Page 71 of His Four Leaf Clover

“Yeah, he hit it,” Clover replied, as everybody laughed.

“Girl, that ain’t nothing to be embarrassed about.” Diva waved her off.

“I’m not embarrassed, just a little inexperienced.” Kim was ashamed to admit.

“Bitch, if you needed help, that’s all you had to say. I had this same talk with Clover when she turned sixteen. I can teach you how to hook a nigga. I just didn’t know that I was teaching her how to hook my damn baby.”

“That dog got fleas; he can’t be hooked.” Clover rolled her eyes.

“Let me get my lazy ass up and go walk some more. I need it.” Diva got up and stretched when she saw Amina and Kardi coming back around. When they got closer, she rejoined them to do another lap.

“I hope you and Dash get back together. I mean, y’all are having another baby so it makes sense.” Kimber shrugged like it was simple.

“Girl, trust me, they are,” Iva replied.

Clover was about to say something until they were interrupted.

“What’s good, beautiful?” a man’s voice spoke from behind them.

All three women turned to see who it was and who he was talking to. Clover smiled when she saw Carlos, one of her old flings, standing there smiling. She hadn’t seen him in a few years, but he looked just as good as she remembered. His daughter was one of the first kids in her daycare when it opened and he’d been having his eyes on her since then. Dash went crazy when he found out. He and Monty even followed Carlos home once before but, thankfully, nothing happened. Carlos had a girl at the time, so he and Clover weren’t trying to walk down the aisle or nothing.

“Hey, handsome. It’s been a while.” Clover got up to give him a hug. She tried to pull away, but his grip was too tight. The two men that he was with kept walking with five kids in tow. Clover finally pulled away when she got a glimpse of his daughter.

“Is that Carla? She’s gotten so big. She’s beautiful.” Clover smiled, remembering the first time she saw the sandstone colored beauty.

“Yeah, that’s her with her flip mouth ass. Lil one with the blue and white on is my son.”

“Aww, he’s your twin.” Clover remembered when his girl got pregnant with their son. Sadly, she was pregnant at the time when she learned of his infidelity.

“What about you? Is it still just your daughter or did you have any more?”

“It’s just her until about seven more months or so.” Clover touched her still flat stomach.

“Congrats.” He smiled while admiring her beauty.

“Same to you.” Clover pointed to the ring on his finger.

“Yeah, nigga locked down now. I don’t have to ask if you’re still with ole boy. That nigga was ready to make my kids orphans, so I already know the answer.”

He laughed at what wasn’t meant to be a joke. At one point in his life, he was in love with two women. Clover had him ready to rewrite his story and cast her as the main character. His then girlfriend turned wife was heartbroken when she found out. He swore to her that it wasn’t that deep but he was in way deeper than he should have been. Clover had to end things with him because he probably wouldn’t have been able to do it.

He was even ready to bang it out with her nigga, but it would have all been in vain. Clover was in the love with that nigga and she never lied to him about her feelings. Once he opened his eyes and saw what he would be losing, he got his mind right and focused on his family.

“I’m happy that you’re doing well.” Clover didn’t even bother replying to what he’d said about Dash. Her life was so complicated that even she didn’t always understand it.

“And I’m happy as hell just to see you. Damn, you look good like a muthafucka.” Carlos pulled her into another hug and inhaled her familiar scent. Clover loved expensive fragrances and he used to always buy them for her.

“Um, Clo,” Iva called out to her girl.

“Aww, shit. That nigga must know when another man gets too close to you.” Carlos looked up when her girl called her name. He saw her man and his brother, the same one who came to his house with him that night. He didn’t know the other man, but they were all walking in their direction.

“He’ll be okay.” Clover discreetly rolled her eyes. She saw the frown on Dash’s face before he even got close. She didn’t give a damn how he felt. He would get over it just like she had to. And unlike him, she hadn’t done anything wrong.

“Aye, you better not go over there with no bullshit, bro,” Fonzo said as he and his brothers walked over to the table where Iva and Kimber sat.

“The fuck you mean! This nigga must seriously take me for a joke.” Dash was on one and he started walking faster. Fonzo jumped in front of him and put his hand on his chest to stop him.

“Don’t be stupid, bruh. Not thinking before you react is what got you fucked up now. You keep saying you want your wife back, but this ain’t the way to go about it. Your daughter is out here or did you forget?”