Everybody simultaneously stepped back, allowing me to saunter through the crowd, until I was standing before him.
Without hesitation, he took me into his arms, squeezing me tightly.
“Whup that nigga’s ass, baby,” I whispered in his ear.
Smiling, he nodded, before gripping my chin, and brazenly dipping his tongue into my mouth.
“Uh-uh, mama, y’all be letting Riah do the most,” Jhyrah messily blurted out. “I don’t even kiss Jeremy like that in front of y’all.”
Sincere was still swirling his tongue in my mouth, as everybody chattered around us.
“Jah, you see this?” My cousin Terio questioned.
“Raven, you need to take her down to the doctor for some birth control, ASAP,” my Auntie Raquel chimed in.
“Yesss.”
“Exactly.”
“Expeditiously.”
Different voices were co-signing my auntie’s sentiments.
“Okay, that’s enough,” my daddy eventually spoke up. “You lucky that I likes you, lil’ nigga, cause y’all are pushing it.”
Finally, we broke our kiss, and I stepped out of his embrace. “Go, baby,” I urged.
“I will. Just for you.” He winked, before turning around, and climbing into the ring.
Sin’s opponent, Steel, seemed confident as he danced in place. He was a cut, chocolate toned guy who wasn’t the most appealing facially. Just looking at him, he looked like he’d eat Sin J’s pretty ass alive.
So, when the bells dinged, my stomach twisted in knots. Steel’s shoulders were slightly hunched over, probably due to poor posture, but also sort of fit his ascetic. He just seemed dangerous as he approached Sin.
Just as expected, Steel took a swing. He missed, as Sin swiftly dodged the blow. Then, of course, he countered with his own uppercut, which landed on Steel’s chin. I watched in amazement, as his knees buckled, before his body dropped.
The crowd around me exploded with excitement, as I was locked in on Sin. Instead of focusing on the ref checking on Steel, he was keyed into me.
“I told you, Riah, baby,” he smiled, as everybody else looked on. “That was for you.”
I felt several hands grabbing my shoulders, shaking and hyping me up, while I was still locked in with him. Damn, what they were talking about. My age be damned. I was literally staring at my husband.
And nobody could tell me differently.
***
“No, we’re still at the doctor’s office, waiting on them to call us back,” Raven spoke into her cell.
Sitting right next to my mama, I rolled my eyes. Parents were so damn embarrassing. She was discussing my doctor visit like my business was just open to the world. She was just talking to Trinity, but still.
“Oh, okay,” I could hear Trinity say on the other end. “I just cleaned out the rooms Tangy and the girls were sleeping in.”
“Oh, yeah? So, their house is finally done, huh?”
“Girl, yes. It was done a few weeks ahead of schedule, and Tangy was gonna have to wait until she gets her next check to pay the closing costs, but after the other night…I went ahead and gave her the money. Told her that she just could pay me half of it back. Consider the rest a gift. Cause they’re asses had to go.”
My mama softly giggled. “What happened? Was the kids working your nerves?”
I bit the corner of my lip, and tapped my foot on the floor, while eavesdropping.
