Page 70 of Another Night With Me

”You talked to Zaylee?” My brother’s MJ’s voice came through the phone.

“Yeah, she on the other line. I’m about to go meet her at her mama’s house.” I sighed.

I found Niko in the kitchen, shirtless making a sandwich.

“What the fuck she on?” He barked at me making me pull my face away from the phone frowning at it like I could see the phone. “She put her hands on Tahiry me and her gon’ fall the fuck out.”

“Tahiry’s grown ass should have thought about that before she black Mrs.Cooper’s eye. Ain’t nobody alive finna let anybody lay hands on they mama and not do nothing about it.”

“We don’t know if Tahiry had a valid reason or not.” MJ kept trying to defend Tahiry,

I smacked my lips dramatically. “Ain’t no valid reason when Mrs.Cooper took her in after her own mama put her out. Tahiry’s ass just wanna be grown and I been told you he attitude was gonna get her in trouble she can’t get out of.”

Tahiry had officially lost her mind putting her hands on Mrs.Cooper. I wanted to say I was surprised and I didn’t think she’d take things this far but I wasn’t. Tahiry didn’t like authority of any kind. When anyone tried to tell her what to do she’d showed her ass. It wasn’t shocking that Tahiry hit anybody. That girl didn’t respect her own mama and she’d already put her hands on her several times. What I didn’t expect was for Tahiry to last as long as she did in Mrs.Cooper house. MJ was just as delusional as Tahiry. Hearing him defending her had my head spinning because he was smarter than to fall for whatever story Tahiry probably fed him. Of all people MJ dealt with Tahiry the most so it should be easiest for him to see through her.

”So, so, so you okay with Zaylee getting her friend to beat up our sister for her?”

”I never said that but Tahiry gotta answer for the shit she does and you can’t save her from this one. Matter a fact,” I pulled my phone from my face, I merged both calls.

By now Niko was all in my conversation as he mouthed to me, asking what was going on. I placed my phone on speaker.

”Zaylee?”

”I’m here,” She answered.

”MJ?”

“Yeah, Zaylee you need to chill out on Tahiry. I told you Ima handle her.” MJ said.

“Bullshit,” Zaylee scoffed. “You been swearing up and down for MONTHS you were gonna deal with her yet here we are. I’m done waiting on you to deal with her cause I got something for her.”

“Zaylee you my sister and I love you but you not finna put yo’ hands on Tahiry.” MJ replied.

”What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” Zaylee spat.

“You got people and so d-“

”MJ I know you not threading Zaylee over Tahiry hitting her mama. Let that had been you mama you would have been ready to fuck everybody up.” I angrily spat not believing MJ right now.

“I’m just sayin’ she talking about getting her people involved lik-“‘

“Is cool MJ cause you talkin’ like you lost all your common sense.” I asked cutting him off cause the more he talked the madder he made me.

“I’m straight. I just know how Tahiry been treated. I ain’t going for none of it,”

“Treated? That little bitch was spoiled and that’s her problem.” Zaylee sounded appalled.

“Zaylee I’m not letting you or nobody else put hands on Tahiry period,” MJ said.

”Well you better beat me to my mama house and get all her shit out cause its’s on sight with her.” Zaylee said then her call disconnected.

“Where you going?” Niko asked me with a frown on his face when I picked up my car keys.

“To stop my siblings from killing each other.” I replied matter of factly as I slipped my feet into a pair of sneakers that were sitting at the bottom of the steps.

“Yanna you do know you pregnant. What the fuck you finna do?” Niko grunted.

“I know but Zaylee is heated. Tahiry hit her mama. Blacked her eye and she’s heated. I know my sister isn’t thinking clearly. Granted somebody need to knock some sense into Tahiry, Zaylee is to pissed to be the one to do it and she pregnant.”