Page 52 of Beyond The Stars

“Got me following you like a lost puppy.”

He slapped her ass. “You ain’t trying to be my little house dog?”

Siasia grilled him. “Don’t play.”

He ducked her playful swing at his face. “You think ‘cause you beat Janay up you got hands now?”

“Keep playing with me and you’ll get that same ass whooping yo’ baby mama got. Y’all will be sharing more than a kid.” She smacked her lips.

Qamar held his stomach form laughing. “You funny when you ain’t in that big ass head of yours overthinking everything.”

“If you lived the life I lived you’d be in your head all day everyday too. I have to think of everything… have a plan before shit goes south because it always does. I know you trying to level the playing field, but you never will. I understand your life ain’t always been what it is now, but it ain’t never been like mine either.”

Gazing into her eyes, there was so much Qamar wanted to say. So many ways he wanted to map out their lives together but he was just as scared. He would never admit he was just as afraid of rejection as she was. Instead, he locked their fingers together as they walked across the small street. The smell of fried chicken attacked their senses as he walked closer to the house that had music blasting from the inside.

Siasia surveyed the man who had called Qamar. Even with tattoos on his face, he was still fine as hell. His tawny skin looked perfect against his fresh lineup and his outfit spoke of importance. His button down was rolled up to his elbows while his dress pants hugged his legs beautifully. She swiped at her mouth to make sure none of her slob dripped.

“Jay,” Qamar greeted, wrapping his arms around the beautiful specimen of a man. They embraced brotherly.

Jay stepped back from Qamar to get a good look at him. “Nigga how long has it been?” He examined him, clearly proud of what he saw. “You look good, baby.”

Qamar’s smile stretched from ear to ear. “You too. Out here on your black billionaire shit. I’m trying to get like you.”

Jay was a family friend that was almost a part of the family. Jay and Luna dated while she and Javen were on a break. Qamar would always be team Javen but Jay came in and gave him a different perspective on life. Qamar adored Jay and they kept in touch throughout the years.

“If you give my partner a call, he’ll have you on the best professional team in the country.”

Jay had reached out to Qamar a year ago to put him in touch with an associate he knew that owned a soccer team. The Emerald City Kings were one of the top teams in the country and owned by a Black man. If Qamar wasn’t trying to stay in school to make his family happy he would’ve reached out with no issues. However, heavy is the head that wears the crown and the crown his family put on him, was to never come off. They instilled that into him since he was born. It had always been known that with wealth or without, they had high hopes and expectations for the baby of the family.

Sadly, Qamar ran his hand down his face with a deep sigh. “I know, man.”

Since he was once a part of their circle, Jay knew the pressure Luna put on Qamar. His heart went out to him because he knew how much the idea of success could cripple a person. Qamar had confided him in before and it was one of the main reasons he tried to connect Qamar with his associate.

“Who you out here talking to?” a beautiful dark-skinned woman with wide hips pushed the front door open to ask.

She was goddess like with her big, slanted eyes and enchanting voice.

Siasia could only wave with a goofy, love struck look on her face.

“Oh, this Qamar, Luna little brother,” Jay introduced before his eyes went to Siasia. “And?”

“Siasia.” She smiled bashfully. So far, all the men she’d met that was connected to Qamar were alluring down to the little neighborhood boy who had a foul mouth.

“Siasia and Qamar, this is my wife, Candi.” Jay tucked Candi into his side with pride,

and Siasia didn’t blame him. Candi was beyond beautiful with her dress and blinged out cowboy boots on. Her natural hair pattern was coily but full of life and bounce. And her eyes—they pulled you in and held you captive. She looked ethereal and unreal in the setting of the sun’s light.

“Luna as in broke my man’s heart once upon and time then dropped an album with songs about him on it?” Candi crossed her arms while staring Qamar down.

With his hands up in surrender, he smiled and said, “Guilty.”

Siasia held her breath feeling like shit could go left at any given time. She didn’t know Luna at all but was under the impression that she and Javen had been together since birth. At least that was what their love gave on social media. The way that man took his family everywhere with him and vise verse, she just knew they were true soulmates. So, it was no question as to why the new information of Luna loving another man and making a whole damn album about it shocked the hell out of her.

Candi rolled her eyes. “Tell her, thank you for me. She let this man go for him to find me.” She looked up into Jay’s eyes with love. Her finger jutted back out when she remembered something. “But tell her don’t make another damn song about him.”

Qamar snickered. “I don’t think you got to worry, she retired.”

“So I’ve heard. Moonlight did her big Lauryn Hill shit—drop some fire and went to raise her kids.” Candi nodded with appreciation because motherhood was the foundation of what she felt her life’s purpose was. “You got kids?” She looked at Siasia.

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