you.”
“Nigga, don’t you go blaming me for this shit. First of all, Tommy has a problem that he won’t correct. His dick won’t get hard. Second, I never forced you to get with me. I didn’t rape you. And third, that nigga, Mr. Innocent, came home last night with lipstick on his collar, so don’t give me the bullshit.”
JoJo stared at her for a brief moment then walked over and hugged her.
She gazed at him through teary eyes. “JoJo, I love Tommy, too. And I know he’s a good person, but I have needs. Everybody has needs. Don’t think that I enjoy fuckin around on him.”
“I know you have needs, but this creeping around is really starting to get to me.”
She shoved him away then got dressed, slipping her thongs inside her purse. She left without saying goodbye.
Chapter 10
“I need to meet with your daddy right away,” Tommy said to
Alicia.
“Tommy, what’s wrong?”
“I would rather tell you in person.”
“Is there something you can’t say over the phone?”
Tommy hated when people asked that. He thought it was a nobrainer.
“Let’s just meet somewhere.”
“Like where?”
“Have you eaten yet?”
“No,” she said.
“Let’s meet at the Cheesecake Factory .”
*****
The wait at the Cheesecake Factory was about an hour. Tommy didn’t really care for the food there. He thought it was highly overrated. He thought it was just one of those places where the superficial went to be seen, just to say they were at the Cheesecake Factory. Since becoming a big drug dealer and making a lot of money, his life had become mostly artificial.
The hostess finally came and seated them in a booth in the front of the restaurant.
“So what’s up, Tommy?” Alicia asked.
“The worst thing that could possibly happen.”
She narrowed her eyes.
Tommy drank from his glass of water, still not saying anything.
She looked around. Nobody was paying any attention to their table. “Okay, Tommy, what the hell happened?”
“Well, Manny got busted.”
“Who is that?”
“That’s my connect; you know, the guy that I get my product from.” “Yeah, I know what a connect is. I’m not green, you know.” “I know. I keep forgetting.”
She smiled but didn’t say anything. Instead she reached for his hand and held it briefly.
“Alicia, I need a new life.”
“So what are you saying, Tommy?”
“I’m saying you were right. I can’t go on like this. I need to see your dad and get some advice on how to clean up my act.”
“So you think Manny might snitch on you?”
“That’s not what I’m saying at all. In fact, I don’t think Manny will tell on me.”
She sipped her water then smiled. “Tommy, I want to help you, whatever you need me to do to make sure every thing is okay with you. I don’t want to see another black man sent away to prison.”
He smiled and she grabbed his hand again.
“Tommy, I don’t want to see you in trouble.”
“Alicia, when can we go meet your pops?”
“We can leave Friday, if you want.”
*****
Alicia and Tommy stepped off the plane in San Francisco. They walked hurriedly to baggage claims, where Alicia’s father was waiting.
She ran and embraced him. “Daddy, I’ve missed you so much.”
Tommy looked on in both admiration and envy. He had never had a relationship with his father, and his mother was long gone. Damn, he missed her.
Alicia’s father shook Tommy’s hand.
“Glad to meet you, Sir,” Tommy said, trying to be respectful.
“I want you to kill that Sir shit right now. My name is Don, so call me Don. We’re going to be on a first-name basis.”
Damn, this man is cool, Tommy thought.
Outside, a blue and gray Maybach Benz with a driver awaited them. The driver put the luggage away.
Tommy and Alicia got in the backseat.
Don got in the front. His cell phone rang and he answered on the second ring.
“Why don’t you act all stuck-up and shit?” Tommy asked Alicia.
She looked confused. “What kind of question is that? Why would you want me to act stuck-up?”
“I
“Nigga, don’t you go blaming me for this shit. First of all, Tommy has a problem that he won’t correct. His dick won’t get hard. Second, I never forced you to get with me. I didn’t rape you. And third, that nigga, Mr. Innocent, came home last night with lipstick on his collar, so don’t give me the bullshit.”
JoJo stared at her for a brief moment then walked over and hugged her.
She gazed at him through teary eyes. “JoJo, I love Tommy, too. And I know he’s a good person, but I have needs. Everybody has needs. Don’t think that I enjoy fuckin around on him.”
“I know you have needs, but this creeping around is really starting to get to me.”
She shoved him away then got dressed, slipping her thongs inside her purse. She left without saying goodbye.
Chapter 10
“I need to meet with your daddy right away,” Tommy said to
Alicia.
“Tommy, what’s wrong?”
“I would rather tell you in person.”
“Is there something you can’t say over the phone?”
Tommy hated when people asked that. He thought it was a nobrainer.
“Let’s just meet somewhere.”
“Like where?”
“Have you eaten yet?”
“No,” she said.
“Let’s meet at the Cheesecake Factory .”
*****
The wait at the Cheesecake Factory was about an hour. Tommy didn’t really care for the food there. He thought it was highly overrated. He thought it was just one of those places where the superficial went to be seen, just to say they were at the Cheesecake Factory. Since becoming a big drug dealer and making a lot of money, his life had become mostly artificial.
The hostess finally came and seated them in a booth in the front of the restaurant.
“So what’s up, Tommy?” Alicia asked.
“The worst thing that could possibly happen.”
She narrowed her eyes.
Tommy drank from his glass of water, still not saying anything.
She looked around. Nobody was paying any attention to their table. “Okay, Tommy, what the hell happened?”
“Well, Manny got busted.”
“Who is that?”
“That’s my connect; you know, the guy that I get my product from.” “Yeah, I know what a connect is. I’m not green, you know.” “I know. I keep forgetting.”
She smiled but didn’t say anything. Instead she reached for his hand and held it briefly.
“Alicia, I need a new life.”
“So what are you saying, Tommy?”
“I’m saying you were right. I can’t go on like this. I need to see your dad and get some advice on how to clean up my act.”
“So you think Manny might snitch on you?”
“That’s not what I’m saying at all. In fact, I don’t think Manny will tell on me.”
She sipped her water then smiled. “Tommy, I want to help you, whatever you need me to do to make sure every thing is okay with you. I don’t want to see another black man sent away to prison.”
He smiled and she grabbed his hand again.
“Tommy, I don’t want to see you in trouble.”
“Alicia, when can we go meet your pops?”
“We can leave Friday, if you want.”
*****
Alicia and Tommy stepped off the plane in San Francisco. They walked hurriedly to baggage claims, where Alicia’s father was waiting.
She ran and embraced him. “Daddy, I’ve missed you so much.”
Tommy looked on in both admiration and envy. He had never had a relationship with his father, and his mother was long gone. Damn, he missed her.
Alicia’s father shook Tommy’s hand.
“Glad to meet you, Sir,” Tommy said, trying to be respectful.
“I want you to kill that Sir shit right now. My name is Don, so call me Don. We’re going to be on a first-name basis.”
Damn, this man is cool, Tommy thought.
Outside, a blue and gray Maybach Benz with a driver awaited them. The driver put the luggage away.
Tommy and Alicia got in the backseat.
Don got in the front. His cell phone rang and he answered on the second ring.
“Why don’t you act all stuck-up and shit?” Tommy asked Alicia.
She looked confused. “What kind of question is that? Why would you want me to act stuck-up?”
“I
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