“So, it’s like that? Where the love at?”
“Raven, if it’s over just let a nigga know.”
“A’ight so since you don’t want to fuck with a nigga, come and get you and those bad ass kids’ shit. I’m glad you and they spoil asses decided to go elsewhere.”
“You dirty ass bitch you. Bring tha Navigator here too. Bitch you and that nigga won’t ride around in shit I paid for.”
“Bitch come get this shit before I burn it!”
“Alright Raven, so you want to play games? Bitch I got you. Let’s see what your kids gon do without a mama, bitch!”
“You think that you got it going on, huh? Bitch we’ll see.” a female voice said on the last message.
I sat and listened to my voicemail. My day wasn’t going right unless someone was pissed at me. I expected for Khalil to be upset but who the hell was that broad? Maybe she was some chick that Khalil got to call me. I didn’t know and really didn’t give a damn. Who the hell did Khalil think he was? He was actually threatening me. Usually, when he lashed out I would let it ride, but that time was different. He’d threatenedto take away my life, so I let Jahrein listen to the messages.
“I’ma go over there.” he announced, highly pissed.
“No, Jahrein. I told you about this so that you could hear his ass threaten me. Now you know what’s up. If anything I’m going to call the police on his ass if he don’t stop calling me. I don’t want you to make shit worse.”
“No, this nigga taking me for a joke. You just can’t threaten somebody’s wife and get away with it. He got me fucked up!” Jahrein seethed. He was so pissed that he couldn’t stop pacing the floor.
“Jahrein, just chill out. I aint worried about that nigga. I’ll just leave the shit I have over there and take it as a loss.”
“Man, it aint even about that shit. Y’all got plenty of shit here and whatever aint here I can replace. Besides, I don’t want my kids with anything that nigga paid for any damn way. He’s talking crazy when he was in the wrong from jump. We from the same hood and he knew that it wasn’t gone roll over nicely. Of all the broads to get with, his ass is chasing after the next nigga’s wife. His ass is old enough to know better than that. And if he didn’t get chose it just comes with the territory. He been in the game for too long to do shit like this. Some niggas have died for less.”
“Okay, well Jahrein, I’m asking you as your wife to leave it alone.” I looked into his eyes. “Can you leave it alone for me?”
“I’ll try but if the nigga keep calling its gon getrealugly.” he seethed.
I kind of felt stupid because I was partially responsible for the situation. I should have taken Ray-Ray’s advice about keeping outsiders out of the mix, until I decided what I wanted to do with Jahrein. Even though I often reminded Khalil that I didn’t want a commitment I continued to deal with him, therefore giving him hope. So, I unintentionally led him on.
I didn’t condom Khalil’s behavior, but I felt that I had brought some of it on. I wanted me and my family to move on peacefully. We had so many things that were much more important to deal with.
I wanted to help calm Jahrein down so I convinced him to lay down with me. Just the fact that he was next to me had put me at ease. I hadn’t been myself while apart from him. I placed my head on his chest as he stroked my hair softly. He then placed a soft kiss on my forehead.
“I love you.” he whispered. “And I would die before I let anything happen to you.”
I simply nodded because I knew that he meant that wholeheartedly. The sound of the rain and thunder outside of our home gave off a serene feel, so soon after we were fast asleep.
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My eyes flew open when I heard glass shattering.
“Jahrein, you heard that?”
“Huh?” he asked groggily.
“Did you hear that glass breaking?” I asked him.
“No. What did it sound like?”
“I don’t know. It came from down stairs. Maybe even outside.”
“Fuck!” he said as he hopped out of bed. “I left my truck out in the front of the house.” he remembered as he left our bedroom.
I decided to follow him to see what was going on. The noise I heard did indeed come from outside. Someone had spray painted his Escalade in red. YOU AND YOUR BITCH GOT Y’ALL DAY COMING was in huge red letters. Along with that both the driver’s and the back window was busted out.
I could damn near see steam rising from Jah’s head as he checked out his truck. I was trying to see if I could find any bystanders that may have seen something. My neighbors were standing around looking at Jah’s vandalized truck.
