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“What did y’all do to my baby?” he asked, loading her things into the basket on the golf cart.

“She had the time of her life,” Jaeda answered.

“Where is she gonna put all this shit? She’s already talking about wanting a room like your basement.”

“I guess you better add that to your expansion then, huh?”

Smoke rolled his eyes. “Thank you for including her. She’s been looking forward to this all week.” He turned to me. “I hope you know that you and Juri are beefing right now. She was mad as hell you took Korri, and she couldn’t go.”

I laughed. “We’ve got her next year.”

“You might as well take the twins too.”

“You better squeeze your big ass in a costume and come along if that’s the case. You know you have a mini basketball team over there. Who’s watching all those kids?”

“But you wanna be the favorite uncle, though, right? See how niggas be capping?”

Jaeda waved him off. “Go home, Devin. We’ve had a long day and want to unwind.”

“I know what that’s code for. Freak nasty fucks. At least take the costumes off.”

“Bye, Devin!”

His laughter echoed as he climbed on the golf cart and drove away as we headed into the house. The moment we were inside and the door was locked, she fell into my arms.

“Thank you for today, baby,” she said, peering up at me. “It was so much better with you there.”

“You’re welcome. I have to admit, y’all make better company than Titan’s ass.”

She giggled. “I don’t doubt that. That’s how you know he loves you. He went and it’s not even his thing.”

“I guess.” I leaned in to kiss her lips. “How about we get out of these costumes and take a bath. I’ll give you a nice massage.”

My hands slid down to caress her ass in that suit. I’d been dying to feel her up all day long. Now that we were alone, it was go time.

She smiled up at me. “A massage is going to lead to my cheeks being spread and either your tongue or your dick being inside me.”

I shrugged. “I mean, that too.”

“Let’s just skip the foreplay.” She traced my bottom lip with her thumb. “Take me in the room. Strip me down. Run me a bath and watch me make waves.”

I smirked. “I like that plan even better.”

Scooping her up, I carried her down the hall to her bedroom as her giggles echoed. She didn’t have to tell me twice.

FOUR MONTHS LATER

Istepped into the bar downtown, my eyes scanning the crowd for the people I was meeting. I found Mr. Dillinger and Mr. Hershel at a table, taking shots. It was still weird how friendly they were with each other, but I had mad respect for their relationship.

When I asked both of them to meet me here, they had a lot of questions. Mr. Dillinger came straight out and asked me if I was doing what he thought I was about to do. I told him he’d just have to wait and see. It was important to me to meet with both of Jaeda’s fathers. Sure, Mr. Dillinger’s blessing was the only one needed, traditionally, but I knew what her stepfather meant to her.

She was his baby, too, so it was only right that I included him. I made my way through the bar and over to where they were.When they saw me, both stood and slapped my hand before motioning for me to sit down.

“A’ight, what’s this about?” Mr. Dillinger asked, jumping right into it.

Mr. Hershel laughed. “Give the boy a second, Stanley. He already looks nervous.”

I was nervous as a muthafucka.

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