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“I wasn’t chillin’ with that muthafucker. I was warning him about properly playing his role or else he wouldn’t have one,” War stated matter of factly.
“Minding my business is what you were doing,” Kirsten mumbled before turning to Cali. “But that’s not what this is. I really do want to hang out, if you’re cool with that.”
Cali glanced at War before she agreed. “Yeah, I am.”
“Good. I’m about to go pick up JoJo, I’ll see y’all later.” She smiled at Cali. “I’ll get your number from War.”
“Why are you getting JoJo?” Grace called behind Kirsten. She glanced at War and Grace glared at her son.
“What the hell did you do?”
“Nothing, Ma, damn. Kirs wanted him for an extra night. I worked that out with Neece.”
Cali frowned, watching the exchange between them then blurted out, “You have a son?”
“No.”
“It’s our cousin,” Kirsten followed up after her brother’s firm no.
“Mmhm, let me find you did something dumb to piss that girl off so she tries to keep JoJo from us. Kirsten, you be careful with my baby.”
“Aren’t I always?”
“If you’re smart you are.”
Kirsten rolled her eyes and left the kitchen. War glanced at Cali’s empty bowl. He stood and lifted it, then carried it to the sink. He kissed his mother on the cheek. “We’re gonna head out.”
She frowned at her son and War knew she had questions. He just prayed she didn’t ask them right now.
Grace eventually tore her gaze away from her son when Cali stood. “You come back and see me, okay? War told me it’s just you and your sister. Conner, right?”
“Yes, just us.”
“Well you’re welcome anytime. Your sister too. With or without him.” She narrowed her eyes at War who chuckled. They said their goodbyes and once they were back in his truck on the way to Cali’s place, War felt her eyes burning a hole in the side of his face and eventually granted her his attention.
“What did you tell your mother about me?”
“Nothing?”
“She knows about Conner.”
He told his mother enough. Mostly that he was feeling Cali, that she didn’t have family she could rely on so his plan was to share his. He hadn’t shared much but that was enough.
“I mentioned you had a sister.”
“And obviously that she was all I had.” Cali grilled him hard and War reached across the seat and brushed a finger down the side of Cali’s face. “I made a promise to love you properly, Cali. Which means you get loved by those who are an extension of me. That’s my mother and Kirsten.”
She nodded and turned her head toward the window. When she was quiet for too long he asked, “You good?”
“Yeah.”
She felt his hand on her thigh and smiled into the window. “So is that gonna be your thing?”
“What?”
“Taking me to your mother every time mine lets me down.” She granted him her pretty face and when he lifted a brow she added, “When I first told you about my parents, you randomly announced we were going to meet your mother. Today after things went bad with them, you brought me to her.”
Instead of denying the truth, he nodded. “My job is to give you what you need. If it’s not something I can provide, I’ll find an acceptable way for you to get it from someone who can. I’m not so fucking selfish that I’ll deny you what you need just because I can’t be the one to provide it.”
