“Get your shit and let’s go,” I said.
She walked away from the door, and when she did, there was a spot of blood on the door from where her head just was. I pulled her by her arm, turned her around, and examined the back of her head. Sure enough, there was a nasty knot on the back of her head and it was still bleeding. Fuck finding this nigga another night, I wanted his ass handed to me right now.
“Pack your shit up and stay the fuck in this room! Don’t fuck with me, Toya, stay your ass in here!” I said.
I left out of the office and closed the door behind me. I no longer saw Mr. White, so I figured that he may be somewhere on the other side cleaning another office. I walked down the hallway. Each office held the name of the worker beside the door, so I kept going until I saw James’ office. When I spotted it, I looked under and I could tell that someone was inside because there was movement going on. I tried my luck and used the key that Mr. White had given me, and the key opened the door right on up. Clearly, this key gave me access to all the rooms, so I damn sure was going to keep this on me.
“I heard you were looking for me! Don’t go through my girl with that bullshit, go through me! What, you thought because you showed Toya those charges that she was going to leave a nigga or some shit? Let me tell you something, you dick rider, there ain’t shit about me that my girl don’t already know! And then you had the balls to tell my woman that I go around fuckin’ bitches every day. Clearly, you haven’t sampled Toya’s pussy because if you did, then you would know that she’s working with a greedy ass pussy, and one round with her ain’t enough. So, what I’m trying to say is a nigga only got so much stamina. I can’t afford to fuck bitches during the day and then come half stepping when it comes to pleasing my woman. But I don’t even care about none of that though. What’s pissing me off is the fact that you can’t keep your hands to your fuckin’ self!”
I could feel the steam coming from my ears as I walked over to him.
“Please leave, or I will be forced to call the authorities on you,” he said, and his voice shook.
I walked right up on him and punched his ass dead in the mouth. He immediately fell to the floor like the little bitch he was.
“Do it look like a give a fuck about some damn authorities? You saw my record, so you know just as well as I do that me dealing with the police ain’t nothing new! Let me show you what happens to motha fuckas who don’t know how to keep their hands to themselves.”
I picked up a plaque off his desk and went to beating his ass with it. It’s like a nigga fuckin’ zoned out. I kept going because I wanted to see more blood. I had to.
“Dre, come on. You’re going to kill him,” I heard Toya say from behind me.
“Didn’t I tell you to stay your ass in the fuckin’ office, Toya? Get the fuck out!” I said.
When I turned to look at her, she was still there. She looked over at James and then back up at me.
“NOW, Toya! GET OUT!” I yelled, and she quickly ran out the room.
I continued beating his ass for a few more minutes and then I stopped. I stood up and picked up the manila folder that he had on his desk. When I looked at his computer screen, I saw where he had a window open and my mugshot showed on jail base. I took another plaque and threw the shit at his mac desktop, shattering it into pieces.
“Nosy ass nigga! You think this was an ass whooping? I dare your ass to take this shit to the cops, and I swear on my girl life that I will kill your whole fuckin’ family. Fuck with me if you want to!” I said and walked out of his office with the folder in my hand.
When I got down to Toya’s office, she was standing by the door with her briefcase in one hand and her purse in the other.
“You just don’t listen, now do you? Let’s go” I said, grabbing her hand and pulling her along with me.
We made it out to the garage, and she tried to get in her car, but I wasn’t having it.
“Let’s go, you riding with me. I need to take you to the hospital so they can look at your head because I think you’re going to need stiches,” I told her.
She looked at me funny because I had all of that nigga’s blood all on my shirt.
“Take off for the next two weeks. Let shit cool off around here at the office and then you can come back,” I told her.
She just got into the car. I knew at this point that she was probably scared of me, and that’s not the way I wanted things to be between us. But as a man, as her man, I will never let another nigga think that it is okay for him to ever put their hands on my woman. I don’t give a fuck what she did, let me handle her or it’s going to be some damn problems, and that goes for anybody.
Chapter 12: Charlie
I was in the car with my daughter and we were heading over to my store so that I could put a few hours in at work today. China’s lil ass decided to play sick this morning and act like she couldn’t go to school, so I was taking her to work with me. Let her ass put some hours in too. She thought that since I let her stay home today that she was just going to lay up in the bed all day, but that wasn’t even the case. I even told her to bring her homework with her so she could complete some while I left her in my back office.
Luckily, her teacher gives the students a printout each week of the week’s homework assignments and the reading that they will have to do, so my baby wouldn’t be left behind because she misses days from school. Plus, I went ahead and excused her absence early this morning.
As I drove, I couldn’t help but to think about the shit that we found out last week from China. She mentioned to us that Tracy and Chantel were the two who had held her hostage. It’s crazy because my baby was only eight years old and she remembered their names and described both of them to a T.
It still confused me because last time I checked, there was never any beef between Chantel and I. Number one, I didn’t know the bitch like that. All I knew was that when Jaquan and I were separated, the two of them were together. I didn’t care at the time because I didn’t even want to be in a relationship with his ass. And if I ever did have a little beef with that ho, it would have to be when she got her lying ass on social media and claimed that she was pregnant by my husband. So, then again, yeah there was some beef between the two of us, but I didn’t think that it would be to the point where she goes around stealing people’s kids.
Then, there’s this nigga, Tracy. I swear his ass is just like a bad fuckin’ rash that just don’t know when to go the fuck away. I’ve had a few encounters with ole boy, and every time I turned him down, it wasn’t even on some disrespectful type shit, it’s just more of a ‘I’m married, so I can’t deal with other niggas,’ type of shit. Never did I think that his ass was behind the plan as well. Honestly, who I really thought was behind this shit was that bitch, Ma’kai. The ass beating that I put on her ass was the reason I thought she did it.
China did tell me that the whole time they had her at the other house Nita wasn’t there. If you ask me, Nita played the biggest role in it all because that bitch was the one who came to me asking me if it was okay for my baby to go to that damn sleepover. I bet my last dollar that they probably offered her ass some money for her role in this shit. I don’t give a fuck how broke I arm; I could be down to my last damn dollar, but there is no way that I would ever take part in some shit that could get another person’s child hurt.
It’s crazy because she has a daughter the same age as China, so it was easy for her to put herself in my shoes and just say no. At the end of the day, my ass may be pregnant but I swear this ain’t stopping shit. I fell down two flights of stairs and me and my baby still made it. So with that being said, if I catch any one of these hoes, I’m beating their ass on sight. We could be in the middle of church and the pastor is preaching, if one of they ass walk through the building, I’m on that ass like white on rice.
Five minutes later, I parked my car and got out with my daughter. I held my purse in my hand while she carried her book bag on her back. It was only 9:15, and the mall didn’t
open until 10:00, but I wanted to be in early to finish up some paperwork. In the front of the mall, they kept the automatic door unlocked for all the workers, so we walked through and then went over to my store. I let the gate up for us, and once we walked in, I deactivated the alarm and turned on all the lights.
“Let’s go in the back and you can work on your homework while you’re back there,” I told China and led the way to my back office.
As soon as we got inside, I turned on the light and placed my purse in the closet. “Sit right there and start working on your math homework for tonight. I saw your planner already, and after you finish the math, you have to read that story and answer those questions. When you finish, I’m going to check all of it, so make sure you take your time and do it right,” I told my daughter as I powered on my Mac desktop.
“Okay, Mommy. And then for lunch, we’re going to have Chick-fil-A, okay?” she said, pretty much telling me what was going to be on the schedule for us today.
“People who are sick can’t eat Chick-fil-A. Now, start on that homework,” I shot back.
Two hours later, I was in the front of the store changing the clothes on the mannequins. This was a big pet peeve of mine. While most stores kept the same outfit on their mannequins for pretty much the whole week, I liked to switch mine every day. I felt my phone vibrate in my pants pocket and I went to pick it up. I looked down at the screen and it was Toya calling me. Oh Lord, I wonder what the hell this girl done got herself into now.
“What’s up?” I answered.
“What time are you going to lunch? I’m bored as hell and I just want to get out of the house,” she said.
I smirked. “Dre still not letting you take your ass back to work? Where are you anyways?” I asked.
I was very aware of the events that took place at her office that night because Toya had called and told me the next day. It was crazy because I remember her telling me the very first time that James had asked her out and how she had politely turned him down. I never would have thought that his ass would have snapped like that because the way Toya described him to me, he seemed like a real nice guy, but hell, I guess looks can be deceiving.
“Hell no, but I’m going back next week. I’m at Dre’s house. I think he said he was going to the studio or something like that. Do you know this man is still mad at me about the birth control shit? I mean, he doesn’t even sleep in the room with me when I’m over here. And then I tried to be slick and lay in his bed one night and wait for him until he got back, but he went in the guestroom. This man is so fuckin’ selfish, Charlie. It’s like, he doesn’t want me to go back home or to work, but when I’m over here, he ignores my ass.”
I laughed inwardly because I was used to being the one calling and complaining about Quan’s fucked up ways. I was used to Toya being the one giving advice, but her advice was always easy to give because she was never the one in the relationship. Now that she is, it’s kind of different because it’s hard to actually do the things that you tell others to do.
“You sound stressed, Toya. We can meet at Houston’s at twelve. Call Monae and tell her to come too. I have China with me because her ass decided to play hooky this morning,” I told Toya. China was going to be mad about not getting her Chick-fil-A, but she’ll live.
“Alright,” Toya said and then hung up.
11:30 came around and I was just walking out of the shop with China in tow. I was already in Miami, so it wouldn’t take me long to make it to Biscayne where Houston’s was located. Of course, China found herself having a little attitude since she didn’t get to have her Chick-fil-A, but I promised her that I would let her have it tomorrow when I picked her up from school. We made it to the restaurant at exactly 12:05 and I saw Toya’s red jeep in the parking lot. Everybody in Miami knew that when you saw that bright red jeep that Toya’s ass was somewhere around. She was the only one in Miami pushing that car.
We got out of the car and made our way inside. When we walked in, I spotted Monae and Toya sitting in the booth already. “Hello, welcome to Houston’s. Will it just be the two of you dining with us today?” the waitress asked us, with a bright smile on her face.
I loved coming to this restaurant because not only was the food good, but the customer service was phenomenal. I owned a clothing store, so I knew the importance of customer service, and this restaurant excelled at it.
“No, we’re actually joining those two over there.” I pointed at my girls.
The waitress walked us to the table.
“Hey y’all,” I said, giving both of them hugs and then taking my spot at the table. I sat next to Toya while China sat down next to Monae.
“Can I start you two off with something to drink?” the waitress asked.
I looked at her nametag and it read Toni.
“I’ll have a raspberry lemonade, and my baby would like a fruit punch,” I said.
She wrote it down and then walked away.
“Toya let you in on her latest drama? I swear I don’t know who’s worse between the two of you,” Monae had the nerve to say.
I passed China my phone so that she could play those games that her ass likes to download on my phone. They take up all of my damn memory.
“She told me a little bit of what happened earlier on the phone. Monae, who got more drama than your ass?” I asked her, taking a sip from my juice that Toni had just placed on the table.
“Child, please, I don’t even tell you and Toya my business no more because all your ass do is run back and tell Quan everything I tell you,” Monae said, waving me off.
I laughed because it was the truth. Hell, I hated to keep secrets from my husband.
“Toya, how you feel about Dre being in the studio now? You know once you become a rapper’s girl that all the tables are going to change. You think the little groupies are out now, your ass ain’t seen nothing yet. But honestly, I think Dre is smarter than that. Now, Quan, on the other hand, his ass was a whole different story. Dre went through all of this to get you, so I know that he will do whatever is necessary to keep you,” I voiced to Toya.
“I’m honestly happy for him because for a minute I was scared of the lifestyle that he was living. I’m no fool, and I know the shit that he was doing before this, but I never questioned him on it because some shit, I just be so scared to speak up on around him. He did take me with him when he met with Sincere to sign the contract, but after that, he dropped my ass back home and said that he was going out with his homeboys to celebrate. Do y’all know that I waited up for him until about four in the morning and then I just finally took my ass to sleep. I was so hurt because I thought that he would have wanted to celebrate that moment with me and not a bunch of niggas that he’s around twenty-four seven,” Toya vented.
I felt for her. Everything she was saying, I knew exactly how she felt because I had already been through it. Hell, I was still going through it. Some nights I still wait up until the wee hours of the morning for Quan to bring his ass home. We continued talking about it and then Toni came back over and took everyone’s order.
“What’s going on with you, Monae? Where Quay at?” I asked.
“The hell if I know. I’m so sick of running behind his ass that it ain’t even funny. These men that we got will really drive your ass crazy. But then again, I don’t even know if Quay is my man or not because of the vibes that he be giving off,” Monae said.
For the first time in probably forever, I didn’t have any drama or no damn story to tell. Quan had just broke me off with some dick early this morning, so I was good. He promised me that he would be home early today, so there weren’t any complaints over here.
We continued talking, and then a few minutes later, our food came. China wasn’t paying us any mind during lunch, mainly because all of her attention was on whatever the hell it was that she was doing on my damn phone. After we finished eating, we paid, and I let Monae take China with her, since Monae was about to go home, and I knew China didn’t want to sit up in my office f
or the rest of the day. Toya went on back to Dre’s house and I went back to the shop. I was only staying for a few more hours because everything that was left to do, the workers would be able to handle it.
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At three o’clock, I was pulling into the driveway of our home, and I swear the biggest smile was on my face when I saw that my husband’s cars were in the driveway. I quickly got out of my car and made my way inside. I took off my shoes by the steps and quickly jogged upstairs to our bedroom. I could hear the water running in the bathroom, so I decided to wait for him to get out.
As I was waiting, I heard his phone chirp on the nightstand behind me. I paid it no mind until it continued to chirp. I hated to be “that wife”. The insecure wife and the wife who went through her husband’s shit. For the most part, I didn’t touch Jaquan’s phone. Only time I ever touched his shit was if he told me to pass it to him or whatnot. Suspicion got the best of me and it led me over to his phone. I already knew his password was China’s birthday, so I typed it in. He was getting a bunch of twitter notifications, which was nothing really to be looking at, but I went to his messages icon.
I scrolled down, and I saw Chantel’s name. Hmm, I wonder what the hell they possibly had to talk about. I opened up the conversation between the two of them and the last time that they talked was on March 22nd, which was on a Wednesday. He flew me out to Vegas that same weekend and we got married that fuckin’ Friday. The message that Chantel sent him said,
I know, just like every other nigga, you’re going to deny this baby, but I have nothing to lie to you about. I put this on our unborn child that you were the only man that I allowed to slide up inside of me without a condom. As soon as the baby is here, we can proceed to have a DNA test take place, even though we don’t have to, but if it makes you sleep better at night then that’s fine with me.
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