Page 46 of Beyond The Stars

Qamar gave Siasia sympathetic eyes before turning to follow behind Janay.

“Mama, please come get me,” Janay sobbed into the phone, her voice trembling as she frantically shoved clothes and random belongings into her duffle bag, the zipper straining under the chaos. Each item she tossed in felt like a piece of her heart, heavy with confusion and hurt. Qamar’s baffling actions replayed in her mind, a stark contrast to the kind and sweet man she had always known, the one who had insisted they could only ever be Belinay’s parents.

With a desperate swipe of the back of her hand across her running nose, she tried to regain her composure, but the tears kept flowing. “Mama, I know, but please,” she pleaded, her voice cracking with emotion, the weight of her heartbreak palpable in every word.

Noodle looked at her in sadness, still holding onto a sleeping Belinay.

“Janay.” Qamar finally made it into the room. “Just let me talk to you.”

“Fuck no! You should’ve talked to me before you made the decision to bring another woman here. Be proactive instead of reactive, nigga.” She pushed her finger into the side of his head since he’d taken a seat on the bed.

Noodle watched, unfazed because arguing and fighting seemed to be the foundation of what a relationship was. It was all she knew based on her own parents who couldn’t seem to get their shit together.

“Don’t put your hands on me!” Qamar barked. “Aye, Noodle, take Belinay in there to my sister.”

“No, the fuck.” Janay stood in front of the door.

Noodle looked back at Qamar because Janay was a grown up and she was just a child. When Janay went to grab her daughter from Noodle’s hands, Noodle screamed, afraid of the baby falling.

“Bitch!” The words came out of his mouth before he could stop them. “The fuck wrong with you?”

At the same time, Siasia was running towards them. “Bitch, I will kill you if you put your hands on my sister again!” Spit flew from her mouth as Javen yanked her into the air like she weighed nothing. “Let me go.”

Janay laughed. “Bitch?” She looked at Qamar who had placed Noodle behind him while he held Belinay in his arms, protecting them the way she wanted him to protect her. “The mother of your daughter is a bitch? I bet you ain’t never said that to your precious little Malaysia.”

“Janay, watch the fuck out. You doing too much. I ain’t meant to call you out your name but I ain’t playing this childish shit with you when it comes to my kids.”

“She ain’t your kid!” Janay clapped, referring to Noodle. “Maybe a step kid,” she grimaced, cutting her eyes at Siasia who was still trying to get to her.

While hell broke out, Janay’s mother had arrived since she didn’t live that far. The sound of her phone ringing was the break they all needed. She answered as tears pooled in her eyes. “Mama, Qamar won’t give me my baby. I just want to take my baby and go. This is too much for her. Too much for me.”

“The fuckin’ dramatics.” He scoffed.

“I’m calm, just let me go,” Siasia’s chest heaved as Javen slowly placed her on her feet. Spinning around him, she darted to Janay, landing hard blows on her face and making her drop her phone.

Luna screamed. “Break them up!”

Qamar stood in shock, unable to do anything besides cuss and fuss since he still had Belinay in his arms.

Noodle saw her sister fighting and took off on Janay too. “Don’t hit my sister!” She swung wildly.

French snickered but went to grab Noodle away from the fight. Siasia was walking Janay all around the room, and she wasn’t letting up. Janay fought back but was still no match for the trailer park in Siasia.

“Siasia, let her go.” Qamar tried to pass his daughter to Luna but she was focused on getting the men to break the shit up.

Tiny and Maverick were out and would be ready for round two when they got home and realized the episode of Love and Hip Hop that was being shot in their home.

“Hold my baby.” He pushed Belinay into Luna’s arms.

Qamar pulled his pants up, trekking his way to where Siasia had Janay on the ground. Without hesitation, he yanked her into his arms while she still swung wildly. “Calm down, mama,” his gruff voice crooned in her ear.

As always, her body moved on his command. Unfairly, it belonged to him without question. Upset and embarrassed, Siasia wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist, burying her face in the crook of his neck.

“This bitch attacks me and you console her like I was in the wrong.” Angrily, Janay pushed her wild hair out of her face. “Give me my fuckin’ baby!” She went to snatch the baby from Luna.

“Didn’t that just cost you an ass whooping?” Luna looked her upside the head because under no circumstances would she tolerate Janay snatching her niece out of her arms. “Calm down and I’ll pass her to you,” she agreed while rolling her eyes.

Janay huffed, trying to calm herself enough to grab her baby. To think she’d just had a baby and already tussling with her baby daddy’s new bitch. Safe to say Renata tried to warn her. Told her the real Qamar would rear his ugly head as soon as she popped that baby out. All of that said and still, Janay wanted him to be hers in the pit of her belly.

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