“Baby? Why do you keep calling this hoe your baby? I’m the one who has been holding you down for the last two years while she was locked up. I’m the one who helped you take care of her daughter and made sure you were taken care of. How can you stand here and disrespect me as if I hadn’t been your down ass bitch?” The cousin fumed with her hands perched on her hips.
“Bitch! You’ve got a lot of fucking nerve. We’re family, and you’re standing here with my man. I’m the person who wiped your tears every time a man broke your heart. It was me who picked you up off the floor when your ex was beating your ass for sport. There has never been a time that I wasn’t there for you, and this is how you repay me? I asked you to look after my family while I did my bid, but this is low.”
Lil’ mama wiped the tears from her face and squared her shoulders. I could tell she was trying to be strong even thoughher world was crashing in front of her. It made me lose even more respect for my cousin, if that were even possible.
“Cry me a river, hoe. We fell in love while I was caring for your family, and now we’re making one of our own. I’m glad you’re here, though, because now you can take your daughter with you. I always told him that you were a hoe, and now I finally have proof.” Her cousin snickered with a devious grin on her face.
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about. What did I do that would make you want to hurt me like this?” The chocolate beauty asked, tears pooling in her cheeks.
“You can cut the bullshit. Your dirty laundry has caught up with you, and now I get to have the last laugh. I told Chop that Promise wasn’t his, but he refused to believe it. My mama and I gave her a home DNA test, and it proved that Chop wasn’t her father.”
“That’s not possible!”
“You can save those tears bitch, because I’ve been waiting for this moment for the last year. You always thought you were better than me because Chop took you shopping and kept your hair and nails done. The least you could have done was keep your legs closed to other men. Now, I get to give him the son he’s always wanted and help him forget all about you.” The attendees gasped again as I shook my head. This reminded me of one of those TV shows my granny used to watch when we were kids.
“I-I don’t understand.” Either Lil’ mama was a good actor, or she was truly confused because the despair on her face seemed real.
“Wait a minute. What do you mean Promise isn’t mine?” Chop seemed just as confused as lil’ mama. The other woman pulled out her phone and showed him something on it. His jaw clenched as anger settled in.
“You dirty bitch!” Chop roared as he lunged towards the chocolate beauty. Aunt Rita intervened while Lil’ mama sobbed violently.
“You had me feeling bad for fucking your cousin behind your back when you were out there doing your own dirt. This test says that I’m not Promise’s father. Who the fuck were you cheating on me with? Huh, bitch!” Chop was foaming at the mouth, and I could tell the situation was about to escalate.
“I don’t know how this is possible. I-I never cheated on you, I swear!”
“DNA doesn’t lie, but you obviously do. I should have known better than to trust you and that good girl act you put on. Samara tried to warn me that you were doing dirt behind my back, but I never believed her. I thought she was jealous because she wanted your life, but she was telling the truth the whole time. You made me feel like shit for fucking other bitches, but you never mentioned that you were out there being a hoe, too. It’s all good, though. Thanks to you, I found the love of my life and the woman I’m meant to be with. Now take your daughter and get the fuck out of my face.”
The girl who came in with Lil’ mama ran over to comfort her friend, who could barely speak because she was crying so hard.” The scene made me uncomfortable, and I couldn’t wait to get out of there.
“You have been a lame ass nigga for a long time, but Samara, you are a real grimy bitch. How can you sit in your cousin’s face and preach to her about leaving her man, only for you to turn around and get pregnant by him? What type of grimy bitch does that?”
“Oh, please. Raylee, you can save all that high and mighty talk because you’ve fucked a couple of people I was talking to. I don’t owe you or her anything. Besides, you saw Chop and me together multiple times since she was locked up, and I bet younever told her. You are no better than me because at the end of the day, you chose to be loyal to your cousin over your so-called friend. Peace knew that I liked Chop first, but she went out with him anyway. I never tried to get with him until after I saw her true colors. If it was that easy for her to fuck someone else while they were on a break, it proves they weren’t as solid as she claimed they were. I did her a favor if we’re being honest.”
“Bitch!” The chocolate beauty lunged for her, but a few of the guests grabbed her before anything happened.
“Somebody call the police! She’s trying to attack me, and I’m pregnant,” Chop’s baby momma screamed. Ol’ girl was carrying on as if she hadn’t done some fraud shit, and Chop was a bigger bitch than I originally thought.
I had witnessed enough of the bullshit, so I got up to smoke a blunt outside. My sister had ten more minutes before it was time to leave. I knew we shouldn’t have come in the first place.
“I don’t want to hear any of it. All of y’all can go to hell for all I care. I took that charge because he asked me to, and this is the thanks I get. I protected your son so he wouldn’t have to serve ten years in jail, and all of you stood around while he played in my face. I’m taking my daughter and getting the hell out of here. You don’t have to worry about us.” I heard lil’ mama's voice outside.
“My son is a grown ass man, and I can’t control his actions. Besides, you were a fool to take that gun charge for him. A man is gonna be a man, and you shouldn’t have expected anything different. At the end of the day, he took care of you and made sure your baby was taken care of while you were gone. He might have some flaws, but you’re not gonna paint him as the bad guy. It’s obvious that you had some skeletons in your closet as well. Maybe if you kept your coochie to yourself, you wouldn’t be in this predicament.” Aunt Rita sounded like a damn fool, but it was typical for her.
“I’m out of here.” Lil’ mama shot back.
“Well, we would still like to be in Promise’s life. We’ve grown attached to her, and I want the option to be there as she grows.”
“You can kiss my ass. You will never be around my baby, you muscle-necked, lop-sided, wig-having ass bitch.”
I shook my head as I watched little mama storm towards a car with her daughter on her hip. The whole scene had me wishing I had brought more than one blunt because there was too much going on.
The car sped off as I finished my blunt. When I turned the corner, Aunt Rita and my cousins Manny and Gianna stood next to her.
“I can’t believe she acted like that. It wasn’t my fault. I brought Promise to visit her so she could see her daughter, and this is the thanks I get.” Aunt Rita whined.
“Yeah, I understand. I can also see things from her perspective. You brought Promise up there, but you never told her about what was going on behind her back. We’re all here at the baby shower as if we weren’t smiling in her face at her baby shower and her birthday party. If it were me, I would be ready to fight the whole family,” Gianna told her.
“Whatever. She needs to take her anger out on that son of mine. She’s the one who chose him, so she can’t be upset with anyone except herself.”
