I didn’t know what the hell that meant and I didn’t bother responding to find out. North had a woman which meant that no matter how fine he was I had no business entertaining any of his shenanigans. That meant I needed to find myself as far away from that unavailable man as possible which was exactly what I planned to keep doing.
I don’t know why I thought my father would be asleep when I got in. I should’ve known that the man who often sat up and watched the old Scarface movies was still awake. Pops was an older movie buff who would rather see the screen than leave the house some days.
“What are you doing this way, baby girl?” he looked up from the bucket of popcorn into my direction.
“I was in the neighborhood and didn’t feel like going all the way home.”
“Why were you in the neighborhood? I’m pretty sure you live in the city, Omyia.” My father was overly protective and had no problem coming off in that way. He was an only parent to two children at a very fucked up time.
I was about to respond to him when my phone vibrated in my hand. I glanced down and saw that it was a message from North. My eyes bulged when I saw what the message said.
North: Come outside.
What the hell did that mean?I swallowed hard, before looking up at my father. There was absolutely no way North knew where I was.No fucking way.Then my phone vibrated again, and I looked at it.
North: Now.
Shit.The last thing I needed was for my father to get on his nosey shit, but I could tell by the way he was looking at me that he was already there. Lowkey, I had already made up my mind that I was going out there to give him a piece of my mind. I mean who was he to demand anything from me, or even follow me here?What the fuck type of game was this man playing?
I glanced up at my father who was looking at me for an answer. “I’ll explain it to you in a few.” I didn’t give the old man a chance to rebuttal or even curse me out, I was already out of the front door.
I don’t know why I was surprised when I opened the massive iron doors, and I spotted North outside the gates leaned against a truck.
“Who are you?” I asked once I unlocked and stepped out of the gate.
“I could ask you the same thing.”
“But I asked you first and considering the fact that you not only followed me, but you also demanded I come out here I think you should go first.” With my hand on my hip, I just looked at him.
“You know me. I told you who I was when we first met.”
“You did, didn’t you?” I asked with a tongue laced in pure sarcasm.
“Your turn, Omyia.”
I loved the way he said my name, but that didn’t make me smile at him or even relax my stance. “What do you want to know, North. Unlike yourself I was honest when you first met me.”
“What are you doing out this way?” His dismissiveness toward what I’d just said didn’t go unnoticed. Shit if anything it was just as loud as the cologne that he wore.
“I dropped your sister off.”
“Not there, here.” He knew that much already.
“Why?”
“Because I’m curious how you kn?—”
“I hope you didn’t think because you rushed out of the door that I wouldn’t follow you out here and embarrass your ass, Miya.” My father’s voice filled the air.
“Embarrass me? I’m gr—” I started once again but couldn’t finish my sentence.
“North is that you? What are you doing out here with my baby girl?” The familiarity in my father's expression was evident.Now, how the hell did he know North? There was only one way, unfortunately.
“Small world, I didn’t know this was your baby girl.” My father and North dapped up, before creating space and both looking in my direction.Nope, I didn’t like this shit at all.
They made small talk for a while, before my father excused himself and went into the house. That left me and North to stare at one another for a moment before he broke the silence.
“Are you still on childish shit with me or are we speaking again?”
