Can't Stand The Rain by Latitta Waggoner Page A

their son had not come in at all to speak to him.
    “Oh, your dad came and got him earlier. He wanted to spend the day with him. He said he would let him stay all night with him too. After we smoke this, we can head on out to get us something to eat.”
    Azylae lit the second blunt and took a puff.
    “Okay, then. So how did you spend your day?” Kent asked, already predicting her response.
    “Same way I spend every day. I just basically chilled all day.”
    What Azylae did not tell him was that she spent most of her day searching for clues and evidence that would help her be able to convict him of his cheating. If she was not so upset with her sister she would ask her just whose driveway was Kent’s car parked in. She had a feeling that Kent had been creeping and was just waiting for the right slip up from him to bust his ass. She just hoped and prayed it was not with who she had a feeling it was with. If he was cheating with his ex, that would hurt her too much and she might wind up hurting him and her. She also did not reveal to Kent that she had spent the earlier part of her day riding her friend, Mac’s face.
     
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    Meanwhile, Pit and Kale were lying in their bed together when Pit brought up the weird conversation he had the day before with his homeboy Noc.
    “Hey babe, guess who I ran into today? Came from outta nowhere.”
                  “Who babe?”
                  “Noc.”
                  “You mean your old friend Noc? When did he get out?”
                  “Well, he actually been out for almost two years. He say he been staying with a family member way out in Utah.”
                  “Utah? Who the hell he kin to out there?”
                  “He say he got an aunt that moved out there a few years back with her husband.”
                  “Oh.”
    “But check this out, he was trying to get back in the game with me and asking me if he could come stay with me and everything.”
                  “Does he know you have your family living with you?”
    Kale got out of the bed and headed toward the bathroom. Pit had to raise his voice just a bit, but Kale left the door open so that she could hear him.
    “Well yeah, I told him I’m not about to allow him to come stay where my family and I lay our heads at.”
                  “Well, what do you think? If it’s okay with you, it’s okay with me.”
    “Thank you babe but I won’t be bringing him nowhere near ya’ll. He staying over at the Elegante. I gave him a few bucks and Imma pay for his stay for a little while, but that’s about it. I spent a little time with him yesterday evening while you and your friends went out and most of today. Something just don’t seem all the way right. The way he was acting and the questions he was asking, it’s not sitting too well with me.”
    He also apologized in advance for any disappearance that Noc’s visit was sure to cause on his part.
    “I know that I will have to keep a close eye on Noc while he’s visiting to make sure that he does indeed stay out of trouble. This means, I will have to spend plenty of time with him. I’m sorry if I won’t be able to spend all of my free time with you like we have been, but this is something I feel I must do. I just don’t quite trust this guy for some reason. I got a bad feeling and it’s a must I find out what’s going on with him. So please forgive me?”
    “Of course, babe. Go ahead and do what you need to do. Just please promise me that you will be safe and not get yourself involved in any trouble in the midst of you trying to keep him out of it. You know how I feel about him. You know I love you more when you’re away from him and the others. But, I also know that you know how to handle yourself. Just please be safe.”
    “I will babe. I will definitely do all that I can to stay