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“Yeah. Byron got everything finalized before we left for the graduation.”
“Bet. Let’s hope everybody keep it playa.”
“You mean you hope Tamia keep it P.” Tito whispered.
“Man fuck yeah.” I groaned.
Some oil tycoon had booked me for his birthday party. At first, I was skeptical with it being the weekend of Nari graduation, but the nigga was willing to pay two million for my inconvenience. Before I knew the details of the party, I had invited my girl to travel down with me. After getting the full run down I ain’t have heart to tell her I ain’t want her to come.
The party was on this massive ass yacht and from what I’d learned everybody in the industry was going to be there. Everybody including this lil junt that I casually fucked off on Nari with.
Tamia was an industry chick who had caught me at a vulnerable time. I only planned to hit her once, but her ass stayed in my inbox. One thing led to another and the two of us had been fucking on the low for like two years. The crew she ran with had a reputation of being on that bullshit, so I wasn’t trying to subject my girl to no shit like that. More importantly my ass wasn’t trying to get left. Cause that’s exactly what the fuck Nari was gone do when she found out.
“Watch me daddy.” Jude yelled as Lucas picked him up and threw him in the water.
“That’s why Nari be chomping yo ass off right there.” I joked. Everybody but Tito had a habit of rough housing with Jude and my girl ain’t like that shit not one bit. I kept trying to tell her Jude was a boy and a lil rough play wouldn’t hurt him, but Nari thought differently.
“You did good buddy.” I said once he came out of the water.
“She act like it be us. That lil nigga the one who be wanting to play.” Byron said, telling me some shit I already knew.
“Just don’t let her ass see it.”
The day my girl pushed his lil ass out I knew he was gone be fucking trouble. Lil nigga acted like a saint around his mama and grandmas but was a whole ass thug when he was around me and my niggas.
Jude ass stayed trying to be like me so any time I copped me something nice I made sure to get him something as well. Lil nigga was walking around here with an iced-out Rolex. Nari cursed my ass out when I brought it home. We both agreed that he could only wear it when he was with one of us.
Taking a quick glance around my back yard, I couldn’t do nothing but thank God for everything that he’d done for me and my family. Me and Nari were extremely blessed. I was on top with my music and Nari had just graduated college.
That night when I finally talked her into giving me a chance, I had no clue this was where we’d end up. But we did and I made sure to thank the big guy for her every single day. Nari had a lot going on but that never deterred her from school, nor did it stop her from being a damn good mother to my jit.
When I say she could get anything she wanted out of me, my girl could have it all. To put up with me and my shit day in and day out and still keep a smile on her face. Yeah…Nari deserved the muthafucking world and I was gone make sure she got it.
Glancing down at my watch I stood and grabbed a towel from the chair. “Let me get him squared away so Nari folks can dip. Jude, come on we gotta get out so you can take a shower.”
“But daddy.” He whined.
“Ain’t no buts. You been in the pool since we got home. You staying with granny and auntie Lariah tonight.”
“Okay.” He pouted.
“How long we supposed to be on the boat tomorrow?” Byron asked.
“Shit from what I was told it leaves around four and not supposed to dock until midnight. Juice only performing for like twenty minutes.”
Turning to me Byron probed. “You aight with that?”
“Shit. For two mill I would’ve performed the whole night.” I jested. “Nawl, but yeah, I’m good. As long as Nari enjoys her time, I’m cool.”
“Aight bet. They gone set us up in a room so you can get your alone time.”
“Like I said I’m with whatever my girl with.”
“I hear ya.” Tito patted me on the shoulder.
I had gotten wrapped up in a conversation with Byron and Tito ‘bout this upcoming performance that I had completely forgot that I was supposed to be getting Jude bad ass out of the pool. When his mama started yelling at both of us, I scoopedhis lil ass up and ran inside with him. Ambling into his room I noticed Nari had placed Jude’s night clothes in the bathroom so all I had to do was make sure his lil ass took a bath.
Sitting on the closed toilet seat I handed him his bath towel. “You gotta wash up Juju or yo mama gone come in here fussing.”