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S eeing my brother in his nice ass Versace pants suit made me want to get married for just a split.

Nothing made me happier than to see Blessyn happy.

I loved her like she was my sister and now she was about to be just that.

She had a nice pregnant glow on her and even with the small weight gain, she looked good.

The way they stared into each other eyes made you feel the love between them.

I was glad I was able to be here to witness it.

The doors of the private room we were in opened and in walked Merci.

My whole mood changed when she walked in.

I hadn’t seen this bitch in months. I cut off my communication with her and stopped following her on social media.

I would randomly hear shit she was doing on social media to get attention, but I wasn’t taking the damn bait.

Merci played too many cat and mouse games, and I didn’t have time for the shit.

Unlike her sister, she hadn’t gain one damn pound.

She was still her normal slim, thick self.

Her pretty red ass waltzed in with those deep ass dimples that showed up without her smiling. I hated her ass.

She kept her eyes on her sister the whole time they were saying their vows.

I stared at her just thinking about all the shit we did when we were together.

From the day I met her, we clicked but something told me not to get involved with her when she started telling me the shit she did for a living.

Who was I to judge her? We all had our problems, and she wasn’t just giving the shit up if you ain’t have no money.

I was the only nigga she let smash, and she not ask for nothing.

That’s how I knew she was feeling me. I made sure she was straight though.

Without her asking, I gave her whatever she wanted and then some.

The only reason I hadn’t walked out of this room was off the strength of my brother and Blessyn.

When they kissed, Merci finally looked at me and I wanted to break her neck for fucking with my heart.

She was carrying another nigga baby and had the nerve to beg me to stay with her.

I missed her like hell, but my heart had never been broken until I got with her. I became more violent and careless.

“Nigga thank you for being here for me. Mama gon’ kill me but it was last minute. We’ll do something big later. I see you staring at your girl. Why won’t you go say something?”

“Nah, I’m good.”

“There may not be a next time.”

“And I’ll still be good,” I said dapping him up and walking off.

I was thinking she was going to stop me and beg me back, but she didn’t.

I made it all the way to car without her saying one damn word.

I wasn't over her and it was slowly killing me trying to keep up this act. I just didn’t want to be a fool for a bitch that didn’t know money wasn’t everything.

My mind was telling me to leave and take my ass home, but my heart was making me sit here and wait for her to walk out of the courthouse.

She rarely wore her real hair out in public but today she had it up in a bun with a nice bang hanging over her eyes.

The big gold hoops added to her round face with the pop of sheer gloss that covered her lips.

She kissed her sister and hugged Lucky before walking down the steps to get to her car.

I reached for my door but stopped myself when she answered her phone.

That was my sign to take my ass home. I had work in the morning and with Blessyn taking the week off, I had to step up and make sure shit got done.

The shop didn’t open until nine, but I was there at seven to get the air on and make sure there were no issues.

At eight, I was sitting in my chair flipping the television to the sports channel when Merci walked in.

She didn’t speak to me as she walked by with a big box.

Since she hadn’t been in the shop, it was boring as hell.

She kept the shit live with her ratchet ass clients.

“Where you going?” I walked behind her as she packed.

“I’m leaving the shop,” she said lowly.

“Why you doing that? You make plenty of bread up here.”

“I don’t know. I just rather be home doing hair where I’m comfortable.”

“Oh aight,” I left her alone.

I didn’t help her at all as she made several trips back and forth to her car.

It was mean as fucking knowing she was pregnant but that was like watching the person you love pack up their shit and walk out of your life.

Nah, I wasn’t about to help her do that.

I ignored her as she huffed and puffed walk by me.

My attention was on the television when I heard a bunch of shit crashing the floor.

“Shit!” I rushed from my chair to see what was wrong. “You good?”

“Yeah, I just picked up the box wrong, but I’m good.”

“The only reason I’mma walk this shit to your car is because you pregnant. Next time you need to have your nigga help you.”

“Thank you.”

All the slick talking she used to do was gone.

Maybe her feelings for me were gone too.

She started sweeping as I grabbed the box and took it to her car.

She had a dog chain hanging on her mirror that I never noticed before.

I grabbed it to see the picture of a sonogram.

My heart skipped a beat as I stared at it.

I locked her car up and walked back in the barbershop.

“I got the space cleaned up for the next person. Thank you for taking that box for me.”

“Yeah.” She stood in front of me before she tried to walk by. I lightly grabbed her arm and stopped her. “How’s the baby?”

“The baby is good.”

“You know you could’ve stayed up here and I wouldn’t fuck with you. I don’t ever wanna stop your bag.”

“You ain’t stop shit. I need to be home away from stress while I carry my baby. That will give me time to get things together for her.”

“Her? You don’t even look like you’re pregnant.”

“It be like that sometimes. She’s in there though. Again, thank you.”

I let her get away again. I hit myself in the head for not saying what was really on my mind.

What was I fucking thinking? She was having a little girl.

That was amazing news. Which reminded me I had to pick my daughter up from my mama house tonight.

Lexus agreed to leave me alone after I broke her wrist during our last fight.

She slapped me for the last time and with one snap, her shit was broke.

The only reason she was calm is due to her catching wind that I wasn’t fucking with Merci anymore.

Lexus didn’t give a fuck about any other bitches.

She knew Merci was the one who held the key to my heart besides my daughter.

After work, I made sure I separated my money from my mama money. If she saw anything extra, she wanted it. I walked in and picked my daughter up and kissed her. My mama was in the kitchen fixing us both a plate.

“Why the hell you didn’t tell me your brother married that damn girl?” She slammed the plate down in front of me.

“It wasn’t my place. He can tell you.”

“Why am I am just hearing about this girl? She’s only with him for the money.”

“You don’t know her. She got her own money mama. She doesn’t need that nigga money. She pregnant anyways.”

“She’s pregnant? I knew it was a reason his dumb ass married her.”

“Please don’t start that jealous, controlling stuff ma. That’s why he keeps you out of his business. You don’t know the girl but you judging.”

“I’ve heard about her.”

“Oh yeah and what you heard, ma?”

“All good things.”

“Exactly.”

“Lexus is coming to get her in the morning so have her back before she gets here. I don’t want y’all around each other at all.”

“I got you.”

I rode by Merci’s condo before going home. Her bedroom faced the light that I was sitting at. I looked up at the purple curtains that were open. The light was long as fuck, so I picked my phone up and unblocked her from my phone and sent her a text.

Me: Look out your window real quick.

I did it to see if she would respond. The light turned green as her silhouette appeared in her window. A smile spread across my face.

Baby: Come up.

Me: Nah got baby girl with me. We need to talk before we chill like that.

She started responded but stopped. I got my baby home and got her ready for bed while I took a quick shower to get all the hair off me.

I don’t know why’ I went on Merci’s page.

She had so much shit on there about her pregnancy.

She had a 3d picture of the baby with a caption, ‘ I’ll make it happen for you’.

I looked at my daughter and then at the picture.

They favored like a muthafucka but how could you tell from some computer shit.

I hated when people did that. I logged out and took my ass to sleep.