“Like where?” She turned around, giving me a look at that beautiful ass face.Fuck, I was obsessed, and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it.
“You know where, but let’s get down here before my focus gets the best of me and we do not make it out of this room.”
She giggled. “This place is too pretty to be cooped up in this room. So, yes, let's go.”
The moment we made it downstairs, I was shooed onto the patio with my brothers while Jade kidnapped Selah. I was expecting that, as the last few times I’d spoken to Jade she asked about Selah, damn near obsessing over the idea of me having someone. Who was I kidding, it shocked me too, having somebody I felt like I knew through and through.
“What, you finally came out to kick it? I sure thought you were gonna hit us with some see y’all in the morning type action.”
I laughed. “I was close to it. Selah wasn’t having that though.”
Rennix and G locked eyes, both showcasing similar smirks.
“That’s you?” Rennix asked.
I threw my head back and screwed up my face. “Is Sunday after Saturday? Hell yeah that’s me.”
G laughed. “Good shit. Is that shit in the media true?”
I nodded. “Ol’ boy is a bitch and that’s on me.”
Reminisce walked up in a pair of blue and black swim trunks with a cigar hanging from his lips.
“You gonna beat his bitch ass, right?” Rennix asked, making me look in his direction.
I nodded. I didn’t even have to describe what I planned to do to him. My actions would speak higher volumes than my words ever could. I was gonna make them carry Knockout out of that ring. No knockouts, I was giving him as many rounds as his body could take, and on my mama, he wouldn’t land shit. This fight was different, unlike any fight I ever had since the eighth grade when a nigga came slick about my dead mother. This fight was more than just a nigga coming for my belt.
I heard giggling from afar and looked in the direction of the house. My eyes immediately landed on Selah carrying a plate of something behind Karim who was also laughing.
“Damn, you got that shit bad.” Reminisce’s voice had me blinking and looking back at him. I had drifted so far in my mind that I didn’t realize Rennix and G had walked off.
I laughed him off. “It’s that obvious?”
“As fuck. Happens to the best of us though.”
I shook my head. “Not me. But from the moment I seen her crying in that fucking store, I knew I was fucked.”
He laughed even harder. “So, ol’ boy is really her ex?”
I nodded. “Yup. Bitch ass been spewing that shit in front of every camera pointed. Even had the media at her front door.”
“A fucking clown, but you already knew that and so did she. It’ll blow over.”
“Hopefully soon. I don’t like how the media is trying to play with her,” I voiced to him even though I’d played things cool for her and Jordyn. The screenshots Jordyn sent had me irritated for most of the flight but seeing her not carrying it was what calmed me.
“You can’t fight the whole world ’bout your girl, baby brother. At the end of the day, it’s a bunch of faceless accounts, miserablebitches, and beta niggas with all the shit to say. All you can do is train and knock the soul out of ol’ boy.”
I nodded because he was right. I had gone over it in my mind several times.
Reminisce and I talked for a while longer before joining everybody else on the patio to eat. I used to avoid moments like this, family trips with significant others and shit, but now I was comfortable. It fit, like it was always supposed to, even though I swore I hadn’t been looking for it. I hadn’t been looking for her. Now I craved her presence. I was only at my most comfortable when she was near and only here at this moment because she was here.
Chapter
Thirteen
Selah
A day and a half in paradise and I felt so restored, like I could take on the whole world with no problem. Spending time with him and his family was different for me as I didn’t think I’d ever encountered somebody who made sure I was comfortable in every room I walked in. I couldn’t describe it at all, but his entire being assured me. We could be feet away from one another and he’d look up and wink at me out of nowhere. Indiri was my calm in the midst of the media storm Nathanial had purposely sent my way. He was peace and being here with his family was that as well. Between the unlimited jokes and familial interaction, the company here was simply beautiful.
