night’s events. After pulling into the black iron gate with the gold K, she parked her Rover in front of her door. Dena took a minute to prepare herself before she got out. She knew that if not Calvin, Laurie would be questioning where she was that time of the night and she wasn’t in the mood to explain anything. She laid her head back on her seat. Damn . She chuckled. It was the first time that she ever felt like she wasn’t in control.
Dena entered the doors of her mansion. She let out a relieved breath when she saw that no one was in the living area, especially Laurie waiting on her to return. She was so not in the mood to deal with anyone. All she wanted was to take a hot bath and climb into her bed. As much as she loved getting dicked down by Calvin, she didn’t even want that. Quickly, she headed to the staircase.
“Mother , where have you been?” She stopped at the first step when she heard her daughter’s voice.
“I had to go take care of some business ,” she replied without looking back at Laurie.
“What kind of business and why couldn’t your boyfriend go with you to make sure you’re alright? I mean, why do you have him? Oh, God , don’t tell me it’s just for sex.” Laurie frowned. She’d had a flashback of the day she caught her mother on the pool table. Apparently, she had just got done sucking Calvin off because she was in front of him on her knees with sperm all over her face.
“Laurie , now is not the time.” Her voice raised just a bit. She really didn’t feel like the shit. Everyone was fucking with her and she was seconds away from blowing the hell up.
“Well , when will you have time? All you do is lie up in the room with him or when he is not here, you’re still distant. Like he can understand your pain.” Dena started to respond, explain that the only reason that she hadn’t reached out to her was because she knew that she secretly blamed her for her brother’s death. Laurie hadn’t said anything, but she knew that her and Diesel both were upset because she didn’t allow Ken to go to jail for something he didn’t do. Now, she wished she had. She knew if she responded, things would escalate. She slowly walked up the stairs. “Really, mom?” Laurie put her hands on her hips. “You’re just going to walk away? Laurie walked up on the first two steps, Dena was on the eighth step. “I guess I’ll be dead like Diesel before you…”
M rs. K turned around. “Laurie, I am warning you right now to leave me alone.” She gave her a stern look. Laurie crossed her arms in front of her.
“I have a right to speak.” Laurie began to feel emotional. She was hurting, too, and she wanted her mommy. She missed her brother dearly. They were so close. She had never really gotten a chance to mourn his death because she was too busy trying to get her mother’s attention. Tears laced her face and she forcefully wiped them away.
“Laurie , we will talk later. I can’t do this tonight.” She stared at her daughter. Besides her latte skin color and natural curly hair, the two looked just alike.
“Dena, you alright , ma?” He looked from her to Laurie, and then back at his woman. She looked up at him,
“I’m fine.” She gave him faint smile. She looked back at Laurie . “We will talk later.”
Laurie heard her , but she didn’t. Her focus was on Calvin. From the first day she walked in on him and her mother’s nasty sex scene, she never cared for him. His entire demeanor rubbed her the wrong way. When she brought it to Rosa’s attention, she expressed she felt the same way. Rosa said he was bad news and her mother needed to get rid of him. Her mother had too much going on for herself to deal with a so-call bodyguard slash thug.
“When you see her talking to her daughter, res pect that.” Calvin looked at Laurie unfazed and she didn’t appreciate it. “What is it, you don’t know what respect means? Well, I will say it in your language. Mind your
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