"I'm ready man, and I promise you ain't gone hear shit about us that you don't like. You got some loyal niggas right here," Luke nodded and smiled. Dash, Leese, and I all chuckled.
"Good, good. Aye, are y'all brothers or something? Y'all seem to be tight as hell," I asked.
"Cousins," Jabari replied and smiled.
"Aight well, cheers to that!" I said and held my glass up.
Jabari, Luke, Dash, Leese, and I talked a little bit more, just so I could get to know who I might possibly be dealing with on a more personal level. Franceska blew me up the whole damn time, to the point where I had to block her ass. These hoes were really acting up.
Chapter 11: Natalia
1 Week Later
Me: Outside.
I text Paula to let her know I was here. She usually drove everywhere, but since I had a new car courtesy of my love, I wanted to drive. We were gonna go get our nails and hair done. This trip was much needed, and plus I wanted to talk to her about Menzo. I didn't want to talk to Lucy yet, because I didn't want to start anything. Telling Lucy was like telling Julius. I knew Julius would heat up the city if he knew another guy was trying to pursue me.
"Hey cutie," Paula said to Jackson, as she buckled her 4-year-old daughter, Gabby in. Jackson just made some baby noises, making her and me chuckle. "And hey to you beautiful," Paula said as she slid into the front seat, giving me a hug.
"How are you?" I asked pulling away from the curb.
"I'm actually doing good as hell," she smiled.
"Is it because of Rashad?" I smiled while keeping my eyes on the road.
"Enh, maybe," she chuckled.
"I already know it is." I shook my head.
"Yeah, I'm usually not into the thug types, but I'm really feeling Rashad," she smiled as she stared out the window.
"Paula has a boo, I thought I'd never see the day," I chuckled.
"Whatever bitch," she snickered.
After we got our hair and nails done, we decided to go have a little evening lunch at Red Lobster. I was craving some crab legs, and Paula wanted some of their famous Parmesan pasta.
"I looveee strawberry lemonade." I smiled as I sipped my drink.
"Yes, we know crazy," Paula laughed.
Her daughter, Gabby was sitting next to her across from me, and Jackson was in his little car seat/carrier with the cover pulled down, sitting next to me. I was so happy that he fell asleep. I fed him a bottle in the parking lot, and he passed right out.
I decided now was a good time to discuss Menzo, since little Gabby was occupied with the color sheet and crayons the waitress had given her. I simply slid my iPhone across the table, with the texts from Menzo on full display. He had somehow obtained my number, and was now sending me texts all the time.
"What the fuck?" she frowned as she slowly scrolled through the texts.
Menzo: Have a good night babe.
Me: Who is this?
Menzo: Your future ma.
Me: Who?
Menzo: Menzo.
No reply.
Menzo: Good morning babe, hope you're having a good day.
Menzo: No reply? It’s cool, I know you probably busy with the lil man.
Menzo: Did you like the bracelet I bought?
"What bracelet?" Paula looked up at me.
"He got me a bracelet from Tiffany's for my birthday," I replied. She shook her head and continued reading.
Menzo: Those lips. I stay on your Instagram ma.
Me: Menzo please stop texting me.
Menzo: Whatever, in due time ma.
"What the fuck Nat? Have you told Lucy?" Paula asked sliding my phone back to me.
"No, I didn't want to upset her. But I guess I should, huh?"
"Uh, hell yeah, she’s thinking they’re a couple. Well never mind, she says he’s telling her they’re not," she replied.
"I just don't want Julius to do anything crazy," I said as the waitress set our food down.
"Yeah that's true. Maybe just show Lucy, and tell her not to say anything around Julius or to Julius," Paula suggested and I nodded.
Paula and I parted ways after a nice dinner, and I couldn't stop thinking about telling Lucy. She was almost full term, and I didn't want to stress her out. But like Paula said, she needed to know what Menzo was up to.
After I pulled into the garage, I pulled out my phone to call Lucy. I decided to tell her what was going on over the phone, ‘cause I couldn't bear to look at her face.
"Hey boo," she answered.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" I asked.
"I'm ready for this little boy to be out," she replied.
"A boy? What are you gonna name him?" I inquired.
"Menzo Jr.," she replied, and reminded me why I was calling in the first place.
"Lucy, I wanted to talk to you about Menzo. He's been flirting with me a lot."
"Menzo is just joking. He plays like that," she said.
"Are you sure? Because he bought me a bracelet, and he's telling me he"
"Can you take me to my appointment tomorrow?" she asked changing the subject. I paused for a moment because I was confused.
"Okay. What time?" I questioned.
"11:30am. Thanks," she quickly replied and disconnected the call.
I exhaled heavily, and then exited the car. I slowly walked up the stairs, and was surprised to see Julius lying in bed watching TV. I was happy he was home this early. Although it was 10pm, that was early for Julius.
"Hey baby girl," he smiled as I walked in.
I stripped down to my white thong panties, and nothing else. I climbed in bed as Julius stared at me seductively. I kissed his lips, and then collapsed on my stomach; I just wanted to go to sleep. He leaned down, and then smacked and bit my butt cheek.
"Ow!" I whined and chuckled.
He pulled my thong to the side, and started to suck on my clit from the back. He spread my cheeks some more, and sucked harder until I came.
"Ahhh Julius. Damn," I moaned.
As I lay there on my stomach, he climbed over me. He grabbed my thong and tugged it down roughly. He lifted me up, so that my ass was tooted in the air.
"Look at that pretty shit," he commented, as he bent down and ran his tongue along my vagina.
"Oooh," I whispered in a low tone, as if I was cold.
"Spread your legs wider for daddy," he commanded.
I did as I was told, and I felt his tongue go in my ass. He was sucking from my clit all the way up to my ass, and it was driving me crazy. After cumming two more times, Julius positioned himself under me.
"Ride my face," he said.
I was spent, but I knew my baby wouldn't take no for an answer. I sat down on his face, and he pulled my swollen clit back into his mouth. He put his hands under my thighs, and lifted them up. I leaned back some, and propped myself up on his bottom half. I slowly wound my hips, as he sucked the life out of my pussy.
"Oh God! Julius. Mmmmm, uhhh," I cried loud as hell.
I knew Winnie could hear us, but as good as this was feeling, I didn't care. I tucked my lips in, as I felt a tear slide down my face. My pelvis tensed up, and my body jerked, as I exploded into his mouth. I pulled away, and Julius made a pop sound with his mouth, that made me moan so fucking loud.
"That shit tastes good baby," he whispered and bit his lip.
I turned over on all fours, and tried to crawl away. Julius rushed me from behind, and licked and bit my shoulder, making me cry out in pleasure. He wrapped his strong arm around my mid-section, and sucked on my neck. He spread my legs with his knees, and then wiggled his long, thick manhood into my pussy from behind.
"Juuu, ahhh baby," I whined as he stroked me from behind.
I collapsed forward, and he went right down with me, continuing to thrust into me.
"Fuck, you feel so good," he panted, as he craned his neck around to suck on my lips. He slid his hand down the front of my body and played with my clit. "Look how wet you get for daddy," he whispered as he sucked on my
shoulders.
Although this was the only dick I knew, I was sure it was the fucking best there ever was. He pulled me back up, and grabbed a handful of my hair. He thrust into me, and the sound of how wet I was could be heard throughout the house for sure. I spread my legs some more, and started slowly throwing it back.
"Yes, baby girl, just like that," Julius grunted.
I looked over my shoulder, and saw him watching his dick go in and out of me. He sped up some, and we both started yelling loud as hell. Poor Winnie. I thought. My muscles tightened around his rod, so I knew I was about to cum.
"Look at daddy when you cum," he said in a low tone.
I looked at him over my shoulder, and we locked eyes as we both exploded. He slowly pumped into me, releasing everything in him, and then flipped me over. He climbed between my legs and tongued me down. He sucked on my nipples softly, and then kissed back up to my lips. We fell asleep just like that.
Chapter 12: Lucy Ouistin
I stared at the clock, which read 10:30am, and I knew Natalia would be here in about twenty minutes. I was laid on my back with my legs cocked open, as Menzo pumped away. I could barely get into it, as Natalia’s and my conversation replayed in my mind.
"Arrggghhh," Menzo grunted as he released into me.
He fell to the side, and I immediately hopped up off the bed. I grabbed my toiletries, and then headed to the bathroom. I scrubbed myself feverishly in the shower, trying to remove the scent of Menzo from my body. I hated him at this point, but felt the need to stay for my baby. I washed my face to remove any traces of tears, and then got out to get dressed.
I threw on a simple sundress and some sandals. Just as I finished putting my medium-length, dark hair in a low ponytail, my phone buzzed. I reached for it, but Menzo snatched it up.
"Where you and Natalia going?" he frowned after reading it.
"To my doctor’s appointment that you said you couldn't make, remember?" I asked snatching my phone back from him.
"Man, calm yo’ ass down aight!" he yelled.
"Whatever Menzo, and I better not find out you got a thing for Natalia!" I spat.
"And if you do?" he raised a brow.
"I'm gone tell Julius nigga," I replied and turned to leave.
Before I could hit the door, I felt Menzo grab a fistful of my hair. He yanked me back and slammed the bedroom door.
"Stop Menzo! What the fuck!" I screamed.
"You bet not say shit to Julius! If I even think you talking to him, I'll perform a back alley abortion on yo’ ass while you’re asleep!" he said through gritted teeth, as he tightened his grip on my hair. My freshly done ponytail was fucked up for sure.
"Okay, okay," I begged as I felt like my scalp was bleeding.
As soon as he let me go, I wobbled out of the house and into Natalia's car. As soon as she pulled off, I burst into tears. I hated my life right about now, and ending it seemed like the best thing to do.
"What's wrong Lucy?" Natalia tried to rub my back, and drive at the same time.
"Nothing, nothing, I'm good." I shook my head and wiped my tears.
Out the corner of my eye, I could see her staring at me for as long she could, while still trying to drive. I turned the radio up, and then stared out the window the rest of the way. Christina Milian's "Gonna Tell Everybody" played through the speakers, and the lyrics made my eyes water again.
How could I let this situation get the best of me, when I gave the best of me? It’s just crazy, how one minute we connect; I was baby, your lady, sweet Sadie, holding hands was your favorite. Now I, ain’t got no sad song to sing, ‘cause youse dead wrong to me, ‘cause I was so committed.
The words resonated with me, and I closed my eyes to let the tears fall. Before I knew it, we'd arrived at the doctor’s office
***
I was sitting in the office of my doctor. We already did the check up in the patient room, but she said she wanted to talk to me about some other things. I asked for Natalia to stay out in the waiting room, because I was sure there was a problem. I hadn't been feeling well in some areas, but I needed my doctor to confirm it.
"Sorry about that little wait, Lucy, my assistant needed help with the new program we just got," my doctor said as she sat behind her desk.
"It's okay," I shrugged as I rubbed my sweaty palms together.
"Okay," she said breathily, as she opened a couple file folders. "We did see that you had an STI honey, so I will give you something to take for that. How many partners do you have?"
"Just one at the moment," I replied.
"Is this the father of your baby?" she asked.
"Yes, he is," I nodded.
"Okay, well you need to make sure he goes and gets treated as well. Are you familiar with the ping pong effect?" she asked and I shook my head no. "That is when one partner treats a disease, but the other partner doesn't, before they engage in sexual activity again and then vice versa. So for example, if you take your pills for the chlamydia that you tested positive for today, and then go have sex with your child's father before he gets treated, you'll have the STI again. Then after he gets treated by his doctor, he is gonna come home and sleep with you, where he will catch it again. So you guys start this thing, where you're bouncing it back to each other like a ping-pong game. Make sense?"
"Yes, I understand," I replied. I was so furious with Menzo, and just depressed at the same time.
"Okay honey. Well let me write the prescription that you can pick up from your preferred pharmacy. Take it as soon as possible, and remember, do not have sex with your son's father until he gets treated, and until you can verify that he has been." She stared into my eyes to let me know she meant business, and I nodded.
***
"So what happened in her office?" Natalia asked as we pulled out of the Wendy's driveway.
As I was about to speak, her phone chimed four times back to back. I snatched it up before she could, and saw she had two texts from Menzo, one from Paula, and one from Julius.
"What's your passcode?" I asked.
"Julius and I agreed not to have passcodes," she responded without looking at me.
I slid open her phone, and went straight to her texts. I clicked the one Julius had sent, just out of curiosity first.
Boyfriend: I love you too.
I scrolled up and saw she was telling him she loved him and missed him. I shook my head and smiled, then backed out.
"What is it Lucy?" Natalia asked.
I ignored her, and clicked the text from Menzo, which I could already see a preview of. I closed my eyes, and took a deep breath before reading it.
Menzo: I wanna make love to you.
Menzo: Just let me make love to you once ma, and I will leave you alone.
I scrolled up, and saw he text her constantly with things similar to the one I'd just read. I wanted to be mad at Natalia too, but I couldn't. She'd only responded once, telling him to leave her alone.
"Lucy!" Natalia yelled as she stopped in front of Menzo's condo.
"What?" I frowned.
"I tried to tell you," she said referring to Menzo.
"Why, so you could rub it in my face Natalia?!"
"No Lucy, so you could know what type of guy he is," she replied.
"What about the type of nigga you got? Oh, you think ‘cause he promised to be faithful to you for a fucking month out of the year that you got something good? The way he used to cheat on you, beat you up, and then disregard your ass for weeks at a time! And let’s not forget the abortion he forced on your dumb ass! Yet you have the nerve to talk about my nigga?!" I yelled. When I looked over at her, tears were running down her face. "Nat, I-I'm sorry I didn't mean any of that. I'm just acting jealous becau"
"Just get out Lucy. I need to get home," she cut in while looking straight ahead.
"Okay. I'm sorry Nat, I love you," I said staring at the side of her beautiful face. "Here," I finally said, handing her the phone before I hopped out.
I walked up the stairs,
replaying the things I'd just said to only person who'd ever cared about me. I hated to be mean to my best friend, but the truth is, I hated her right now. I was jealous that a man we all thought would never change had changed for little old Natalia. The thing I loved about my best friend was something I also hated. She was simple and never tried hard, but that always drew people to her. She was nothing like the girls that were voted most popular, but the popular guys always wanted her. Guys like Julius seemed to love her. It made me feel a little bit good when I saw how badly Julius was treating her. I thought, for once, she understands how it feels to have a broken heart. For once, she finally hasn't been able to capture a man's heart. For once, a man is treating her badly, and doesn't like her as much. I celebrated all too soon, as Julius began to fall for her, and now the man I hoped would change for me, has too. I loved Natalia more than Tia loved Tamara, but her effortless perfection annoyed me to the core. Her ability to make Julius fall in love with her without chasing him, scheming on him, or beating up any bitch he came in contact with, irked my soul. However, I won't allow my jealousy and low self-esteem to hurt the only person who has ever cared enough about me, to make sure I ate ever day and had good clothes to wear, when she barely had those things herself.
Me: I'm sorry Natalia. I love you. Please forgive me.
"Back already?" Menzo asked as he turned up a beer, while watching TV.
"You know you gave me chlamydia?"
"You a got damn lie bitch!" he yelled standing up.
"I can't do this anymore with you Menzo!" I yelled through tears.
"You can't do what? You ain't going no fucking where!"
"Why do you even want me here?! You're in love with Natalia!" I screamed as if I was terrified of every word that just left my lips.
"Well until I get her, you all I fucking got! Now sit yo’ ass down!" he said through gritted teeth.
I did as I was told, and cried for what seemed like forever. Menzo watched basketball and pretended not to hear me, until he went upstairs to bed.
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