Page 47 of Maceo

“Me, bitch.”

I didn’t even see Shar walk up, but I saw that right hook connect with ol’ girl’s jaw. She hit her with a two piece, then put her in a headlock.

“I know I didn’t just see you put your stank ass on my man. I just know I didn’t.”

“Get off of me!” the girl screamed.

Security didn’t pay it any mind. This was my brother’s place, and they knew to turn a blind eye if shit popped off with us, unless instructed otherwise. Her friends tried to get up to help her, but my brothers and cousins held them back.

“Nah, let her take that ass whupping,” Smoke said. “She was doing too damn much.”

Salima slid past the commotion and found a seat on Deuce’s lap to watch her bestie go to work on the girl. Shar was lighting her face up, and the next thing I knew, she’d tossed her right out of the section.

“Don’t bring your ass back over here, bitch!” She turned to the girl’s friends. “Y’all can bounce too. And say something smart if you wanna get jumped.”

My sisters and my female cousins all fucked with Shar heavy, so of course, they stood to make a point. After that, the girls rushed out of the section, damn near tripping over each other. Shar smoothed out her dress and hair before taking a seat next to me.

She leaned over to hug Mia. “Happy Birthday, bitch.What are we drinking on?”

Everybody had acted like they hadn’t seen her molly whop that girl, but I couldn’t get it out of my head. I was just waiting for shit to hit the fan and she spazz out on me, but she didn’t. When I asked her about it later, she said Jaeda told her what was happening before she got there, and she saw the rest for herself. I left it alone after that.

“I’m not making any promises not to fight her,” Shar said. “If she tempts me, it’s gonna be whatever it’s gonna be. Also, the man that’s tricking on her was with her. That man gives me goosebumps, Maceo. Something ain’t right there. I was eavesdropping?—”

“Of course you were being nosy.”

“Shut up. Anyway, he wants her to do something. I don’t know what it is, but she ain’t with it. She said it’s too soon.”

I stared blankly at her. “Baby, what do you want me to do with that?”

“I want you to be concerned, Maceo! She’s up to some shit, just like I said. I know she wants to fuck you. It’s all in her eyes when she asks about you.”

“I like having my dick.”

“And I’m glad you know I will chop that shit off. It’s gonna be two pussies in this house if you ever cheat on me.”

Sometimes I wondered where Mr. Paul and Ms. Cicely went wrong with this girl. She wasn’t all the way right in the head, but that was my baby.

“I feel like she’s gonna set you up to get robbed.”

I laughed. “Any nigga that tries to rob me is getting sent to his mama in a body bag. Believe that.”

“I got his license plate number. I’m gonna ask Jaeda?—”

“No. We aren’t bringing my sister into this.”

“She can help. Listen, at this point, it’s over. I don’t care who knows now. I just need to know if my intuition is right.”

I shook my head. “Okay, Shar.”

“So I can ask her?”

“No.”

She huffed and folded her arms. “Whatever.”

“You mad?”

“My mama wants to see us,” she said, ignoring my question.

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