Page 23 of Adonis Gates

“My sister and Camara.” I snapped, annoyed with his millions of questions.

“Aight, I gotta make a move right quick, so meet me at the car.”

“What? No,” I frowned. “I’m with my sister and we’re enjoying ourselves.”

“I don’t give a fuck, Jru,” he barked. “I got a play to make…”

“Then go make it, Derrick. I’ll be here when you get back.”

“Naw. I ain’t feeling that. Especially after what Don was sayin’ earlier. I gotta keep my eyes on you.”

“Derrick,” I sighed heavily. “What do you always say to me? He said all of that because he knows its gets under your skin.”

He was quiet for a few seconds then he asked, “so, you don’t want him?”

Hell yeah!

That was what I wanted to say out loud, but instead I just simply said, “no.”

Again, there was silence before he surprised me and gave in.

“Aight, I’ll let you chill with your people, but Jru, I got eyes on you always. You know that. Please don’t make me beat yo’ ass out here today.”

I rolled my eyes and disconnected the call. I wasn’t about to even entertain that because we both knew he wasn’t crazy enough to put his hands on me.

Just as I locked my phone and got ready to put it away, I noticed Bonita speed walking across the field. I watched her the entire time to see exactly where her ass was going. She walked to the end of the street and stood there for a few seconds before she walked to a house a little further down. I was just about to look away until I noticed Derrick’s car turn into the driveway of that same house.

This mothafucka!

I unlocked my phone to call him, and just like I knew, he didn’t answer. I called twice more, getting the same result. I was furious.

A play my mothafuckin’ ass!

“Jru, we’re going to the frozen lemonade stand,” my sister said. “Come on.”

“No,” I shook my head. “I-I saw a friend from high school over here, so I’m going to go speak. Y’all go. I’ll meet up with you in a minute.”

She looked past me to see if she could spot who I was talking about then back at me with furrowed brows. “Are you sure?”

“Yes, go.” I encouraged. “I’ll meet you over there.”

Nodding, her and Camara walked off and I went in the opposite direction. I glanced over my shoulder to make sure they were gone before picking up my pace in the direction of the house I saw Derrick and Bonita walk in.

I didn’t care that I didn’t know whose house it was, I turned the knob once I made it to the door and let my damn self inside. There was no one in the front room, so I quietly made my way to the back, listening for voices or moans. I found the former when I reached the room the furthest in the back.

“You got the appointment reminder?” I heard Bonita ask then Derrick’s voice after.

“Yeah. Why you not taking your pants off? We don’t have that much time.”

“I’m taking them off, babe.” She giggled. “I just have to make sure you’re on it because you’re the one that wanted this baby.”

“I know, and I got y’all,” he replied then I heard them start to kiss. I was sick to my stomach. Not only did his tired ass not have the decency to cheat when I wasn’t around, he’d really gotten her pregnant. He promised me that he was fine with the fact that I may never be able to give him a child, but I guess that was because he’d just make them with the next bitch.

They must have begun to fuck because I heard her start to moan. Infuriated, I forcefully opened the door to make my presence known. They both looked my way like deer caught in headlights until Bonita realized it was me then she smirked.

I charged at them, clocking both of them in their faces, then focusing my attacks on her despite hearing her confirm that she was actually pregnant. She knew quickly she didn’t stand a chance and folded up, I guess to protect her baby. That was fine with me because I wasn’t trying to harm the baby, but I was definitely going to rearrange her face.

Derrick tried pulling us apart, but that did nothing but cause me to turn my assault to him. I was reigning blows on him, hitting him anywhere that I could. I didn’t realize that we weren’t alone or that Derrick was prepared to fight back until Adonis appeared out of nowhere, rocking his shit. It took a minute, but Derrick eventually gathered himself after the blow to his face, readying himself to charge at one of us. I couldn’t quite tell who from his current stance.