Her ass better just catch it and shut the fuck up.
Chapter 6
Ari
“Can I get you something before I go outside to call my aunt?”
Cyn shook her head, no, curling her legs under her bottom in her large king-sized bed. She looked small as hell in the middle of this big ass bed, and I could only dream of having a bed this size. It was big enough for her and Hawk to roll over four times and still not reach the edge during sex. Where I’m not trying to think about my friend and her husband’s sex life, I couldn’t help but imagine looking at this bed.
“No Ari, I’m okay. I’m just going to sit here and watch TV until Hawk wakes up and calls me.”
“And I’m sure you will be the first person he calls once he opens his eyes. That man loves his wife.”
“Yeah, he does. He’s so good to me, Ari, and I’m so happy that he is okay. I would’ve probably gone to glory with him if he didn’t make it.
We shared a small laugh, light but tired, the kind that only comes after long days and heavy emotions.
I left Cyn sitting in her bed, and I slid out of the patio door down the hallway from her. This penthouse stretched across thetop of this entire hotel, so it was as big as a house and ten times the size of my apartment back home.
The Vegas heat wrapped around me immediately but thank God the sun was starting to set. This particular patio overlooked the Strip, where I could see the neon signs begin to glow in the distance. This was the first time here in a while where I felt like I could use some fun, but fun here could end up being a bad thing in the long run. The last time I had fun, I cheated on my fiancé and yelled a man’s name louder than I ever yelled his. Shit, Proctor could teach a class on fucking if I’m being honest.
Just thinking about him in the bed made me wonder where the hell he and Tania were after being gone for so many hours on a supposed food run. What was taking so long? There were all types of restaurants near here that she could’ve gone to, so leaving with him was already suspect as it is anyway. And with the way Proctor drives, I was sure it wouldn’t be a long trip when Cyn told me they had left. I was only irritated at first, but now I was getting heated. I just can’t believe she would play the game like that.
I know I said I didn’t care or want him anymore, but she knew I'd had him first. That history doesn’t just disappear because you say you’re done, shit, how many times did I say I was done with Josiah until God made it where I actually had to be?
I guess Tania was just as desperate as I always thought she was, but even more so now, back dooring me.
Maybe that “Girl Code” rule we swore by was fading away with age.
I shook those thoughts out of my head and then dialed my Aunt Rea’s number since I came on the patio to make a call and not worry about Proctor’s ass.
The phone rang twice before she picked up, and I could hear my baby babbling in the background, that sweet, chunky, happy sound that instantly softened something in my chest.
“Hey, Auntie.”
“Hey, baby.”
“How is she doing?”
“She’s perfect. Happy as ever. I found the medicine and gave it to her.”
I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding.
“Okay, good.”
“But I stopped by your apartment this morning again for more diapers, and there was a note hanging out of the door.”
I closed my eyes, already knowing what was coming. Apartments don’t leave notes for shit but bad news or inspections.
“I read it, Ari, and it was about your rental balance.”
“What did it say, Auntie?”
“It’s your three-day notice to vacate the property. Baby, you know what comes after that. I’ve been in this position before, and the eviction is coming next.”
The words sat heavy in the air between us, and I knew that this time was coming; I just didn’t want to face it. Without working, and Josiah not there to pick up any slack, I was drowning in bills, unable to stay above water.
I rubbed my forehead and sank into one of the patio chairs. Down below, people were laughing near the pool, having a good time with music playing in the background, and here I was, feeling like my life was unraveling in the middle of the place everyone comes to vacation and get away from problems.
