Page 27 of Save Room for Us

“Hey!” My mom hopped in between us. “You two are here to see Sophie and that is it. You don’t even need to converse with my daughter right now. You are lucky I’m allowing you to visit my granddaughter and in my home, especially after what I learned of you two, so don’t fuck that up.”

“Farrah, she?—”

“I get that you are upset that Cedric has been shot, and his life is hanging in the balance, but you must understand that hewas not a good man. He beat and terrorized her, so when you do horrifying things, they come with horrifying consequences.”

“My apologies, Farrah,” Carly said. “See you soon, sweetheart.” She bent down to kiss Sophie’s head, and Gabriel did the same before they left out.

Sitting down, I pulled Sophie into my lap and kissed her cheek, hugging her again.

My mother and I made eye contact, shaking our heads and nonverbally agreeing that this was only the beginning of a shit show.

THAT WEEKEND…

“Freak Joint”by Uncut blared over the backyard as I entered the homie Keenan’s kickback.

As I moved through the crowd, speaking to a few of my niggas, I spotted Milan across the backyard with her cousin and a few homegirls, recording a video to my brother’s old song. A few niggas had surrounded, watching the ladies pop their asses while not leaving much to the imagination.

“Milan’s ass is wild,” Grady said as I took a seat, slapping hands with him, the homie Free, and Low.

“She is.” I peeped again, seeing one of the niggas watching come up behind her to join, to which she didn’t protest.

The words Khari rapped, mentioning how he’d never wife a freak joint rang true as fuck right now as I took Milan’s actions in. But as he also said, they were good for fucking.

“Khari muthafuckin’ ass gon’ always ride the fuck out of a beat.” Low bobbed his head, inhaling deeply on the big ass blunt in his hand.

Just then, Milan locked eyes with me and stopped like I was her fucking daddy. The shit made me laugh because I honestly didn’t know why she did the shit.

She immediately fixed her dress and started over to me as Grady and Low laughed at her ass. Grabbing a red cup, I poured a little bit of Don Julio into it, sipping some as Milan closed the distance between us.

“Hey, daddy.” She came and slid into my lap so abruptly she almost made me drop my drink. “Sorry.” She kissed my face, hugging my neck. Putting her mouth to my ear, she said, “I’m sorry. I know you don’t like when I be acting like that. And I don’t even know him; I was just having fun.”

“I said I don’t want my woman acting like that.” I corrected her, and she was confused for a split second before nodding. “You free to do you. I enjoyed the show. I wanna see you do that later with no clothes though.”

Just like that, Milan was happy and giggling, saying, “We can go right now.”

“Nah, I just got here.” I tapped her thigh. “I gotta piss.”

She climbed from my lap, and I started toward the house, entering through the sliding doors. After relieving myself in the bathroom and washing my hands, I came back out, running right into this bitch named Lisa. I only remembered her because her head game was that of a professional.

“Asif!” She screeched excitedly, hopping onto her tiptoes to hug me around the neck. Gently, I gave her ass the one armtreatment before pulling away. “I haven’t seen you in forever. You usually don’t step out.”

“I know. Thought it was time I got a little break.” I nodded.

“You gonna be busy after?” Lisa nibbled on her lip.

“Yeah, he is, bitch.” Milan came up.

“Who you calling a bitch? Bitch!”

“You! Thirsty ass! Why the fuck you all in his face when you know what’s up with me and him?”

“Milan, chill out.” I interjected, not in the fucking mood for this type of shit.

“Whatisup, Milan?” Lisa laughed, folding her arms. “He is not your nigga, and you the only one who don’t know that! Asif is free game!”

That last statement set Milan off, so after she hit Lisa, the shit was on and popping.

“Aye, cut this shit out!” I snapped, separating the two from pulling one another’s hair. “You take yo’ ass over there, and you go the opposite way.” I instructed Lisa then Milan.

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