Married to a Balla

by Jackie D.

  “All y’all free loaders got two hours to get the fuck out my mother’s house or I’m comin’ back and burn this muthafucka down. And I won’t care who the hell is in it!”

  Chapter 11

  Asia drove down from the hair salon admiring how good she looked in the rear view mirror. Trying a new quick weave, she liked the way her stylist made the jet black layered bob look like her natural hair as she stopped at a red light. Quickly grabbing her new Pink 4 Friday M.A.C. lip gloss by Nicki Minaj, Asia applied a thick coat just before the light changed. Men seemed to love looking at her shiny, luscious lips, so weekly trips to the infamous cosmetic store was a must.

  After throwing the gloss back into her purse she realized she had two missed calls. Not recognizing the number, Asia pulled off then decided to check her voicemail before calling the number back. Entering her pass code, she placed her Blackberry on speaker then listened as Sandino yelled to the top of his lungs.

  “Oh, I see you haven’t been back to work in three days, huh? You haven’t even been home. What…are you scared bitch? Well you should be because I checked my account and I see that Skye withdrew over $70,000 of my fuckin’ money. I know you helped her because her dumb-ass couldn’t have done it without you. What…were you on some ‘ole get back shit because I didn’t want your dried up pussy anymore after we fucked? You better hope I don’t find your ass because when…”

  Cutting the message off, Asia hit the number nine to save it just in case she needed it for proof that he was harassing her. She sighed as she listened to another message from Sandino.

  “Bitch, I’m tellin’ you. Just like you helped her steal my shit, I suggest you help her put it back into my damn account A.S.A.P. I’m warnin’ you Asia!”

  Hitting the number nine again Asia saved that message just like all the others.

  Ever since Sandino showed up at the bank, he’d been calling and threatening her non-stop. Afraid of what he might do, Asia decided to take some time off work then called Keon and asked if she could stay with him for a while. Not only did she need his dick since they’d been sexing every night, she also needed him for protection. She’d even purchased a gun and carried it around just in case his huge build wasn’t enough. If Keon couldn’t defend her, one of the twelve rounds would.

  When Asia’s mind suddenly drifted to Skye, she felt really bad for ignoring all her calls. Skye had been a good friend to her, so it bothered Asia that she not only fucked her husband but that she never had any intentions on sending Skye the money. Her bank account was empty from all the shopping, her penthouse apartment, and the truck that she couldn’t afford.

  Feeling guilty, she picked up her phone and thought about calling Kareem’s number back to at least tell Skye how sorry she was, but she quickly changed her mind. Instead, she hit *2 on the keypad and followed the instructions to get to a Sprint representative.

  “Hello, my name is Asia Jones and I would like to have my phone number changed effective immediately,” she said once an operator finally answered.

  After ending the call, Asia thought about how she could hardly wait to see Keon. Her juicy pussy was a magnet to men. Once men got a taste, they were hooked and she had plans for his ass. She was going against her rule of being with a man too long, but his good dick was worth bending the rules this once.

  Twenty minutes later, Asia pulled up in front of Keon’s Bay View Plaza condo in Miami Beach. She loved his place and loved staying there. Once she parked in the underground parking lot, Asia got out and walked to the door leading to the elevators and punched in Keon’s code. When she got off the elevator on the eighteenth floor, Asia used the key Keon had given her, turned the knob and walked inside.

  The smell of something cooking immediately entered her nostrils.

  “Keon!” she called out. Asia walked past the dining room, where there were lit candles on a table and an elegant setting for two. “Wow,” she said, inhaling the aroma of a vanilla scent.

  Moments later, she noticed a note on the coffee table that said, Open Me. Asia looked around smiling like a school girl.

  Welcome home beautiful. The meal is almost ready, follow the rose petals I have a surprise for you upstairs.

  Asia smiled thinking, home, but continued following the petals up the small spiral staircase. When she reached the top step, she saw another note.

  Drop those clothes and continue following the petals into the bedroom.

  Smiling again, Asia took off her clothes then followed the petals into the bedroom and over to the king sized bed where another note sat.

  Open the blue box. Put what’s inside on then follow the petals.

  Asia saw another box with ribbons on the bed and wanted to open that one as well, but did as she was told. Opening the box, she was surprised to see a gorgeous red silk robe from Agent Provocateur.

  Great taste, Asia thought to herself after slipping it on. Once that was done, she followed the petals into the bathroom to find Keon standing beside his large Jacuzzi tub, naked and oiled up with his dick standing up at full attention. Asia dropped her new robe and grabbed Keon’s extended hand as he escorted her into the hot soothing bubble bath. After pouring two glasses of champagne, he joined her. The sounds of Kem played from an I-pod as he pulled her toward his lips.

  She looked at him, he looked at her. Within seconds, they were inside the Jacuzzi having hot passionate sex. The two connected as one as the water cascaded around their bodies. Asia rode and grinded him hard when she felt his massive dick vibrating inside her nest.

  “Shit, this some good pussy,” Keon said as his breathing increased.

  Licking her nipples in a circular motion, he began to tug on them before fighting back the urge to cum. However, nothing worked. Within seconds, Keon’s body started to jerk as he released. Asia squeezed her walls around his dick and bit down on her bottom lip as she moaned then exploded on her own. It was powerful.

  Asia looked over at Keon thinking, damn, I’ve never had an orgasm like that.

  Once they both got out of the tub and dried off, they laid on the bed before Keon asked, “So when are you planning to tell me what happened? You’ve been over here for days.” Asia looked hesitant. “You can trust me,” he assured, rubbing her back.

  Finally opening up, Asia told Keon everything that happened with Skye including the issue with Sandino and the money.

  “Is Skye alright? Do you know where she is?” he questioned.

  “No,” Asia replied.

  Keon looked at the way Asia continued to fidget as if she was telling a lie.

  “Are you sure?” he asked.

  “Yes, I haven’t heard from her.”

  “What about the money? Did y’all take it?”

  Asia instantly became frustrated. “Look, let’s just drop it okay. I’m tired of talking about that.”

  Before Keon could respond his cell phone rang. Looking at the screen, he turned back to Asia. “Baby, this is business. Look in the other box with the bow, then get dressed in the next surprise. I’ll meet you downstairs for dinner,” he said, before jetting out the room.

  “Damn, that must’ve been important,” Asia said to herself. “I hope it’s not some bitch because if so she might as well move the fuck on. He’s mine now.”

  *******

  Seven o’clock the next morning, Asia woke up to the sound of the alarm on her cell phone. Reaching her hand over toward Keon’s only nightstand, she was surprised that he wasn’t beside her. However after the sudden smell of food lingered into the bedroom, it didn’t take long to realize that he was cooking once again.

  I love a man that can cook, she thought.

  After the candle light dinner and sex marathon they had the night before, she wondered if Keon could be the one to finally make her settle down. Something no other man had been able to do.

  Getting out of bed, Asia went to use the bathroom and frowned from the slight pain once she sat on the toilet. “Damn, it’s been a long time since a man made my pussy sti
ng like this.” Moments later she smiled. “But I’ll take this pain any day.”

  Thinking about their wild night of sex once again, Asia quickly wiped herself then jumped up before making her way downstairs. But as she approached the top step she heard Keon on the phone downstairs and stopped instantly at the mention of her name.

  She was curious to see what he was talking about. Her antennas went up immediately as Keon attempted to whisper. Little did he know, Asia had bionic ears and could hear almost anything after dealing with so many sneaky-ass men.

  She eased down closer when she heard Keon say, “Trust me Sandino, Asia is about to tell me everything about her involvement and the whereabouts of Skye. I can handle her; she’s eating out the palm of my hands. I’m going to take her out to dinner tonight…you know wine and dine her ass then get her tipsy so she’ll start talking. I’ll hit you back tomorrow,” he said hanging up.

  Asia felt sick to her stomach at the fact that Keon had crossed her and was working for Sandino. She ran back upstairs to the bedroom.

  A few seconds later, Asia heard him coming up the stairs and she ran into the bathroom closing the door and locking it. She heard Keon calling her name.

  “Asia, I got a surprise for you,” he said carrying a tray with food. She saw the bathroom doorknob turning followed by a knock. “What’s wrong baby?” he yelled through the door.

  Asia didn’t respond, but decided to open the door anyway.

  “What’s wrong, baby?” he asked.

  “You crossed me,” she responded.

  Keon looked at her sideways. “What are you talking about?”

  “Look, don’t play fucking dumb with me.”

  When Keon realized Asia must’ve overheard his conversation with Sandino, he quickly tried to plead his case.

  “Fuck you Keon!” Asia yelled.

  She rushed past him trying to grab her clothes, but didn’t get far before Keon grabbed her by the neck and slung her across the room.

  Asia’s eyes searched the room for her purse as he instantly changed into a different person. “You stupid bitch. We could’ve both made some money off Sandino’s ass, but I see you don’t wanna act right.”

  “I can’t believe you would do this to me!” Asia yelled. “How could you talk to Sandino after the way he treated you at the party?”

  “Easy. When Sandino called and told me about the money you and Skye stole from him, he told me that he would hire me back if I could find out some information from you. He thought I went along with it because I needed my job back. But I only went along with it to get his ass back. Fuck Sandino. I just want the money he was talking about,” Keon informed.

  Asia got up feeling a little dizzy, but reluctantly started taking off her clothes trying to think of a plan. She knew if she tried to fight chances of her wining were slim, so sex had to be her secret weapon.

  Unfortunately her plan failed. Instead of getting horny, Keon grabbed Asia by the hair then pushed her over to the bed. Seconds later, he pushed his elbow into her chest.

  “You need to tell me where the fuck the money is that y’all stole. I could care less where Skye is. She deserves better anyway,” Keon said.

  “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I swear!”

  “Stop lying, bitch!”

  With his hands wrapped tightly around her throat, Asia knew she had to do something before he killed her. Thinking fast, she quickly raised her leg then kneed him in the nuts as hard as she could. She jumped back as Keon hit the floor yelling out in pain. Seconds later, Asia took it upon herself to start kicking him several times as he balled up in a fetal position trying to avoid the blows from her continuous stomps. Several kicks later, she stepped over him and immediately gathered her things.

  “I’m going to kill your ass, Asia. You’ll never be able to walk the streets for doing this to me,” he yelled loudly.

  Not taking his threats lightly, Asia reached for her purse on his desk then quickly pulled her 9mm out. “What did you just say?” she questioned.

  “I said I’m going to kill your ass,” Keon replied. He was obviously not affected by the sight of the gun.

  “Not if I kill your ass first,” Asia said before pulling the trigger.

  Noticing a small hole in his forehead, Asia watched his body jerk and the blood run out the side of his mouth. Seconds later, he stopped moving all together. Grabbing her towel from the night before, Asia franticly tried to wipe down everything she’d touched. Realizing her fingerprints were probably on everything in the condo, she quickly put back on her clothes then grabbed all her belongings before making a swift exit out of the door.

  Walking nervously to her car, Asia constantly looked around to see if anyone was watching her before jumping inside and pulling off. Glancing around the parking lot one last time, when she finally made it to the street, Asia hit the accelerator and headed to her job with plans to get all the money and get the hell out of dodge. She always wanted to visit the windy city.

  “Chicago, here I come!”

  Chapter 12

  A week passed since Skye had arrived at the shelter, and she still hadn’t been able to reach Asia. Completely surprised that she’d changed her number, Skye then tried to reach Asia at her job, but was shocked to find out that she’d quit.

  “Where the hell could that bitch be with my money? If I wasn’t so scared to go back to Florida, I would go looking for her ass,” Skye said to herself.

  Her body began to shiver and her temper rose at the thought of Asia double crossing her. It was beyond foul and something Skye thought Asia would never do. “How the fuck am I gonna make it with three kids and no money?” Skye carried on. “I’m ready to get the hell out this shelter.”

  Shaking her head in disbelief, Skye looked at the clock on the dusty nightstand and realized that it was time for her counseling session with Justice. As an occupant in the shelter the only requirement that had to be met was meeting with him twice a week. However, in the few days she’d been there Skye also started exercising daily. Anything was better than sitting around thinking about Asia all day. She still stayed to herself and didn’t mingle with the other ladies in the house. The last thing she needed right now was another shiesty bitch coming into her life. Besides, it was obvious that the other women didn’t care too much for her. They’d made that known from the constant evil stares they gave her whenever Skye walked into a room. Luckily she didn’t care. As long as her sons were fitting in and nobody fucked with them everything was cool.

  The only person Skye seemed to have a connection with was Justice. Unlike Sandino, Skye liked the fact that he was easy to talk to, and an even better listener. He’d also had a session with the boys, which seemed to help with Jordan, but Kareem had yet to open up. Although he was finally getting along with Joey and Manny, Kareem hadn’t shown any signs of trusting another man.

  Skye grabbed Payton and headed toward Justice’s office for her session. However, before she could bend the corner, she noticed the big girl peeking out her room.

  “Can you come here for a second? I need to talk to you real quick,” the girl said.

  Skye stopped and looked around, wondering if the girl was talking to her.

  “I need to warn you about that bitch,” the girl said waving her hand so Skye could come to her room.

  Skye was hesitant about talking to her and damn sure wasn’t going inside her room, especially since the big girl hadn’t said two words to Skye since she’d arrived.

  “I’m not gonna bite,” the girl replied.

  Skye walked in the direction of her room to see what she wanted. She stood at the door noticing all her belongings packed up and ready to go.

  “What’s your name again?” the girl asked.

  “Janelle.”

  “Right…okay Janelle well I’m Toya.”

  They briefly shook hands.

  “Listen honey, I been watching you, and you look like you smart, but I have to warn you about that bitch Mercedes. She’s no
t to be trusted. She’s missing a few screws inside that head of hers if you know what I mean. She’s jealous of every woman who comes into the shelter that looks better than her. She needs to be in a crazy house not working here. Just watch your back when it comes to her ass!”

  A few seconds later, Mercedes came walking past them and instead of speaking, she rolled her eyes instead.

  “See what I mean,” Toya replied.

  “Yeah…thanks,” Skye said before walking away.

  She’d actually noticed how strange Mercedes had been acting lately, which made Skye wonder if it really did have something to do with the comfortable relationship between her and Justice. She got the impression that Mercedes might’ve had a thing for him, but didn’t feel comfortable enough getting into either of their business. Little did Mercedes know, Skye couldn’t allow herself to get involved with another man right now. She just really enjoyed his company nonetheless. In the meantime Mercedes would just have to accept the newfound friendship

  Minutes later, Skye knocked on the door to Justice’s office.

  “Come in!” he yelled.

  When Skye turned the knob and walked inside, Justice was sitting behind the desk looking fine as ever.

  “Hey Janelle, how are you? Are you feeling better since we met the other day?”

  “Yeah, I’m feeling a little better.”

  He looked at Payton as she turned to him and smiled at the sound of his voice. “So, have you thought about what we discussed?”

  “Yes, I did some thinking and I’m ready to open up and discuss the abuse.”

  “Good, that’s what I wanted to hear. You can start whenever you’re ready.”

  Skye took a deep breath. “My husband who I would rather not disclose his name has been abusing me for years. I put up with it and made excuses because I didn’t want to give up the lifestyle my kids and I were accustomed to. I also didn’t want to break up my family. But after the beatings got out of hand, I did attempt to leave on a few occasions, but always went back after he promised to get help and do better.”