“No, babe, she’s just high as fuck.” He kept it frank.
“Why do people do drugs?” she questioned.
Jio had a little bit more patience left, but after another round of questions, he was fearful that it might run out sooner than he anticipated.
“Let’s talk in the car, babe.”
He reached for her hand. He wanted her fancy pants off the floor of the dirty house that neither of them belonged in.
“We didn’t protect her,” she whispered to him.
“We live and we learn baby and unfortunately we can’t save everybody.” He gave her the harsh reality of life.
η
A few days had passed and seeing his baby sulk around the house didn’t make him feel good at all. Jio had no desire to step further into shit that had nothing to do with him. The sole reason why this happened to begin with was that he cut Talia off from her supply, and in retaliation, her stupid ass acted out and blasted Nina to their parents. He wouldn’t be surprised if she knew a long time ago that they were dating. Just because she was addicted to drugs and missing in action didn’t mean that she was completely oblivious to everything that was happening in the streets.
“What are you doing here?” Talia asked after cracking the door a tad.
Jio didn’t bother answering her stupid ass. He made a way for himself to enter, leaving her no choice but to move.
“You got it real good, you know that, right?” he reminded her in case she didn’t know.
“Because my parents paid my rent up, I’m blessed?” she scoffed. Talia knew exactly what he was referring to, which surprised him greatly.
She wasn’t no dummy and she may have had a little bit more street sense than her sister.
“You got a roof over your head. I know a lot of bitches sleeping under bridges and sucking dick to get high.”
“I do that too,” she had the nerve to say proudly.
This wasn’t the Talia that he witnessed last week nodding off with her hair all over her head. The woman who stood beforehim wasn’t giving crackhead energy. She had the potential to be a baddie.
Talia smirked as she ran her hands down the lil’ house dress that she had on.
“What made you think you could come to my house unannounced? I don’t care who you are.”
“I know you don’t and that’s cool. I’m here for my girl.”
“Nina will be fine, trust me.” Talia knew her better than he did.
Jio turned to face her slowly.
“Where your phone at?”
“Why?”
“Man give me your phone.”
Talia hesitated for a bit before grabbing it off the counter and handing it to him.
Jio glanced at it briefly and set it down. His attention went back to her.
“You been ducking your sister,” he informed her as if she didn’t already know.
Talia rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “I been busy.”
“Getting high takes all your time up?” She was hilarious.
