“Always got your little ugly ass in the mirror taking pictures and shit,” he said.
“Aww, that was cute. Look,” she said as she showed him the picture. “And don’t even try it, nigga. I’m the baddest one you’ve ever been with, including that bitch you with now,” she said just as Zeeky started to stir and whine.
“I’m not with nobody,” Zeek told her.
“Give him here, that’s why you should have left him on the bed,” she said as she took her son from his daddy. “And what you mean, you not with her? You got a divorce?” she asked as she put Zeeky in his rocker to help rock him back to sleep.
“I’m working on something. I got Wolf handling that shit for me,” Zeek said.
Coco just looked at him funny because she really didn’t know what to say. She was actually wondering what the hell took him so long but she wasn’t about to mess up the moment with her questioning. It seemed as if every time she opened her mouth to say something where Nina was the subject, they always got into a fight. They were in a good place as of right now and she wasn’t going to be the one to mess that up.
“So what happens after that?” she asked.
“You bring your ass home so me and you can be a family with my son…our son,” he told her. Zeek was honestly tired of the back and forth thing with Coco. One minute they were good then the next minute they weren’t. He just wanted to settle down with her and be happy. Both of the most important women in his life had already gave their stamps of approval on Coco and that meant a lot to Zeek. That was all the affirmation he needed to know that Coco was the woman he wanted to be with.
“It could all be so simple, huh?” she said.
“I don’t see why not.” Zeek shrugged.
Coco just stared at Zeek in deep thought. After everything they had been through, could she be in an actual relationship with him? She didn’t know what the future held for them but she knew she wasn’t about to get her hopes up just to be let down once again by him. Coco had long ago learned not to expect anything when it came to Zeek. Besides, she still had a situation going on with Ishmael back in Cali.
Chapter Twenty One
“We’re not going to be in here all day. I have to meet up with Coco and Shanae so we can go over some bridal stuff,” Jayliah said as she checked her gun to make sure it was loaded. She and Tariq had just pulled up to the house that this Laina chick lived in.
The day that bitch she worked with tried to be messy and get a rise out of her, Jayliah went home and had a nice long conversation with Tariq. Surprisingly, she was extra calm about the situation and didn't threaten him at all. She was really trying to grow and be a better woman and it was showing.
“I thought you didn't carry no more, Jay,” Tariq laughed.
“I don't but this situation called for it. I don't know what type of hot shit this bitch is going to be talking and I might have to pop her ass. Shit, might have to pop you, too,” she said with a deranged looking smile on her face.
“Bring your looney ass on,” Tariq said as he got out the car. “Talking all that crazy shit,” he mumbled.
They walked up to the door and Jayliah wasted no time knocking like she was the police coming to serve a warrant. Next thing they knew, the front door came swinging open and lo and behold, it was the bitch that Jayliah had walked in on him fucking. She had vowed that she wouldn't ever forgot her face and she was happy she didn't because of shit like this. Jayliah looked at him like she wanted to beat his ass again but she had to remind herself to remain calm.
“Wh…what are you doing here?” she asked Tariq but her eyes were trained on Jayliah.
“You going around telling muthafuckas I got you pregnant?” Tariq asked as Jayliah pushed her back into the house.
“What? No!” she exclaimed.
“Lie again, bitch,” Jayliah said as she pulled her gun out.
“Oh my God!” Laina screamed. “Please, don't shoot me! I swear it wasn't me, it was all my sister. Leka said she worked with you and knew that Tariq was your man. She said that if I pinned my baby on him, we would be paid. It was all her. I told her to leave it alone but she swore she had it all figured out. Please don't shoot me.”
Jayliah put her gun up and looked at Tariq. It was evident that this girl was terrified for her life and she believed everything that had just come out of her mouth. She didn't come here with intentions to kill anybody, she just wanted to know if the girl was carrying her man’s baby or not. Now that she got the truth, her job here was done.
“Tell that bitch Leka she gonna have to see me,” Jayliah told her as she walked back out the door with Tariq right on her heels.
Tariq was happy that they handled this without Jayliah catching a case. He loved his rowdy firecracker but he could get used to her being this calm new woman she was. The old Jayliah used to turn up at the drop of a dime but this new Jayliah thought things through as well as picked and chose her battles.
“I'm proud of you. That went way better than I expected.” Tariq let her know when they got back to his truck.
“It was better than I planned too. I’m just happy to know that truth.”
“What you would've done if she was really pregnant by me?” Tariq asked out of curiosity.
“I would've killed her,” Jayliah answered honestly without batting an eye.
“Crazy ass,” he shook his head.
“Sure am.” She smiled brightly. “Her sister still gotta see me, though. I'm fucking that bitch up on sight. That hoe tried me and she failed miserably at the shit. Let me find out you fucked that hoe too,” she said, suddenly having a thought.
Tariq waved her off because he wasn't about to entertain this shit. The more they talked about the situation, the crazier and more hyped up she became. Tariq had just dodged a big bullet, literally, and he was happy as hell.
As they were pulling up to their house, Jayliah was on the phone babbling off with Coco. She looked up in her driveway and damn near lost her mind when she saw what was waiting for her.
“OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!” she screamed at the top of her lungs as she started bouncing up and down in her seat.
“What? What's wrong, Jay?” Coco asked.
Jayliah was so excited that she ended up hanging up on her sister and didn't give Tariq time to stop his truck before she jumped out.
“Be careful, girl, and calm your crazy ass down!” he yelled after her.
“Riqqqqq! You got it for me!” Jayliah yelled.
Tariq laughed as Jayliah acted like a kid on Christmas morning as she ran to her new Bentley truck. It was the exact same one she was eyeing at the dealership. Even though he was talking all that shit that day, Tariq had already known he was going to end up getting it for her. There was no way in hell that he was going to do her dirty by letting her sister push a Bentley and she not have one of her own.
“Thank you, baby! Thank you sooo much!” Jayliah talked as she jumped in his arms, wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him all over the face.
It was true that Tariq liked to spoil Jayliah but she had never allowed him to spend money on her like that. If she felt that it was an unreasonable amount of money to be spent on something, she wouldn't let him get it for her. When she set her sights on that truck that day, she just knew she had to have it. It was literally love at first sight and her man came through for her without her even having to tell him she wanted it.
“You're welcome but you really don't have to thank me, I'm just doing my job,” he told her.
Jayliah got out of his arms and smiled seductively. “Come on.”
“I thought you had to go meet Nae and Coco?” he asked as she pulled him to the house.
“Boy, shut up and come on.”
Tariq didn't need to be told again as he allowed her to walk him in the house. He just knew he was about to have a good time and he damn sure wasn't about to complain.
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Coco was trying to sleep but the vibrating of a phone was disturbing her. She looked to he
r left and shook her head at the fact that Zeek had his sneaky ass in the bed with her. Climbing out of the bed irritated, she walked over to his side of the bed and snatched his phone off the nightstand. As soon as she picked it up, it stopped ringing and she saw that he had twelve missed calls from Nina. Just as Coco was about to put it down, it started vibrating again.
Coco rushed to the bathroom and answered the phone with an attitude.
“Hello?”
“Who is this?” Nina asked, now pissed off herself.
“Bitch, stop playing. You know who phone you called and you know who he with so stop acting stupid. It's three o'clock in the morning, why the fuck you blowing his shit up?” Coco snapped.
“Put my husband on the phone!” Nina yelled.
“You can have him back when I'm done with him. Don't call him no fucking more,” Coco said as she hung up and turned the phone off.
When she turned around to go back to the bedroom, Zeek was standing there looking at her funny.
“Oh shit! What the fuck you creeping in on me for?” she asked as she tried to give him his phone. “Your wife wants you to come home.”
Coco looked at him like he was crazy as he just stood there staring at her. He didn't budge or nothing when she tried to give him his phone. She put the phone on the bathroom counter and tried to walk around him but he grabbed her and sat her on the counter.
“What the fuck…Zeek what are you doing?” Coco asked.
“What you gonna do with me, Co?” he asked.
“Huh?” she asked confused.
“You said you not done with me, so what you gonna do with me?” he asked as he pulled on the hem of her pajama shorts.
“Zeek, no. We can't do this, okay? Okay?” Coco said as she tried to stop him. Zeek ignored her as he lightly bit her neck while his fingers found her treasure. Coco continued to try to push him away but it was to no avail because he wouldn't move. “No, Zeek, we can't! I have a boyfriend and you're—”
“I need you, Co,” Zeek said softly, staring into her eyes. “I need you.”
Coco opened her mouth to protest but a moan came out instead. She didn't even notice Zeek drop his boxers but he did and he didn't even bother taking her shorts off. He just pushed them to the side and shoved himself in her.
“This is so wrong,” Coco moaned as Zeek pumped in and out of her.
“Fuck,” Zeek groaned. He couldn't believe that her pussy still had a death grip on his dick even after she’d had a baby. Zeek was in the delivery room so he saw how wide his son had stretched her out but Coco’s snap back game was right.
“Oww Zeek…damn,” Coco said as she pulled him closer.
Grabbing her waist and pushing her back, Zeek fucked her like he had a point to prove. Coco was going crazy out of her mind, she didn't know what to do. The only thing she could do was close her eyes and bit her lip.
“I love you, Jacole.”
Coco’s eyes instantly snapped open and she looked at Zeek to see if he was serious. That was the first time she had ever heard those words spoken directly from his mouth and she actually couldn't believe she was hearing it now.
“You love me?” Zeek asked.
“Yessss!” Coco yelled as her body was hit with an orgasm. “I lo…love you, too!”
It seemed as if that was all Zeek needed to hear before he was cumming inside her. “Ahh fuuuuck!”
Coco laid leaned up against the bathroom mirror as the both of them fought to catch their breaths. Zeek picked Coco up without pulling out of her and carried her to the bed for round two. Coco hated to admit it but Zeek had her right where he wanted her. She knew he had the type of dick to make a bitch dumb and as of right now, she clearly wasn't thinking straight. She knew this was definitely going to cause more problems in this little love triangle he had going on.
Chapter Twenty Two
Since their engagement party didn't go as planned and they had a little rocky moment, Tariq and Jayliah were hosting a little gathering at their house to make up for it. This time around all the family was together, including Shanae and Steven, who was celebrating his divorce being finalized. Zeek had Wolf take care of that little situation for him and Steven was grateful. He didn't know how Wolf got her evil ass to sign the papers but he was happy he did.
“Here, baby, I have a gift for you,” Jayliah told Tariq as she handed him a gift bag.
“I didn't know we were giving each other gifts,” Tariq said, feeling bad.
“We’re not but this is something special that I wanted you to have and for the whole family to see,” she told him.
“Don’t do it, nigga! It might be a bomb,” Zeek yelled.
“Shut up, boy,” Jayliah laughed at him.
Tariq reached in the bag and pulled out a long box. He opened it up and smiled hard as hell. “You dead ass, Jay? You're pregnant?” he asked excitedly as he swooped her in his arms and kissed her.
Last week Jayliah had taken a pregnancy test because she hadn't been feeling good. Lo and behold, the test came back positive. She knew Tariq would be happy as hell since he had been wanting her to have his baby for the longest. She was happy that was able to give him what he really wanted.
“Aww, you guys! I'm so happy for you,” Coco said.
Zeek pulled her to him and whispered in her ear, “We got next, right?” he asked.
“Boy, please, stop playing with me.”
There was a loud crash outside the house that sounded like glass breaking. Everyone jumped up to see what the hell was the problem. Being the most rowdy, Jayliah was the first one to the door.
“Coco! Go get my gun, bitch. It’s about to be a First 48 up out this bitch!” Jayliah yelled.
Nina was standing outside yelling stuff in Spanish while taking a metal bat to Coco’s brand new Bentley that Zeek bought her. All Coco saw was red. She had tried plenty of times to be nice to this bitch but she was fed up now.
“Can you take him for me, please?” Coco asked Shanae as she handed Zeeky over to her.
Just as Zeek was rushing out the door, Coco was running up the stairs to her sister’s bedroom. She went to the closet and looked in the spot she knew Jayliah liked to keep her gun. Coco pulled out the custom purple nine millimeter and cocked it before leaving the closet. She didn't even have to check and see if it was loaded because she knew Jayliah kept a full clip.
“Jacole! What are you doing?” her dad asked her as she ran down the stairs.
“Daddy, keep the kids in the house. Shit is about to get hectic. Quaid and Tanae, go to the back room and play!” she yelled as she made her way out the front door.
When she got outside, Zeek had Nina by her throat cursing her out. Coco went straight to the car she knew Zeek got Nina and shot the bitch up.
POP! POP! POP! POP!
Everyone was so engrossed with what was going on with Zeek and Nina that they never noticed Coco until they heard the gunshots. They started ducking for cover until they realized Nina’s car was fucked up.
“You wanna play, bitch? Well let's go!” Coco yelled as she tried to walk up on Nina and Zeek.
Marco immediately grabbed Coco and tried to stop her and calm her down. Everyone was in shock because they had never seen Coco act like this. This was normal behavior for Jayliah but not Coco. She was the one who always remained calm in situations.
“Calm down, Co!” Marco said.
“No! Fuck that. This is the second time this bitch has showed up somewhere my son was and showed her ass. Since Zeek can't keep her ass in check, I will,” Coco yelled as she fired off a shot in their direction.
POP
“Yooo! Take that shit from her, nigga! Fuck is you doing?” Zeek yelled at Marco.
“I got her!” Jayliah said as she ran over to her sister.
She fought with Coco for a minute for the gun but she was able to take it from her. She put it on safety and gave it Tariq for him to put up before she grabbed Coco and walked her away from everyone.
“Come on, baby, let's
walk,” she told her. Jayliah rubbed her back to help get her to calm down. She had never seen her sister this upset about something so she wanted to know what the hell was going on with Coco. “Talk to me, Co,” Jayliah said.
“I'm just tired, Jay. I'm tired of everything. I have been trying not to say nothing to that damn girl because my beef is with Zeek but she has been testing me since the very day she popped up. Then on top of that, Zeek has been playing the fence, keeping one foot over there with her and one foot over here with me. Then to make this fucked up situation even worse, we been sleeping together.” Coco shook her head in shame. “Just feel so fucking stupid.”
“But why though, Co? Everyone knows that you and Zeek should be together. You're the only one that's in denial bout it. You know the heart wants what the heart wants and you damn sure can't help who you love. Another thing. Zeek is playing the fence because you haven't really put your foot down with him. You just telling him what you want him to do is not going to work, especially if you turn into putty whenever you're around him. You have to be stern and let him know that you're not playing with his black ass,” Jayliah let her little sister know.
Coco sighed because she knew her sister was right. Besides her little tantrums here and there, she had never really put her foot down with Zeek, ever. It was like this man had some type of hold on her where she would let him get away with anything and turn around and forgive him.
Their sisterly moment was interrupted when Coco’s phone rang.
“Hey, Megan, what's up?” Coco answered.
“Coco, I'm sorry to have to say this but I'm calling with some very bad news,” Megan said solemnly.
“What's wrong?” Coco asked on alert.
“Your house, it was set on fire. The fire department fought with it for hours to put out the fire but they couldn’t save it, it burned down and you lost everything, Co,” Megan told her.
Coco’s head started spinning at the words Megan just told her. She couldn't believe this shit was happening right now. Jayliah noticed the look of distress on her sister’s face and asked her what was wrong.
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