with our father. He loved the fucking streets.
“ What’s over there?” I whined. I was tired physically as well as mentally, so I wasn’t in any way feeling this trip.
“ I wanna drop some dough off to moms. And see how they’re doing. She said she hasn’t seen you in a couple of weeks, that’s why I got you to come over here and go along with me.”
I sighed. “I wished you would’ve told me this over the phone.”
“ If I would’ve, you would not have come,” he replied and then he reached back down on the sofa and retrieved his pistol from behind one of the decorative pillows.
“ What are you about to do with that?” I asked him.
“ I’m taking it with me,” he told me and then he stuck it down in the waist of his shorts. Once he covered it with his shirt, he was ready to step out of the house.
“ I thought you were staying in the house tonight?” Vanessa asked immediately after she entered the room. She stood at the entryway and waited for Reggie’s reply. I stood there alongside Reggie and waited to see how he was going to handle this situation.
“ Look Vanessa, I ain’t got time for this shit tonight,” he replied.
“ You ain’t never got time for my shit! But I know what you’re doing,” she spat as she continued to stand in the entryway of the living room. “I’m not stupid, I know you got Naomi to come over and get you like y’all are going to go and handle some business. But you gon’ get her to drop your no-good ass off over one of your bitches houses!”
I stood there looking shocked. I had no idea what the hell she was talking about. If Reggie wanted me to drop him off at one of his hoes house, he hadn’t said anything to me about it. “Please don’t put me in y’all mess today,” I begged.
“ It’s too late, because you’re already in it,” she replied sarcastically.
“ Oh, no, it’s not too late, because I am out of here,” I told her and then I made my way out of the living room area. I headed back down the hallway towards the front door. Reggie wasn’t too far behind me.
“ You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. Now get out of my face with that dumb shit,” I heard him say as he stormed passed her.
Vanessa didn’t let him get too far. She was hot on his trail. “Don’t you walk away from me Reggie. I am so tired of you disrespecting me with all your bitches and staying out all times of the night!” she yelled as she stormed behind him. And when she got within arm’s reach of him, she grabbed him by the back of his shirt and tried to prevent him from leaving. I stood by the front door and watched as the drama unfolded.
Reggie turned around abruptly and pushed Vanessa away from him. I watched as she stumbled backwards. “Keep your fucking hands off me and take your ass back out there in the street and go be with that nigga you was laid up with all day,” he snapped.
I could see the embarrassment on her face. I wanted to say something, but I kept my comment and opinion to myself. This wasn’t the first time I witnessed them fighting. This drama had been going on for years.
“ Did you see him just hit me?” she belted out. But I turned my back to her and opened up the front door. “You ain’t gotta answer me. But don’t be trying to talk to me later when I call the police on his ass and get him arrested for putting his fucking hands on me.”
“ Let’s go,” Reggie instructed me as he pushed me out into the hallway.
Immediately after he closed the front door behind us, Vanessa had the audacity to open up the front door and come out in the hallway behind us. But Reggie coaxed me to continue towards the elevator. That didn’t stop Vanessa from continuing on with her rampage. “Fuck both of you motherfuckers! Don’t come calling me when y’all need somebody to bail y’all asses out of jail!” she screamed behind us.
“ I’m not doing shit wrong to go to jail!” I yelled back and then Reggie and I hopped on the
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