Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless by Noire, Kiki Swinson Page B

there like she saw a ghost?” Ashley said in a giggly, valley girl voice. Eric sure knew how to pick us. I could actually feel my blood boiling in my veins and suddenly I was spurned into action. It was like some unknown force was pushing me forward and controlling my every move.
    “Eric, what the fuck are you doing? You bringing bitches home to our house now? Arggghhh!” I screamed, lunging straight for him.
    Eric dropped his Bud, sending it to the floor with a crash. Ashley let out a scream and jumped up. I started scratching and slapping Eric in his face. He couldn’t get to my hands because they were moving too fast. I could feel that I had drawn blood with my nails across his face.
    “Owww, you bitch!” Eric barked.
    “Oh, this bitch is crazy!” I heard Ashley say, then she jumped on me. She punched me in the back of my head to get me off Eric. I turned my attention toward her, but not before she yanked my long hair and wound it up in her hand.
    Ashley didn’t have any hair for me to grab, so I had to rely on fighting skills. I had never had a catfight before, but Ashley clearly had. She was getting the best of me. She punched me dead in my nose and I felt the hot blood trickle out of my nostril and down my lips.
    “Get off me, you bitch!” I wailed. Ashley punched me again. I was flailing my arms wildly but I wasn’t hitting her at all. She hit me again with enough force to cause me to see little stars behind my eyes. “Aggh!” I screeched, and I continued to struggle to fight her. I finally got in a good swipe at her face, which caused her to scream.
    “This bitch scratched my flawless face!” Ashley belted out. That caused her to let go of me. “You jealous bitch, you really scratched my face,” Ashley screamed after she touched her face and noticed blood on her hands.
    “Yo, Megan! What the fuck is wrong with you, you junky bitch! Get the fuck out of my house!” Eric boomed. He walked over to me. I didn’t know what to expect so I threw my hands up in defense. Eric picked me up and slung me over his shoulder like a rag doll.
    “Eric, please!” I screamed. He didn’t say anything. He just started heading for the door. I was kicking and punching him in the back. “Agggh! Let me down! Eric! How could you do this to me? After all I did for you! I gave up my family for you! You motherfucker!” I cried at the top of my lungs.
    Eric opened the apartment door and dumped me outside on the ground. I landed hard on my knees and it hurt like hell. Nothing hurt more than what Eric was doing to me.
    “Get the fuck from around here before you get yourself fucked up! You ain’t got shit to offer and I’m tired of feeding you and your habits! When you find some fuckin’ money, then maybe I’ll consider taking your junky ass back!” Eric screamed at me.
    “Please, Eric, don’t do this!” I cried desperately.
    “Get the fuck from around here!” he yelled at me. Then he picked up his foot and kicked me in my ass like I was a dog in the street. I fell flat onto my stomach from his kick.
    “Ahhhh!” I cried. I couldn’t even feel the pain of hitting the concrete with a thud. Eric’s actions hurt me more than any physical pain I could’ve felt. I had never experienced a pain in my heart like that. I was completely devastated by his treatment. Eric’s rejection hurt even more than when my parents had cut me off and kicked me out of the house. I couldn’t move. Eric spit on the ground next to me and stalked back to the apartment door and slammed it.
    The sound of the door closing sent a cold chill through my entire body. I was desperate now. I had to think of a way to get some money so that I could get Eric back. I was determined that Ashley wasn’t going to have my man. I would make things right like they were when Eric and I had first met.
     
    I stood outside the apartment for almost three hours. Eric and Ashley never emerged. I looked down from the tier into the courtyard on the other side of