Page 20 of Virgo Type Sh*t (BLP Signs of Love #1)

Before I could respond, T.J.’s lopsided head ass chortled. “If you call beatin’ that lady up, then yeah, she talked. I think she gave her a concussion if we bein’ honest.”

My finger went up before anyone could say anything. “First of all, I did talk to her. She spoke with me in a reckless manner. I struck her because she said that Faheeta was capable of having live babies when I couldn’t.”

My mother turned her head so that her ear was in my direction. “That bitch said what? Yeah, I’m happy you sent her bitch ass daughter to hell. Let’s see her have a baby in hell.”

The gasp that left my mouth was loud. I didn’t know that my mother knew what I did. My father never told me that he told her. “Mommy, I didn’t know that you . . . you know.”

My mother’s face scrunched. “Lil’ girl, my husband tells me everything within reason. That was within reason because it was about you. Was I happy about your manic action? Absolutely not. Did I understand it? Absolutely!”

“Yeah, there was no way that I wouldn’t tell my wife about how craziness was passed down from her to you,” my father said with a laugh. “Tell me, Brandy, how would you describe your manic action when you lit Jacora Sanderson’s hair on fire?”

T.J. and I laughed. “Mommy, what! Why would you do something like that?”

The way my mother’s face contorted lightened my laugh.

“I know you’re not acting like your ass didn’t electrocute two people.

That Jacora heifer is still alive.” Her attention turned toward my father.

“Derrick, I find it funny that after over thirty plus years, you still remember that heifer’s name. ”

“Brandy, I will never forget her name because I will never forget that core memory. When a core memory is made, you remember every detail about what made it to the core.” His brow shimmied up his forehead. “Now, tell your daughter why you did it.”

“Yeah, I wanna know dis too,” T.J. blurted. “Either way it go, y’all like fire. Meek could have caught those folks on fire putting all that electricity in dem.”

He had one more time to say something before I cursed his ass out.

When he saw the tightness on my face, he leaned toward me and kissed my temple.

His lips went to my ear. “Those tight brows don’t do anything but make my dick hard.

Be careful before I have you bent over in your old bedroom, fucking the shit out of you. ”

My eyes darted between my mother and father.

T.J.’s voice wasn’t loud at all, but there was still a fear that they’d heard what he said.

I loved that he loved to fuck me. There was a certain level of toxicity in our relationship that I wasn’t sure whether it was healthy or not.

Things that would turn most men off, got me dick.

“We didn’t hear whatever he said in your ear that I’m sure we wouldn’t want to hear,” my mother said with her own arched brow.

“Back to the subject at hand. The reason I tested the flammability of the young lady’s hair was because your father and I were sitting outside during lunch, and she thought it would be a good idea to use his lap as a seat.

It was no secret to anyone that me and your father were a couple. The damn squirrels knew.”

T.J. held his hand up like he was in a classroom with a question. “You were in high school when you lit someone’s hair on fire? Wow!”

“Um, yes. Disrespect is not okay no matter the age,” my mother responded.

“Anyway, from where she sat on Derrick’s lap, I could smell the hairspray.

She wore one of those scrunch hairstyles with the back flip curls.

I just wanted to show her that it should always be safety first. I put a lighter to the tip of a curl and it lit up like a grill.

” She shrugged her shoulders like it was nothing.

My father fell into a fit of laughter, and T.J.

soon joined him. Next, my mother followed with her laughter which inevitably pulled me in as well.

My family was crazy. I sat and ate with my crazy family.

Most of the conversation was between my father and my man.

There was no need for me to worry about whether or not my parents liked my man.

From the vibe, they loved him, which was great, because I loved him too.

Some Time Later . . .

Back In Charleston

“I sent a video to their mamas. They should be fine . . . mad, but fine,” Mauri said.

This woman was amazing. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was on some kind of most dangerous hackers list. Not the list that everyone knew about, but the one that only the top people in the highest level of government saw.

When I asked her how she was able to send them a video and what did they say on the video, she stared at me like I was insulting her intelligence.

Maybe I should just trust what she said and not worry about the how.

Her eyes rolling back in her head confirmed that I in fact was on her nerves.

“If you must know, artificial intelligence is a muthafucka.

I happen to be amongst the best in the world to manipulate it.

Creating a video of your fuck ass ex and his bitch was light work.

It was actually boring. As far as what I had them say, basically that they never really wanted a child. She was a mistake.

“They wanted to be together, but Pepper was just a late night. When Taco Shell found out that she was pregnant, it was too late for an abortion. When she got a job opportunity over there, she took it, and he followed.” Mauri paused to take a bite of the fried chicken in her hand.

Galiana chuckled. “It’s a damn shame that you got everyone calling that girl Taco Shell. That is not that ho’s name.”

I waved her off. “Girl, fuck that ho’s name. She’s lucky I’m not calling her that bitch . Taco Shell is close enough.”

Taelyn laughed before she told me that I was hell. That I am. I was a whole lot of hell with sprinkles of heaven mixed in.

Mauri just shook her head. She continued her nonchalant explanation about James and Taco Shell wanting to live a free life without being weighed down by a child.

Mauri also said that she had certified papers sent to Taco Shell’s mother, signing over her rights.

“Even though her parents are fuck asses, I want the baby girl to have a good life. I made sure to put her on as an active employee at a company over there, if anyone came looking later. The company doesn’t see her name, but if someone comes looking, they will. ”

She’d thought of everything. I loved Mauri because her ass was so unserious about most things in life.

That was the Virgo in both of us. The only difference was that she was a September Virgo.

I was an August Virgo, and most of September Virgos made me cringe.

I didn’t give a fuck what I said or did, but I did think about it on some occasions.

Those other muthafuckas didn’t think about a damn thing when it came to dealing with people who needed to be dealt with.

“Damn, I guess that’s good. I can’t stand TorTela, but I know that she will take care of Pepper. When she found out that she was going to be a grandmother, she went into go mode immediately.” I chuckled when I thought about it. “Hell, so did my mom, but we see what happened with that.”

Fiona smacked my hand. “Nope, we’re not going to do that.

You act like the doctor told you that you were barren.

He didn’t tell you nothing like that. The likelihood of you conceiving and carrying a baby to full term is extremely high.

” Her eyes softened with a glimmer in them.

“I’m so sorry you had to experience that; however, God does everything for a reason.

“God knew that wasn’t the man that he had for you.

I don’t believe that God causes the bad things to happen in life.

I do believe that certain things he chooses not to block because he has a bigger play for you.

That failure, that hurt, that heartbreak that you experienced was to help you get in the position that you need to be for his glory.

” She reached her hand out and grabbed mine.

“I promise you that his glory is coming.”

Tonight, we were at Fiona’s house. We had an entire girls’ weekend and ended it here to wait for our men to get here from their weekend. We went to Miami while the men went to Vegas. I loved the relationship that I had developed with the women individually and as a group.

All our heads turned in the direction of the sound of sniffles.

Soft ass Ruth had a tissue to her eyes, dabbing away tears.

“Fiona, that was so beautiful. It’s so amazing what God can do when he places his people in the right spaces.

I came into Mega’s life to bring him my love and the love of God.

Mega and I have exposed you all to the love of our God, and he is working in all of you. Thank you, God.”

The room was dead silent outside of her continued sniffles.

Shandeli’s body turned in the direction of her best friend before she leaned her forearms on her top thighs.

“Ruth, did you just give Mega credit for God working through us? I want to make sure I understand so that I know what angle to curse you out from.”

“No!” Ruth’s finger went up. “I would never give anyone God’s glory.

What I said was that it was God who positioned me into his life to show my husband God’s love.

With that, God was able to show himself to all of you.

” Her tone was serious. “I mean, Fiona just laid out a revelation that can’t be ignored, and she’s a retired killer. ”

Now that was funny, and my laughter was the evidence of it. Everyone’s laughter joined mine like a well-practiced chorus. She really called Fiona a retired killer.

“What y’all got going on out here?” Croy came through the back door with a smile. When he saw his wife, it brightened. He beelined straight to her, sat down, and pulled her into him for a kiss.