“Was? No, is my man.” I slammed the drink down so hard on the table, it cracked.
“Oh shit.” Kateri jumped back and asked the waitress for napkins to clean the mess.
“I say we go over there and beat his ass.” Kateri’s friend said, removing her earrings.
“Sariah, you know damn well you’re not fighting. Raul will not be killing me over you losing his baby.”
“Baby? You’re pregnant by my cousin?” For a second, Eddie didn’t matter. It’s been so long since our family had a baby around it was going to be fun planning a baby shower.
“Yes but Kateri can beat his ass and I’ll stomp on his face once he’s on the ground. That way, he’ll be fucked up and I won’t really have to use any energy.” I had to chuckle because who even says that.
“How am I gonna fight Sariah with a damn cast?”
“Kateri that cast will knock him out immediately. How you think we’ll get the upper hand on his ass? Duh?”
“I know the fuck you lying. Cairo won’t pay for another cast if I break this one doing dumb shit. Bad enough he sent me a damn bill for the doctor.” As those two went on and on, I noticed Eddie walking toward me. Where did he come from and why was he coming over?
“Hey Babe. What’s going on?” He had the audacity to walk over like he didn’t just have his tongue in some other woman’s mouth.
“Babe? Nigga are you serious?” Kateri slapped her good hand across her friend’s mouth.
“Who are they and let’s go.” He gripped my bicep and damn near drug me out the bar. Eddie had a minor hand problem but nothing too bad because he knew my brother would kill him and his family. A smack here and there, a few pushes and some punches but nothing noticeable or anything I couldn’t handle. He’d never let me leave the house without a mark either, at least no visible ones.
“Get off me and go back to your bitch.” Snatching away from him, I felt his nails scraping my arm. Looking down all I could so was laugh because he really was a bitch.
“Don’t you dare embarrass me out here.” He attempted to raise his voice.
“Embarrass you? Are you kidding me right now?”
“Keep your voice down.” He pushed me into the corner by an elevator.
“You were just exchangingspit with some lady and you have the nerve to be mad at me.”
Men loved to make women feel like they were crazy and seeing shit.
I shook my head in disappointment but at myself. Was I blind to his cheating? Did I make
him step out because we weren’t spending a lot of time together. Whatever his reason doesn’t change the fact that he should’ve walked away and never proposed.
“You were following me?” I know he didn’t ask that.
“I’m sure everyone on the island saw you. I mean it was in the open.” I waved my hand at him. He grabbed my wrist and I swore he peed on himself when someone walked up behind me.
“What you grabbing her hand for?” Felix questioned making me turn around. Pulling my hand away from Eddie, I had to take a deep breath. Felix was fine as hell, bow legged and had the biggest crush on me for years. Not knowing what to say, I became shy under his gaze and started blushing.
“Yea, you not fucking her right.” I gasped at how vulgar he was.
“When you want a real man to make that body shake, you know where to find me.” Felix went to walk off but stopped. He turned around and stood in Eddie’s face.
“If you put your hands on her or even breathe on Lina wrong, I’ll break your face. Are we clear?” Eddie nodded his head up and down so fast it looked as if someone was shaking him.
“Lina when you done with this cornball, Cairo looking for you.” I nodded as Felix walked away after winking at me. He was bad for me and we would never work. Those were the words I’ve told myself all these years but now I’m not so sure we shouldn’t at least go on a date.
“We’ll deal with this later. Let me go change.” Eddie walked off with a small wet spot in the back of his pants. Did he shit or pee on himself because why were the back of his pants wet?
“Girlllllll, you better let that man rock your world.” Seeing Kateri and Sariah walking towards me, I chuckled.
“We’re you two standing there the entire time?”
