Page 49 of Maceo

“Which one do you have? The regular one or the one with the mouth? I know you are a freaky little virgin, Jaeda.”

“Oh my God. Shar, please.”

“You’ve really never done anything? Like, nobody ever sucked a nipple or fingered you?”

“No.”

“Not even a dry hump?”

“Shar, I’ve never even been kissed.”

“What!”

She looked embarrassed, but I wasn’t judging her. My lil’ baby was different. Outside of the family, she was as innocent as they came. It should come as no surprise that she hadn’t tongued anybody down. I had half a mind to give her, her first kiss. It wasn’t like I hadn’t kissed girls before. Shit, I kissed Salima all the time when niggas used to be in our face. She’d been my pretend girlfriend several times, like it was nothing.

“Come here, Jaeda,” I said softly.

“Why?”

“Just come here.” She inched closer to me. Gently, I cupped her pretty face. “Close your eyes.”

She closed her eyes, and I pressed a soft kiss to her lips. No tongue. No swapping spit, or lips sucking like I did with her brother. It was just an innocent peck. When I pulled away, she blushed and giggled, and it was fucking adorable.

“Shar… thank you. That was sweet.” The look on her face changed from happy to mortified. “Wait… is your mouth clean! I know you didn’t kiss me with my brother’s dick on your lips!”

I cackled. “I promise, I brushed my teeth and used mouthwash, boo. I’m clean.”

“Nah, I need to brush my lips.”

“Brush your lips?”

“Yes! I can’t believe you!”

She jumped up from the couch and rushed down the hall. I just had to laugh at her dramatics. I couldn’t wait to tell Salima about this shit. When she finally came back, she had a smile on her face. I shook my head as she took a seat beside me and grabbed her wineglass.

“You never said what you came here for,” she said, glancing over at me.

“I uh… I need a favor.”

“Would this have anything to do with my daddy wanting to talk to Maceo alone today?”

“Yes.” I sighed. “It’s over now, so I guess I can tell you everything.”

I gave her every detail of what her brother and I had been up to since he contracted with an outside organization. She sat, going through a range of facial expressions. When I was done, all she could do was stare at me.

“Wow,” she finally said, blowing a breath. “Y’all have been busy.”

“We have.”

“Why would he do that? My dad doesn’t play about working with outside people or organizations without them being heavily vetted first.”

I sighed. “He… he wanted something of his own, Jae. Sometimes he feels like he’s just here because he’s your father’s son. He feels like if he were removed, nothing would change, like he wasn’t a vital part of the organization.”

“But that’s not true. We need him as much as everybody else.”

I shrugged. “He’s entitled to his feelings, sis. Anyway, your father canceled his contract, so we’re done with it. He’s gotta break the news to the guys.”

“I can’t believe this shit.” She shook her head. “So this woman… you think she’s shady?”

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