Page 75 of Out of Bounds
“Yeah, aight.” I pushed away from the door and deposited the bag on my dresser. Pulling my T-shirt over my head, I slid into the bed beside Masai and the boys and picked Kree up. “His lil’ ass sleeping peacefully now that you here. Like he wasn’t just farting and doing all that carrying on.”
“He knows his mama here.”
“If you say so.”
Masai tossed her head back and yawned, making me realize something. “Where you coming from? You said you wasn’t at home when I hit you up.”
“I wasn’t. I was at Lam’s house.”
“You and that nigga been fucking?”
“You in my business like that’s something youreallywant to know.”
There went my answer. She had fucked that nigga and came over to my crib afterward. I’on give a fuck if I did call. Her ass could’ve just let me DoorDash when I offered. “You got it, Masai.”
“Thought so…” She tittered before yawning again. “I’m tired.”
“I bet. Might as well take yo’ ass to sleep.”
“I’m going home after I make sure my baby’s okay.”
“Girl, it’s three in the morning. Take yo’ ass to sleep. Ain’t nobody ’bout to fuck with you.”
“Oh, that’s the last thing I’m worried about.”
“You worried ’bout that nigga knowing you over here in my bed.”
“Nope.” She yawned again. “He knows what it is.”
“If you say so,” I countered. “Either way, I’ll go downstairs so you can have the bed. But I’on think you need to be tryna go home.”
“I stay right down the road, Kreed.”
“And yo’ eyes low as hell. Ass can barely push out a sentence without yawning.”
“If you want me close, just say that.”
“I always want you close, Masai.”
That revelation had her rolling her eyes up to my face. Her eyes lowered as she stared at me. The intense gaze lingered a fewminutes before she broke it by yawning again. “I need my bag out of the car.”
“Where yo’ keys?”
“I dropped them on the sofa.”
“Where yo’ bag? I’ll go get it.”
“In the trunk.”
“Aight. You got him, or I need to get him?”
“He’s good.” She glanced down at KJ, who was perched against her chest, sleeping peacefully. “When you come back up, bring me a bottle of water, please.”
“I got you,” I told her and slipped out of the bed.
I did a happy dance internally; I’d gotten Masai’s tough ass in my bed. I knew this was the last place her ass wanted to be, but it was exactly where Ineededher. I wouldn’t touch her because that nigga did that already, but I was definitely going to enjoy having her close by. I always felt at ease when she was near me.
Jogging down the stairs, I swiped Masai’s keys up from the sofa and went to get her shit out of the car. When I made it back inside, she was changing KJ’s diaper.
