by Dawn Jiles
When I walked back there, I absolutely could not believe my eyes. David and my son were sitting across from her, and they were eating. David looked up, and our eyes met. He knew there was about to be some drama. He jumped up and ran over to me.
“Baby, it is not what you think,” he said.
I looked at Meka, and she was just staring at us with this ugly-ass smirk on her face. If she didn’t have that baby in her arms, I would smack the smirk right off her face.
“What am I thinking, David? That you are in here with this bitch, having a good time, when you are not supposed to be?” I said, trying with everything I had to hold in my tears.
“Baby, I promise you that I am not here on a date or anything like that with her. I asked her to meet me here so that the boys could meet and so that I could get her to take the test. That is it,” he said, and I believed him. Surprisingly, that ugly bitch remained quiet while we talked.
“Why couldn’t you tell me that before you got caught here with her? We told each other that we would not keep secrets from each other,” I told him.
“I didn’t tell you, because I knew you would go off, like you always do. I’m just trying to figure this shit out because I don’t want this to ruin what we have,” he said.
I grabbed my baby from his arms. “Well, you better figure it out, because I am tired of the games. I’ll see you when you get home.” I stepped closer to David and tongued his ass down. When we finally came up for air, she was staring at me with a look that would have killed me if looks could kill.
As I turned to walk off, David slapped me on the ass. That bitch needed to know that she would never be me and that she would never take my place. She was not even on my level. That would teach her ass to mess with somebody whose heart belonged to someone else.
Chapter Twenty-six
Corey
So the couples had decided to go to Red Lobster for dinner. It was Mo and I, Kevin and Zoe, and David and Bria. We all had been going through a lot lately, so this was a much-needed break and time for us to unwind. The girls were talking about DJ’s party, which was coming up soon, since he was about to be a year old in two weeks. Kevin and I were telling David about how things were going with business when I spotted something strange out of the corner of my eye.
“Is that Sam?” I said out loud, even though I had intended to say it to myself.
“Where?” Mo said.
I knew she would be pissed when she saw Sam, because she was not alone. She was with Tremaine.
“What the hell is she doing with him?” Mo said as loud as hell. “I knew that bitch was the one who was trying to break us up. I guess that first ass beating I gave her ass wasn’t enough.” Mo stood up to confront her. Before I could stop her, she was halfway to Sam, with Zoe and Bria hot on her heels.
“Bring your ass here,” Mo said as she grabbed Sam by the arm like she was a little child.
You could tell Sam had been caught off guard. Tremaine was standing there, smiling and shit, like something was funny. The guys and I didn’t interfere, but we remained nearby just in case something went down.
Mo
I was sick and tired of Sam and her shit. I kept giving her ass chance after chance, and she continued to find a way to piss me off. I was not mad that she was with Tremaine, because this was the type of shit she did. What made me mad was the fact that I knew it was she who had tried to break Corey and me up.
“You are always on some bullshit, Sam. You are my fucking sister, and you are always trying to find a way to hurt me. What have I ever done to you, besides be there for your ungrateful ass?” I said to her as Bria and Zoe flanked me.
“Mo, what are you talking about? I haven’t done anything,” she said, but I could tell her ass was lying, and it took everything in me not to slap the dog shit out of her.
“You know exactly what I am talking about,” I said. “You was the one sending Corey them bogus-ass pictures of me and Tremaine, trying to break us up. Not that I give a fuck about Tremaine, but now you with him and I used to fuck with him. You don’t have no respect for me. You don’t give a damn that I am your sister.”
“I didn’t send any pictures, and I had no idea that you knew Tremaine,” she said, lying.
“You are a fucking liar. This shit has your name written all over it. What? You want to be me? You want my life, don’t you? That’s why you tried to break Corey and me up, and when that didn’t work, you went after Tremaine. You wish you was me, don’t you?” I said. I could see her mood visibly change.
“You know what, Mo? You are right. I hate your ass. You stole my dad and Corey, and your ass think you are all that, but you don’t got shit on me. I got my daddy now, and I got Tremaine. Your ass don’t deserve to be happy. That’s why I tried to break you and Corey up. I am tired of you living the life I should be living,” Sam said, getting in my face.
Bria shook her head. “Sam, you sound crazy as hell. This is your sister. How could you do anything to hurt her?” she said.
“This bitch is not no sister of mines. Fuck her!” Sam said.
I slapped her ass so hard, I thought her head would spin around on her neck. Corey and all the guys ran over and grabbed us.
I stepped up to Tremaine, and I spat right in his face. “You better stay your ass away from me, because next time I just might kill your ass,” I growled. “You dirty bastard!”
I stormed out of the Red Lobster and found my way to our car. Corey appeared a second later, and once we were inside the car, I cried on my fiancé’s chest. “Why does she keep trying to hurt me? I don’t get it. I have not done anything but show her love, but she hates my guts,” I said as I sobbed on him.
“Sam is all about herself. She doesn’t know how to love people, because her heart is full of hate,” he said.
“But toward me? We have been in each other’s lives since we were small kids. We should be better than that. And we are sisters, so that should have made us bond even more, but it has only made us worse,” I said.
“I know that’s your sister, but you have to leave her crazy ass alone,” he said, and he was right.
I was done with her ass, and if she came near me again, I was going to beat the hell out of her.
Kevin
Sam really almost had my ass completely fooled, but I now knew her conniving ass was not going to ever change. If you could do your own sister that way, you wouldn’t have a problem doing that to anyone else. She had backstabbed me when she slept with my best friend. I had had to change my number once again, because Sam would call me all damn day, would leave voice mail after voice mail, and would send my ass a text message every freaking second.
Zoe and I were just leaving her parents’ house when I spotted Dontae sitting across the street in his car. When he saw us coming out, he got out of his car and headed toward us. Zoe began to shake visibly.
“It’s okay, baby. I won’t let anything happen to you,” I said. I had my gun with me too, so this nigga was about to lose his life.
“Zoe, I don’t want to hurt you. I just want to talk to you for a minute,” Dontae said when he reached us.
“We have nothing to talk about, Dontae,” she said.
“Step off, homeboy, before you lose your life right now,” I said.
“Nigga, I’m not scared of you. And like I said, I’m here to talk to Zoe, and I’m not leaving until she hears me out,” he said.
I wanted to dead that nigga right there, but I didn’t want to scare my lady.
“Whatever you have to say, just say it, Dontae, and leave please,” Zoe said.
“Can we talk alone?” he asked.
“Hell no!” Zoe and I both said at the same time.
“Look, I just wanted to apologize for what I did, and I want you to take me back,” he said, like I wasn’t even standing here.
“Dontae, that will never happen. You were right. I love Kevin, and I always have loved Kevin, so any hopes of you and I getting back together are over, just like this convers
ation. Come on, baby. Let’s go,” she said, then grabbed my hand.
I looked at his bitch ass, then smirked. He tried to grab Zoe, but I pulled my gun out and held it to that nigga’s head before he could get to her.
“Look, nigga, the only reason your bitch ass is not on the ground, bleeding, is that Zoe is right here, and I don’t want to put her through that trauma. But trust me, your days are numbered. Now back your weak ass up and leave,” I said.
He did as I told him. “I’m going to see you again, nigga,” he said before walking back to his car.
“I’ll be waiting,” I said.
Zoe wrapped her arm around me tight, and I led her to the car. It was a quiet ride home; we both were in our thoughts. I pulled up to the house, and Zoe hopped out and ran across the street to grab something out of her car. I headed to our condo to open the door. All of a sudden I heard some tires screech, so I spun around to see what was going on.
“Zoe, watch out!” I screamed as I ran toward her, but it was too late. A black car with heavily tinted windows hit Zoe, then sped off. I ran over to her in a panic. “Baby, get up! Please get up,” I cried, but she was unresponsive. I grabbed my phone, then called the police. “Baby, please get up. I need you,” I said as I cradled her in my arms.
I rocked back and forth with her in my arms. I kept repeating, “Baby, wake up,” until the ambulance took her away. I was going to kill that bitch-ass nigga Dontae. I couldn’t see if that was him in that car, but who else would hurt Zoe?
Chapter Twenty-seven
Mo
We were all at the hospital, waiting to hear what the doctors had to say about Zoe. All we knew at this point was that she was in critical condition. Kevin was a mess right now, and there was nothing any of us could say or do to change that. He was comforting Zoe’s parents while he was in pain himself. The paramedics burst through the door, and it shifted everyone’s attention toward them. Kendra’s old ass was on the stretcher, and I guessed she was in labor. Sam and Tremaine walked in moments after they brought Kendra in, and so did my dad. I rolled my eyes at Sam and then pulled my dad to the side.
“What’s going on?” I asked my dad.
“Kendra is in labor, but it’s kind of early. She’s only eight months,” he said.
“Well, I hope the baby is okay,” I said.
“I’m sure he will be,” my dad said.
I walked back over to my friends and sat down. I’d go check on Kendra later. Even though I couldn’t stand her ass, I wanted to make sure my little brother was okay.
I couldn’t believe we were going through all this shit right now; it really was always something. My thoughts were interrupted by Dontae running into the hospital, screaming, “Where is Zoe?” Kevin stood up, and I knew there was about to be a problem. Without saying a word, Kevin ran at full speed and tackled Dontae.
“How are you going to bring your ass in here, looking for my girl, when you did this to her!” Kevin said. Kevin was beating that boy so bad that it took Corey, David, and Zoe’s dad to get him off Dontae.
“Naw, let me go. He did this to Zoe!” Kevin said through tears.
“Kevin, baby, calm down. It wasn’t him,” Zoe’s mom said.
“Yes, it was. He’s the only person who has been stalking her,” Kevin said.
“He was at our house, trying to convince us to get Zoe to talk to him,” Zoe’s mom said.
Kevin looked defeated as hell and worn out. Bria and I were standing there, shocked. Kevin ran out the door, and David and Corey followed behind him. Zoe’s mom helped Dontae clean his face up, and then we all sat back down and waited for the doctor.
I went to look for my dad in the labor and delivery wing of the hospital to see how things were going with Kendra. They were prepping her for an emergency C-section because the baby was in distress. I glanced over at Sam and Tremaine, and the way they were all over each other, you would have sworn that they had known each other for years. I really couldn’t stand Sam, because she was nothing but a ho—she and her mom. They would do anything to get what they wanted, no matter who got hurt in the process. Truth be told, it was probably her ass who had hit Zoe. We all knew how crazy her ass was about Kevin.
I walked back over to where Zoe’s mom and everyone else was sitting. About thirty minutes later, the boys came back in, and then the doctor came from the back with some news. We all crowded around Kevin and Zoe’s mom. The doctor began to speak, and Kevin dropped to his knees. I couldn’t believe this was happening.
Sam
It felt good to hit that bitch Zoe with Tremaine’s car. Like I said before, if I couldn’t have him, no one else would, either. I had given that man all of me, and he had chosen to give his love to someone else. Well, he wouldn’t be loving her ass soon; I had made sure of that. I had left Tremaine at his house and had told him I needed to run to the store. My plan had been to cut the brake line on Zoe’s car, but when I turned the corner and saw her getting something out of her car, I figured I could just run her ass over. As she was about to cross the street, I placed my foot all the way down on the gas pedal, and the car jerked forward. I hit her before she could move out of the way. I started to reverse and run her ass over again, but I figured that at the speed I was going, I had probably killed her already. I lied and told Tremaine that I had hit a deer, and he believed me. Just when I was about to get comfortable, my mom called and said she was going into early labor. I met her and my dad at the hospital, and that was when we saw Kevin and his crew. I wanted so badly to comfort him, but I knew now was not the time to make my move.
The doctor came out and informed us that the baby wasn’t doing well and that his cord was wrapped around his neck. I started to panic, because we needed this baby to be born; that was the only for sure way that I could get my mom and dad back together officially. They were already prepping my mom for an emergency C-section, and they allowed my father to go in the room with my mom. Tremaine and I sat and waited. Ten minutes later, I decided to walk over to where Kevin and Mo were, and that was when I saw Kevin on his knees, crying. Next to him was Zoe’s mom, or at least I assumed it was her mom. She was on her knees and was holding Kevin. I could tell by the looks on everyone’s faces that I had succeeded at doing my job.
I walked back over to where Tremaine was sitting and pulled him into the nearest bathroom. It was time to celebrate because I had finally got rid of that bitch. Once in the bathroom, I dropped to my knees and began to suck Tremaine’s dick. I played with his balls as I began to lick up and down his shaft. He picked me up and sat me on the counter and then began to suck on my already wet clit. He spread my lips so that he could get better access to my pearl. He stood, picked me up, and slid me up and down his shaft. I threw my head back, and my pussy walls clamped around his dick. We came long and hard and then pulled ourselves together.
As soon as we walked back into the waiting area, my dad walked out from the back with a somber look on his face.
Lord, please let my brother be alive. If he wasn’t, maybe God was punishing us for all the wrong we’d done. If my brother died, then everything would be ruined....
Zoe
I woke up to a bunch of machines beeping and my family and friends surrounding my bed, crying hard. My body felt really heavy, and I could barely move anything.
“Somebody get the doctors. She’s awake,” I heard my mom scream.
I looked over at Kevin, and he had a shocked look on his face. I could tell he had been crying, because his eyes were bloodshot.
“Baby, can you hear me?” Kevin said, rushing over and grabbing my hands.
“Yes, I can hear you. Why are y’all crying, and what happened to me? Why am I in the hospital?” I asked, confused. The last thing I remembered was Kevin and I getting out of his car in front of our house.
“You don’t remember what happened?” my mom asked.
Before I could respond, the doctors were pushing everyone out of the room. Then they poked me everywhere and checked all kinds of stuff.
“Ms. Jones, you are one lucky woman. There aren’t too many people that die and wake back up,” one of the doctors said. I was shocked as hell to hear him say that I had died and woken back up.
“What happened to me?” I asked.
“You were hit by a car. We thought that the impact from the hit had killed you, but I see how wrong we were. We are going to run some tests to make sure there isn’t any brain damage or anything else of concern. Until then, you are still considered critical,” he said, then walked out of the room.
A car? Who would hit me? What was I doing when I was hit? I thought.
Everybody came back into the room and asked me a thousand questions. I told them that I didn’t remember ever being hit and that my body was really sore. I told them that I just wanted to be alone with Kevin, and that I would answer their questions tomorrow. My mom refused to leave, so I told her to give Kevin and me some time alone and then to come back.
“Are you feeling okay, baby?” Kevin asked once everyone had left my room. He lay down next to me in my bed and spooned me.
“I am really sore, but other than that, I feel okay,” I said. Surprisingly, I didn’t have any broken bones, but I did have a huge knot on the back of my head from hitting the concrete so hard.
“I thought I lost you. I don’t know what I would have done if you were actually gone,” he said, holding me tightly.
“I’m not going anywhere. You can’t get rid of me that easy,” I said weakly.
“Well, get some rest, baby. I will be here with you when you wake up,” he said as he got off the bed.
I closed my eyes and no longer resisted the sleepiness that had long ago overtaken my body. I was just thankful that I was still alive.
Chapter Twenty-eight
Kendra
I couldn’t believe I had just given birth to my son. Things had got complicated very fast. So, what y’all don’t know was that even though Tim had talked all that shit about loving Sharon and trying to get her back, he had been in my bed every chance he got. Although he had claimed he would be staying away from me, that was a damn lie. We seemed to mess around even more. He had told me that if I said something to Sharon again, we would be done for good. I had kept quiet for this long, but I couldn’t say that if he pissed me off, I wouldn’t spill the beans again.