Checkmate 3: Playtime's Over

by Tiece

  “I don’t wanna start something that I know I can’t finish.” He stated.

  “You act like we aren’t even cool anymore. I could remember a time when you wouldn’t have been able to resist me.” She flirtatiously said.

  “I could remember a time too, but that time was a long time ago.” He grinned. “And you know we’re still cool, so why you trippin’?”

  “You standing here like this shit is funny or something.” She said feeling invisible as he looked through her. Trina began to come out her clothes. She was determined to make him look at her.

  “What are you doing?” He asked.

  “I’m seeing how cool we are.” She said.

  “Come on Trina.” He shook his head. “We went through this after the party. Our whole history and shit,” he irritably stated. “That’s why I couldn’t do what I wanted to do last night. Hell, I couldn’t shake your ass.”

  “Why are you acting so cold?” She asked.

  “Look, I tried to get you back at first, but you treated a nigga like shit, like you were teaching me a lesson or something. Well, the lesson was learned when I met the dude who was fucking you. You know I don’t play about no nigga touching my goods.”

  “I just introduced y’all because we ran into you, it wasn’t like that.”

  “Well, what was it like? You coulda just spoke and kept it moving. Hell you ain’t even have to speak. Nah, you were acting like you had to introduce ol’ boy like you were proving a point.” Trina stood in silence. She knew how Brendon could get so she definitely didn’t want to push his buttons too far. “Don’t stand there and play on my intelligence like I’m a slow leak or something. You know me way better than that. So answer me… You had fucked him by then hadn’t you?”

  “Yes,” she bluntly answered. “But in my defense we weren’t together.”

  “Your defense,” he grinned. “Your defense huh?” He shook his head. “I was doing all type of shit to try to get you back.”

  “Except what I really wanted,” Trina cut in.

  “So get that nigga to marry you then!” He snapped. “Look here,” he paused for a moment. “My past is my past and I want to leave it there.” Trina sadly looked at him. “And I’m sorry, I’m not out to get you back or hurt your feelings, but you’re also my past. Please, put your clothes back on and see your way out. I have some place to be soon. Plus, my shower has been running way too long.” Trina was outdone. Her tears were on the edge of falling as Brendon left her standing there wordless.

  **********

  Mona lay peacefully under her comfortable satin covers. The only light in the room was the TV and it was muted. The house was very quiet because the babies were asleep and she knew she had to sleep on their time. Surely one of them, if not both, will not allow her to sleep through the night. She rolled over and thought about Candy, feeling the need to give her a quick call. She reached for her cell phone and dialed her number.

  “Hey Sis,” Candy answered.

  “Hey Sis,” Mona responded. “I didn’t want nothing really, just wanted to make sure that everything was good.”

  “Un-huh,” she answered. “Why you ask? Well,” she said thinking about the earlier events. “It was some shit that went down between Dee and Maurice this morning. Maurice apparently likes men.”

  “What?” Mona quickly asked. “What you mean like men?”

  “Meaning that him and Payton were sleeping together,” Candy said.

  Mona sat quiet for a moment as the words processed in her mind. “Stop lying bitch!”

  “I wish I was.” Candy said.

  “Maurice and Payton?” She anxiously questioned. “Your friend Payton? How the hell did that come about?”

  “I don’t know, but Dee went to Maurice’s house this morning and staked it out. That’s how she knew Payton was there. They were able to speak with each other and from there the truth came out.” Candy responded.

  “Kiss my ass! Wow,” she hesitated with all kinds of thoughts flowing through her mind. “That’s some bullshit right there,” Mona said. “That explains why Monty and Rico have been outside for the last hour and a half. They’re probably talking about it now.”

  “I’m sure it has something to do with it.”

  “How’s Dee? Poor thing, I know she must be livid.”

  “Yeah she’s definitely upset and feeling betrayed. I finally got a chance to speak with her before I left the house. She’s still crying, but she’ll be okay.”

  “Gurl, I know she wanna kill a bitch because I sure as hell would want too.”

  “Yeah she made some calls back home, but I hope that she’ll cool off before anything serious happens to anybody.”

  “Yeah me too,” Mona said. “Well, I gotta get me sleep, but tell Dee that it’ll be okay. I’ll call her in the morning. We have Aiden over for the night and you know Caylin barely sleeps all night as it is.”

  “You got your hands full I see. We’ll talk later,” Candy said and they ended they’re call.

  **********

  Candy was glad she and Mona hung up because she’d made it to her destination. She knocked on the door anxiously waiting to see her new playmate. The door opened and to Candy’s surprise Trina was the one standing there in a bra and panties.

  “What the fuck?” Candy asked rolling her eyes.

  Trina smiled because she knew that Candy was totally caught off guard by her presence. Hell, she was caught off guard herself by seeing Brendon’s little play thing standing there too.

  “Can I help you?” She asked as if she was doing nothing wrong then grinned with sarcasm. “Oh I’m sorry, you’re here for Brendon. Well, he’s in the shower so you’ll have to come back later. As you can see he already has company anyway.”

  Candy was steaming by this point. “Are you serious?” Candy’s voice raised louder. “I’m not going anywhere until Brendon comes out.”

  “You act like Brendon owes you an explanation about what he’s doing or who he’s seeing.” Trina stated but she was really fishing for information and trying to see just how close he and Candy were.

  “This bitch,” Candy whispered.

  “Excuse me,” Trina said.

  “Look Bitch, I didn’t come here for you!” Candy said ready to whoop some ass by this point. Brendon could hear the altercation from the bathroom as he turned off the shower water so he quickly wrapped a clean towel around his waist and rushed out. He was shocked to see Trina still there and not dressed. Candy looked at him dumbfounded and pissed.

  “Trina,” he shook his head in disbelief. “You supposed to be gone! And why the hell is your clothes still off?”

  “I wanna know what the fuck is going on and PUH-LEESE explain to me why her clothes are still off.” Candy stated.

  “Hold up,” he said directing his attention to Candy. “I hope that you don’t think that me and Trina-”

  “What,” she eagerly said. “That y’all fucked?” She asked with a slight neck roll.

  “So is this your new squeeze?” Trina cut in still not even attempting to get dressed.

  Brendon raised his voice at Trina. “Put yo muthafuckin’ clothes on before I put them on for you!” Trina eased over to put her clothes on. She knew the beast behind that tone and she knew she’d better get it together quick. Brendon wasn’t known for hitting a woman but he’d act a fool if pushed and she was definitely pushing a little too much by that point.

  “This shit is for the birds. I think I’ll leave.” Candy quickly said throwing her hands in the air.

  “No, you’re gonna stay.” Brendon commanded. It sort of turned Candy on to see him take such control over the situation and put his ex in her place. Finally, Trina slid her shoes on and walked over to the door.

  “So this is how we’re ending things?” She asked Brendon.

  “You ended things quite some time ago, remember? I’m just showing you now that I’ve moved on.” Trina looked over at Candy rolling her eyes, but then gracefully she walked out of the r
oom. She was upset and hurt, but in her mind this was far from over. She was going to fight for her man just like she did a few years back to win him over.

  Candy looked over at Brendon. She was more than happy to have seen Trina tuck in her tail and leave. She hit Brendon on the arm.

  “Who do you think I am? I don’t take orders from you.” She teased not at all feeling threatened by Trina anymore.

  “I bet you stayed,” he said walking over and kissing her around the neck.

  “Only because you look so good with that towel wrapped around you,” she grinned.

  Brendon wrapped his arms around her waist. “I am sorry about that, but she just showed up here and I thought that we had squashed things so I told her to see herself out. Unfortunately, she had other plans.”

  “Yeah plans that backfired.” Candy said.

  “Hmmm…” He smiled. “You’re here so that could only mean one thing.”

  “Maybe a few things,” she responded clinching his towel.

  “You sure you want what’s under here?” He teased.

  Candy was definitely horny so seeing what was under that towel was exactly what she wanted. “Hell yeah,” she said pulling it from around his waist. She stood there smiling at Brendon’s sexy ass naked body. “Damn.” Carrying big packages must run in the family, she thought as Brendon’s manhood screamed her name.

  “I take that as a compliment,” he said making Candy smile. She walked over to the bed, no longer contemplating if she should or shouldn’t give in to Brendon. Monty was no longer an issue since he had moved on and it was high time for her to do the same. So what if it happened to be with his cousin. Nobody had to live with her choices but her and if a bitch didn’t like then fuck them.

  ***********

  Monty and Rico were still sitting on the front porch of Rico’s house. Monty shook his head in disbelief.

  “Man, I didn’t know Maurice was like that. Who would’ve ever thought that he liked men?”

  “I don’t know, but I hope that nigga wasn’t checking me out at no time. I woulda bust that nigga shit if I’d seen him looking at me sideways.” Rico quickly said.

  Monty grinned. “You a fool with it,” he said shaking his head.

  “I’m serious though.” He grinned. “Man, all jokes aside we can’t let that man resign because of that. I mean, I hate he did that bullshit to Dee, but his personal life is his personal life.” Rico said.

  “That’s what I tried to explain to him. He’s a damn good worker and we don’t wanna lose him over this shit. Hell, if he like dick then that’s his business as long as he ain’t thinking about mine,” Monty said. “Hell, I’d have to split that nigga’s head to the white meat as much as I love some pussy.”

  “That’s why we ain’t ever met his personal assistant. She probably is a he.” They laughed as Rico looked down at an incoming text in his phone.

  I need to see you… Thick’ums

  Rico smiled as the signature Thick’ums caught his attention, because Karen was definitely one thick ass broad.

  “Somebody just put a smile on your face.” Monty commented. “I done told you about that shit.”

  “Nah, bruh, you ain’t gotta worry about that. I’m just laughing at something. I’ma be honest with you. I’m tired of that shit. I know I haven’t been a saint lately, but that shit is about to change. I love your sister and I don’t wanna lose her over no bullshit. I ain’t fucking around on her no more. I swear to God Bruh. I put that shit on my kid’s man. Fuck baby mama and her hot ass pussy. I’m done with that shit.”

  “It’s about time bruh, because I would’ve had to hate to bash your muthafuckin’ skull in too ‘bout my sister.” He joked. “But shit, I feel ya though. Hell, me and Candy had a talk earlier and I can’t get nowhere with her ass. I know I fucked up.” He paused. “I fucked up pretty bad, but damn man; she ain’t gotta treat a brother like that.”

  “She’s scorned bruh. I think you did too much to her in too little time. You better be glad she ain’t bust at your ass yet like her mama did her daddy,” Rico said.

  “You right bruh,” he said knowing all too well that he’d been dead ass wrong for fucking her over so many times. “I don’t know what I was thinking about. I just can’t be with one woman man. I might be a sex addict that likes a variety of different woman. That shit sounds bad doesn’t it, but I’ma change man. I got too.”

  “Speaking of a variety of different women,” Rico said. “What’s up with Brendon’s homegirl? She was looking good as hell at the party.”

  Monty smiled. “Kina’s ol’ cute ass,” he said. “She is fine as hell now but she didn’t look like that back in the day. Boy, time has a way of changing of things. Matter fact, I got with her too not long ago.” Rico shook his head because he knew that Monty was hell on wheels with the women. “I stopped by one evening looking for Cuz and she was in there doing inventory. I hit that ass on the bar, bruh.” He smiled thinking back at how good the moment was.

  “Damn Bruh,” Rico said. “You doing it like that? No wonder she was watching you like a hawk.”

  “Yeah, Bruh, but she called after the party and cussed me out because I was to the party with MiKayla. So I know I won’t be hittin’ that no more.”

  “Speaking of MiKayla,” Rico chimed in. “What’s up with y’all? You was all cozy with her at the party like your baby mama wasn’t even there.”

  “I don’t know Bruh. I love MiKayla, but I don’t wanna settle down with her, either. I would like to keep her on my team though, because I don’t have any trouble outta her. She talks shit, but she’ll do anything I want her too. See Candy, she don’t play that shit. She’ll cuss my ass out and slap the hell outta me.” He grinned. “I like her feisty ass, but I don’t wanna end up like Will.” He said speaking of Candy’s dead father.

  “Hell me either. That wouldn’t be a good look.” Rico grinned. “The only pussy you’ll be getting would be in heaven.”

  Monty laughed. “Or Hell,” they laughed at his comment. “Aye man, le’me get outta here. I think I’m gonna go over to MiKayla’s house. I’ll probably stay the night there. She’ll more than likely become my main chick if she keeps treating a brother so good.”

  “Damn, main chick,” Rico said. “That’s a big step bruh. Just make sure you’re ready for that because if anybody should’ve been your main chick it should’ve been your baby mama.”

  “Yeah, yeah,” Monty said walking off. “Y’all would say that.” He said knowing that it was the truth, but he was just as stubborn as Candy. “We’ll see.” He hollered back thinking that MiKayla was easily taking over because she didn’t give him grief like Candy did even through his fuck ups.

  Rico laughed at him then walked inside his house as Monty pulled out of the driveway heading over to MiKayla’s house.

  **********

  Once inside the house, Rico thought about running to the store to get a case of beer but headed down the hallway first to check on his love. He entered the bedroom to find Mona sleeping peacefully. He hated to wake her so he gently sat on the side of the bed coming out of his white Air Force One’s and slipping on his bedroom shoes. He eased off the bed then decided to make a quick run out to the store.

  Minutes later, Mona turned over on her back only to be awakened by Rico’s vibrating phone that he’d left behind. She sat up and looked over at it.

  What the hell, she thought. “Babe, your phone is going off.” She called out, but Rico didn’t answer. She didn’t want to holler to loud because the babies were asleep. She got up and peeked out of the window. Rico’s car was gone. Without hesitation she picked up his phone and read the message.

  I guess you don’t want no mo’ of this good pussy??? We miss you. Thick’ums

  Mona sat there in shock as the jittery shaking from her hand caused her to drop the phone back down on the bed. The thought of Rico fucking another woman hit her like a bolt of lightning. She stood there in disbelief while broken and speechless.

 
Realizing that he’d left his cell phone, Rico quickly made a u-turn. He pulled into the driveway and got out of his car. He walked into the house as Mona was standing there with one hand on her hip and his cell phone in the other. The look on his face was stunned when she slapped the shit out of him. He quickly grabbed at her hands, but was caught with three more quick licks upside his head.

  “Damn, what’s wrong with you?” He questioned, trying to block her quick blows that stung like a bee.

  “Whose number is 0110?” She quickly asked.