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I looked over at him for a second. “Why you so happy about it?”

“What you mean?”

“Shit, every time somebody bring shorty up, you wanna know how we getting along.”

He laughed. “Nigga, I'm your daddy. I'm supposed to wanna know what's going on with you.”

“Yeah, aight.”

“Besides, that girl done been through enough bullshit. Ain't nothing wrong with her having somebody around who actually gives a damn about her.”

I nodded because I couldn't disagree with that.

“Yeah, her pops really fucked her over with that shit.”

“He damn sure did.”

I took another sip of my drink before looking back at the TV. My pops sat there for a minute before speaking again.

“Just don't let what her daddy did mess up something that could be good for both of y'all.”

I turned my head and looked at him.

“What you mean by that?”

“Exactly what I said.”

“Pops, what the fuck you talking about?”

He looked over at me and laughed. “Nigga, why you acting like I said something crazy?”

“Because you talking like me and shorty supposed to be together or some shit.”

“And what if y'all end up together? That supposed to be a bad thing?”

“Nah, but damn. We ain't even on that right now.”

“Aight, then. I'm just saying don't fuck up something good being stubborn.”

I laughed and shook my head. “Man, Pops, when the fuck you start giving relationship advice? You acting like me and shorty already together or some shit.”

“Boy, don't nobody give a damn who you fucking with. I'm trying to tell your hardheaded ass something.”

“Yeah, aight, Pops.”

He laughed before picking the remote back up and turning the TV up.

I sat there looking at him for a second because I couldn't figure out where the hell all that had come from. My pops wasn't usually the type to sit around talking to me about women. Hell, half the time, he was telling me to leave them alone and focus on my business.

Now, all of a sudden, this nigga was giving me relationship advice about somebody I wasn't even in a relationship with.

I shook my head and went back to watching the game. I wasn't about to sit there trying to figure his ass out. Vernell Jefferson had been saying and doing crazy shit my whole life, and today wasn't about to be no different.

Iwas excited about my mama coming over because that meant I could spend some time with her without having to deal with my daddy. I swear, if I had to sit and look at his ass right now, I was going to snap, and that was something I was trying my hardest not to do. That man had already put me through enough, and the last thing I needed was for him to come around here fucking up my peace.

When I heard a knock at the door, I made my way over and checked the peephole before even thinking about unlocking it. I wasn’t about to open the damn door without knowing who was standing on the other side, especially with Cassian not being home.

Banks was still outside keeping an eye on the place. Cassian had told him we didn’t need him following us from room to room while my mama and sister were over.