Please, God... don’t let me fall first for this man.
I had a little secret. Well, it wasn’t a secret in Starlight Hills. When a man showed me too much attention, I got... possessive. It already landed me in jail once, stalking my ex. I wasn’t going to do that with Mula. He was just a summer fling.
Nothing more... nothing less. But damn... he was agoodcatch.
SUMMER BREAK WITH A BADDIE
It wasa hot and humid day in Southwave, and I couldn’t wait to hit the beach with a fine ass Colorado chick I’d met at Velvet South. I had a slight hangover, and it had been a minute since I had a day off, so I wanted to be on some chill shit. Beforetransforming into a beach bum with a baddie, I had to pick up some money from Hurricane. I couldn’t stand seeing this evil ass nigga most days, but I did to keep the peace.
I made it to his office, and as usual, he was degrading Yummi, and the shit immediately got under my skin.
“It took you an hour to get here, and you ain’t bring no fuckin’ food. You sit on your ass all day at home ‘til your night shift. The least you can do is make a nigga a meal. You throw that dry ass pussy on me and starve me. You worse than these hoes on my dick,” he told her as she stood next to him at his conference table, and Sparkle looked on, enjoying the show.
“You rushed me here to bring you this duffle bag; that’s why I ain’t come with any food. If you hate me so bad, why are you with me, Hosea?” she responded boldly.
I stood in the doorway observing their confrontation.
“Bitch, what I tell you about calling me by my government name in front my gang? Get your stupid ass out of here and get my food.” He shoved her away from him.
“You done bein’ a bully, nigga?” I asked, letting my presence be known.
Hurricane looked at me and chuckled while Yummi used that time to rush off, but she made eye contact with me before she left. The pitiful look on her face had me mad at her.
“Yeah, I’m done. You got an issue with the way I talk to mine? You always in my shit.” He frowned.
“You sure you wanna go there?” I raised my eyebrow.
He smacked his lips. “You came to get your money or scold me?”
“I ain’t scolding you, but you need to chill with the shit you doin’. Now clear these niggas out, so I can get my money and go. I gotta pick my lil’ bitch up from the Sable Hotel.”
He smirked. “That lil thick chick from Velvet South, who said she was visiting from Starlight Hills?”
“Yeah, her,” I replied nonchalantly.
Hurricane dug in the duffle bag Yummi left on the table and pulled eight stacks of money. I turned up my nose as he slid it to me.
“You owe me that whole bag, my nigga. You ain’t paid me in thirty days.”
“Aw, man. You know shit been slow since police been flockin’ the shore. I need the rest to pay our workers. This next shipment is supposed to be big, so I got you. Stop actin’ like you hurtin’.”
“Just because I ain’t hurtin’, don’t mean I don’t want my money. You know what? I’ll take care of the next shipment and money pickup.”
“What, you don’t trust a nigga or somethin’?”
“Yeah, I do… But I want my money upfront.”
“Whatever, man. I know I’m in the hole with you, but I got you. Are you gon ride out with me later? I think I know who stole from us.”
“Nah, take one of them young niggas. I’m laid up for the rest of the day and tonight. You know how I do in the summer. I’m finna enjoy the fruits of my labor for a couple of days.”
“Yeah, a’ight.”
He was mad I wasn’t riding out, but he also knew I didn’t give a fuck. I stuffed the money in the backpack that I’d brought in with me and left as fast as I came in. Being in my homie’s presence started to irritate me as the days went by.
I got in my blacked-out, bulletproof Bentley truck and proceeded to drive out the lot, but I stopped my whip when I spotted Yummi sitting on a brick wall while smoking a fat ass blunt. I could tell she had been crying with the faint smudges of mascara beneath her eyes. I pulled closer to her and let my window down.
“Aye!” I called out to her immediately, causing her to look my way since she was staring off into space. She jumped off the walland hastily dabbed at her cheeks before putting on a fake smile. She was trying to hide her tears, but that was a failure.
