Nakia sat down on the sofa and watched as he carried most of his things to the spare bedroom down the hall. He came back in a few minutes later and sat on the sofa next to her.
“So what’s up with you?” Buck asked her.
“Where do I begin?” Nakia sighed.
She blew out a breath of frustration before she ran down the entire situation to Buck. He listened intently, but he didn’t say anything as she cried and told him her story from beginning to end. Nakia admittedly felt better afterwards, and she was happy that Buck was there to listen.
“So your sister is fucking with Banks?” Buck asked her.
“I guess so. Your sister’s boyfriend told her that he was coming, and she looked scared as shit. I’m sure that he’s the one who gave her that black eye that she’s sporting too.”
“No doubt about that,” Buck agreed. “That nigga is into all kinds of shit. He’s always hooking up with chicks at the strip clubs and have them doing all kinds of shit for his ass. His last girlfriend is doing time now.”
“All kinds of stuff like what? You think my sister might be prostituting?”
“Most definitely,” Buck said honestly. “That nigga is into that too. That’s mostly what goes on in the strip clubs anyway.”
“I heard that a few times, but I just didn’t want to believe it,” Nakia admitted.
“Your sister is just caught up in that life. Nothing that you say is going to change that until she’s ready to be done with it. You need to focus on seeing where your mama is.”
“I don’t even know where to start. Her phone is off, and the neighbors couldn’t tell me anything. They only knew that she’d been evicted,” Nakia said as a fresh stream of tears fell from her eyes.
“I’ll get my brothers to ask around the neighborhood. Somebody has to know something,” Buck said as he used the back of his hand to wipe her eyes.
Nakia didn’t know if it was his cologne or what, but she felt a tingle in her lower region the minute his hand brushed across her face. Buck was very attractive, but she never looked at him in that way. He’d been with Asia for as long as she’d known him and that was probably why. Nakia had never known Buck to cheat on his girlfriend, and that alone was attractive to her. Without thinking too much about it, Nakia grabbed the collar of Buck’s shirt and pulled him into her lips. She expected him to pull away when their lips touched, but she was happy that he didn’t. He seemed to be enjoying the kiss just as much as she was. When they pulled apart, Nakia expected to see regret in his eyes, but lust is what she saw instead. Nakia knew that look all too well. She was sure that the look in her eyes matched the one that she saw in his. After standing to her feet, she pulled her dress over her head and stepped out of her underwear. Buck admired her slender frame for a minute before he followed her lead and removed his shirt and pants. A look of uncertainty flashed across his face momentarily making Nakia question if they were doing the right thing.
“We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to,” Nakia said trying to give him a way out.
“I definitely wanna do it. I just don’t want Zyra to walk in on us,” Buck replied.
“She’s out with Jeremy until tomorrow, but we can go upstairs to my room if it’ll make you feel better,” she offered.
“Wait,” Buck said as he picked his pants up off the floor a pulled a condom out of his wallet. Nakia’s mouth hit the floor when Buck dropped his boxers and rolled a condom over his huge erection. It had been a few months since she was intimate with anyone and she was hoping that she could handle the monster that he was working with. She wanted to run upstairs and lock herself in the bedroom when he started walking towards her. When he lowered his tall frame down and crashed his lips into hers, all doubts were removed. Nakia’s faucet was turned on high, and she was ready. In one swift motion, Buck picked her up and lowered her down onto his rock hard manhood. They both groaned in satisfaction as they found a rhythm that they were comfortable with.
“No we can go to your bedroom,” Buck smiled as he bounced Nakia up and down at a steady pace.
Nakia was thankful that Zyra was staying out all night because she and Buck stayed locked up in her room sexing each other until the sun came up.
Chapter 17
“Yes baby, yes! Fuck me!” China screamed as she was flipped over on the sofa. Her head was roughly shoved into the cushions while she tooted her ass up in the air.
“Throw it back at me,” Mekhi requested as he pounded into her going deeper with each thrust.
After turning China down for a few weeks, Mekhi finally gave her what she’d been begging for, and he had no regrets. Every day for two weeks straight he and China hooked up faithfully. The first few times they rented a room, but they were at her apartment at the moment. Her broke ass boyfriend went to jail for an attachment earlier that week, and Mekhi had been going there every day since then. China had the money to bail him out, but she was too busy having fun with Mekhi to do it. She saw why Brandy was so hooked on him because she was started to feign for the dick herself. He and Brandy still slept together, but China didn’t care. She still slept with Kirk regularly, so she couldn’t even get mad. Mekhi never said it, but him sleeping with her was his way of getting back at Brandy too. Brandy was a hoe, and he knew that from the start. That still didn’t stop him from catching some feelings for her, though. He would never admit that to anyone, and he planned to take his feelings to the grave with him. Brandy didn’t know that he and China were messing around, but the petty side of him didn’t really care if she did.
“That was so damn good,” China panted once Mekhi exploded on her back and ass.
“Fuck!” Mekhi shouted as she rose to his feet. “The condom broke.”
“It’s cool, I’m on birth control,” China said waving him off.
“That’s what they all say until the baby comes nine months later,” Mekhi replied sarcastically.
“That’s them other hoes that you deal with, not me. I don’t have any kids because I don’t want any. I’ve been on birth control since I was sixteen years old for that very reason,” China assured him.
He was able to breathe a little easier, but he was still skeptical. After Shay and Janice had pulled a fast one on him, he didn’t know who he could trust anymore. Janice had been keeping her distance, and he was thankful for that. He went to see her a few days ago and ended up blowing her back out. She gave him the cold shoulder after that, but it was no big deal to him. Her stomach was getting bigger by the day, and she was adamant about keeping the baby. He didn’t know what her problem was, but he was happy to know that she wasn’t a baby mama from hell like Shay. Even China wasn’t the nagging type, and that’s what made him chill with her so much. He never noticed how fine she was, but she had a nice body outside of her clothes. She wasn’t ugly, but she resembled Snake too much for his liking.
“Where is that newspaper that I came over here with?” Mekhi asked her.
China got up from the sofa and retrieved what he was asking her for. A huge smile spread across Mekhi’s face when he opened the paper to the business section and saw what he needed to see. Right there in black and white were Rylee and Zyrian’s names. They had failed two inspections on their bar, preventing them from opening up. Big Moe’s girl was giving them hell just like Mekhi was paying her to do. They only had one more time to fail before they would be closed down indefinitely until everything was done and up to the inspector’s standards. April was finding minor things that they had to fix, but it was enough to hold them back from opening. He owed big Moe and his girl big time for coming through for him.
“What are you smiling about?” China asked when she walked back into the room covered in her bathrobe. She handed Mekhi a fresh towel to clean himself up right before she disappeared from the room again. After taking a nice hot shower, China went back into her living room to find Mekhi sleeping peacefully on her sofa, still naked from their earlier rendezvous. She smiled while grabbing the towel that he used to freshen up
with and returned it to the bathroom. Just then, a thought came to China. She rushed to her bedroom and grabbed her phone. After taking a few pictures of Mekhi sleeping peacefully, she sent them to Brandy making sure that she captioned them all. He would probably be mad when he found out, but she really didn’t care. It wasn’t about him anyway. It was about her ex-best friend stripping for her man and fucking him like it was cool. That was unacceptable, and she was about to learn that the hard way.
***
“Man, this is some straight up bullshit!” Zyrian fussed when he hung up the phone with his father.
“Stop making all that noise before you wake your kids up,” Rylee scolded. She’d just put the twins down for a nap, and she needed to start cooking before they woke up.
“I’m sorry baby, but this shit is stressing me out. It’s like the stuff that they’re asking us to do is minor, but they we’re still failing the inspections. My pops said that I need to appeal it. Everything is done and ready for us to open.”
“Didn’t Snake say that he could help you out with that? Maybe you need to see what’s he’s talking about,” Rylee suggested.
“Seriously Rylee? You know that nigga ain’t right in the head. I’m not trying to go back to jail messing around with him.”
“Just see what he’s talking about Zyrian.”
“Knowing him it involves murder. I’m good on that. I’m seriously just thinking about eliminating that kitchen shit altogether.”
“That’s not a good idea baby. Aside from the private parties, the kitchen is what made most of the money. Get out of your feelings and talk to your cousin. You never know what kind of strings he can pull to help you out,” Rylee said as she started pulling things from the fridge to get their dinner started.
“Alright,” Zyrian conceded.
He knew that his wife was right, but he was just aggravated. Owning the bar was seeming to be more trouble than it was worth. His father was excited about running the place, and that was the only reason why it wasn’t back on the market.
“What’s up fam?” Snake asked when he answered the phone.
“I need to talk to you about a few things. Where you at cuz?” Zyrian questioned.
“I’m out with my girl. You alright?”
“You and lil bit back together?”
“No, I’m with my baby. I don’t fuck with Ashley’s lil short ass no more. Y’all ran her away,” Snake laughed.
“You got somebody new already?” Rylee yelled in the background.
“New to y’all, but familiar to me,” Snake replied.
“Man, I need to talk to you about something important,” Zyrian spoke up.
“Alright, I can swing by you right quick before we go where we have to go,” Snake suggested.
“Nah, I don’t want none of your women knowing where I stay.” Zyrian declined.
“Man, she ain’t like them other hood rats. She’s a business woman,” Snake replied.
“It’s cool baby?” Zyrian asked while looking over at his wife.
“Yeah,” Rylee agreed while nodding her head.
“Alright, I’ll see y’all in a few minutes,” Snake promised before he hung up the phone.
Zyrian got up to check on their kids while Rylee continued to prepare their meal. She was curious to see what Snake had to say, and she was hoping that it was some good news for her husband. Things were going great for them at the beginning, but they hit a roadblock when it came to the inspection. Rylee had never had to deal with that before because Mekhi was always the one to handle it. She wished that she could do something to help, but her hands were tied.
“The doorbell is ringing,” Rylee yelled to Zyrian about thirty minutes later. They knew that it was Snake because he was the only one that they were expecting. Nakia and Zyra were coming over later to eat, so it was too early for them to show up. Rylee washed her hands and walked into her living room right as Snake, and his female companion walked through the front door.
“Hi, I’m Rylee, and this is my husband Zyrian,” she said introducing herself and Zyrian to the woman.
“It’s nice to meet you, I’m April,” she said shaking Rylee’s extended hand.
“You can have a seat,” Rylee offered politely.
She could see just by looking at April that Snake was right. She wasn’t like any of the other women that she had ever seen him with. She seemed like she was very well put together.
“Alright nigga, what’s going on with you,” Snake said getting right to the point. He and April had plans that ended with him banging her back out. He didn’t have time to be hanging at Zyrian’s house all day.
“Man this bar shit is driving me crazy. We keep failing the inspections over minor bullshit,” Zyrian spoke up.
“If you don’t mind me asking, what’s the location of your business?” April spoke up even though nobody was talking to her. She was looking down at something on her phone, so she didn’t see the frown that appeared on Zyrian’s face. He and Rylee looked at each other skeptically, but neither of them said anything.
“Just answer the question. She’s asking you for a reason,” Snake snapped in irritation.
Zyrian was still leery, but he called out the address to her anyway. April’s head snapped up, and a look of confusion covered her chubby face.
“What?” Zyrian questioned once he saw how she looked at him.
“That’s MJ’s right?” She inquired.
“It was, but my husband and I own it now. My ex-husband and I used to own it before we got divorced,” Rylee spoke up.
“Mekhi,” April sighed like she was finally getting the final piece of a puzzle.
“Yeah, Mekhi is my ex-husband. How do you know him?” Rylee asked.
“I don’t. My ex-boyfriend works as a bouncer at his new club. I swear I didn’t know that it was y’all that he was doing that too,” April rambled.
“Fuck you mean by that?” Snake said angrily. “And what ex-boyfriend?”
“Big Moe,” she said under her breath, but loud enough for him to hear.
“You still fucking with that nigga!” Snake yelled as he jumped to his feet making April flinch.
“No, but I ran into him a few times recently. He introduced me to Mekhi not too long ago,” April replied.
“Don’t stop there, keep talking,” Snake demanded as he towered over her with his arms folded. April fidgeted with her fingernails, but she continued with her story.
“Mekhi asked me to help him, but I didn’t know that it was your cousin’s place. He paid me to fail the bar’s inspections,” April confessed through tears.
“What! So his punk ass is the reason why we’ve been failing?” Zyrian shouted angrily.
“Yeah, but I swear I didn’t know. I would have never done it if I did,” April cried.
“Your stupid ass was jeopardizing your job for a nigga that you don’t even know,” Snake fussed.
“I told you that he was paying me. I don’t have to know him to take his money,” April said sounding stupid.
“Wait, I’m still confused. How do you know her Snake?” Rylee asked.
“I was locked up with Big Moe when they were still together. Me and that nigga never did get along, so I stepped to April one day when she came to see him. She broke up with him, and we started kicking it off and on once I got out,” Snake replied.
“Mekhi is still playing games I see,” Rylee said shaking her head.
“That nigga is a straight up hoe. Me and my wife are happy and not even worried about his ass. He can keep trying to start a war if he wants to,” Zyrian said.
“Don’t even stoop to his level baby. At least now you know that you didn’t do anything wrong as far as the bar goes. Karma is gonna catch up to Mekhi sooner or later,” Rylee replied.
“And you better fix this shit April,” Snake fumed.
“I’ll fix it as soon as I get back to work on Monday morning. I’ll drop off your new inspection letter to you personally,” April promised.
“That nigga Mekhi is really fucked up in the head,” Zyrian said out loud.
“He is, but his mammy wanna say that I’m bitter. His ass is the bitter one,” Rylee replied right as they heard one of the babies cries coming from the monitor.
“I’m on it. Finish the food so we can eat,” Zyrian said as he walked away towards the staircase to see about his little ones. Rylee did as she was told and finished their dinner before her two hungry guests arrived.
Chapter 18
“At least you know where she is now,” Rylee said as she rubbed Nakia’s back.
She felt so bad for her cousin, but there wasn’t much that she could do to make her feel better. With the help of Mr. Campbell, Rylee was able to find out that her aunt Leslie was in a homeless women’s shelter. When she delivered the news to Nakia a few minutes ago, she broke down crying like a baby. As if that wasn’t stressful enough, Nicole had been arrested for prostitution the day before. Rylee tried to assure her cousin that none of that was her fault, but Nakia was consumed with guilt. She kept thinking that she could have done something to prevent her family from being torn apart.
“Nakia stop blaming yourself. You didn’t do a damn thing wrong. Your sister was a hoe long before she started getting paid for it and your mama was acting as her pimp. They created the mess that they’re in now, not you,” Zyra argued.
Nakia was a sweetheart, and she hated to see her beating herself up like she was doing.
“You’re a good person Nakia. You didn’t do anything wrong. You tried to help your sister, but she didn’t want it,” Amber said trying to comfort her.
All four women were gathered at Zyra’s house talking and just enjoying each other’s company. Zyrian had the twins with him at his parents’ house, so Rylee was enjoying her break. Zyra had made some margaritas, and they were all indulging.
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