He lets us through, and we rush over to where she is being tended to by a paramedic. Her arm was in a sling, and her face was slightly bruised. The woman sitting besideher got up and offered her seat to me, but I shook my head.
“Morgan, what happened?” I question as I watch her wince when the paramedic tightens the sling a little more.
“What happened is that crazy ass bitch and her friend thought they could badmouth Zee around me and that I wouldn’t rock their shit,” she replies, motioning over to where Sasha sat with a woman I didn’t recognize. “I was minding my business, about to go on stage and perform, when I overheard her and that other hoe talking about Zee andlaughingat the fact that she was taking Zee to court just for the hell of it.”
“The hell?”
“Exactly what I said,” she huffs, shaking her head. “So, you know me. I ain’t no punk ass bitch, so I confronted them. I told Sasha to repeat what she said, but of course, she hesitated when she realized who I was. She tried to back track, but that other chick jumped in, calling Zee all kinds of bitches and naive sluts, and we got to arguing because who the fuck gave her the right to run her mouth about someone they don’t know?”
“And you beat her ass, I assume?” Peanut questions with an amused expression, and Morgan nods. “Shit, well, we ain’t even need to come here. Young Mo done handled it.”
“Thank you for standing up for Zee,” I say, and she nods.
“It’s nothing. Truly,” she assures me. “Zee and Princess are family, and I’ll go to bat behind mine every time. Believe that.”
I pat her on the shoulder, and she winces since it’s the one that’s wrapped up. I quickly apologize before chuckling. I turned my attention to where Sasha and the other womanwere sitting, and we made eye contact before she quickly looked away. I tried to calm myself, but with every step I took towards them, I felt my body temperature rise.
“You can look away all you want, Sasha, but you already know I ain’t going anywhere til I get some damn answers from you,” I say, stopping a few feet away from them. Within seconds, the other woman is on her feet, closing the distance between us.
“Don’t even come over here starting!” She yelled.
“Who are you?” I ask, eyebrows raised in confusion. Right as she opens her mouth, I raise my hand to stop her. “You know what? Don’t care.” I turn my attention to Sasha. “You wanna tell me why you in here beefing with my sister? Matter of fact, explain to me why y’all were running y’all mouth about my girlfriend in the first place?”
“Man, Jakayla, miss me with that,” Sasha scoffed as she got up from her seat. “We were just playing, and your sister is the one who inserted herself into our conversation.”
“You must get off on running your mouth about Zee or something, because she’s always on your mind,” I replied. “Further proof that you’re jealous that she moved on and is happy now. Every time we run into each other, you prove my theory more and more. So, stop fucking denying it and be a woman. Own it.”
“Okay, yeah! Fuck! I’ve always hated how close you two were, and the fact that she’s raising a child with you now actually irks me,” she admitted, and I was taken aback, but only slightly. “You’re damn right I don’t give a shit about that kid, but I hate you so much that I knew draggin' her into it would hurt you as well.”
“So, you're jealous of me, is what you’re saying?” I ask with a knowing smile. She rolled her eyes.
“I don’t have time for this shit,” she shakes her head, attempting to walk away, but Ash and Peanut block her path. She whips around to glare at me. “The fuck do you want now, Jakayla?”
“I want you to go down to the courthouse tomorrow and drop the petition you have for custody,” I say calmly, and she continues to glare at me. “Oh, and I also want you to lose Zee’s number and never contact her again.”
“And why in the hell would I do that?”
“Because everyone here heard you say that you don’t even care about Sera. Weallheard you admit that you were only doing this to make Zee and me miserable.”
“And don’t even deny it, because I’ve been rolling since we walked in,” Yari adds, flipping her phone around to show that she’s been recording everything.
Sasha looked terrified and glanced over at her friend, who threw up her hands in defeat. An officer comes over to say that he needed to collect statements, and we agree to cooperate. Sasha doesn’t say anything as she reclaims her seat, regret and annoyance written all over her face. I felt a small bout of accomplishment as we walked away from her and back over to where Morgan and her friend were.
They gave their statements and were then released to go on with their nights. As we were heading back to our cars, I caught a glimpse of Sasha walking to the opposite side of the parking lot with her friend. She glanced up at me but didn’t say a word. I lifted an eyebrow, and she sighed before nodding and turning away. Hopefully, she’d do what I toldher to do, but only time would tell. All I knew was that she was dead to me after tonight.
God, with the way she’d been popping up around me, people would have thought that she wasmyex…
“I don’t think we’ve been properly introduced,” Morgan’s friend says as she falls in step beside me. I glance over at her and nod. She holds her hand out, and I shake it. “Hi, I’m Cassiopeia. Cassie for short. I’m Morgan’s girlfriend.”
I stop in my tracks as my jaw drops. The others stop as well and ask me if I’m okay. I look from Cassie to Morgan, then back to Cassie again. Don’t get me wrong, I’d been introduced to women she talked to before, but never once were they introduced as her girlfriends. This was a first, and she was smiling at Cassie like she was the only woman in the world, so I could tell that the feelings they shared were deeper than anything I’d ever seen my sister experience.
“Wait, girlfriend?” I ask, and Cassie nods with a smile. I turn to Morgan. “SINCE WHEN DID YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?!”
“Damn,Mom, calm down,” she chuckles, shaking her head. She reaches her free hand out to Cassie, and she takes it. Morgan then brings it to her lips to kiss softly and then winks at her. “Yes, I have a girlfriend, and she’s beyond amazing. I love her so damn much.”
“And I love you too, sweetheart,” Cassie giggles.
Yari and I share a look, not believing our ears or eyes. “This is weird, right?” she whispers to me, and I nod. “Okay, I thought I was trippin’.”
