Diamond was speechless in that moment, something wasn’t right.
“Anyway, enough about me, Duke huh?”
Her heart dropped at the sound of his name, the last thing she needed was her mother telling her something bad about him.
“Daddy told you, didn’t he?”
Sherry giggled, “You know my bestie is going to tell me everything.”
She loved how her parents still loved on one another through the storm.
“I know he’s a bad guy, but I like him,” she admitted.
“Duke is a good boy, he comes from very good people. He saved me from doing something stupid today.”
After listening to how Duke helped her mother out, she wasn’t even sure if her dad could keep her away from him.
Later that night she found herself walking toward Duke’s house. She didn’t call or text, she just needed to thank him face to face for protecting her mother. She noticed Cam standing with his father and their people. She spotted Ace and wanted to spit in his face, but she looked away instead.
“What’s up, Dime?” Cam called out as she got closer, Ace’s eyes burned a hole in her head.
“Hey, Cam,” she spoke back as he made his way over to her.
She had nothing to say to him, his people wanted her hurt, so in her eyes, they were all dirty.
“Damn, you been acting funny as hell.”
“Nah…I just been to myself. I’m going through a lot.”
“What’s up? Somebody hurt you?”
She could see Ace damn near about to fall over while trying to listen to their conversation, so she spoke up and jumped right into character. She looked away with forced tears in her eyes, she deserved a fucking Oscar.
“You was right, Duke is a piece of shit.”
“He put his hands on you?” Cam asked as Stone’s eyes landed dead on her like he was awaiting an answer too.
She quickly shook her head, “No, but he broke my fuckin’ heart.”
Cam shook his head and pulled her in for a hug as she smiled in his arms. Her father was going to beat Ace’s ass again and she couldn’t wait.
18
Kayla never thought she would end up cool with Farrah, she was Diamond’s enemy, but she was cool as fuck. One of her homegirls was tight with Farrah, they laughed about the fight they had, and Kayla apologized for going upside her head. Teenagers always fought and got cool with people, it was a part of growing up in the hood.
They sat in Farrah’s living room, feet kicked up, music low, scrolling on their phones like nothing in the world mattered.
Farrah rolled her eyes at something on her screen. “My daddy be doing too much.”
Kayla looked up, grinning.
“I ain’t gon’ lie…your daddy is fine though.”
Farrah laughed it off, “You crazy and that’s nasty as hell. He’s an old ass man.”
“A fine, and I do mean fine, old man,” Kayla shot back as all of the girls busted out laughing.
Farrah didn’t notice the shift or seriousness in her joke, but Ace did. He stood in the doorway, pretending to check hisphone, he didn’t mean to listen, but once he realized one of Rich’s girls was in his home, he was tuned in.
