ADDICTED TO HIM 3

by Linette King

  I didn’t know what else to say to him other than that. I sat there with the phone in my hand for thirty minutes waiting on a reply that I never got. I shook my head as I looked up just as Jennifer was walking back into the room. She scanned my armband, then administered my shot intravenously. She gave me a cup with two pills in it. “This is for swelling,” she said, as she gestured towards the cup. I took the pills and laid back down.

  “How is Myra?” I asked before she turned to walk away.

  “She’s fine. In pain but she’s alive. She was awake but I think she’s sleeping right now,” she answered me. I smiled and nodded my head.

  “Um… Jennifer!” I called out when she reached the door.

  “Yes?” she answered.

  “Never mind. Thanks,” I said as I shook my head.

  “She’s fine. She woke up about an hour ago asking for you,” Jennifer said and walked out of the door. I nodded my head, even though she couldn’t see me. My eyelids grew heavier and heavier as sleep overcame.

  Rashard

  I waited until the police officer pulled off to make the call that I’d been wanting to make since I found out what happened. “What’s up boss?” he said and I laughed. Thoughts of Candy filled my mind but I quickly shook them away.

  “Aye, squad car 7586 has someone I need in it. Just left mom dukes house,” I said directly into the receiver. I looked around the yard and knew nobody was paying me any attention, except for my nieces and nephew.

  “Gotcha covered boss. We already on this end,” Tre said.

  “Why?” I asked, simply out of curiosity.

  “Just dropped Deuce off to Candy,” he answered.

  “Oh ok! That’s what’s up,” I said, as I nodded my head. I disconnected the call and sat down on the side of the road to talk to my nieces and nephew.

  “Hey ya’ll wanna go see ya’ll mama?” I asked and they all nodded their heads. I could tell they were tired and I was about to pull an all-nighter because I needed to figure out what the fuck was going on. The ambulance had already pulled off with Bo in the back of it, so I guess everyone will be staying the night in the damn emergency room. Maybe Ashley will get the kids and take them home with her though because I got moves to make.

  When we made it to the hospital and walked in the ER, there was a different girl at the front desk. I shook my head because I didn’t have time for no bullshit. “Hey, excuse me. I’m Rashard and my sister Myra Peterson is in the back. I need to drop these kids off to my other sister,” I explained to her. She looked up with a big smile on her face and just hit the button, so the doors would open for me. “Thanks ma,” I said and headed to the back with the kids.

  I walked in the room without knocking and everybody was asleep. Aunt Jennifer had already texted me and told me she was awake, but I was handling shit. My phone vibrated in my hand and when I opened it, I shook my head at Tamia’s bullshit ass apology. She can keep that shit because she showed me why I don’t trust these bitches.

  “Ashley, wake up,” I said, as I shook her lightly. I needed her awake before I told my mom what happened to Bo.

  “What?” she answered groggily.

  “Man, get up,” I said, as I shook her harder and she stood up. When I turned to face my mama, she was already awake and looking at me.

  “What happened?” she asked and it caught me off guard. I wasn’t expecting her to be so alert and ready.

  “Somebody broke in the house and stabbed Bo. He’s here but I don’t know where. I was bringing Ashley the kids, so I could get things handled,” I said to her in one breath and she nodded her head.

  “Take them babies to yo house, so they can lay down,” my mama said to Ashley. She nodded her head and walked out of the room.

  “I’ll be back tomorrow,” I said, as I walked to the door.

  “Be careful son. Kill them but be careful,” my mama said to me and my jaw hit the floor. “Oh, so you been thinking mama was a fool all these years, huh? You ain’t had no wool over my eyes baby! The only reason you hadn’t heard my mouth is because you kept school first and nothing ever happened to us. This girl got you sloppy,” she said, as she looked at me with a concerned expression on her face.

  The mention of Tamia pissed me off and I’m sure by the way my mom started looking at me that my facial expression showed it. “What she do already, hell?” my mom asked. “You know what? Fuck her. Go get your head in the game baby; I love you,” she said with a dismissive wave of her hand.

  I walked out of the hospital just as my phone started ringing. “Yea?” I answered the phone.

  “Packaged intercepted, we in the dungeon,” and then the call disconnected. I hopped in my car and headed to the dungeon for the second time today.

  When I pulled up, I saw the flash of a red beam go across my eye. I stopped the car and stepped out of it, so Peanut could see it was me from wherever he was before he killed me. “Sorry!” I heard him yell off in the distance.

  “Can’t be too careful,” I yelled back, even though I didn’t know where he was. I hopped back in my car and drove down to the same parking spot I was parked in earlier.

  Tre opened the door to a different house than he was in, so I walked over to him. “What’s up; this ain’t Chardae in here bruh,” Tre said confused, as he dapped me up.

  “That bitch damn near killed my brother tonight. Police got to her before I did,” I explained, as I locked the door and followed him down to the basement.

  “This bitch been crying and begging since I grabbed her. I had to dead the police officer and take the camera out his car,” Tre said, as he walked right up to the chick and slapped her already battered face.

  “What the hell you do to her shoulder, nigga?” I asked because it looked like a football injury.

  “Naw fam, that shit was like that when I grabbed her,” he said, as he shook his. I didn’t know they rough bitches up like that too. I guess they really don’t care.

  I walked up to her, pulled out my pocket knife, and cut her free. “What you doing?” Tre asked. I pulled her arm and popped her shoulder back in place, then tied her back up.

  “What’s your name?” I asked, to make sure I heard her correctly when she told the police.

  “Lisa. I didn’t do that to your brother; it was Michelle,” she said and caught me by surprise at how easy it was to get her talking.

  “Michelle?” I asked to make sure she was talking about the same one I’m thinking about. She didn’t respond right away and Tre punched her in the face again. She spit blood out of her mouth and began to beg us to let her go. I shook my head at her, so she knew she wasn’t going anywhere.

  “Ok, it’s the Michelle you use to date. I’ll tell you everything if you let me go,” she said, trying to bargain.

  “Bitch, you gone tell me everything anyway,” I said with a smile on my face. The fact that she thought she had the upper hand in this situation was quite comical.

  “Tell me what you know about Michelle or it’s gonna get worse than a punch,” I said and her eyes grew big and filled with alarm.

  “Michelle wants to kill Tamia,” she blurted out and it caught me by surprise. I didn’t let it show as I nodded my head because I already know why she wants to kill her.

  “What else?” I asked. My facial expression showed her that I wasn’t the least bit impressed.

  “The baby she was pregnant with was your brother baby. She… she… she got an abortion because you didn’t believe her,” she rambled out and I couldn’t hide the shock. I looked over at Tre and I could tell her revelation caught him by surprise as well.

  “Wow,” Tre said, as he looked between us. I bet this was like a Jerry Springer episode to this nigga.

  “Is that why she wanted him dead? Was he gonna tell me or something?” I asked, as I tried to understand why she would go to this extreme. Michelle was never the violent type when we were together, so I wonder what made her snap.

  “He beat her til she passed out. She told him she would kil
l him and let him go so she had to go back and kill him first,” she answered me, as she looked around nervously.

  “Is that all?” I asked and she nodded her head.

  I pulled my pistol out and cocked it back. “Wait, it’s a lot of people gunning for you,” she rushed out.

  “Tell me something I don’t know,” I said and she didn’t respond.

  “I should have stayed with Dre,” she said, right before two bullets to the dome silenced her for life.

  “Man, why you kill her?” Tre asked.

  “Reflex, we’ll figure out who else is involved when we find Michelle. Dre is easy to find,” I said, as we walked back up the steps and left.

  Armani

  My first night at the club was amazing! Tiresome but still amazing! My feet hurt like hell from dancing in 6” stilettos all night and my back ached, but it’s nothing a nice hot bath couldn’t fix. Hell, those hot baths got me through plenty of ass whoopings delivered by Joe. The thought of him made me not want to go home but I have nowhere else to go.

  Megan and Tia are going to have drinks but I’m tired and sore, so I just want to go home and relax. Hopefully, Joe is satisfied with the information I have and not concerned with the time I’m going to make it in. I checked my phone and realized he hasn’t texted me or called me all day long, so he must have had a really busy day.

  I hopped in my truck and drove home with tunnel vision. At this moment, all I care about is the tub that I’m about to fill with hot water and bath beads. When I made it to the condos, I climbed out and head inside of the building.

  “Long day?” James, the security guard asked.

  “Yes, my body is aching!” I exclaimed, as I made my way to the elevator. “Is he home?” I turned around and asked, but he shrugged his shoulder.

  “I haven’t seen him,” he said, then focused his attention on the monitors in front of him. At the same time, the elevator chimed and the doors opened. I climbed in as I stared down at my phone, willing it not to ring before I got in the condo. If he doesn’t call, then maybe I’ll have peace while I relax.

  “We’re not speaking?” a familiar voice asked. When I looked up and came face to face with him, I didn’t know how to feel. I wanted to be mad because I reached out for help when I was being kidnapped, and he left me hanging. I wanted to be mad because he wanted to date me, and Tamia never mentioned it to me. Then, on the other hand, I’ve been wanting to see him because I miss the dick and I’m not used to working. I didn’t think I could make it without my sponsors but this $5,000 that I made tonight proves otherwise.

  “Hey Daddy,” I said sheepishly.

  “I been needing you. I knew you were free but it took me a minute to figure out where you were,” he said and I felt my body stiffen at the mention of me being free. Yes, I’m no longer being held captive but I’m still a prisoner. I’m being forced to follow someone daily and anytime that I lose him, I get beat. I can fight and I’d probably win, but I wouldn’t have anywhere to go after that. So, um yeah, I’m not free, so I didn’t respond.

  When the elevator opened at my floor, I looked back to tell Dave bye but he grabbed my arm and snatched me close to him. I could feel him breathing heavily on the top of my head. “Why you smell like smoke?” he asked, as he took a step away from me. The doors of the elevator closed and I sighed heavily.

  “I was at the club,” I answered, as I hit the button to go back down to my floor. The elevator had already taken off so I would have to wait until Dave got off, so I could head back home and hopefully, make it there before Joe.

  “You club now?” he asked, as he looked at me as if he was trying to see into my soul. I shrugged my shoulders in response and stepped backwards, so I could lean against the wall. When the doors opened again, Dave stepped off. “C’mon,” he said, as he looked at me. Fear took over my body and I began to tremble at the thought of someone else touching me. If Joe came home and wanted to fuck and thought I gave this pussy to someone else, he would body me for sure. “What’s wrong with you?” Dave asked and I shook my head to let him know I was fine.

  “That’s ya boyfriend now, huh?” Dave asked with a hurt look on his face. I shook my head again as I continued to look down at my feet. I could feel Dave’s body heat as he stood in front of me. His Gucci Guilty cologne invaded my nose as I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. My pussy began to tingle as my clit throbbed while thoughts of the sex we’d had filled my mind. “Let’s go,” he said and grabbed my hand.

  I followed him into the penthouse that he has other than the home he shares with his wife, Sabrina. I stood dormant as I took in the surroundings. Everything was still the same as the last time I was here. He walked off in the direction of the bathroom and I heard the shower come on. “Mani, c’mere!” he yelled and I quickly headed in his direction.

  I stood in the doorway and admired his naked toned body from behind as he bent over the tub. “Get naked,” he said and I quickly stripped down to nothing. He turned and held his hand out for me to grab. He helped me climb in the tub slowly and thoughts of the hot bath I wanted to soak in clouded my mind. The water pressure from the shower head felt amazing as it pummeled my skin. I stood directly under the spray of water with my eyes closed. I felt Dave’s presence behind me as he began to wash my body. Once he was done with my back, he turned me around so he could wash the front, then handed me the towel to finish.

  He grabbed my shoulders and pushed me softly directly under the stream of water. I could feel my hair sticking to my skin as he tilted my head back. I kept my eyes closed as he started massaging my scalp. I could smell the cherry scent coming from the shampoo and he continued to massage my scalp.

  He kissed me softly on my neck, then in random places all over my body. It took me a minute to realize he was kissing bruises. Tears began to stream down my face but the water hid them well. After all of the shampoo rinsed out of my hair, I kissed him hungrily. We kissed with so much passion that I didn’t know what to do next. This was a time that I wasn’t in control and the plan was to let him lead.

  He broke the kiss and made his way down to my breasts. He grabbed and nibbled on my nipple as his free hand found its way to my pussy. He inserted two fingers and moved them around until he found my spot. He stroked it over and over as I moaned out on a verge of cumming, then he stopped.

  I released a frustrated sigh as I opened my eyes and looked into his. We stared at each other so deep with so much love and I couldn’t understand it. Never in my life had I ever felt like this before. He cupped my face in his hands and kissed my lips softly as the water sprayed us both. He slid his hands down my body until he reached my legs. He grabbed one and propped it on the side of the tub.

  I watched him get down on his knees and suck on my clit with so much force, I almost came right then. He inserted two fingers as he sucked vigorously. I threw my head back in pure ecstasy as he devoured my pussy. It didn’t take long for my legs to start trembling. I thought I was going to fall but he cupped my ass and pulled me closer, like the juices that were pouring from my body weren’t enough. I moaned out as he continued to lap at my pussy like his very survival depended on this very moment. My legs grew weaker as I came again. He gripped me tighter but it wasn’t enough to stop me from hitting the floor of the bathtub.

  My knees buckled and feet slipped but he grabbed my arms before my head hit the back of the tub. The bathroom filled with laughter once everything registered. I just bust my ass while getting my pussy ate in the shower! Don’t try that shit at home! Well, at least not without one of those tub mats that prevents shit like this.

  “You good?” Dave asked, once we caught our breath from laughing. I looked at his handsome face that was still wet but I couldn’t tell if it was the water or my sweet juices.

  “Yes,” I answered and looked away. I didn’t look away because I was embarrassed, it was because I was seeing a side of Dave I had never seen. Our relationship had been strictly platonic with no emotions involved; now he’s showing a soft
er side.

  He reached over my head and turned the water off, stood to his feet, and helped me to mine. He carried me from the bathroom to his room and made love to me for the first time, and I loved every minute of it.

  For the first time in my life, I went to sleep at peace with nothing but happy thoughts as Dave snuggled closely behind me.

  Tamia

  6 weeks later…

  Believe it or not, it took Rashard three days before he talked to me again and I was more than excited to hear his ring tone, even though it was just a text message. I was hospitalized for four days and as dumb as it may sound, I crashed at Amere’s place. I was released a day before him and we had talked so much that he knew about me wanting to cut everyone off possibly, and he gave me a key to his place.

  At first, I was bit skeptical but he hasn’t hit on me at all, not even once. Hell, a few nights I wanted some so bad that I walked out of my room wearing only a tank top shirt and thongs, and he still didn’t try so I gave up because I knew he’s not what I need. I start work tomorrow, so hopefully I can move out in a couple of weeks and get my own place. It was getting harder and harder to keep where I live away from Rashard. I completely stopped leaving out of the house because I thought he would see me and follow me back to Amere’s place.

  Candy is much better and Deuce hasn’t left her side. Myra got released a day before I did and she doesn’t blame me for what happened to her, which is totally awesome because I had been blaming myself.

  “What you cookin ma?” Amere asked, as he stood in the kitchen.

  “Bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches,” I answered, as I scooped the eggs out of the skillet and into a bowl, so they wouldn’t stick or burn. He looked a bit nervous as I busied myself with fixing our sandwiches.

  “What’s wrong?” I asked and he looked away.

  “You been a great friend to me, so let me be one to you,” I pressed. He sighed deeply then focused his deep brown eyes on me.