ADDICTED TO HIM 3

by Linette King

  “How long will I have to stay in there?” I asked because I needed to make sure I covered all bases.

  “Your entire shift, six hours,” he answered, like six hours wasn’t shit.

  “Oh, uh un nigga! What if I have to piss or get hungry?” I asked him, seriously hoping we will get a lunch break like normal people.

  “Do all of that after your shift,” he said, as he sat back and interlaced his fingers across his stomach.

  I grabbed my purse and stood up to leave. “That’s cruel Raphael. I’m not dancing for six hours straight with no type of break,” I said after I stopped at the door.

  “It pays $5,000 a night,” he said and it stopped me in my tracks.

  “$5,000?” I asked, just to be sure I heard him correct. Shit, if I could make that much a night alone, I won’t need my sponsors! Then maybe I could fix shit with Amere and be with him.

  “Ok, I’ll take it. When can I start?” I asked.

  “Now. C’mon, let me show you where you will be able to shower and change clothes,” he said, as he ushered me out of the office. We walked into the dressing room and all eyes landed on me.

  “I’m Armani,” I said to the ladies that were in the dressing room but nobody responded.

  “What she gone be doing?” some really, really black chick asked Raphael.

  He looked at me as if he was waiting on me to answer her, but what I was thinking, I’m sure he did not want me to say. “She’s the new cage dancer,” he answered.

  “Wait, she’s taking Candy’s spot?! I asked you for that!” she yelled, as she stood to her feet. I didn’t care about her attitude; all I wanted to know is if she’s talking about the same chick that stole my best friend! I know I can’t just come out and ask them about Candy because they don’t know me. I’m sure if she still works here, we will run into each other though.

  “Baby, you must can’t do this?” I asked, as I turned around and made my ass clap. I bent over slightly and threw it in a circle slowly at first, then I sped up. I dropped low and made it bounce and popped back up. When I turned back around, two bad bitches were clapping for me. I winked at them and focused my attention back on the monkey in front of me.

  She sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes at Raphael. He chuckled lightly then turned to face me. “Good job,” he said. “Tia, Megan, help her get situated and teach her the ropes. Her shift starts in two hours,” he said and walked out of the dressing room.

  A dark skinned thick chick with a bob stood up and waved me over. “I’m Tia and this is Megan,” she said, as she pointed to the brown skin chick that was sitting on ass for days. She looked up at me and smiled before she focused back on what she was doing. I looked over her shoulder and saw that she was doing her own fingernails.

  “Oooh girl, you da truth!” I exclaimed because she was doing the damn thing.

  I took the empty seat next to her and sat there as I waited for them to tell me what to do. “You’re more my size, so I’ll give you one of my outfits that I’ve never worn and when you get paid tonight, just give me $40,” Tia said and I nodded my head. I could feel someone staring a hole in the back of my head and when I turned around, it was that real dark chick.

  “What’s the deal with that chick?” I turned back around and asked.

  “Who, Goldie?” Tia asked and I gave her a confused look. I looked back and didn’t see anyone that looks like they would be called Goldie.

  “No girl! That extraterrestrial black ass bitch that got an attitude a few minutes ago,” I said and pointed at the girl. Megan started laughing so hard tears were falling from her eyes.

  “Yo, that’s the same shit ole girl said that hosted Deuce’s party!” Megan said to Tia.

  “Damn sholl was when she snapped out on her. What was her name?” Tia asked.

  “Tamia. She came through and switched everything up and gave everybody new jobs and shit,” Megan said to me.

  “Yea but everybody made money that night though, so she knew what she was doing,” another girl chimed in.

  I turned around to look and it was a brown skinned chick talking. She was cute but she ain’t have a lick of ass! “Ashley,” she said with her hand extended.

  “Armani,” I said and shook her hand. I glanced over at Goldie and knew I was about to make her life a living hell. I noted that they all know Tamia but I have to make sure they’re feeling her before I decide where this friendship goes.

  Michelle

  I can’t believe we just killed Bo in his mom’s house! That was so careless because she lives in a good neighborhood. Someone probably saw us climbing through the window and called the police. I’m just glad I got out of there before the police got there. Too bad for Lisa because she’s going to take the fall for it. Hopefully, she’s not too mad at me for leaving her unconscious to take a murder charge but it ain’t like she got kids or anything to stay out of jail for.

  I’ll finish off our mission since she’s going to jail. If she’s smart and never been in trouble, she will go incognito so they won’t know her real identity. “Fuck, I shouldn’t have left her there,” I said out loud to myself as I continued to drive.

  I drove all the way home without stopping, so I could hop in the shower and change clothes. I washed the gel out of my hair so it would be wet and wavy, then headed back out the door. I stopped at Wendy’s and ordered a Jr bacon cheeseburger and some fries. Once I was done eating, I hopped back on the road.

  I rode in silence, so I could figure out my next move. I checked the back seat to make sure my bag was still there, so I didn’t have to stop and get a knife and it was. About fifteen minutes later, I pulled up to Dre’s apartment complex. I checked the parking lot to make sure no one was watching me. It’s dark so they wouldn’t be able to give a good description anyway.

  “What’s up?” Twan asked, as I passed by him on the staircase.

  “Too much of nothing,” I answered as I kept it moving. I was on a mission and I didn’t have time to have idle chit chat with someone who doesn’t even fucking like me.

  “Where’s Lisa?” he asked and it pissed me off.

  “Lisa’s minding her own damn business! Maybe you should too!” I snapped at him and he took a step towards me.

  He walked all the way up to me on the staircase. We were so close that I could feel his breath on my face. “Bitch, don’t you ever disrespect me again!” he said through clenched teeth. I smiled as I looked him directly into his eyes. We stared at each other for about ten seconds, then I licked the tip of his nose.

  He frowned his face up at me and I felt him press his gun against my side. I looked down at the gun and back up into his eyes. “You wanna shoot me?” I asked, and I could see he was clenching his jaws.

  “Don’t ever disrespect me again,” he said, as he removed the gun from my side.

  “Never pull a gun out and not use it,” I said, then pushed him as hard as I could. He flew in the air and missed the rest of the steps. He landed on his back with a hard thud. I could hear him grunting as he looked up at me with wide eyes. A small puddle of blood began to form under his head. I winked at him and turned to go have a talk with Dre.

  I knocked on the door softly at first but he didn’t answer it. I started knocking a bit harder and one of his neighbors swung their door open. “He must not be home!” she snapped with a frown on her face.

  “Bitch, mind ya fuckin business!” I snapped back at her. She rolled her eyes and slammed her door.

  Right when I was about to knock again, Dre opened his door and snatched me inside of his apartment. “What?!” he yelled, like I had done something to piss him off.

  “What’s ya problem?” I asked with my hand on my hip.

  “You out here beatin on my fuckin door like you da police!” he snapped, still visibly upset.

  I dropped down to my knees and pulled the drawstring on his sweatpants because I know that sex is the easiest way to kill men. I need him vulnerable, so he won’t put up much of a fight. I need to be ab
le to distract him enough to do what needs to be done. I have to go ahead and kill him, so Lisa won’t become a snitch. I know I shouldn’t have left her but I wasn’t exactly myself at the time.

  “What you doing?” he asked, as he looked behind me. I was confused until I thought about it.

  “I’ve been thinking about you. We gotta make it quick. I drugged her, so I could come please you,” I said. The way that lie rolled off my tongue with ease shocked me but he bought it. His dick was hard from the moment I snatched his pants down, so I took the head into my mouth slowly.

  It wasn’t until I started trying to take him deeper that I remembered I’d never been all that good at sucking dick. Ray use to love it until he got head from somebody that sucked it better than I did. I looked up at Dre and he had his eyes closed as he moaned softly. He tried to force more of his dick in my mouth but I started to gag. I pulled back and swallowed to ease my sensitive gag reflexes.

  “What the fuck?” he asked, as he slapped me across my face with his dick. It hit me in the eye and caused it to burn. I tried to rub my eye but he grabbed my short hair and guided my mouth back to his dick. I grabbed the shaft with my hand and began to stroke it as I sucked the head. His grip tightened as he bobbed my head faster and faster. He snatched my hand away from his dick and slapped me so hard that I lost my balance and fell on the floor.

  Missy

  “This bitch can’t do shit right!” I thought to myself, as I sat on the floor. I could taste the blood in my mouth, which let me know that my lip was busted. I looked up at Dre as anger took over my body. “You shouldn’t have done that,” I said calmly. He looked at me with a frown on his face as he tilted his head to the side. He walked over to me slowly with a menacing look on his face. I looked up at him and noticed the white residue under his nose for the first time.

  Bitch didn’t tell me he was a coke head, I thought to myself as I stood to my feet. “The fuck you just say to me?” Dre asked, as he grabbed my neck and pushed me into the wall. He had a tight grip on me but I wasn’t about to allow him to take me down as easily as Bo had. I glanced down and noticed his dick was still hanging.

  I stretched my arm out and grabbed his dick and gripped it as tight as I could. He made an animalistic noise as he dropped down to his knees, which brought me down in the process. “Let… me… go!” he said between forced breaths. I squeezed harder and he released my neck and tried to pry my hand off of his dick. I used my other hand and grabbed his balls and squeezed just as hard. He roared and threw both hands in the air above his head. I looked up just in time to see him bringing both fists down at the same time to hit me.

  I quickly let go and tumbled out of the way. He punched the floor over and over with his free hand because his other hand flew to his dick when I let it go. He whimpered softly as he rocked back and forth holding his dick and balls. “I always say all a man has in this world is his word and his balls, and I just damn near took one of the two,” I said with a laugh.

  He looked at me with a look of death and if looks alone could kill, I know I’d be a dead woman. Too bad for Dre that I tumbled right to my back pack. I quickly dug through the back and grabbed two knives because I was ready to do some serious damage.

  I stood to my feet and approached him slowly as he looked at me without moving a single muscle. As soon as I was close enough to swing, I did but I wasn’t fast enough. Dre swung hard and the blow caught me in the stomach. That Jr bacon cheeseburger and fries wasted no time erupting from the pits of my stomach. It landed all over Dre’s face and clothes.

  He jumped up to his feet as he looked down at the vomit as it slid all over him. I quickly reached out and stabbed him in his stomach while his focus was no longer on me. I yanked the knife right back out and watched the blood pour from his wound. I used the knife that was in my other hand to stab him in his back before he had time to attack me again. My stomach hurt like hell but I ignored the pain as I stabbed him in his stomach and back again at the same time. I snatched the knife back out of his stomach and he fell forward. My grip on the knife that was still lodged in his back caused me to fall with him.

  I quickly stood back up and pulled with all of my might, but I couldn’t get the knife out. I stepped down on his back, so I could pull at a better angle and when it finally came out, I fell backwards, hit the TV, and then the floor. I closed my eyes as I caught my breath and when I opened them, the TV and its stand were falling over. I tried to roll out of the way but I didn’t move in time. The TV landed hard on my back and my head hit the floor.

  I laid on the floor and watched the blood drain from the gash that formed when my head hit the floor. I tried to get up but I was too weak to move. I know I needed to go before Dre got up but I had none of the energy I would need to move the TV.

  I began to try to slide from under the TV once I heard Dre grunting. I didn’t want him to get up and kill me before I had the chance to kill him. The more I scooted over, the more discouraged I got because the TV was still on my back. After a few minutes of trying, I gave up and just laid on the floor trapped underneath the TV.

  Tamia

  I stood completely still with my mouth wide open as I stared out into the hallway at the spot Rashard was just standing in. The look on his face was one of pure hurt and disappointment. I know I was debating about whether or not I should cut him off, but I still didn’t want to hurt him in the process. I wanted to run after him, so I could apologize for what he saw. If I could take it back, I would, but I can’t.

  “Don’t worry T. He just needs time,” Amere said, as he reached out to touch my hand. I took a step away from him and sat back down on the bed.

  “Naw, I’m pretty sure it’s over with,” I said, as I laid back against the pillow on the bed. I didn’t know what to do to fix this. Hell, I didn’t even know if I wanted to fix it. I stared up at the ceiling, trying to figure out what I was going to do. I’m not the type of female to chase any nigga because I know there’s more to life than that and the world won’t end because we aren’t going to date anymore. Now, at the same time, I don’t want any bad blood with anyone.

  It took years for me to forgive Amere for the pain he’s caused me and I didn’t even realize I had forgiven him until he showed up tonight. When I saw him and didn’t feel any ill feelings towards him, I knew that I was over it. I only kissed him because it’s been months since I felt wanted and even longer since I’ve been touched. I wasn’t thinking clearly because the sex that I knew would have been explosive was on my mind.

  “You’re a good woman. You made a mistake and I’m sure he has too. He’ll get over it,” Amere said and it shocked me. I halfway expected him to be trying to push up on me but here he is, just being a friend. It’s strange as hell talking to him about another man, but it’s great not to be alone.

  “I’m not sure I want him to get over it. I care if it hurt him but not enough to chase em, ya know?” I asked because I don’t know if the way I feel makes sense when I say it out loud.

  “T, I’m about to tell you some real shit and don’t get offended. You selfish as fuck when it comes to dating,” he said, as he looked at me from the chair that he was sitting in.

  “How?” I asked with a frown because I don’t think I’m selfish at all.

  “All you think about is yourself and when you’re in a relationship, it’s not just you no more,” he said and it sounded like the biggest load of shit I had ever heard in my entire life!

  People say “It’s not just you” when you have children and I don’t have any, so why should I say that about a nigga? “Naw, I disagree,” I said, as I shook my head at him.

  “With you being selfish or what I just said?” he asked, as he watched me intensely.

  “Both! I’m not selfish Amere; I’ll help anybody that needs me,” I said defensively. He didn’t respond; he just shook his head.

  I watched him walk over to the counter and grab my cellphone, then he tossed it to me. “Unlock it and put my number in it, so we can te
xt,” he said and I gave him the side eye. “Girl chill, don’t nobody want your big headed ass,” he said and I laughed. That was the first time I had a real genuine laugh in a while. I unlocked the phone and saved his number and he left.

  A few minutes later, Jennifer came in and checked my vitals. “You look tired Tamia,” she said and I believe her because I was. I don’t know what time it was but I knew it was getting late.

  “I am but I don’t think I’m going to be able to fall asleep,” I said to her as I shook my head.

  “Ole lord, what done happened now?” she asked, as she took a seat in the chair Amere was just sitting in. I gave her a run through of what happened and what Rashard saw. She shook her head and stared at the floor for a few minutes before she answered. “Let me tell you something about Rashard,” she said, as she stood to her feet and closed the door.

  I watched her walk back to the chair and sit down before she continued. “That boy been a hoe for as long as I can remember, even when he had a girlfriend. I’ll bet you any kind of money that since ya’ll being doing whatever the hell ya’ll lil confused asses been doing that he’s still been doing him,” she said and paused, like she was letting it sink in. I nodded my head in agreement because I do feel like he’s been hiding something from me.

  I stared at her as I waited for her to continue. “Even if ya’ll not together though, apologize for what he saw because you have to put yourself in his shoes. Yea, you were thinking about cutting him but he didn’t know anything about that. He thought ya’ll were about to be together and move in together, and he walked in on you kissing your ex,” she said then shrugged her shoulders.

  “I have to go get my computer, so I can administer some meds and I’ll be back to give you yours,” she said and left as quickly as she had come. I laid there in deep thought because what she said made sense. I grabbed my phone and quickly shot him a text.

  Tamia: im sorry for what you walked in on. it shouldn have happened. im sorry i did it too.