Page 77 of Buy Back My Love

“Who the fuck is this?” JB’s voice made me turn.

He was staring at Van. He had seen him when he walked up with the wagon, but everything had been happening so damn fast that JB had barely paid him any attention before. He was paying attention now.

His eyes dropped to Van’s arm still wrapped around my waist, then came back up to his face. Van must’ve felt me stop fighting because he loosened his hold and let me go.

“What?” I asked.

JB looked at me. “Who the fuck is he?”

I stared at him. “Are you serious right now?”

“You heard me.”

“He’s my friend.”

“Your friend?” His eyes went back to Van. “You came here with him?”

“Yes.”

JB looked at me again, and I knew that look. Now he was mad. “How long you been sneaking around with this nigga?”

For a second, I couldn’t even believe what the fuck I was hearing. Then I laughed. “You cannot be serious.”

“I’m dead fucking serious.”

“You standing here with your son and your pregnant bitch, asking me how long I been sneaking around with somebody?”

Hannah’s head snapped toward JB. “Are you fucking serious right now?”

“Stay out of it, Hannah.”

“How the fuck am I supposed to stay out of it? I’m standing right here.”

JB ignored her. His eyes stayed on me. “How long?”

“There is no fucking how long. Van is my friend.”

“That nigga had his arms around you.”

“Because I was trying to beat her ass!”

“And he real comfortable putting his fucking hands on you.”

I stared at him. “You know what? Fuck you.”

I turned away from him, but JB’s attention shifted right back to Van.

“You knew she had a man?”

Van looked at him. “That has nothing to do with me.”

“The fuck it don’t.”

“JB.” I stepped back into his line of sight. “Leave him the fuck alone.”

His eyes cut to me. “Why you defending him?”

“I’m not defending nobody! I’m trying to figure out how the fuck you got all this energy for Van when I just found out you got a whole child.”