Her expression turned sour when she straightened herself up across from me.
“Oh, so you fucking Frequency and that makes you what?” She demanded, canvassing me resentfully.
I paused after I got my username and password and was signed in. Tilting my head to the side, I simpered at her. She was big mad, and I couldn’t find one fuck to give.
“It makes me the boss.” I informed her, pointing to the sign behind me. “That’s my name up there, not yours.”
She sneered from over the counter. “So then, where is your associate?” Kitana asked, eyes darting around, looking for trouble.
“She’s taking a much-needed break. If you want to go clean out your office, now is the perfect time. She will be moving into it.” That did it.
She practically popped a vessel as she stomped to where her office used to be.
“Not gon’ lie, that felt good.” I said, laughing to myself.
When her door slammed shut, all I could do was shake my head. She was something else. The nerve of this bitch! Too much audacity for a side chick. I started searching through emails and checking messages for appointments so that we could get things going around here. The greeting bell went off again, so I knew that someone had entered. Sighing heavily, Chevy strut in holding the hand of the cutest little girl I had ever seen. She was like a brown porcelain doll and hung on tight to a stuffed horse as Chevy led her inside.
“Well, I wasn’t expecting you today.” I spoke to her, but the little girl had my attention. “And hi there. How are you?” My voice instantly went into that sugary sweet tone women got when talking to children.
She bat her little eyes, but hid behind her mother. In the few months that Chevy and I had been cool, I hadn’t met the kids yet. We had gotten closer as women, but we had yet to hang out on that level. I was still a little leery about having a female friend. Me and my own sister were known to clash from time to time.It wasn’t always like that with me and Harmonie, she just had a tendency to make everything about her.
“Bad ass hell.” Chevy rolled her eyes and huffed as she let go of the little girl’s hand. “Don’t let the cute face fool you. I just had to turn around and go back to her damn daycare because she decided she wanted to start an all-out brawl about a toy that wasn’t even hers to begin with.” Chevy looked down at the little girl, chastising her to death with just her eyes. A blank stare covered her adorable face like she didn’t know what she was speaking of.
“Aw, well, she can hang with us today then.” I perked up.
“Laiyah, say hello to Harbor,” Chevy instructed.
“Hi,” the cutest little voice said.
“She’s so damn cute.” I smiled at her and grabbed a menu from this deli spot around the corner.
“Mmm, well she acts like her father.” Chevy muttered, shaking her head.
I fell over laughing and studied Laiyah while she checked around curiously for something to get into no doubt.
“Oh damn, you poor thing!”
“Landyn is my baby and my sweetheart. This chile here from somewhere else.” She continued to rant.
“Hmm, maybe she is from somewhere else.” Kitana’s high-pitched ass voice jarred us from our conversation. “I notice you saidher fatherand not Knowledge.”
“What is she doing here?” Anger submerged Chevy within seconds.
“Cleaning outyouroffice.” I kidded perkily.
“Laiy, baby go to the back and play.” Chevy didn’t take her eyes off Kitana as her daughter went racing past.
Kitana carried one box in her hand, loaded with her things. Chevy went to take off her gold hoop earrings as she camestepping toward her. This was about to take a turn. I watched her nostrils flare.
“Bitch!” Chevy had Kitana by the hair before that hoe even knew what was happening.
Her fist connected repeatedly to her face until blood spewed from her mouth and nose.
“Talk all that shit you was saying on the phone now!” Chevy delivered another blow that sent her crumbling to the ground.
Looming over her like a dark shadow of death, she dared that bitch to bring herself to her feet. Kitana grabbed her face and stared in shock at her bloody hand. Chevy brought her leg up and proceeded to stomp the fuck out of her, just as Knowledge brought his ass through the door. Rushing toward the scene, he scooped Chevy around the waist, pulling her off Kitana, who was now on the floor in a fetal position. She was trying to shield her face from further bruising.
“Chevy, the fuck!” Ledge dragged her far enough so that she wasn’t within reach of the girl anymore.
