Page 36 of His Four Leaf Clover

“I just need to get out of here, please.”

Amina was holding Diva’s hand tight enough to break it. Fonzo told her all about the panic attacks that she sometimes caught and he told her how to handle it if she ever did. Diva led her to the first chair that they saw and made her sit down.

“Just relax, boo. Close your eyes and take a deep breath,” Diva spoke calmly as she gave her a few instructions. Unlike Clover, she handled Amina with kid gloves. She was more of a sheltered homebody whereas Clover would box it out with a grown ass man if it ever came down to it.

“Here, I got her some water.”

Irie opened the bottle of water that she’d just rushed to the food court to get. Amina drank half the bottle in one gulp before pressing the cold bottle against her forehead. After a while, her breathing regulated and she seemed to be okay.

“Thanks, y’all, I really appreciate it. God, I haven’t felt like that in a long time. I need to go home and relax for a while.”

“I’m good as long as you’re okay. My son would kill me if I didn’t make sure of it. Come on so I can bring you home.” Diva helped Amina stand up right as Clover’s phone rang.

“Hey, girl,” Clover answered on the second ring when she saw Cashmere’s number pop up. She hadn’t seen her in a few days and she was happy that she called.

“Where you at? Some shit just popped off at my husband’s shop involving your cousin. Me and your brother-in-law got her, but I just wanted you to know.”

“What happened? I’m on my way.” Clover made sure that Amina was good before she and Irie left to go see who was trying to get fucked up for playing with her family.

“I’m on my way, cousin. Cash already called and told me what was up. These hoes really got me fucked up!”

Clover planned to enjoy her day off until Cash called her with some bullshit. Apparently, some silly bitch showed up to fight Kim over Tez’s brother that she had been hanging out with. Kim wasn’t scary, but she had her cousin’s back no matter what. Monty was there too, so she was confident that Kim was okay. Clover was exceeding the speeding limit but she didn’t care. She pulled up at the same time as two police cars and looked for Kimber in the crowd.

“Clo!” Clover turned around and saw Cash waving her over to where she was standing.

Monty and Kimber were standing right next to her while Tez and one of his twin brothers talked to the two officers who were already there. She saw a younger and older woman, who resembled each other, going off but she didn’t know why.

“What the hell happened?” Clover asked as soon as she got close enough to whisper.

“That crazy bitch came here to fight me. I was coming out here to square up, but Rondell wouldn’t let me. She left and came back with her mama like that was scaring somebody.” Kim was aggravated but she wasn’t scared of nobody. She wasn’t much of a fighter because she never had to be. Where she came from, they argued a lot but they rarely fought. Still, she wasn’t about to let nobody punk her either. Rondell was cool and all but she didn’t fight over men, especially one who wasn’t hers. She really liked him, but they weren’t official.

“Her mama can get it too. These hands don’t have no age limit,” Tru said while cracking her knuckles. She hadn’t known Kim very long, but that was her girl. She was quickly becoming her very best friend. Kimber was genuine and that was hard to find. She’d been hurt before by people who called themselves her friend so that was a breath of fresh air.

“I know that’s right.” Clover nodded in agreement. She loved the way Tru loved her cousin in such a short time. That alone made Clover like her from the first time they met.

“She better become a vegetarian cause she don’t want this beef,” Kim fussed, making everybody laugh.

“Calm down, killa. Don’t hurt nobody. What’s up sis?” Monty spoke up after a while.

“Which one of us,” Irie joked with a smirk.

“Shit, both of y’all.” Monty was smiling hard.

“Nigga, is you blushing?” Clover gave him the side eye.

“Come on nah, sis. You know that’s been my baby.” He and Iva had been talking every day, but they hadn’t made anything official yet. They discussed it, but he had to close one door before trying to reopen another one.

“It’s about time you and Iva stop playing and get it right. My mama is gonna be so happy.” Irie knew how much their mother loved Monty. He made Iva happy and treated her right.

“Yeah, tell my girl that daddy’s back home.”

“Boy, bye. You gotta get rid of that hood giraffe first, and I’ll be happy when you do so I won’t feel bad if I have to beat her ass.” Clover frowned at just the thought of Caprice. It took a while but even Amina was over her messy ass.

“We might have to jump that big bitch,” Irie replied, making Clover laugh.

“Them big hoes be the scariest ones. I might have to beat her down first before I beat her up. That bitch is big.” Clover giggled, right as Tez and his brother walked over to where they were. He looked pissed, but Rondell seemed annoyed.

“You better get some paperwork on her dizzy ass.” Tez fussed while looking at his little brother.