of hers, it was like warm spiced caramel, and I had an instantaneous flashback of what it sounded like when she . . .
I popped that thought bubble before it could float any higher. I had too much going on to entertain this type of bullshit right now. Ris adjusted her head on my shoulder in her sleep and I stiffened.
âLania, I canât. Iâm sorry about what happened tonight too, but I just canât. Iâve gotta go okay?â I didnât even wait for her to respond. Suddenly I realized that Iâd just hung up on one of Maxim âs top one hundred. Actually I think she was numbered as the twenty-eighth most beautiful woman in the world. I exhaled loudly. My neck was starting to hurt. I needed to be as rational and real about this situation as possible and with the way things were going, Rasheed was probably going to try to kill me. The key word was try, because there was no way I was giving up my life without a damn good fight. That muthafucka had another thing coming if he thought otherwise.
CHAPTER 6
WHATâS MINE IS YOURS AND WHATâS YOURS IS STILL YOURS
Boy oh boy. I almost went slam the fuck off and gave away the fact that my ass wasnât for real drunk sleeping on Michelleâs shoulder. Iâd adjusted my head so I could hear her conversation better. The first one was quick and weird. I couldnât really hear it that well but based on the way she tensed up it wasnât good news. But the second one, whew, I almost nodded my head right into her lap because I was straining so hard to hear. I just knew something was up with that pretty-ass model Frenchy bitch mispronouncing- shit-for-no-damn-reason streetwalking ho. Oh, I bet Chelle ainât even know all that shit. Keyshawn was on his phone and Keisha had started talkinâ all low to Chanel when they left sayinâ some shit âbout Lania needinâ her to escort some nigga somewhere so they needed to ditch our party. Anâ here I was kissinâ her ass thinkinâ she on some top model shit and she over here running hoes.
Laniaâs ass had just hopped up too quick to help out when Michelle needed to go piss at the club. Anâ when Chanel and Keisha had the nerve to ask if I was okay with them going together, it took everything in my power to keep me at the table for as long as I sat there. It took a helluva lot more for me to embarrass myself and stick my damn finger down my throat when Chelle wasnât paying attention so I could throw up. My ass wasnât gonna be sick. I just needed an excuse to whoop that bitchâs ass, and being drunk just seemed like a good enoughâa one to me, shit.
My Spidey-muthafuckinâ-sense was already on ten; I ainât need Tweedledee and Tweedledum-ass pointinâ shit out like my ass stupid. I didnât know if Michelle did or didnât do anything up in that damn bathroom, but just in case, I got my ass whoopinâ in just for her or that bitch even thinkinâ âbout doinâ that shit. Point blank, thatâs all the fuck it took. Little Ms. Laniaâs ass was on my muthafuckinâ radar. Period.
I could feel the limo roll to a stop. Michelle kissed me on my forehead and I blinked a few times, trying to adjust my eyes since theyâd been closed the entire ride.
âHey, you lush, weâre home.â She gave me one of her fake-ass âIâm trying to act like nothingâs wrongâ smiles. It was damn obvious she was worried about something. I just hoped she wasnât thinking about that bitch.
âIs somethinâ wrong, bae?â I acted like I was still a little hazy from all the liquor, but I was super alert, watching everything.
âNothinâ baby. Iâm jusâ tired, itâs close to four in the morning.â
We climbed out of the car and made our way up to the darkened house, both of us trying to look normal as fuck while secretly eyeballing every tree, shadow, and bush. Most
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