Page 68 of His Four Leaf Clover

“I know you said that you weren’t there but did anybody else tell you what happened?” Melvin questioned.

“No, not really. I just know that the bar they were in belongs to the grandma of Caprice’s ex-boyfriend. They broke up months ago, so I don’t even know why she wanted to go there.”

Their other cousins were pissed when they learned who the bar belonged to. They should have known that there was a motive behind anything that Caprice did. Thankfully, Dot was nice about it and gave her cousins half of her money back. They hadn’t even been in the bar long and nobody had a chance to eat. According to them, Caprice got her ass beat that night too. As messy as she was, she didn’t even have hands to back it up.

“That ignorant bitch! She’s always behind something that happens in the family.” Melvin shook his head and frowned. His niece had been a troublemaker since she was a teen. She was the type to start a fire and stand back watching everybody else get burned. Just about every dumb decision that she made revolved around a man. He sometimes wondered if his son wasn’t the only one of the grandkids with mental issues

“Yeah, that’s why I wasn’t there. I kinda backed away from Caprice and all her drama.”

That part was true, and Sade barely talked to her cousin now. Once she sat back and thought about all the bad things that happened in her life, Caprice’s name was attached to every story. She was miserable, but Sade was tired of being her company. Listening to how her other cousins talked about her, she was happy about her decision.

“Of all people, why would Trent choose to move in with her?” Melvin wondered out loud.

He and his wife had found the perfect place to treat Trenton and help him get back on track. Unfortunately, he left home before they could even do anything. The longer he was off his meds, the worse his condition was going to get.

Another knock at the door pulled him away from his thoughts. When Caprice walked in, he and his wife jumped up at the same time but for two different reasons. Trudy was trying to knock her head off, and Melvin had to hold her back.

“Get out! Get the fuck out of my son’s room! As a matter of fact, get out of this hospital before I have you arrested!” Angry tears fell from Trudy’s eyes as she lunged at her husband’s niece. She was so tired of her doing shit and never suffering the consequences.

“I was just coming to check on my cousin,” Caprice said as she backed away. She didn’t even know that Trudy and Melvin knew what was going on. She damn sure wouldn’t have gone up there had she known they were in the room.

“Sorry, Uncle Melvin, we’re leaving.” Sade pushed Caprice out of the room and walked out behind her.

“Stupid bitch acting like it’s my fault that her son is laid up in the hospital.” Caprice was fuming as she and Sade walked down the hall.

“Is it not?” Sade looked at her sideways.

“Trent is grown. I can’t make him do a muthafucking thing.”

“Yeah but you have to keep it real. Having the party at Dot’s Spot was not the right move. That girl party got ruined all because you wanted to be petty.”

“Once again, that bitch is grown too. She could have said no.”

“I’m sure she would have if she knew the real story. Thankfully, Dot gave her some of her money back.”

“I really don’t give a damn. I’m not ‘bout to let them put this on me. It ain’t like I started the fight. That bitch hit me first.”

“Looks like she got the first and the last lick. You need to put some witch hazel and aloe on that eye. As tall as you are, I can’t believe you let Clover’s lil ass do you dirty like that.” Sade smirked as she threw Caprice’s words right back at her.

“I see you got jokes, but it’s all good. That hoe gon’ see me again.”

“Girl, go rest that eye and let that shit go. Ain’t nobody else getting in the field with you and you saw that for yourself.”

“They was ‘bout to jump in until Diva and Iva flashed their guns,” Caprice lied. Iva did have a bat, but Diva was ready to straight box it out.

“Yeah, okay. You didn’t go viral, but I saw it on the Nola page boo.”

A video of the fight was posted by an anonymous user, but it was shared a few times. Clover and Dash’s faces were replaced with an emoji, but Caprice and Trent were camera ready. She was sure that it was somebody in their circle who posted it because they made sure that their faces weren’t visible. The comments were dogging Caprice for letting someone half her size beat her ass like that.

But Trent was who she really felt sorry for. Dash fucked over him and he was in bad shape. Sade overheard some of her cousins saying that they weren’t calling their uncle Melvin or his wife. They didn’t associate with the family and they kept the same energy. She didn’t really care for Trudy either, but even she knew that they were wrong.

Trent was sitting up in the hospital as a John Doe because her family wanted to be petty. That was why she took it upon herself to let her uncle and his wife know what was up, but she played it off like they already knew. She didn’t know where Trent’s wallet was because they could have notified his emergency contact if they knew his name.

“I don’t care what you saw. That bitch know she had to sneak me in order to get the upper hand. But on my daddy’s grave, she gon’ see me again.”

“At some point in your life, you have to count your losses and let shit go. That includes family and friends too. I did and I’m much happier now.” With those parting words, Sade walked away and decided to take the stairs to the bottom level. She didn’t even want to be on the same elevator with Caprice and her negative energy.

“Dumb bitch.” Caprice frowned at Sade’s departing back. She was pissed that Sade now had something to hold over her head. She was even more upset about how it happened. Clover got one up on her but it was cool for now. She didn’t know when or how, but she swore that she was gonna get her lick back and then some.