Page 27 of So Special: Fanatic Love

Once I had myself together after I checked myself out in the mirror, I stepped back into his room. “I’m outta here, Zane. I’ll make sure the door is locked,” I told him. Before I walked out of his room, I turned around and held up what I had in my hand. “Good look on the Plan Bs in the linen closet. You really do think of everything.”

Tonight was the first time we fucked without protection. I wasn’t worried about STDs because we showed each other our tests after we had sex the first time, but I wasn’t on birth control. I would make an appointment now that he’d had pure, unconcentrated Suga Melon. Now that he had her unconcentrated there wouldn’t be any going back.

Asher

Earlier The Night Before…

“She was gettin on my fuckin nerves, man.” I fussed to Zane. We were sitting on the balcony of my condo after a day of conditioning. It was that time of the year and preseason was among us. This was something that I did after practice normally to calm my mind. Now that I had Ashtan, I still planned to do so. However, I would incorporate him.

Zane thought the idea of Katniss reaching out to me every other minute to verify if she could use money that I gave her was comical. “Man, you better be lucky that she’s asking. She could be one of those money-grubbing baby mamas that want all high-end shit. Her ass was shopping at discount furniture stores and shit.”

“Bubba, dat girl got almost ninety thousand in our joint bank account. She betta leave me da fuck alone,” I said after I cut my eye over to him. “Her ass texting me about a three hundred dolla Target purchase. Girl, get off my fuckin phone,” I ranted.

I got that Katniss didn’t want to feel like she was using me, but she could never do that shit. Let’s be logical. I’m the samenigga that gave her five thousand and a car to go shopping after one night with her. Oh, and I paid her tuition. I did all that shit without her asking for any of it. I really like to think that I was a good judge of character.

“Well, it was a good move to make the bank account joint. At least you can monitor her spending,” Zane commented with a shrug.

My head moved side to side. “That ain’t why da fuck dat shit joint. When I called her fat up ass down to da bank to open da account, her ass wouldn’t do um unless I put my name on um too,” I confirmed. “Ion give a fuck what dat girl spen out da account. As long as my son good.”

“You a betta man then me, that’s for sure. These hos can’t get shit from me but some dick. Fuck that shit,” he said callously. I called bullshit.

I pivoted my body in the lounge chair to face him. “So, is Daisy one of dem hos you talkin bout?” When he didn’t respond, I knew exactly what it was. “Yeah, like I thought. You can talk dat big boy shit to eryone else, but I know how you move.” I took a sip out of my cup after I turned to my original position. “Fuck outta here, my boy.”

“Shut the fuck up,” he said after he kissed his teeth. “Nah, I’m not going to say that she fits in the category of a ho, but she’s not my damn girl. I tell you what, though, I fuck her ass like a ho.”

“You eat her pussy and shit?” I asked without looking at him. Once again, he didn’t answer, letting me know what was up. “Like I say to you a few days ago, stop playin wit ya own feelings. Last I checked, you don’t eat ho pussy.”

Now Zane turned in my direction. “Says the man that was eating all type of orifices on Katniss night one. So, what’s that about?”

“Shh, I ain’t got a problem admitting that I like my baby mama,” I proudly said. “I just ain’t make my fuckin move yetbecause makin sure we co-parent healthily is more important. If I can’t properly co-parent wit my baby mama, then I can’t be wit my baby mama.”

Yeah, I liked the hell out of Katniss. That was a from day one thing. I always thought that we would eventually cross each other’s paths again. I just never in my life thought it would be at a day care where she was picking up our child. The more I saw her in mommy mode, it made me like her even more. The sexual tension between us was stupefying.

The sun had long ago set which meant it was getting late. Zane gave his goodnight and was out the door around ten-thirty. I’d already taken a shower and called Mrs. Raylen to check on both Ashtan and Ashan. I missed my boy and my nephew. I saw both of them yesterday, but that was beside the point. Finally, I was in my bed with the television on to catch up on some crime shows that I watched. When my phone rang with the special ring that belonged to my sister, I answered.

“What’s up, Sis?”I asked as soon as the line connected. It was late, and last I checked, she and Daisy helped Katniss finish getting her place together. I wanted to go down there so badly to check on her after I got home, but I thought better of it. I didn’t want her to think that I would just be popping up when I wanted to. At least not this early in the game. I could have moved her anywhere in the damn city, but I had an objective for moving her into my building that went past her safety.

There was music in the background of the call.“Bubba, you need to gon head and start headin to da jail because I think Kat about to whup dis bitch ass. When we get to the jail and dey let us use da phone I ga call you back.”

Before I could say shit back to her ass, she hung up.What the fuck she on?To hear her say that Fat-fat was about to fight threw me off. Kat was far from a rowdy chick, so it made me wonderwho she was about to fight and why. I pulled myself out of my bed to throw on some basketball shorts and a T-shirt. I made sure I texted Zane to bring his ass on, too, because I knew Daisy’s crazy, happy, silly ass was in the mix.

When we got to the jail, they had just arrived. That shit was crazy that Tiara had foresight that they would be arrested. The people at the place didn’t want to give me information outside of the time of the court hearing. I waited a while, then pulled their asses up on the booking website. Assault and battery was the charge for Daisy and Tiara. For Katniss, they hit her with assault inflicting serious bodily harm.What the fuck?

“Man, who the fuck you think they fought?” Zane asked after we sat down in the waiting room. “This shit is wild.” For a nigga that wasn’t feeling Daisy, he looked frustrated as hell.

I shrugged. “Shit, man, I don’t even know.” It was just after damn midnight and the court hearing wasn’t until three in the morning. “I’m sure we’ll find out soon as they bring their asses out here.”

We sat there in silence. Around one thirty in the morning, my phone rang with a number I didn’t recognize.“Who da hell is dis?”

“Asher!”I pulled the phone away from my ear because of the volume of the caller. Whoever this was had lost their mind.

“Ion know who dis is, but you betta pipe dat shit down before you get dis dial tone!”I paused to make sure I was understood.“You done lost your fuckin mind. Now who da fuck is this?”

In a calmer voice the caller identified themselves.“Asher, this is Penny.”Now that can’t be right.

“Nah, dis can’t be Penny cause I been block ya number,”I said with disbelief.“How you on my line?”After I confronted her at her house, I blocked all communications with her ass.

There was silence for a moment.“Um, this is one of those phone number apps.”Oh, dis bitch bold.“Look, just as much as you don’t want to talk to me, I don’t want to talk to you. Your little stunt with my husband resulted in divorce papers and an eviction.”

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