“It was Gabby, bae. She paid some niggas to run up in there, but they decided to cut her out once they saw how much was there. One of the nigga’s baby mamas got caught out in North Carolina tryna cash one of the checks.” It was like his words didn’t immediately register because there was no way his ass had said my own fucking sister was the one who robbed my mama’s house! Shaking my head, I backed even further away. “Baby?—”
“No…no, Gabby wouldn’t do that.”
“I had somebody hack her phone when I heard just to confirm. It was definitely her,” he said, reaching out for me, but I’d gone from hurt to extremely angry in a matter of seconds.
“Does she know that you know?”
“Naw, I wanted to talk to you first and—Aves, where you going?” He was talking to my back as I turned right back around and headed to my car. His fast ass managed to catch me before I could pull off, jumping in the passenger seat and slamming the door shut. “Baby, what the fuck you think you bouta do? I?—”
“I’m bouta go beat that bitch ass!” I shrieked, cutting him off. “All this fucking time, she let me walk around worried and sad about that shit, and her greedy ass was the one behind the shit!” Anger had my foot pressing against the gas, speeding out of our gated community and onto the highway.
“Aye, I know you pissed off, but you better slow this bitch down. You bouta stress my baby out, and I’m tellin’ you now, you probably wanna go fight shorty, but I’m gone put a bullet in her head if something happen to my kid ’cause you let her hating ass raise your blood pressure!” I twisted my mouth and glared at him, knowing he’d really do that shit if it came down to it, and despite how mad I was, I definitely didn’t want my sister to die. Blowing out an aggravated breath, I raised my foot off the gas and slowed down to just five miles over the speed limit.
“Happy?” I asked smartly, rolling my eyes.
“Not really. I don’t really want you even going over there while you pregnant, but I know you need to get this shit off your chest. If she hit you though, her ass getting shot, and I’ma just deal with Armand’s ass when he comes with the bullshit.” He made sure to stare at me, blinking slowly so I knew just how serious he was. Little did he know though, that while I may have been quiet, I could easily handle Gabby’s ass. She probably wouldn’t even be able to get a pinch in, and that was on my dead mama. I stayed quiet though, because he’d see once we got there.
It only took me fifteen minutes to get to Gabby’s apartment since Armand had moved her into a better neighborhood. That made her actions even more crazy because our father had been looking out for her since he came back into our lives. She was just being plain greedy and for no real reason. It made me mad that I’d even included her in my wedding celebration.
I barely put the truck in park before stepping out onto the driveway of the luxury apartment building. Maasai met me around the front of the car and gave me a nasty look since I hadn’t waited for him to open my door, but fuck all that.
“H-hello, welcome to the?—”
“Leave the car here and don’t let nobody move it.” Maasai barely looked his way as he shoved a wad of cash in the boy’s hand while trying to keep up with me. My breathing got heavier as we walked past the front desk and got on the first open elevator, ignoring the guy sitting there who was yelling for us to stop. I’d only been to Gabby’s apartment twice since she’d moved in because I couldn’t deal with her socialite act. Since finding out that Armand was our father, she had been talking different and pretending like she was better than everybody else. I didn’t rock like that. I wasn’t the type who allowed money to change me, but obviously, my sister was just that type.
As soon as I reached her door, I leaned on the bell just to annoy her stupid ass, and just like I expected, she swung it openwith a stank ass attitude. Before she could open her mouth to get smart, I punched her in it, sending her flying backward.
“What the fuck, Avery! Why would you put your hands on me?” She sat up, holding her bloody nose, but I wasn’t done yet. Stepping inside with Maasai behind me, I smacked the fuck out of her.
“Bitch, you thought I wasn’t gone find out! You’re lucky all I wanna do is fuck you up and not choke the life out of you for that disrespectful shit!” I screamed, standing over her.
“You’re screaming too much, babe. I don’t like that,” Maasai said coolly, sitting on the back of the sofa next to us. Standing, I glared at him with folded arms.
“Fine.” Rolling my eyes, I hit Gabby across the face again, and she let out a loud screech.
“What disrespectful—I haven’t done anything!” she screamed when I yanked her head back by her tape-ins.
“You sent some niggas in my house! In Mama’s house, just for some money! She probably turning over in her grave at your money-hungry ass!” I was livid and seeing red, but it only made me even more so that she was still trying to deny it. I’d pieced the shit together on the way over, and it definitely made sense. In all the years I’d lived there, I hadn’t ever had an issue with break-ins, and neither had our neighbors, so I should’ve known something then, but I was too overcome with sadness and grieving even more for my mama. My own sister had taken advantage of what I was going through, hell, what we were both supposed to be going through, and I’d never forgive her ass for that.
“Don’t talk to me about Mama when she clearly didn’t give a fuck about me! She sat on those checks for years! Then she died and left you every fuckin’ thing like I didn’t even matter!” She let her true feelings out, sounding like a whole soap opera, and I couldn’t help but cackle mockingly.
“Bitch, you’re pathetic!” I turned my nose up, wanting to slap her silly ass again. “I hope karma eats your ass alive, and I pray I’m there to see it. Don’t you bring your triflin’ ass back around me ’cause I’m gone fuck you up on sight!” I left her there on the floor, and Maasai trailed out quietly behind me. She was talking shit and trying to hurl insults at my back, but I didn’t even give a fuck because I knew if I turned around, she’d shut her mouth.Scary ass!I couldn’t believe that all this time my sister had been the one out of everyone to cross me, but she certainly didn’t have to worry about me fucking with her anytime soon, if ever.
Chapter 15
Maasai
Ifelt bad as fuck having to give my baby such bad news, and it didn’t help that she’d been laid up in bed since she beat her sister’s ass. I’d tried all types of shit to cheer her up, but she wasn’t having it, and I was afraid I’d have to fuck around and make good on my promise to kill Gabby’s ass, whether the baby got hurt or not. Pushing our bedroom door open, I carried over the tray of fruit salad, eggs, bacon, and toast with orange juice that the chef had cooked and set it on the side table.
“Get up so you can eat, baby,” I said, nuzzling her neck gently. Groaning, Avery tried to turn over, but I wasn’t having that.
“I’m not hungry.”
“Aves, remember what I said about if something happens to my shorty?” I said in a tone that didn’t sound at all like I was threatening to kill her sister. I smirked as she pulled the covers down from over her head and nodded slowly. “Good, now if you don’t want that to happen, then you’ll get up and eat this breakfast.”
I leaned away just enough for her to sit up, and once she had her back pressed against the headboard, I placed the tray on her lap. When she realized I wasn’t going to move until she startedeating, she lifted her fork and spiked a piece of pineapple, shoving it in her mouth and chewing violently, looking like a little ass kid. Letting out a laugh, I pecked her lips and stood up.
“I gotta go handle some shit today, but I’ll try to be back early. Try not to give Marie a hard time, she’s only here to help.” I ignored her rolling her eyes and kissed her again before finally leaving the room.
