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“Thank you. I really am. I’m worried about Milana also. We all make mistakes and bad decisions, but it’s important to own up to them and deal with them instead of making them worse. She was about to make it worse by calling SS, PJ, and Ace.”

“I’m glad you called Aunt Tiffany.”

I smiled at her, and she kissed my cheek. Renzo leaned over to kiss me too. He was such a sweetheart. “See y’all later, Angel. For the record, you can come over whenever you want. Your spirit makes mine light. Thank you.”

She smiled big then said, “I love you, girl.”

“Love you too.”

Decaurey hugged me too. “Thank you for your words of wisdom. Now I need you to accept mine. Call him. You’re feeling heavy because your heart needs him. He’s only doing what he feels is best. He loves you so much.”

I didn’t know how he knew, but he was right on the money. “I’ll call him in a little bit. Thank you, Decaurey. Kiss Tyeis and the twins for me.”

“Will do, cuz.”

When they left, I immediately went to my room and lay in bed. Grabbing my phone, I stared at the picture of Rhodes on the lock screen. God, I loved him so much. I hated that I got so angry. I held the phone to my chest for a minute then pulled it away and called him, putting myself out of my misery.

CHAPTER14

RHODES

“Hello?”

When I saw Karima’s name on the caller ID, it scared me. It had only been a week, and her silent treatments usually lasted longer. I missed her lil ass. I missed rubbing on her and talking to my baby. I felt like I was about to lose my mind without her.

“Hey, Rosewood.”

“Hey, baby. How are you feeling?”

“Horrible. I’m so sorry for shutting you out.”

“It’s okay, baby. I know how you operate. It takes you a little time to come around. All I can do is wait for you to miss me enough.” I chuckled to let her know I was joking. “When your missing me outweighs your anger, I know you’ll reach out.”

She took a deep breath. “God, this is hard, baby. I want to see you so bad.”

She started crying, and I knew I would have to sacrifice and go see her. Ali said I could call him for whatever, and I would have to call for protection to go check on my baby. “Please don’t cry, KD. I’m gon’ make something shake. Watchful Eyes is watching my back now. That was what I’d been calling to tell you. I’ve been waiting for them to get their bearings. I’m gonna call to see if they can have my back for me to go see you. I’ve been in this house for days, feeling depressed without you.”

She was quiet, so I said, “KD. Baby, you there?”

“Yes. Are you really gonna come see me?”

“Yeah, baby. I left the meeting early, because it didn’t seem like your people was fucking with me. I thought I would have to handle this shit by myself. That was why I had to get you away from me. I didn’t want you to get hurt. When your dad and Watchful Eyes showed up at my house that night, I was relieved as hell. So, I’m somewhat a part of their team now. As Ali explained to me, they will go to war for their own.”

“Damn. This is unbelievable. I’m glad I called.”

“Me too. I thought you didn’t want to see me any time soon after me pushing you away, so I didn’t want to bother you unless the shit was about to be resolved. Let me call them right quick… Oh shit! I forgot Rondo lives out here by me. Let me hit him up.”

She giggled. “Okay. I can’t wait to see you. I miss you so much.”

“I miss you too, baby.”

I ended the call, feeling excited as hell. Before I could call anyone, my doorbell rang. That caught me off guard, because I never had pop-up visitors. Going to the door, I grabbed my heat from the closet and trained it at the door. “Who is it?”

“Ali, nigga.”

I cracked the door to see it was him then closed it to take the chain off. When I opened it, he said, “I would much rather she come to you so we can keep the drama separate. We’ve been watching the Hendersons for other bullshit. If it happens out here, we know it’s your shit. Philly is on his way to pick her up now.”

I frowned as I closed the door then set my gun on the coffee table. He chuckled as he stared at me. “Nigga, what’chu talking about?”

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