Mark. Jay would’ve still felt disrespected and it’s crazy. But when he told me that he got another bitch pregnant, I was hurt but you know what I did, Tez?” she asked, but before I could ask her what, she said, “I politely smiled and told him that the past was the past. We put that shit behind us and haven’t brought it back up. And he was the one that cheated on me.”
I felt so sorry for this chick because Jay was stubborn as hell. I mean, if I was in his shoes, I would be hurt no doubt, but I wouldn’t be trying to call off my damn wedding until I talked to her. Like, right now, he’s sitting over my house thinking her and Mark was still fucking around and not knowing that it happened when they were broken up, and only once.
“Don’t worry, shawty. I’ll go have a talk with my brother and trust, that nigga will be over here within a day or two.” When I said that, she gave me a weak smile.
“Promise?” she asked with teary eyes.
“I promise. In the meantime, take this time out to get yourself together. Don’t let him see you weak and crying over him. Yeah, I know you hurt but continue to smile and plan that expensive ass wedding y’all about to have.” That had her ass cheesing hard as hell. The wedding party might’ve been small, but she had some expensive ass shit going on. Hell, even my tux alone ran me one-thousand bucks and some change.
After making sure Asia was straight, I headed to Tang’s to get my baby girl. I still couldn’t believe I’d let her spend the night last night. Tang was one lucky heifer because I didn’t do that shit. As I knocked on her front door, I shook my head.
Boy oh boy, it was some fun memories in this apartment, I thought, when she opened the door for me to come inside.
“I just put her down for a nap. I guess she ate too much,” Tang said with a laugh. I just smiled because my lil’ fat mama could be greedy at times.
“Yeah, her lil’ fat ass is greedy. How was she?” I continued to stand there at the door as she walked off.
I guess she realized I wasn’t following her because she turned around and said, “Um, you do know that you don’t have to stand there, right?” She gave a light chuckle before saying, “I don’t bite and you of all people should know that. Now bring your ass on in here while I get her ready.”
I walked behind her as I smiled and shook my head. “Shid, I didn’t want you to try to rape me in this muthafucka,” I teased as I watched her ass jiggle in the thin sweat pants that she was wearing. I had to adjust my lil’ man inside my pants to keep that shit from poking out.
“Oh, trust and believe I don’t have to rape you and you know that. Please don’t flex, Quintez, because you have you a little girlfriend.” The attitude in her voice didn’t go unnoticed.
“Girlfriend? I ain’t got no damn girlfriend, I laughed. “Where did that shit come from?” Obviously, there was some shit she wanted to get off her chest because otherwise, she wouldn’t have said anything. I was confused though. I had been sleeping with this one chick, true enough, but it wasn’t like I took her
out or anything where folks could see us. So I had no clue as to how Tang could’ve known about her.
“Humph, so you have random chicks answering your phone and shit?”
“Girl, stop yo’ lying. Ain’t nobody even came close to answering my phone. You tripping.” I brushed her off because I wasn’t about to go back and forth with her over this shit. I know I hadn’t slipped up like that and she wasn’t about to make me believe I had. Plus, if I did have a girlfriend and she answered my shit, who was Tang to question me about it?
“Aight, think I’m lying if you want to,” was all she said as she disappeared inside her bedroom. I wasn’t about to ask no damn questions because I knew nobody answered my phone and I really think Tang was just lying to make it seem that she called when she didn’t. I wasn’t about to play her games though. I came over to get my daughter and once I did that, I headed back home.
Chapter 24
Rachel
Shots Fired!
I swear I hated the ground Kacey walked on. I had begun to hate his ass with a damn passion. The no good son of a bitch hadn’t been home to check on me or his kids but once since he brought Kassidy and me home from the hospital. That shit wasn’t right. And I didn’t like how he was blowing us off for that skinny white bitch. I guess since Tan didn’t want his ass, he had to go after a white woman. Anything to keep his ass from staying here with me and our kids. What a disgrace to society! He’d rather be with her no ass having self than me.
Shit, I’m still in shock from the first time I saw her walk out the house with him. The bitch must have a little money because there isn’t no way in hell Kacey would choose her pale ass over me. Yes, I was a little on the plus side, but that hoe didn’t have shit on me.
As I lay on my couch with my daughter resting on my chest, I heard the locks being unlocked. I didn’t have to turn around to know it was Kacey because he was the only one that had access to my house. I hear him disarm the alarm and I waited for him to walk inside the living room where I was at. I wasn’t going to even say shit to him. I just wanted him to get his clothes and get the hell out my house.
