“I pray I can give you what you desire.”
“You will, baby. You will.”
A month had goneby since Kileen had caught me sticking my dick in his wife. The paperwork had been filed, and I made it clear to my assistant that I didn’t want to do business with Kileen McGhee’s firm. The bitch ass nigga was persistent and didn’t take no for an answer. My new assistant was an older black woman who didn’t play any games. When I heard her voice rising, I got up from my desk and went out to the front to see Kileen’s ass.
“Ms. Sabrina, let the nigga back,” I said before walking back and sitting behind my desk.
“I figured you would want to continue business. Don’t let my wife come in between the great work that we do. I got millions waiting on you.”
My hand was already on my stress ball. All I needed him to say was the wrong thing, and I was going dead in his shit. They were going to have to call the fucking armed forces to get me off his ass.
“Do I look like a man that gives a fuck about millions or a man who loves his woman more than any dollar amount?” I asked, looking him dead in his eyes. “Plus, I don’t break bread with niggas I don’t fuck with. And if your green ass doesn’t know what I mean bybread.In my thug language, that means money.”
He laughed and swiped at his nose. “Your woman?”
“Let me stop you before you get ahead of yourself. If you speak ill of Tatiyonna, I’ll put a hole in your muthafucka face right now. Now, go ahead and speak your mind. We’re grown men. I’m sure you have a few questions for me,” I told him as I placed my gun on the desk.
“How long have you been fucking my wife?”
“Now, we’re getting down to why you really wanted to see me. Let me pull up my calendar.”
I pulled my phone to fuck with him. Kileen wasn’t slick. He knew he didn’t have a leg to stand on with the divorce and was trying to put a timeline together to make it seem like she was cheating first. His ass was probably wired up.
“Shit, maybe two months. I’m not sure. It was recent, though,” I lied.
“So, you fuck women raw that you just met?”
“Shit, don’t you? Being that you’re the one with the baby here.”
He shifted in his seat and cleared his throat.
“I need you to talk to Tatiyonna and tell her to take Siya’s name out of the divorce. I don’t want her in our mess. She’s innocent in all of this.”
I pointed my finger at him, “See, how you’re protecting what you love? I’m doing the same, so no, I won’t be telling Tatiyonna anything. Siya was a part of the suffering she went through. I mean, you got it, right? I’m sure by the time all of this is over, you’ll still be big dawg Kileen McGhee, right?”
I loved seeing him clench his jaw. It let me know I was getting under his skin. What I really wanted was for him to move wrong so I could end him right here.
“You’re getting a kick out of this, but you have no idea what it is to be in love with two women, and only one can give you what you need.”
“Nigga, please. I don’t indulge in bullshit. Just sit your weak ass over there and say Tatiyonna was the better look on your arm because she is an established woman. But you would rather have the woman you can run over. It’s okay to admit it, I won’t tell anyone. Kileen, I’ve talked to you longer than I wanted to. You got the woman you want, and I do too. Now, as far as us doing business, we’re done. I wish you the best in finding a concrete business within five hundred miles,” I said as I called for Ms. Sabrina to walk this nigga to the door.
TWENTY-THREE
TATIYONNA
“Tatiyonna, what is all of this shit?” Jah moved the balloons out of his face.
“Happy birthday, baby. Now get up, and I’ve got breakfast ready for you.”
Jah didn’t move. He pulled the cover over his head instead. This was the mask I was talking about, men wore. We weren’t ninety days in yet, and he was already showing me red flags. Instead of assuming, I crawled in bed and cuddled behind me.
“Jah, it’s your birthday, baby. What’s wrong?”
“It’s my mama’s birthday too, Tatiyonna.”
I felt like shit. I should’ve spoke to Lonni first before taking it upon myself to surprise him.
“I’m so sorry, Jah. I’ll get all of this moved out of here.” I hopped out of bed and went to grab the balloons and flowers.
