“And he’s going.”
Noble shook his head before looking over at the constant traffic on Sunset Boulevard. Daysha was insistent on pissing him off. Usually, Noble would eat her punches but today wasn’t going to be that outcome.
“Yeah, fucking right.”
“Excuse me?” She snaked her head.
“You heard me. You don't get to make that kind of decision without me. You ain't no fucking single parent. I’m Kenji’s father.”
“You don't have to remind me of that shit, Noble,” she sneered, rolling her eyes.
“Obviously, I do because you keep trying me like I won’t crash out.” He pointed his index finger at her. “Stop playing with me, Daysha.”
“Oh, fuck you, Noble. You may run those niggas in TLM, but you’ll never run my life.”
“Fuck your life! I don't give a fuck about your life. I’m talking about my son here. Sending him away for the summer without consulting me is the fastest way to get fucked up, Daysha. You know that.”
She was an emotional wreck, and Noble hated that he had to deal with it. Still, this was his mess. He had created this impulsive nature she had adopted and a part of him loathed himself for not handling her correctly.
“So, now he can’t go see his grandparents?”
“I don't mind that, but for the whole summer, though? You expect me to go two and a half months without seeing my son.”
“You know what? Please stop acting like you're father of the year. If you were so concerned about him, you wouldn’t have broken up his family!”
There it was. Somehow, their arguments always led back to this road. This street was called resentment. This had been the place Daysha was stuck at since their divorce.
“So, we back to this shit now?”
“Yeah, because you always act like you're this perfect-ass man when I know the real you. You don't give a fuck about nobody but yourself. It’s always about you, nobody else matters. Now my son has to suffer because you don't want him to spend time with his grandparents.”
“He can spend time with them, just not the whole summer.”
“Why do you care so badly? You’ve been all at Danger Zone with random bitches anyway. That’s your concern, not Kenji. Shit, I thought you would like the extra freedom to be a hoe.”
Noble chuckled, finding her rant to be ridiculous since they had been discussing their son. Suddenly, other bitches had emerged into their conversation.
“So, when did you make the decision to send him?” he quizzed before tucking his lips between his teeth.
She folded her arms over her chest. “A couple days ago.”
He bobbed his head as an epiphany came to him. “Now, I get it.”
“Get what?”
“You got in your feelings ‘cause you found out I was at the lounge with another woman. Then you made the selfishdecision to send Kenji to Tennessee knowing it would piss me off. Fucking childish.”
“That’s not true.” Her smug facial expression showcased how much of a lie that was.
“It is and you petty as shit for trying to make me mad.”
“Noble, please let it go,” she stated with exhaustion. “The summer will fly by, so I don't know why you're making this a big deal.”
“You right, I won’t make it a big deal ‘cause he ain't going.”
Her mouth gaped as he walked toward his car.
“Noble don't do that to him.” She followed closely behind him. “I already told him that he could go.”
