“Your girlfriend is calling me again,” I said blowing out a breath of frustration.
“She keeps texting me. Answer your phone,” he insisted.
“Hey Shannon,” I answered trying not to sound aggravated even though I was.
“Hey Nadia, are you busy?” She asked sounding upset. I looked at Kevin shaking his head telling me to say no.
“No, what’s up?”
“I just need to get out of this house for a while. I feel like I’m going crazy. Kevin is gon’ make me kill him and his side bitch,” she cried.
Hearing her say that made my heart beat just a little bit faster. She doesn’t know that I’m the side bitch, and I plan to keep it that way.
“What happened?” I asked just to see what she knew.
“I’ve been calling him all day and he hasn’t answered. Then he had the nerve to text and asked me what I want. I know he’s somewhere laid up with a hoe, but he better pray that I never find out,” she fumed.
“Girl, don’t worry about that. He’s probably somewhere getting his mind right. You should be happy as much as y’all fight. I wish I could come get you, but my car is in the shop. It’s been acting up on me lately,” I lied.
“Damn. As much as I don’t want to I’m about to take this bitch Tiffany up on her offer,” she replied pissing me off.
“What offer?” I asked.
“She asked if I wanted to go have a drink with her and I said no. I’m about to call her and tell her that I changed my mind. I’ll talk to you later.”
Shannon forming a friendship with Tiffany was making what I’m doing with Kevin that much easier. She’s not loyal to me so why should I be loyal to her.
“What do you even see in her?” I asked Kevin once I hung up the phone. That’s been something that I’ve wanted to ask him since the first day I laid eyes on her.
“You wouldn’t understand. She might not have the best shape or the prettiest face, but she’s loyal. She’ll do whatever she has to do to make me happy, and I only have to ask once. I never have to worry about her leaving or cheating on me because I’m all that she knows. If it came down to my life and hers she would gladly leave this world for me,” he said seriously without a doubt in his mind.
“How do you think she would feel if she knew that you were here with me right now? What do you think she would say if she knew that you had been here for the past two days? You don’t think she would leave you then?” I asked curiously.
“Not at all. After she beats your ass, she’ll be giving me a blowjob and bringing me breakfast in bed. I’ve seen it happen a million times before,” he replied arrogantly.
“What makes you think she would beat my ass? And what makes you think I would let her?”
“Don’t underestimate her. Y’all are from two different worlds,” he answered.
“Fuck Shannon! If she was all that you wouldn’t be here with me. That bitch wants to be Tiffany’s friend so let her be. I felt bad about being with you at first, but I don’t anymore,” I ranted.
“So you said that you’re sorry about what happened to me today, huh?” Kevin asked changing the subject.
“Yes Kevin, I really am,” I confirmed.
“Well, show me then,” he replied with a sexy smirk.
He didn’t have to ask me twice. I crawled over to him on the sofa and sat on his lap. After sharing a long passionate kiss, I dropped down to my knees and did what I always do before we have sex. Kevin loves oral sex, but he’s not like Kyle. He never returns the gesture. After a few minutes of me trying to swallow him whole, I got up from the floor and straddled him.
“Are you seriously going to play with your phone right now? I asked in aggravation. “That game can wait.”
Once he put his phone down, he grabbed my hips and started drilling into me like he was drilling for oil. At the moment, Shannon was a distant memory for me. If things went right with me and Kevin, she would be a distant memory for him too.
BROOKLYN
After putting DJ to bed, I sat in the living room talking on the phone with Tiana about her boyfriend. Her and Taylor walked up on him at the movies with another girl. After Tiana had beaten the girl up, she threw a brick through the windshield of his car and left. Her feelings are hurt, and I’m trying my best to make her feel better. We’ve been on the phone for over two hours, and he’s been knocking at her door the entire time, begging her to let him in. I’ve also been texting back and forth with Dominic. He’s out shooting pool with David and two of my brothers.
“So what are you going to do?” I asked my friend.
Tiana and her boyfriend Travis have been together since she was a freshman in high school. They were each other’s first everything. I really couldn’t see them being with anyone else besides each other.
“Nothing, it’s over,” she replied nonchalantly.
“Now you know I have to call you out when you’re wrong. You did the same thing to him twice before, and he didn’t break up with you.”
“So, he only knew about the one time, but that’s not the point. He lied to me, and I’m done with him,” she fumed.
I was just about to tell her how selfish she was when I heard Dominic fumbling with his keys at the front door. I ended my call with Tiana and got up to greet him with a huge smile on my face. That was quickly replaced with a look of shock when I saw him.
“What happened to your hand?” I yelled frantically when Dominic walked through the door. He had a white towel wrapped around his hand, but I could tell that it was bleeding.
“I’m good, but I finally ran into that nigga Kevin,” he replied calmly.
“What happened? I hope you didn’t get yourself into any trouble,” I said as I followed him down the hall to our bedroom.
“I told you I’m straight, but your friend is all fucked up.”
“That is not my friend and I’m not worried about him. As long as you’re alright that’s all that matters,” I went to the bathroom and got some peroxide and Neosporin. I gasped when I removed the towel and saw how bruised and swollen Dominic’s hand was. He had a few cuts and scratches that caused the blood that I saw on the towel.
“Don’t trip it looks worse than it is,” he said when he saw my reaction.
“Are you sure you didn’t kill the boy? If your hand looks like this, I would hate to see his face.”
“His punk ass will live, but Jaden bashed him over the head with a beer bottle,” he said laughing.
“Why am I not surprised?” I replied sarcastically. Jaden is as crazy as they come. Any time there’s drama he was never too far away.
After cleaning and bandaging Dominic’s wounds, I cleaned up my mess while he prepared to take a shower.
“Oh yeah baby, I forgot to tell you the best part about tonight,” Dominic said right before he went into the bathroom.
“Better than the fight?” I asked with a smile.
“Yep, much better than the fight. When I walked down on ole boy, he didn’t see me because he was all hugged up with a woman.”
“It was probably his girlfriend Shannon,” I replied with a shrug.
“No, it wasn’t his girlfriend. He was in there with Nadia,” he revealed.
“Are you serious?” I asked while sitting up in the bed to see his facial expression.
“I’m dead ass serious. She jumped out of bed with one brother and climbed right in with the other one. I never even knew her to be so shady,” he said before disappearing into the bathroom.
Candace had already filled us in about Nadia’s relationship with Kyle, but this was my first time hearing about her and Kevin. Bryce had also told us about seeing Kyle with Tiffany not too long ago, but this is just too much to take in. Kyle seems to change women like he changes underwear, and nobody is off limits to him. Even though he and Bryce are no longer friends, Tiffany should have never been on his radar. And Nadia is just proving herself to be an untrustworthy hoe that’s capable of doing anything.
I waited until I heard
the shower turn on to grab my phone and called Candace. I’m sure David probably already filled her in, but I wanted to talk to her about it as well. I’m so happy that she found out about Nadia before it was too late.
****
Three weeks later, we were celebrating DJ’s second birthday. I had to damn near beg Dominic to do something small for him. He wanted something big like his first one, but I just wasn’t in the mood. We agreed to give him a party at the bounce house instead. All of the food was included, and we only had to buy a cake and party favors for his guests. Mrs. Liz and my mama went a few hours earlier and decorated the place for us. I’m eight months pregnant, so I was happy to let them do it. Aside from that, we’re also preparing to move into our new home. A few days ago Dominic finally got the call that he’s been waiting for. The bank accepted his offer for the house. He already signed all of the necessary paperwork and picked up the keys. I’m so excited that we got the house that I really want. I won’t be able to really decorate until after I have my baby, but I’m looking forward to doing it. I fell in love with the huge red and stainless steel kitchen the first time I laid eyes on it. Not to mention the six bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms that came along with it. The lighted pool and deck in the rear sealed the deal. I can’t wait to have my first poolside gathering.
Dominic is happier about the price. The property was owned by the bank due to foreclosure, and it was almost fifty percent cheaper than the original price. It’s newly built, and the previous owners only lived in it for three months before they went to prison for drug trafficking.
So much is going on right now, and I’m beginning to feel overwhelmed. I had my baby shower last weekend, and our apartment is a mess. They told me that it was going to be something small, but it was almost as big as the one I had with DJ. I have so much stuff for my baby that Dominic and my brothers had to take most of it to the new house. We weren’t officially moving for another week because Dominic had someone to come in and paint DJ and our daughters’ rooms. We went there almost every day to drop something off or just look around.
“These damn children are wearing me out,” Taylor complained as she sat down next to me. Her, Tiana, and Nyla were playing more than the kids.
“Don’t blame it on these children. You’ve been running around here like a big ass kid,” I said laughing. I got in the spacewalk for all of five minutes before Dominic had a fit. He’s in the back playing with DJ on the inflatable slide, but he’s keeping a close eye on me to make sure I don’t do it again.
“You’re just mad because Dominic made your fat ass sit down. Poor Dominique is probably all shook up in there,” she said while rubbing my belly.
“I hate that damn name,” I frowned. I listened to Tiana and Taylor and let the guests at my baby shower vote on the two names that Dominic and I chose. They didn’t know which one was our favorite, but everybody picked the name that he liked. Knowing him, he probably cheated and told them which one he wanted.
“Girl, that’s cute. Did y’all ever find out what Kennedi is having?” Taylor asked.
“She still won’t tell him. She still calls all day begging for money though. We saw her daddy the other day, and he said she wouldn’t tell him either. He didn’t even know that her and Dominic were about to be divorced.”
“She didn’t tell the man?”
“Nope, he said that she’s still mad at him about that wedding stuff.”
“That heifer is really crazy. She’s gon’ be a headache for y’all once she have that baby.”
“Her daddy said that her mama is in her ear. He’s giving up on trying to get through to her. I feel bad for him because that’s his first grandchild. I’m not worried about her being a problem for us. I won’t be pregnant forever,” I replied.
“Somebody needs to whip her mama’s ugly ass. Kennedi is gon’ be a lonely old maid just like her,” Taylor said before she walked away.
As soon as she left, Dominic made his way over to where I sat. I looked at him and rolled my eyes, letting him know that I’m still pissed about him ruining my fun.
“You can roll your eyes all you want to. You know you ain’t have no business in that damn spacewalk,” he fussed.
“I can’t wait to have this baby,” I complained. “You gon’ be looking for me with a flashlight in the daytime.”
“Yeah alright, play crazy if you want to. I might have to put another one in you just to make sure you chill out,” he laughed while pulling me onto his lap.
“You must be crazy. I already gave you a son, and I’m giving you a daughter next month. Not to mention whatever Kennedi is having. You should be good on kids for a while,” I replied.
“Yeah, you right when you say whatever she’s having. I guess I’ll find out when the baby gets here.”
“She might tell you if you buy what she’s asking for. You have to at least buy something before the baby gets here.”
“I already told you that she’s not calling the shots. You know I don’t have a problem providing for my kids, but I’m not about to play these games with her. Her stupid ass must be listening to somebody else. She wouldn’t have done anything like this on her own. I can’t wait until this divorce is final next month.”
“She’ll come around when she sees that you’re not playing with her. You already know that she’s going to use that baby as a weapon. I just hope she doesn’t try to keep it away from you. I really want all of the kids to know each other,” I replied. Dominic nodded his head in agreement.
I was about to get up and check on DJ when I heard Co-Co and Taylor yelling at somebody. Everybody turned their attention to the front door to see what all the commotion was about.
“Girl, I know you didn’t come to my nephew’s party with your bullshit,” Taylor yelled angrily.
“She must be trying to go into premature labor coming around here. You already know how this family gives it up,” Co-Co said.
Mrs. Liz blocked the door, preventing anyone from going outside. Dominic and I jumped up trying to see who was trying to ruin our son’s party. I got heated when I peeked outside and saw Kennedi standing there frowning.
“Sit down baby, let me go see what she wants,” Dominic said.
“I’m good right where I am. I’m not trying to do nothing to her scary ass,” I replied.
“Brook, please don’t wild out up in here,” Dominic begged.
“I told you I’m good. She just better not say anything to me.”
“David come here,” Dominic yelled to his brother. David walked over with DJ in his arms. “Don’t let her ass come out there.”
“I don’t need no damn babysitter. I told you that I’m not coming out there,” I yelled with my hand on my hips. He’s really doing too much right now acting like I’m his child or something.
“Come on and sit down slugger,” David said laughing. He grabbed my hand and led me over to the seating area right as Dominic went outside. My mama went to the door and grabbed Taylor and Co-Co. I’m happy that she did before things got worse than they already were.
KENNEDI
Showing up to DJ’s party wasn’t the best idea, but I wasn’t thinking clearly at the time. Dominic has been avoiding me for weeks and I’m sick of it. The final straw was when Tiffany showed me some pictures on Instagram that David posted a few days ago. My heart stopped when I saw Brooklyn and Dominic’s smiling faces standing next to the sign that said “SOLD” in front of their brand new house. She was holding up the keys while he had his hands secured around her very pregnant belly. Then, if that wasn’t bad enough, he got that bitch a house in the exact same location that I wanted us to live in. He denied me everything that I’ve ever wanted only to turn around and give it all to his side bitch. My daughter and I are going to be living in a two bedroom condo while Brooklyn and his other kids live it up in a six bedroom home with a pool.
I ignored the remarks being made by Taylor and Brooklyn’s cousin and turned my attention to Mrs. Liz instead.
“C
an you call Dominic for me, please?” I asked her. Before she could leave to go get him, I saw him making his way over to where I stood. I could tell that he’s upset, but I really didn’t care.
“I’m trying to be civil and handle this like an adult, but you’re really trying to make me go there with you,” Dominic said as he walked up on me.
“I don’t give a damn about none of what you’re saying right now. You out here buying cars and houses and shit, but I can’t even get a bag of diapers for our baby. This is your son’s second party, but I haven’t seen a dime for this baby yet,” I yelled.
“Don’t worry about what I do for my son. I don’t have a problem supporting this baby, but I’m buying what I want to buy. You don’t run shit over this way, and you should know that by now.”
“I don’t want your bitch picking out nothing for my baby. Just give me the money, and I can do it myself. I’ll get my mama to help me,” I replied.
“I’m not putting one dollar in your hand. And since you and your mama always want to run the show y’all can do that shit on y’all own,” he said as he started to walk away.
I lost it after that. I walked up behind him and slapped him on the back of his head.
“I hate you!” I screamed trying to hit him again.
He spun around with fire in his eyes, and that scared the hell out of me. Mrs. Liz rushed over to us just in time. Dominic looked as if he was about to knock me on my ass. I saw Brooklyn trying to break away from David to come outside, but his hold on her was too strong. I didn’t need her wild ass coming out here too.
“You better keep your fucking hands to yourself,” Dominic fumed.
“Go back inside Dominic. Let me talk to Kennedi for a minute,” his mother requested.
“Yeah, go back to your hood monkey,” I yelled at his departing back.
“That hood monkey got what you want though, huh,” he smirked right before disappearing into the building.
As much as I still love my husband, I’m starting to hate him even more. I would never have thought that we would be in the place that we’re in right now.
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