Page 34 of We Could Be Better

“The fuck she just doing with them though?”

“Dreka I haven’t seen or talked to them since yall been gone. All I know is word on the streets Nik and Keem fucking around tough. My girl Chanel from the shop says she saw them together at Red Lobster.”

“Damn they out here wilding like that?”

We pulled up to my house at the same time everyone else did. After everything Mina had just told us; I really didn’t want any of them here. But I mean Keem and Cash were brothers so I knew I would have to deal with him. But I didn’t have to smile in Nik face like everything between us would ever be cool; I had lostall respect for her. I didn’t want have shit to do with her or that bastard ass baby she was carrying.

Soon as I got out the car I ran and gave Cash the biggest hug and kiss ever. I couldn’t believe I let that shit take my attention from him at the hospital.

“I was starting to think you were mad at me about something.”

“I’m mad you didn’t come get me and where’s Pai.”

“Baby Girl I searched high and low for you, it was a long ass month without you,” he said rubbing on my stomach, “Pai with my ma dukes we can go get her later.”

I kissed him and we walked hand in hand in the house; I knew our happy moment would last long though.

“So bitch you mean to tell me you pregnant by my nigga?”

“Hey go upstairs teetee baby.”

“Ok!” Ryder was so sweet and innocent it’s just said that he have to go through this craziness with his mom and dad.

“Dreka, let’s be honest Keem was mine long before you even came around. I been fucking with him sweetie, so the way I see it you been fucking MY nigga.”

“Yall chill out!”

“Keem don’t put your fucking hands on me you around here sticking your dick in this hoe ass bitch you can’t be serious right now. You knew how this hoe got down back in the days and you still chose you fuck her.”

“I also know how you got down too, Love. Let’s not say shit when you know for a fact I took you off the corner andstarted making sure your pockets were laced. If memory serves me correctly you fucked about five different niggas in once night right.”

“Damn Keem you taking up for this hoe huh? One thing about it I’m never shame of my past and everything I did was to make sure Kyra had food in her mouth sometimes I did a little extra to make Nik ate too. Yeah bitch don’t forget them nights you came to our house crying to Kyra saying how hungry you were. You think I wanted to drop out of school and sell my fucking body? You think I wanted to get pregnant at a young age and have an abortion? Never in a million years did think I’ll have to go through what I did to make sure my sister ate. So thank you Keem from getting me off the corner.”

“Come on Drek you know I didn’t mean it.”

“Sis, I’m sorry but I got to go I will talk to you tomorrow.”

Dreka went upstairs to grab Ryder and left out the house without so much of a good bye. I knew my sister was going through it because I knew she loved Keem with everything in her. But before today I didn’t know what she went through to make sure I ate. I’m forever grateful for my sister so for that Keem and he bitch gotta go.

“Keem and Nik yall gotta ride up out here.”

“Really Kyra?”

“Bitch yes fucking really our friendship is over matter fact it ended the day you got caught leaving out of Keem house.”

“But..”

“But nothing you and ya nigga get the fuck out my house.”

I screamed so loud I caused my damn water bag to bust, but most importantly I think it was from the stress I had been under. This pregnancy was the hardest ever; I don’t think I had a happy moment in it.

Chapter Thirty-Four

DREKA

I wasn’t even ten minutes away when Mina texted me saying Kyra was going in labor. I started not to go because I knew Keem and his new boo would be there, but fuck them they were now a distant memory. I just couldn’t believe how he had taken up for her though that’s probably what made me so damn mad. He had really defended that bitch in my face like I was nothing and for that alone I knew he and I were done.

“Where’s my damn sister?” I asked soon as I made it to the hospital.

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