Page 34 of Giving Him Something He Can Feel

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I was on my way to the crib when Jovie told me she was on her way to the city. What the fuck she was doing out here I didn’t know, but I wasn’t hesitating to meet her wherever the fuck she was. When I met her I found that she was going to see her grandfather’s lawyer, finally. At this point I was glad I met her because her auntie was seconds from catching a bullet. The old bitch was borderline harassing Jovie, and I didn’t like that at all.

“Yo’ folks here too?” I put out the blunt I lit up on my way to her.

“Mhmm. They’re already up there.”

“Yo’ bitch ass daddy too?”

She laughed. “Behave baby daddy.”

“I’ma try, but if he don’t control his bitch I’ma chastise his ass.”

Of course she didn’t respond, instead she pushed the button to summon the elevator.

“You ‘bout as thick as a fruit basket in this lil’ get up.” I tugged at the material of the rumper she wore.”

“Thank you baby.”

We stepped on the elevator, me against the back wall and her standing in front of the doors. This was emotionalfor her, being in this space to for a Will reading of her grandfather.

“If you wanna talk abo?—”

“No. I’m fine. I just wanna get this over with and get some sleep. I’ve been working all day.”

“Bet.”

We stepped off the elevator seconds later. I followed her lead in the direction of the meeting. When we walked in the door, I immediately spotted her auntie and her bitch ass daddy. The old bitch had the nerve to sigh when she laid eyes on me.

I chuckled because that truly meant they thought my baby mama was about to come in here by herself so they could try that bully shit they did at the funeral. Not on my watch. Jovie could hold her own, but while I was here she didn’t have to. While I was here she didn’t have to hold a damn thing if she didn’t want to.

“Good evening, Dr. Jones,” Jovie spoke, before taking a seat on the sofa next to me.

He smiled sympathetically, “Hey Jovie. How are you holding up?” From what she explained he had known her grandfather for over thirty years, and they were good friends so there was a familiarity there.

“Well.” She forced a smile prompting me to put my hand on her thigh for reassurance.

“He ain’t the only person you see in here.”

Jovie cut her eyes in her auntie’s direction before her hand landed on top of mine. That was her way of making sure I didn’t say shit to her auntie, ‘cause she wasn’t about to. I hated when she wanted to be on that high road shit.

The lawyer looked between Jovie and her folks, before nodding his head. “We are all gathered here today to read the last will in testament of Mr. Earl Williams. Before I start I would like to say that as requested by Earl, there will be no contesting of this will. What is listed is final.”

I could have sworn when he said that last part he looked over his glasses and his eyes landed directly on Jovie’s sour ass auntie.Yup, this was about to be a circus.

“With that being said.” The old man pulled out the thick wad of paper and unfolded it, before he began to read. “In the event of my untimely demise, I Earl Williams leave all of my earthly possessions, my rental properties all eight, My current residence and everything inside to my granddaughter Jovie Williams. To my daughter, Pearly Williams- Evans I leave 15 percent in my company. The rest is to be split equally between the residing current partners of the company. Last but not least I leave all of the assets mentioned in the list below to Jovie Williams. As well, I leave the balances of all of my account including savings to totaling a sum of fifteen point six million dollars to my granddaughter Jovie Williams.”

Jovie was tense against me, hell with every word she grew tenser. Understandable because in so many words her grandfather had just left her everything.

“No the fuck he didn’t. He left me stake in a company and her everything else! This can’t be true!” Here came the fucking circus.

“I’m sorry Ms. Williams-Evans, those were his wishes.”

“His wishes my ass, none of that was his words. You’ve been working with her to ta?—”

“You’re a sick bitch, how dare you bring your foul ass in here and try to talk on my grandaddy’s grave over some money. Newsflash he left your hateful ass something, right? You could have had nothing.” Jo had been quiet this entire time, but I guess she had had enough. I guess the highroad was too far away.

“Show your auntie some respe—” Her pops had fucked up, because I was on my feet in seconds.

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