by Tynessa
“Hello,” she answered in a sweet innocent voice that Star once had.
“What’s good Sis-in-law?” I have always called her that, even when her and my brother was broken up. She always has and always will be my sis-in-law.
“Hey brother… What’s going on with you? Is everything okay?” I was guessing she asked that because I never call her.
“Yes and no,” was my reply.
She gave nervous laugh. “What do you mean yes and no?”
“I was trying to see what was up with your sister nowadays. I mean she’s been bugging out hard lately.”
“Well I haven’t talked to Star in a minute. I mean, I saw her at the mall a couple of months ago but I haven’t seen her since. For some reason she been kind of distance, you know how close we used to be.”
“Yeah I know. All she wants to do lately is party and hang with Drea.”
“Her best friend Drea?”
“Yeah, all they want to do is party and get high,” I said to her and told her how she’s always trying to fight me and treat me like I ain’t shit. How she’s always staying out all time of night and I was lucky if she even came home at all.
“Wow,” was all Shan could say.
“Yeah that’s what I say.”
“You know what Cornell, I’m gonna have a talk with her because I’ve never known Star to act out like that. So I’m gonna call her then call you back,” she said angrily hanging up in my face before I could even respond.
I decided to go in the bedroom and pack Star’s clothes, shit if she didn’t want to be here then I wasn’t going to force her to.
Ronny
I decided today was the day I was gonna go over to Denise’s house to see what the fuck was going on with her ass and to let her know that her and Dre’s little plan of breaking me and Shan up didn’t work. In fact, it got Dre’s bitch ass killed and if her ass was on some bullshit, she was going to be next. However, the most important part, it got Shan and me back together.
I pulled up to her house she shared with her sister, called her cell, and told her to come outside. She didn’t know that I knew about her little secret of trapping me or that I killed Dre. I didn’t know how the two was connected but I knew they knew one another and I was going to get to the bottom of this shit. Plus I still had to find out who the fuck raped my girl.
I saw Denise wobbling out of the house and she was big as hell. I got out my truck as she walked around to the driver side. I’m assuming she thought I was coming to make peace with her ass because she had the biggest smile on her face.
“Hey babydaddy,” she said smiling from ear to ear.
I glared at her because she was already on some fuck shit.
“How many months are you girl and what are you having?” I asked just to see if the months added up.
“I’m due any day now and I’m having a girl.”
Shit, I knew it was a strong possibility that the baby was mine. I remember one drunken night I went in her raw, as she was riding my dick I felt my nut building up and I tried to push her off my shit but she wasn’t budging. In fact, she sped up and I bust all in her shit. The next day I felt sick to my stomach, Shan was the only female I went in raw and to this day, I still think that bitch put something in my drink.
I still didn’t believe it was mine though but I’ll know when she gets here, all I have to do is see the eyes and I hope like hell they don’t be grey.
“So you called yourself trapping me, huh?” I asked with a smirk on my face.
The smile she was wearing on her face quickly faded away and she had a shock expression on her face. I’m guessing she was wondering how I knew.
“What are you talking about Ron?”
I waved her off. “Don’t bullshit me girl. You know exactly what the fuck I’m talking about. You and that fuck nigga tried to fuck over me and Shan.” I didn’t have to say Dre’s name because she knew exactly who I was talking about.
She began breathing heavily and holding her stomach with fear in her eyes as if she was about to go into labor.
I smirked, “I’m not gonna hurt you. Not while you’re pregnant anyways.”
That calmed her down a little and I turned to get in my truck. “Hit my line when you give birth so I can come make sure it ain’t mines,” I said before speeding off leaving her standing there.
After leaving Denise’s house, I decided to go see what my nigga Vic was up to. I pulled up to his house and was happy as hell when I didn’t see Trish’s car parked in the driveway. I knew if she was there then Nikki might’ve been there and I wasn’t up for any of her shit either.
I hopped out my truck, went up to the door, and knocked. I heard mumbling then footsteps like someone was running around. It had me wondering what the fuck was going on. Then shortly after, the door swung open.
“H-hey man, w-what you doing here?” Vic fumbled over his words and it made me eye him suspiciously.
“What the fuck you in there doing?” I asked peeking around him trying to see who he had in there while Trish was out.
He looked back at the person then dropped his head before opening the door wider. I walked in and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Nikki sitting on the couch adjusting her clothes.
I turned back to face Vic. “Yo, what the fuck is going on?” I asked smiling. I guess he thought I was going to feel some type of way about him fucking her because I used to hit.
“Man it ain’t what you think bruh. We were just watching TV,” he said quickly.
My eyes went straight to the TV and the screen was black. He followed my eyes then dropped his head.
“You don’t have to explain shit to him Vic. He had a shot with me and he blew it,” she said looking me up and down with a frown.
“I blew it? Bitch first and foremost I didn’t want a shot with your ass and you damn right he don’t owe me an explanation at all because I don’t give a damn who this nigga stick his dick in. Long as it not my ol’ lady we’re good,” I snapped before I knew it.
She sat there with her mouth slightly opened.
“Yo Vic I’m out just hit me later man,” I said walking to the door.
He followed. “Yo Bruh, you good?”
“Yeah man. I was about to slap yo bitch though. Trish gonna kill both y’all asses.” I laughed.
“What she don’t know won’t hurt her,” he said laughing.
“Yeah well go ahead and handle your business. I’m out.”
We dapped each other up and I was out, heading home.
Chapter 4
Shaniqua
My girl Brooke was coming to visit and I was excited. Ronny was very hesitant at first but I convinced him that she was good people and he would love her. Therefore, he gave in.
“Shan Pooh,” Brooke screamed as the kids ran to me screaming, “Auntie Shan.” Those were my babies.
“Hey babies.” I kissed them on their foreheads then hugged Brooke.
I helped her put their bags in and once we were all settled in the car we pulled off heading to the condo.
“So girl, how did you get Ronny to finally give in?” Brooke asked me.
“Honey you know I had to do some begging,” I giggled. “But for real, I feel where he was coming from and why he was hesitant about you coming at first. I mean you are my ex-fiancé’s cousin.” I didn’t want to tell her the real reason he didn’t want her to come.
“Yeah but ain’t nobody thinking about Dre’s ass.”
“Yeah I know. He said you could be crazy like Dre,” I laughed
“Girl no, I leave that craziness up to Dre. I don’t even believe he pulled someone like you.”
“Girl he put on a little innocent act like he was just heaven sent or some shit like that. I have to admit his ass had me fooled too.” I laughed as I shook my head. I couldn’t believe I fell for all the bullshit he was spitting.
“I think with Gina leaving him the way she did it messed my cousin up.”
I wanted to tell her about what w
ent down and how Dre kidnapped me and stood back while one of his cousins raped me. I knew she would lead me to the person that was behind the rape but then I would have to let her know about Ronny killing Dre and I didn’t know how she would take that. Plus I wasn’t trying to ruin her trip so I decided to keep quiet about the whole situation.
We pulled up to the condo and I showed her around. She loved it, went straight to the master bedroom, and began unpacking.
“Have you even spoken with Dre? Nobody has talked to him or seen him in a few months,” she asked still unpacking her things.
I dropped my head and was about to answer when her daughter Angel came running in the room.
“Auntie Shan, where is Niyah?” she asked.
I looked at her and smiled. She was so pretty.
“She’s at home with her daddy. I’m gonna take y’all over to see her when your mom finishes unpacking,” I said picking her up.
“Yay,” she said excitedly.
About 30 minutes later Brooke had finished unpacking and we were headed to the house I shared with Ronny. I pulled right behind his burnt orange Challenger with the works. Brooke’s boys Keon and Kendrick had a fit when they saw the car. I had to admit it was nice and Ronny loved that damn car. For some reason he loved that color also.
“Baby I’m home,” I yelled once we walked through the door.
I heard Shaniyah crying and shook my head. She was always giving Ronny a hard time. I was guessing because he had her spoiled rotten.
I walked in the living room and saw him trying to feed her and Ray’Shun playing the video game. He looked up at me and smiled.
“She wanna get down and play instead of eating,” he said.
“Let her down, she’ll eat when she’s ready,” I said to him before introducing Brooke and her three kids. The boys ran over to Ray’Shun while Angel ran over to Niyah.
“So I’m finally meeting the man that has my little sister’s heart,” Brooke said smiling at Ronny and it caused me to blush because that was so true. I loved that man to the death of me. He even gave shy schoolboy grin.
“Yes that would be me.” To my surprise, he grabbed her and hugged her. “I guess welcome to the family, if wifey trust you then I guess you okay with me,” he said and it almost brought tears to my eyes.
“That’s what I’m talking about… My bestie and my man getting along,” I said smiling.
He walked over to me and grabbed me by the waist. “I got some shit I have to handle with Bino,” he whispered in my ear.
“You gonna be out late?” I wasn’t trying to nag him but he knew I wanted to show Brooke around.
“I know you want to spend time with your girl so I promise I won’t be out late,” he said giving me a peck on the lips and was out the door.
Ronny
I pulled up to the apartment complex that Bino lived in and beeped the horn. I waved at a few around the way niggas and hoes before my nigga ran out and jumped in the car.
“What the fuck you running for?” I asked as I pulled off.
“Just ready to pay this fuck nigga a visit,” Bino said excitedly. My nigga was hyped up and ready for whatever.
I was still heated about Shan being raped, so I had Bino to do a little research because I was ready to murk whoever was behind that bullshit. I didn’t know how this nigga found out that Vic knew Dre but he did and we was about to go pay that nigga a visit. Though Bino and Vic hang out from time to time, they really didn’t fuck with one another like that, so this was right up Bino’s alley.
We pulled up to the trap house Vic said he was going to be at when I called him earlier and I parked my Challenger right behind his Crown Vic with the works. Bino hopped out first and I followed. We walked up to the front porch where everyone was and dapped those niggas up.
“Yo Vic man, let me holla at you about something right quick,” I said walking out into the front yard.
He walked off the porch to where I was standing.
“What’s up bruh?” he asked.
“Aye man, you remember that cat Dre that Shan used to fuck with?”
“Dre… Dre,” he said as if he was thinking hard. “Oh you talking about ol’ boy that she left you for?” he said laughing. Only if he knew what was about to hit him he wouldn’t be standing there trying to tell a damn joke.
I stared at him and didn’t say a word nor did I laugh at his silly ass joke.
He cleared his throat, “Yeah man, I remember him. I met him at the strip club Shan used to work at.”
“Do you know any of that nigga’s family? I’m trying to find that nigga cousin that was in on that damn kidnapping.”
He had the nerve to look at me as if I had two heads. It took everything I had in me to remain calm.
“Naw man, I don’t know any of his family,” he said and as I said before, I knew when that nigga was lying and when he wasn’t.
I eyed him for a minute. “You wouldn’t be lying to me would you Vic?”
“Come on Ron man. You know me better than that,” he said nervously.
I knew that nigga was holding out on me and there’s nothing I hate worse than a nigga lying to my face. I didn’t know what he knew, but I know he knew something. I reached at the small of my back and got the 9mm that I took from Dre when I killed him and raised it to Vic’s head. I stood there with the 9 pressed right between my best friend eyes. He closed his eyes.
“Open your fucking eyes nigga!” I demand and he did.
“Yo bruh what you doing?” he asked with pleading eyes.
By now, everyone had walked out to the yard surrounding us. Bino was standing right beside me not saying a word. I could have sworn I saw that nigga smile though.
“Vic you know you my right hand man and I love you like a brother. You of all people know I hate when mothafuckas lie to my face…”
“But I’m not lying Ron… I swear,” he said cutting me off with pleading eyes.
I chuckled. “I hope not because though I have love for you I still don’t mind going off in your shit when it comes to my family,” and with that being said I pulled the trigger on my best friend… my right hand man Vic.
Bino
“Man you made that nigga piss on himself,” I said laughing to Ronny as we pulled off from the trap house.
“That nigga lucky I emptied the clip before I left the house this morning otherwise his ass would be a dead man” Ronny replied.
“Yeah man but you know that nigga might come after you. You probably should have murked his ass.”
Ronny shook his head. “That pussy ain’t ’bout that life. But, if he does grow some balls then you already know your boy stay ready… I know that nigga lying, he know something.”
“Yeah, that shit is gonna come out sooner or later,” I said as my phone was ringing. I looked at the caller ID and it was my babymama Amber.
“What’s good ma?” I answered.
“I thought you were coming over here to get Kelly!” she screamed in the phone.
“I am coming over there. I had to take care of some shit with Ronny but I’m about to pick up my car and head over that way now,”
“Okay well we’ll be here,” she said hanging up.
I shook my head because her ass was really bipolar. One minute she’s ready to go off on a nigga then the next minute she wants to love on a nigga. I looked over at Ronny texting on his phone. He then dropped it in his lap.
“You good?” I asked as we pulled up to my apartment complex.
“Yeah. Denise ass about to have the baby,” he said looking straight ahead.
“You going to see it.”
“I told her to call me tomorrow and I’ll come by to see it. I pray and hope that damn baby isn’t mines. Shan’s ass will never forgive me,” he said shaking his head.
I felt sorry for my boy. Every time things seemed to be going well for him and Shan, something always seems to tear them apart. I can see the change in him, I see him trying to do right by her. I guess her leaving him and
thinking she was pregnant by another nigga finally open that nigga eyes. I just pray for the best.
“Yeah I hope it’s not either. But you know Shan loves you so if it is yours she might accept the baby with open arms… you never know.”
“Yeah well we’ll see,” he said. After we said our goodbyes, I hopped out, got in my Yukon, and headed to go pick up my three-year-old daughter, Kelly.
Ronny
I was on my way home when my phone went off and it was a text from my little brother asking me to stop by his crib. He said he needed to holla at me and didn’t want to discuss it over the phone. He wasn’t into drugs or anything so I wondered what he could possibly want that he needed to see me in person. I guess I would find out once I get there.
I pulled up to his flat brick house and parked behind Star’s car. I was assuming she had my brother’s whip. I got out and before I could knock, the door swung open and Star stood there wearing a bathrobe and smile on her face.
“Fuck my brother at?” I scowled at her. I tried but I never really liked her lil sneaky ass for my brother.
“Come on in. He’s not here,” she said opening the door wider and I stepped in. Something told me to just leave.
“He texted me and told me to come over here. How long has he been gone?” I said taking out my phone to call him.
She gave a devious grin and walked over to the coffee table as his phone begun to ring and waved it at me.
“He left it,” she said sitting it back down and walked back over to me with her robe slightly opened, her right breast peeking out at me.
I licked my full lips before turning my head.