A Little More Sin

by Parish Sherman

  "I'll come out to visit you when time permits," he said.

  "My dad lives in Modesto. I was thinking of moving out that way," she said.

  "You sounding like you want to kick this thing up a notch."

  "You have that effect on me. I feel good about you," Sonia said.

  "Nah, you feel good about how I freaked you," he said. Sonia playfully pushed him. "For real though, I do big biz with Maria, and if I started seeing you it would surely mess that up," Sin said.

  "You have business with Mario, not Maria. All she's doing is overseeing the business. Mario's connect is our fathers. If you making them money, they ain't about to cut you short because of her," Sonia said.

  When Sonia and Sin got out of the shower they lotioned down. Sin put on his boxers and shorts and went to check on the kids.

  He went into the main house and went upstairs to check on Quesha and Malik first. He then went to check on Simina and Shamika. Neither of them were in their room. He went downstairs to the family room. Sin saw the French patio doors open and heard Shamika's voice outside.

  "I wore that bitch out!" she said.

  "Nah, I wore that bitch I was fighting out. Man, I thought my daddy was going to kill them niggas!" Simina said.

  Sin looked out the door and saw Simina, Shamika, Ebony, JJ, and Davy smoking weed.

  "Sin is cool as fuck. He kicked it with me the whole day of my great grandma's funeral," JJ said.

  "He thinks I like you," Shamika said to Davy.

  "I would never mess with your crazy-ass. I'm sprung on Ebony," he said.

  "Nigga, save the drama. You don't even know me," Ebony said.

  "I don't have to. I knew I was sprung on sight,'' Davy said seriously.

  "You gonna have to break her off some money," Shamika said and laughed.

  "I don't need no nigga for his money. My daddy, grandfather, and my Auntie Maria got long money," Ebony said as she hit the weed.

  "I ain't paying no way! Shit, Sin and June got top notches on the team, and they ain't paying," Davy said.

  "Shit, my daddy just bought my brother's mama a brand new Range Rover, and Uncle Sin gave Auntie Tracy 13 gees for furniture for her new apartment," Shamika said.

  "He gave my mama 9500 on our house too," Simina said.

  "He kicked her out too. We live there," Davy said.

  "She ain't tripping. She knows she'll get it back. Auntie Malika ain't tripping on no money. She stayed down for Uncle Sin when he didn't have shit," Shamika said as she hit the weed.

  "Nah she don't want no money. She wants my daddy back," Simina said.

  Sin took that opportunity to step out. "Baby girl, you out here getting loaded?" Sin asked. Simina, Shamika, and Ebony all got scared.

  "Daddy, please don't tell my mama!" Simina begged.

  Sin took the weed and hit it and gave it back to her. "Ya'll be up and ready to bone out at 11," he told them and went back to his and Sonia's cottage.

  When Maria's plane landed she went and rented a convertible Mustang. The whole time she was enroute to the ranch she was thinking of Sin fucking Sonia.

  When she got to the gate she pushed her remote which she kept with her. She sped down the road and pulled up at the garage. She looked towards her cottage and saw all the lights off.

  Maria got out of the car and went to her door and used her key. When she got inside, she went to her room and turned the light on. She saw that Sin wasn't there, but he had been by the clothes in the chair.

  "Fuck it, if they fucked, they fucked! I ain't got time for this shit!" she said as she undressed and got in the bed. I wonder where this muthafucka at, Maria thought as she cut the lights off.

  Sin got up at 9:00. He washed up and put on his boxers and shorts.

  Sonia woke up and smiled. "You something else," she said.

  "What, you thought I was a rookie or something?" he asked as he walked out and went to Maria's.

  When Sin walked in he didn't pay any attention to the women's leather coat on the sofa or the black Cavallo's sitting by the door. When he walked into the bedroom he saw Maria lying in the bed, uncovered. Maria had on a cream colored bra and thong set. Shit! he thought as he quietly walked in the closet and got his blue Phat Farm shorts, the gold and blue Lakers jersey with Kobe's number 8 on it. He snatched up the white Air Force One's and went into the bedroom.

  As he was getting his socks and drawers he felt Maria looking at him. "You going to say something or are you just going to stare?" he asked without turning around.

  "Where you been?" she asked.

  "Out," he said as he went to the bathroom and got dressed. He came out and sat on the edge of the bed and put his Nike socks and his shoes on.

  "So you just saying fuck me, huh?" she asked.

  "I'm not saying anything. You made a decision. I was outta pocket for mixing business with pleasure in the first place, but I couldn't resist you. I was also outta pocket for not using a rubber," he said.

  "Sin, I don't want it to end like this. I love you," she said.

  "Baby, it ended when you popped fly out the mouth. Then last night you lied to me about fucking Sonia's baby daddy. You lied about the fool, Donny too," Sin said as he looked at her angrily. He saw the sadness in Maria's eyes as he was leaving out. Fuck her! he thought as he walked back to his and Sonia's hideaway.

  When Sin stepped into the room, Sonia was stepping into a pink sundress. "Maria's here," he said.

  "Did you tell her?" Sonia asked, not caring one way or the other.

  "No, she didn't ask,'' Sin said as he put his chain, watch and ring on.

  "Sin, she's going to ask," she said as she put on her D&G sandals. Sin didn't reply. "We can just deny it. To throw her off, I'll act as if I don't like you," she said.

  "Nah, just act normal. I ain't trippin'," Sin said as he left out to go to the main house.

  As he was walking down the path Jamila was coming out her bungalow. She was wearing a light-blue bikini top and a matching sarong around her hips. "You can fly back today if you want to," Sin said as he openly admired her body.

  "I'll leave with ya'll," she said.

  They walked in the house and the girls were dressed and ready. Sin's phone rang. He looked at his caller ID and saw Tommy's number. "What up, Teezommy?" he asked.

  "I need to get three more of them," he said.

  "Aight, meet me at the mall," Sin said and hung up. He sat down and had breakfast with everyone. Sonia came in a few minutes later.

  "Janine, I need you to cut the kids loose in a car," Sin said.

  "Psss! No you don't!" she said.

  "I'll let them take my truck. Bro, you can push the drop," Sin said to June. He gave JJ the Suburban keys, and June the keys to the Chevelle.

  "Daddy, I want to go with ya'll," Quesha said.

  "It's only the big girls today, mama," he said. Quesha put that sad look on her face that always got Sin.

  "Don't worry about it, pretty. You can go shopping with me and Jes. Then we're going to the movies," Sonia said.

  "Guess who Busy's going with?" Sin said as he looked at Davy and JJ.

  "Aww, bro come on!" Davy begged.

  "Quit hating on a player. If I can't go, ya'll ain't getting the truck. Right, Dad?" Busy said.

  "You know it," Sin said.

  "It's cool. His little crazy butt can go," JJ said.

  Maria walked in and kissed her mama, niece, nephew, and little cousin. She then kissed Quesha on the head.

  "What, about me?" Busy asked, looking at Maria like she was crazy.

  "I didn't forget about you, lil' daddy," she said as she walked over to Busy and gave him a big hug and kiss.

  "That's Maria, ya'll," Sin said.

  She looked at Simina and tripped on how much she looked like her daddy. "You must be Simina. You are very pretty. You look like your daddy spit you out," Maria said.

  "That's my big brother, Erick, his daughter, Shamika, and my cousin, Jamila," Sin said as he pointed them all out. "Ladies, lets ge
t sideways." He and the girls all got up preparing to leave.

  "Wait! I have to tell ya'll something," Maria said.

  Sin looked at her. "Man, don't start," he said knowing that she was about to announce that she was pregnant.

  ''Anyway! Mario's going to call at 2. He told me to make sure you, Eb, and JJ are here," she said.

  Sin let the girls into Janine's Benz then went to the guest-house and grabbed three ounces of weed and two blunts. As he was walking out Sonia was coming in.

  "So what's on the agenda for later?" she asked.

  "I was thinking we could ride up to Scottsdale and get a suite at one of the plush hotels, and pretty much get our freak on," he said.

  "Yeah, I'm definitely feeling that. I'll see you later on," she said and kissed him. Sin popped her on the ass and left out.

  Before he got in the car June came out of the house. "Man, I'm wore out," he said.

  "Shit, as good as Jae look I bet you are. I'll get the 4-1-1 when I get back," Sin said.

  Sin got in the car and slid his Cartier's on and left. Once they were off the property he lit a blunt. "Look, I'm fixing to lay some real shit on you," he said to Simina whom was sitting in the front. "I don't care what you do as long as you respect your mama, me, and your grandmother, take your ass to school, and don't get pregnant. Never ever tell our business, and don't do wrong in front of your little sister and brother. You too Shamika and Ebony," he said as he passed his daughter the blunt.

  "I'm going to tell ya'll something else. This shit is for real so listen. Dudes ain't shit. I got four kids and two on the way. All by six different women. Shamika, your daddy has ten. The only two by the same woman is the twins. What I'm saying is, don't let a muthafucka tell you he loves you and you have sex with him. I've done that shit a million times, and only meant it three times. I loved Malika to death. I would have died for her if I had to. I loved Tracy too, and I still love Shaunté. Malika was my first, and the one who hurt me the most. She's the reason I dogged chicks out and don't trust them fully," he said as Ebony passed him the blunt.

  "Uncle Sin, what did Auntie Malika do?" Shamika asked.

  "Me and Malika had our apartment when we were 15. Her mom gave us permission to live together as long as she went to school every day and she didn't get pregnant. To make a long story short, she got pregnant and got sent to New Orleans to live with her grandmother. I didn't know whether she had my baby or got an abortion. I went to her mom's house one day to raise hell, and Tina told me Malika had a miscarriage. I was hurt beyond belief. All this time I'm thinking Malika said the hell with me, and wasn't trying to get in contact with me, but she was." he said and paused "My mom was intercepting the mail because Tina said she'd have me arrested for statutory rape if I got in contact with Malika. She could have got in touch with me if she really wanted to. Thirteen years later, here she comes telling me I have a 13-year-old daughter," Sin said.

  "That's why I hate my Mama's mama," Simina said, frowning as she hit the blunt.

  "Don't hate her. She was just protecting her kid, like my moms was protecting me," he said as they pulled into the mall.

  Sin saw Tommy and pulled on the side of him. They got out their cars, and Sin gave Tommy the weed and Tommy gave him the money. Sin gave each one of the girls $500.00.

  Sin bought him a few things and got a few numbers. He loved how the white girls looked walking around in their short-shorts. White girls with sista asses were as common as CocaCola now. They were at Sin something serious. He ended up seeing Davy, Busy, and JJ. At 1:30 he caught up with the girls and they left.

  When they got back to the ranch, Sin saw Maria and Jamila sitting by the pool getting high. He went into the house and poured himself an iced tea. The phone rang as he was putting the tea back in the fridge. "Hello?" he answered.

  "I have a collect call from Mario. Will you except the charges?" the operator asked.

  "Yes," Sin said.

  "What up, my nigga?" Mario asked.

  "You know, doing my thang."

  "I'm about to get out! They found some shit on the cop that bagged me," Mario said.

  "You lying, cuzzo!" Sin said excitedly.

  "Real talk, blood!"

  "Oh yeah, we gon' kick it."

  "You ready to get some real paper?" Mario asked.

  "Nigga, for sure!"

  "Don't tell Maria. I want to surprise my mama and Charmaine," he said.

  "So what day you touch down?" Sin asked.

  "July 10th," Mario said.

  "I'll be out there to snatch you up." Sin paused. "Man, your sister says she pregnant. I ain't calling her a hoe or nothing, but she been fucking other muthafuckas," Sin said.

  "She is a hoe. I already know about her and my cousin Sonia's baby's father. Look, that shit's between you and her. You my nigga, Sin. I trust you more than most of the muthafuckas in my fam. You like my brother, so don't trip," Mario said.

  When Sin and Mario finally got off of the phone, Sin leaned against the counter.

  Sonia came in and kissed him. "So is she pregnant by you?" she asked.

  "I don't know. I did hit them a few times without a rubber," he said.

  "Then nine times outta ten it's yours," she said angrily.

  Sin frowned at her. "Nah, nine times outta ten it's your boyfriend's," Sin said as he walked away.

  "Sin, this conversation ain't over. We will be talking about this tonight," she said.

  "I got some good news though," he said and proceeded to tell her about Mario.

  As Sin and Sonia were coming out the house, June was pulling up in the Chevelle.

  "What up?" he asked.

  "Nothing," Sonia said.

  "Bro, let me put a bug in your ear," he said. Sin walked over to June. "Malika's husband's suppose to touch down tomorrow morning. Dude called her and spooked her," June said.

  "Fuck her!" Sin said.

  "Cut it out. The only chicks you ever messed with that was worth a damn is Shaunté, Tracy, and Malika. You ain't about to let nothing happen to her," June said. Sin knew June was right.

  "You gon' watch the little ones?" Sin asked.

  "Yeah. When you leaving?" June asked.

  "Now," he said and walked over to the pool and whispered in Sonia's ear. Maria watched with distaste. "Something came up and I gotta jet back to Oakland," he said.

  "I had my heart set for tonight," she whined.

  "I want you to go with me."

  "When we coming back?"

  "Tomorrow night or early Tuesday morning."

  "I'll go pack," she said and got up and left.

  Sin pulled his phone out and called Malika. He was surprised she didn't call him herself.

  "Hello?" she answered.

  "What ol' boy talking about?" he asked.

  Malika started crying. "He said he was going to kill me and 'Mina. Sin, I'm scared. That nigga really is crazy," she said.

  "Malika, what the fuck did you marry the muthafucka for then? Now I gotta come take care of this shit," he said.

  "I told you I married him because I needed help!" she screamed.

  "I'll be there in the morning," he said and hung up.

  Sin walked over to Jamila, who was lying on her back. "'Mila, go pack, we out," he said.

  Sin went and talked to Simina and told her what was happening. She said she wanted to go, and asked if Ebony could go. Sin said it was cool, then cleared it with Janine.

  When they arrived in Dublin it was midnight. Everyone went in the house and crashed. The next morning Sin called Malika and found out what time she was picking her husband up.

  Chapter Thirteen

  Too Much Going On

  At 10:35 Malika pulled up to the United Airlines terminal. She saw Joe coming out with a twisted look on his face. As soon as he got in the truck he slapped the shit out of her. Malika screamed out.

  Joe was tempted to go to her ribs. "Bitch, where's my daughter at?" he asked.

  "She's at my cousin's house," Malika said as she pu
lled off.

  "I'm killing your hoe-ass when we get back to 'Nawlins. Go get her so we can get the fuck on the highway, you punk-ass bitch!" he yelled. Malika rubbed her cheek and nodded her head. Yeah, nigga you gon' get yours soon enough! she thought.

  Malika made a right turn on Seminary and saw Sin and Terell sitting by Sin's Navigator talking. Simina was standing on a porch across the street talking on a phone.

  "You just let her ass come out here and run wild," Joe said as he observed Simina wearing a short Guess skirt, midriff T-shirt, and she had her long tresses down. They both got out of the truck.

  "Bring your little hot-ass here and get in the car! You going back to the South!" Joe yelled.

  "I ain't going nowhere!" Simina said as she came off of the porch and went and stood next to Sin.

  Joe looked like he was about to blow his top. He snatched Malika by her arm and pulled her to within five feet of Sin and Simina. "Girl, you done lost whatever little bit of mind you got? I will beat your…" Joe at that moment really looked at Sin.

  Malika snatched her arm out of his grip. "This is Simian, Simina's father," she said.

  "Baby girl, go back in the house," Sin said as he noticed the red mark and swelling on Malika's face.

  Simina looked at Joe and walked away. She stood in the doorway and glared.

  "Nigga, you like beating up on women?" Sin asked.

  "Why the fuck you worrying about how me and my bitch get down?" Joe aggressively asked.

  "Bitch, you better change your tone! I ain't her, I'll smother your punk ass! Fool, this ain't your bitch, nigga. This my woman for life, pimpin'. We went through some shit and that's how you ended up with her. Nigga, she only got with you to use you as a stepping stone. You just ended up getting pussy whipped," Sin said, trying to get a rise out of Joe.

  "I ain't tripping, man. Best believe I rode this bitch out," Joe said.

  "Fool, who you think taught her all that shit? Any treatment you got, I got about a hundred times," Sin said.

  Terell noticed a blue four door Delta Eighty-Eight coming down the street. As the car got closer he saw that there were four dudes inside. "Sin, who is these…" he never finished his sentence because shots rang out.