Page 39 of Asher

“Asher. Long time. How’s it going?” I heard his woman, Lil, obliviously telling their two kids to clean up their breakfast plates.

I chuckled at the mom voice she had used, then I said, “It’s fucking going. But got a question for you.”

Powers's tone was serious when he said, “Ask.”

“We need club girls. We’re down three. Got one in front of me. Said she used to be one of y’all’s.”

“Name?” he asked.

“Flo.” And if the woman wasn’t a bitch, that was a cool name.

Powers chuckled then and said, “Well, fuck.”

That caused something in my gut to tighten, I asked, “Well fuck what?”

He chuckled again, “Been wondering where she went off to.”

I lifted a brow, “She trouble?”

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Y’all got a bunch of ol’ ladies?”

It was my turn to hesitate for a moment on how to answer him.

I locked eyes with Priest.

He never made his wife his ol’ lady, and I knew he was glad that he hadn’t. Because after she served him with divorce papers and wanted to trade him in for someone with more money, I never wanted to see that bitch again.

And I knew that if Priest ever met another woman that he showed interest in, she was going to have to be patient.

And I mean patient as fuck.

But we had Gabby, Adeline, and finally Sutton.

Gabby was Pipe’s ol’ lady.

Adeline was Coal’s ol’ lady.

Sutton was Irish’s ol’ lady.

And as for me... well... I didn’t want to get into that at the moment.

I said, “We got three ol’ ladies.”

“They the type to let it known that they won’t tolerate anyone hitting on their men?” Powers asked.

I looked at Pipe, Coal, and Irish.

And all at once, they grinned.

I chuckled, “Oh yeah.”

“Then you shouldn’t have anything to worry about. But a word of advice, make it clear to her that if a brother has an ol’ lady, and she messes with that, she’s out on her ass. And don’t be lenient with that shit. Cause you give that bitch an inch, she’ll take a fucking mile.”

After we hung up, we voted.

And we voted for Kayla, Flo, and Hanna.

There was one more matter to vote on, and I told Ivan I would bring it to the table.

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