Page 48 of Love Sanctioned

I stepped back, holding the door for her to enter.

“Yo, you're cheating. Out here using moves I ain’t never seen before.” Killah tossed the controller onto the sofa next to him. “I quit.”

“C’mon now, don’t be a sore loser.”

“Play me on the pavement then.” Killah stood up immediately.

I laughed because this was normal for them.

“Junior, here are those ugly ass shoes.” Junnie handed Junior the shoe box, then looked from me to her brother, about to go out of the door. She had her ass on her shoulders.

“Yo, what’s yo’ problem?” I leaned against the couch, attention focused on her.

“You and the fact that you refuse to get your shit together.” She turned around and crossed her arms over her chest.

“The fuck that supposed to mean?” At this point I was at a complete loss because I hadn’t done anything to her that I could think of.

“Where are you going with all that shit caked up on your face?”

“A wedding. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go.”

“Who’s getting married?” Junior asked when she grabbed the doorknob.

“My friend.”

That immediately piqued my interest because Junnie didn’t have friends. She had a friend and we both knew who that was.

“What friend?” I asked, feeling the air about to deflate from my chest.

“Why? You don’t care.”

“The fuck that supposed to mean?” My face screwed up immediately.

“Is this friend Karsyn?” Killah asked, every eye in the room on Junnie except her own.

“Yeah, she’s getting married today and I have to be there.”

That fucked me up immediately because what? “She ain’t waste no time, did she?”

“Fuck you and whatever that means, Posydiann. You don’t know what that girl is going through. Besides the shit with her father, and what he’s forcing her to do, the fact that she’s carrying your child, but you told her to stay away from you. Like really fuck you.”

Every word from her lips had my chest tighter and tighter. “What the fuck is he forcing her to do?”

“Posydiann, that’s beside the point.”

I glared at her, waiting for an answer to my question.

“To save her brother. Something about him being left and unable to do anything. It’s a lot, but before you go judging her, she’s marrying to help Kolton.”

Without another word, I moved to the island, grabbed my keys and wallet, then walked toward her and the door.

“C’mon.”

Confusion filled Junnie’s expression. “Where are we going?”

“We’re going to the wedding, right? I’ll be back, y’all.” I pushed Junnie out of the door and closed it behind us.

“Posydiann, you can’t go and blow up th⁠—”