Page 34 of Give Me All Of You

“I know you lost every brain cell you process walking in this muthafucka like you got that kind of right.” I snarled.

She looked between me and Knas and rolled her eyes before she turned her attention back to me. Knas cut whatever she was about to say short, though.

“Aye, roll them muthafuckas again and you gon’ be holding ’em.” He stood. “I’m out. I told my wife I would work on my attitude, but this bitch came in here with her negative energy. Handle that and I’ll holla at you later.” He dapped me up and let his self out. Kari was still standing on the other side of my desk with her arms folded and a scowl on her face.

“Why are you still here?” I asked.

“Where have you been?”

“With my girl,” I said.

“Your girl? Since when? I thought I was your girl?” she pouted.

“Since when?”

Silence.

“Why would you think you’re my girl, Kay?”

“We’ve been messing around for almost three years now,” she explained.

“And that’s all we’ve done. What’s my favorite color?”

“Uhm.”

“My favorite food?”

“Piz-” I cut her off because the shit was wrong.

“Do you even know if my glasses are prescription or not?” I asked.

“I know they’re not prescription. I’ve seen you without them before,” she sassed.

“That’s because I had on contacts. How could you not know none of this stuff and be my girl?” I cocked my head to the side.

“I hope you know your little girlfriend is no more than a gold digging whore and home-wrecker who uses her baby as a pawn against my brother.” She smirked like she just told me some shit that I actually gave a fuck about.

“I’on know about all that, but I know your brother is a pedophilic, manipulative piece of shit who preyed on an innocent girl, got her pregnant and does absolutely nothing for his daughter. It’s alright though. She has a new daddy. So does her mama.” It was my turn to smirk.

Just like I knew she would, she marched her mad ass right on out of my face. If she knew what was good for her, she would stay the fuck away from me. I wasn’t over sealing her ass in one of my containers and shipping her off to the middle of no-fuckin-where.

After Kari left, I finished looking over the files for the families that needed our help. It was also a few people that were looking to get loans. I’d decide on that shit after looking intotheir books and shit. If the shit looked legit, I’d let Rock handle that shit. I finished up at the office a few hours later and it was going on seven o’clock. I was hungry as fuck, but Rue said she was going to cook for a nigga so I wouldn’t pick shit up. I still had to run by my parents’ house before I headed home to shower and then made it back to Rue. She wanted me to limit my time around her daughter, and I respected it. Once I shut my computer down, I grabbed up my phone and keys and headed out. It took almost an hour to get to my parents’ house from the yard since they decided they wanted to work on the fucking roads. When I got there, I let myself like I always did and found both of my parents in the living room with my niece.

“Uncle Hazie!” she squealed like she always did when she saw me.

“Wassup, Pea?” I picked her up and kissed her cheek. She had my braids in each of her hands, swinging back and forth.

“Hey, baby,” my mother greeted. Leaning down, I kissed her temple before taking a seat in the vacant seat adjacent to them.

“How are things going, son?” my father asked.

“Everything straight.” I kept it short because I knew he was trying to figure out where my head was with this whole marriage thing.

“And the proposition? How’s that going?”

“I’m handling it,” I countered.

He gave me a look that let me know he wasn’t pleased with my response, and I didn’t give a fuck.

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