Page 52 of Legend's Legacy
“Aye, chill when you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about!” Khalan exclaimed.
“Come on, Mauri.” I grabbed her by her shoulders and turned her away from them.
I could hear the hurt in my friend’s tone, and while I agreed this entire situation was screwed up, I didn’t think that we should judge. After all, we didn’t know the entire story, and while I didn’t condone sisters or friends screwing their sister’s or friend’s exes, I knew there had to be more to the story. There just had to be.
“Dumb asses!” Mauri grumbled.
“Mauri, chill. Let’s roll.”
“Might as well. This shit fucked up my night and my high,” my friend declared.
We hopped into my car. “You want me to take you home or somewhere else?”
“Can I go to your house? I’m angry as hell, and I swear if I’m alone, I might do something stupid. Thought this would be a wakeup call,” she mumbled.
“Girl, I got you. Maybe you’ll help keep my mind off the craziness in my own life.”
The entire ride on the way to my place, Mauri kept fussing about what had occurred. We were about ten minutes from my house and fifteen minutes from Mauri’s when I recalled Mauri’s musings when we first left the club. She had said, “Thought this would be a wakeup call.”
“I knew they were being reckless, but I wonder how her sister found out. She never shared her location with Eliana for this exact reason. Hell, half the time, Josi didn’t share it with us.”
Mauri turned her gaze out of the window and muttered, “Serves her ass right.”
“You know that’s the second time you’ve said some shit like that, Mauri?”
“Well, that’s fucked up. You don’t do no shit like that. She got what she deserved. I’ll bet her ass don’t do that shit again.”
As much as I didn’t want to believe it, I had to ask. I thought about how she had moved to Eliana’s side rather than Josi’s.
“Mauri, do you know something about what happened tonight?”
She sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes. “Man, I don’t wanna talk about that anymore. It’s messed up my entire night.”
“Mauri.”
“Okay, okay. I told Eliana what was going on. I told her that we would be at the club tonight. And I told her that he was going to be there, too, because I overheard Josi inviting him there.”
“Mauri, why would you do that?” I groaned.
“Because it was wrong. I wasn’t going to sit back and watch her play in her sister’s face.”
“That wasn’t your place, Mauri. Yes, she was wrong, but you’re her friend, not her sister’s.”
“And with friends like her, who needs enemies?”
I hit that U-turn so hard that she hit her head against the window. “What the hell? What are you doing, Legacy?”
“Taking you home. I think I need a time-out from you for a minute. I need one from everyone.”
“Whatever.”
“You were wrong, Mauri.”
“So sue me.”
I was so angry that I didn’t speak the rest of the ride to her place. She hopped out of the car and leaned back in. “You know that I wasn’t wrong.”
“Until you see that you were, we’ve got nothing else to say, Mauri.”
