Page 63 of Giving Him Something He Can Feel

When I was finished and evicted from the heavy thought process going on in my mind, I paid Freddy and we bounced. Cruz was double parked in front of the shop on the busy ass boulevard. Once I had her snapped in and set up, I rounded the car climbing into passenger side.

“You got that for me?” I asked as soon as I was settled in.

Cruz chuckled. “Here lil’ mama. I got you a slice of pizza and some apple slices.” Of course Adorie clapped her hands happily as he handed her food to the back seat. “Yeah, pops I got your shi—stuff,” he answered after he had her situated.

“What did it sa?—”

“You wanna go handle that right now?” He asked, pulling from the middle of the street. Cars honked, but he didn’t give a shit, he was too focused on my answer.

“What do you mean now?” He had me confused at this point.

“Nigga is inGrant Parkteaching his son’s little league.”

“How you know that?” I cut my eyes in his direction.

“Niggas put their whole lives on the media for a few likes and some reactions.” He shook his head in disgust. “So, we pulling up, or what?”

I turned my head looking out of the window, before looking in the side mirror and seeing lil’ mama playing like herapple slices were airplanes.The girl was mine regardless, right?

“Yo’ she greedy as fuck. Lana was like that at her age,” Cruz’s words interrupted my thoughts.

I chuckled. “Leave my lil’ baby alone.”

“Yo’ lil baby, huh? You ready for that? That ain’t some shit you can take back after you step into that space.”

I nodded. “Her mama ain’t going nowhere and neither is she. That’s me.”

I felt his eyes, before he ultimately said, “Grown ass man shit.”

“Pull up.”

He laughed. “I already intended on doing that. You know what’s fucked up?”

“What?” I finally looked in his direction.

“Err’body growing up and slowing down except Ayce. The fuck it’s gonna take for him to see?”

“Probably catching something that strong ass antibiotics can’t even get rid of.” I shrugged. “He young though, and in his prime. Give him time, shit the same time you need. I saw old girl the other night.”

He laughed. “Did you? Shit you should’ve seen the broad she was with. I had a good night too.”

We pulled up a few minutes later. With Adorie’s hand in mine, I walked her over to the bleachers with my cousin in tow.

I picked her up and sat her on the third one from the top, before I looked out at the field for old boy. When I didn’t see him, I sat down next to her.

“We play football, Trek?” she asked, big brown eyes beckoning me to answer.

“No, lil’ ma. I’m here to see a friend. You’re gonna chill with Cruz while I go talk to him, okay?”

“Yo’ left coming out of the dugout,” Cruz spoke.

“Bet. Did you hear me, Adorie?” I peered at her waiting for an answer.

“Mhmm. Stay with Cru.” She nodded, burets slapping against the sideof her face.

“Good, I’ll be right back.” I walked off in the direction of this bitch ass nigga who didn’t want shit to do with Adorie for real, he wanted to fuck with Peach. That much was fucking obvious, but I was about to help him out with that and alleviate that need to fuck with mine right now. As my big ma’ used to say, I was nipping that shit in the bud.

“What are you do—” he started, but I held my hand up halting his sentence.

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