Page 77 of Heart of a Savage
He laughed. “I find you very cute when you think you’re in control,” he said, pulling me into his arms.
“And I find you very slow to think that I’m not.”
He kissed me deeply as I wrapped my arms around his neck. The doorbell alerted us, causing him to pull out his phone and open the Ring app. There was a woman standing on the porch, looking annoyed.
“Who is that?”
“My son’s mother.”
He sighed as he pulled away from me, but I took the lead and went to answer the door.
“Juice, be cool, mama.”
“I am cool… until I ain’t,” I told him, opening the door.
The woman looked at me and frowned, then her eyes went behind me to Messiah.
“Hi. Can we help you?” I asked.
“Messiah, why doesn’t my key work?” she asked, completely ignoring me.
This cross-eyed ho about to get her eye knocked straight.
Messiah stepped forward. “I changed the locks. What are you doing here anyway?”
“Did you forget that I was taking MJ to Destiny’s birthday party?”
“You never told me that.”
“I sent you a text telling you what time I was coming.” She rolled her eyes as they landed back on me. “I don’t think we’ve met. My name is Jalea. I’m Messiah’s mom.”
“I’ve gathered that much. Sadly, I had to learn that after so many minutes had passed. You should have introduced yourself as soon as I opened the door.”
“Excuse me?”
I glared at her. “You heard me, baby mama.”
“Arie. Chill. Would you mind going into the sitting room while I speak with my son’s mother?”
“Actually, I do mind. However, I’m going to go out back and help him with his device. Don’t worry, I can find my own way.” I turned and walked down the long hall, looking around for the back door or kitchen.
Finding the kitchen to the left of me, I stepped inside and through the back patio doors.
MJ had the drone out of the box and was reading over the instructions.
“Hey. You need some help?” I asked, smiling at him.
“I do.”
“Cool. Let’s see how to hook this up for you,” I said, gathering the pieces and putting them together.
I had one of my own, so I knew how to set it up. It took me no time as I connected the device to their Wi-Fi.
“Do you really like my dad?” MJ asked out of the blue.
“I do.”
“I know he likes you… a lot.”
