Page 19 of Fraudulent Beauty

I could make it work with Sierra. I didn’t have any other choice. I didn’t care what type of time Gina was on. I refused to let my daughter down.

Five days later, I walked out of the dealership and to Tahli’s car. It was my first time seeing her since we met up for lunch. Getting in her car, I took in her pretty face and her ever changing hair. “You sure you’re not sick of me?” I asked pulling the seatbelt across my body.

“No. Why would I be sick of you?” she giggled.

“Because I haven’t seen you in damn near a week, and the first time we see one another is when I need a ride because I’m getting an oil change.”

Tahli waved my comment off. “I know you’ve been working, and you have your daughter now. I have to get in where I fit in, and that’s okay. I’ve been doing videos like crazy. I never thought I’d be saying that I’m sick of changing my hair. But I looked at all the money I made from promo this month, and it’s around $2,600.”

“Damn. That’s what’s up. Some people don’t make $2,600 from their full-time job. Maybe you can make that a thing. Just keep working at the bank part-time.”

“I don’t know,” Tahli nibbled on her bottom lip. “I don’t want to get used to it and then it dies down. Social media is so unpredictable. On top of that, there’s a new popular or viral person every six months.”

“I feel you on that. But for the moment, you have a good thing going. Ride that thing until the wheels fall off.”

“I’m with you when you’re right.”

“My daughter is in school, and they’ll probably have my car for at least an hour, but I can go back and get it anytime. You want to come to my place and chill for a bit?” it wasn’t until I was looking at Tahli’s pretty ass wearing that long ginger wig that I realized how horny I was.

“Ouuuu you inviting me over for some wanker?” she placed her tongue in the corner of her mouth.

“I don’t know about wanker. I’m inviting you to this dick. And this weekend when Sierra goes with Gina’s mom, we’re going on a date. Anywhere you want to go.”

“It’s a date.”

“How is your job search coming along?”

“Still haven’t heard anything back, but Sheniah refuses to take any money from me. From now on, I’m saving all the money I get from social media and wig promo jobs. I’m going to be looking for leasing offices that will accept my social media pay as income. I’m not sure yet what I get next month, but this month I got a little over $1,000.”

“That’s what’s up. I’m telling you. Keep going hard with the content, and you might not need a full-time job. I understand what you’re saying but honestly, no job is guaranteed. People get laid off every day.”

“That’s true.”

Tahli didn’t act like a person that just committed fraud to get what she wanted. With everything in me, I was hoping what Nook said about her was old news. Tahli arrived at my house, and we went at it like two people that had just been released from prison. She felt so damn good, and I was so backed up that I came almost embarrassingly fast. But it was the middle of the day, and we both had shit to do. I assumed.

“You want me to stick around until your car is ready? I don’t have anything to do. I’m keeping this wig in for two more days. Even though I don’t use glue for most of them, the preparation to make it look natural is a lot. I need a little break.”

“Bet. Thank you. Before you take me to the dealership, stop by a gas station, and I’ll fill your car up.”

“Thank you,” Tahli batted her lashes at me, and I was tempted to try and get another round in, but my phone vibrated.

“This the dealership right here.”

They told me my car was ready and once Tahli and I were ready to go, I followed her to the door. I couldn’t resist smacking her ass as she walked ahead of me. “I for sure have to take you out this weekend. I need some more of that.”

“You better hope my period doesn’t come,” she sang making me groan.

Of course, I would still take her out even if her period came on, but not ending the night with an orgasm would be torture. In the car, I noticed what looked like a driver’s license on the floor. Leaning forward, I picked it up. “I think you dropped your license over here,” I stated. As my eyes fell on the information, I could see clear as day it was Tahli’s picture, but the name on the license said Brisa Milton.

I looked over at Tahli and she had a deer caught in headlights type look on her face. Nook had been telling the truth. “I can explain that.”

I already knew what she did, so I didn’t even know why I was so angry. “Oh, you don’t have to explain. I know what you do. You crack cards, right? Nook already told me.”

That revelation caused Tahli to draw back. “Nook?! What the fuck does Nook know about my business to be gossiping to you about?” Clearly, she was pissed, but I didn’t care.

“He knows that I’m a police officer, and he was trying to warn me because he knows the shit isn’t a good look.”

“Nook can keep my name out of his mouth, and you can take some of that bass out of your voice. You’re the cop not me. I haven’t done anything illegal in your presence, and that’s all you need to worry about. I don’t even crack cards anymore.”