Page 26 of His Four Leaf Clover

Monty checked the front and back pockets of his jeans, looking for his phone. When he didn’t find it, he rushed to his car, hoping that’s where he’d left it.

“Man, fuck!” Monty bellowed while slamming his car door shut.

“The fuck is wrong with you?” Dash looked at him like he was crazy.

“I must have left my damn phone at home.”

“Go back home and get it. Shit, ain’t nobody but Caprice ole stalking ass gon’ call you anyway.”

“Fuck Caprice!” Monty frowned angrily.

“Nah, nigga, don’t be out here on no disrespectful shit. Being with Caprice was your choice, so live with it. Ain’t nobody force your hand to do a muthafucking thing,” Hank snapped.

Monty pissed him off when he acted like somebody put a gun to his head and made him be with Caprice. He understood him feeling bad about her losing her job, but that was a choice that she made. She knew what the outcome would be if she ever got caught. Monty could have easily looked out for her financially without being with her, but Hank knew what it was. He fucked up his relationship with Iva and he didn’t want to make it seem like it was all in vain, even though it was. He made it work out of fear of embarrassment. Now, he was in a loveless relationship, mourning the loss of the woman who really had his heart.

“It’s all good. I’m ‘bout to go by Diva until I can get my own shit.”

“And you ain’t gon’ be there long either, nigga.”

“Why not? It ain’t like she letting you come back home. She need a man in the house.” Monty smirked, knowing that he was hitting a nerve.

“Keep believing that shit if you want to.”

His sons didn’t need to know it but he and Diva hooked up at least once a week. He had never cheated on his wife and he wasn’t about to start. They both had needs and they fulfilled those needs with each other. To his knowledge, he was his wife’s first and only, and he wanted to keep it that way.

“You and Diva need to stop playing and work that shit out,” Fonzo spoke up.

He and his brothers were blessed to grow up in a two-parent home. Not many people their age could say that. Diva and Hank were young parents, but they handled their business. He hated that they were separated at the moment but he was confident that they would get back together.

“We’re good, bruh. I’ll be back home soon,” Hank assured him.

“You keep saying that and ain’t went back yet.” Monty shook his head.

“Stop worrying about me and handle your own shit.” Hank laughed while discreetly pointing to Caprice’s car that had just pulled up.

“Man, fuck! She must have a GPS on my dick or something,” Monty was fussing as his brothers and cousins laughed.

Before he had a chance to get up and go to her, Caprice and her cousin, Sade, were already out of the car heading in their direction. Dash frowned as they approached, and he made a mental not to call Caprice out on her bullshit. She was starting to really have him fucked up with the games she played.

“Hey, y’all,” Caprice spoke and waved when she walked up.

Everybody else spoke back while her man looked annoyed. He didn’t even try to hide his disgust and that hurt more than anything. He was like the perfect man behind those four walls, but the real Monty was revealed soon after his release.

“Good evening, everybody. What’s up, Dash?” Sade spoke to everyone but she made sure to call Dash out by name.

Caprice smirked when Hank, Monty and Fonzo all looked at Dash accusingly. It was probably killing them to know that he was on some shady shit behind their precious Clover’s back. Dash was just like every other nigga, and Clover got cheated on just like the next bitch.

“Man, back the fuck up! The fuck you getting all close to a nigga for?” Dash snapped angrily when Sade walked closer to him.

“Damn, I was just speaking.”

“Well, do that shit from over there.”

Sade looked embarrassed, and Caprice felt bad for her cousin. Dash wasn’t shit just like his older brother.

“Let me holla at you right quick, Junior.” Hank walked off, and Dash got up and followed him into the house.

He already knew what was up and he knew that Hank was about to get in his ass. It didn’t take a genius to see that something was up with him and Sade. The shit wasn’t even that deep and she was doing way too much.