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“Of course, that’s her response,”I thought, subtly rolling my eyes as Anastasia tried to put her sister up on game when she told her, “Don’t sleep, Kim. Kiki can throw down in the kitchen.”
“Fine,” Kimberly grumbled. “If y’all insist.”
Instead of letting her little attitude bother me, I asked the other two Dogwood siblings, “Do y’all have a taste for anything in particular?” And when neither of them had much of an answer, I suggested, “Anastasia, how about you just come to the grocery store with me? We can figure it out there.”
I wasn’t trying to make it too obvious. But in my mind, I was creating a perfect opportunity for Kendall to have that talk with Kimberly. And since Anastasia was completely oblivious to what was going on, it was nothing for her to agree to join me, even offering to drive by way of asking her brother, “Snoop, lemme get the keys to your truck. Driving Miss Kim around all weekend has my tank on“might start, might not”.”
“Here,” he told her as he tossed his keyring her way. Then he reached into his wallet and told me, “Take my card too.”
“Thank you,” I replied, meaning it for more reasons than one as I accepted the card and then gave him a goodbye kiss before leaving with Anastasia. But the second we got settled into Kendall’s truck, I realized, “Shit. I left my wallet in my bag on the counter.”
“Snoop gave you his card, though, remember?”
“Yeah, but if I’m gonna be around your sister tonight, then I’m gonna need some wine which means I’ll also need my ID togetsaid wine,” I explained, Anastasia giggling as she responded, “Good point. I’ll wait for you out here.”
With a look that told her I’d be right back, I left Anastasia in the truck for what was only supposed to be a quick trip inside to get my stuff. But when I got into the house, I stopped short of actually entering the kitchen once I heard Kimberly say, “How can you not see how big of a distraction she is, Snoop? I mean, the Skyhawks have literally not won a game since you two officially became a couple.”
Well, damn.
That was quick.
But, wait.
I’mthe problem with the Skyhawks?
I was glad to hear Kendall make it clear that that was not at all the case when he replied, “That ain’t got shit to do with Shakira. We just haven’t been playing well.”
“No,youhaven’t been playing well because you’re spending all your free time with that damn Instagram thot instead of spending it getting better at your craft.”
It tooksomuch restraint for me not to step into the kitchen and drag her ass right then and there. But asking Kendall to handle it meant letting him do it his way; though I could admit I was a little disappointed when he only replied with a dry, “Really, Kim? Now Shakira’s an Instagram thot?”
“You see what kinds of pictures she posts. And you see what people say about her too.”
“Just because people say shit doesn’t mean it’s true.”
“Well tell me the truth then, Snoop, since you know everything about the girl you just met a few months ago.”
“She’s a good person. And the furthest thing from a distraction.”
“So you’re really gonna sit up here and tell me that having to defend her in a petty internet battle with her ex wasn’t at all distracting to you this past week?”
“She can not be serious,”I thought, waiting for Kendall to point out how crazy his sister sounded; especially sincehewas the one who’d made a whole thing out of Enzo's comment. But instead, he said nothing, as if he was actually considering what she’d said to be true. And that was enough for me to finally make my presence known as I stormed into the kitchen saying, “I forgot my wallet.”
Immediately picking up on my attitude, Kendall sighed, “Shakira…”
“No, it’s cool,” I told him, making a beeline for my bag as I said, “I’m just gonna get my shit and go home since I’dtrulyhate to be a distraction.” And that was exactly what I did, snatching it off the counter and leaving the kitchen just as fast as I’d come in while Kendall called after me, “Shakira, wait.”
I didn’t wait, because I wasn’t trying to hear anything he had to say right now, heading straight for my own car instead of going back to Kendall’s truck. But of course, that only raised the alarm for Anastasia who immediately rolled down her window and yelled, “Hey! Is everything okay?”
Since she truly had nothing to do with this, I couldn’t bring myself to get an attitude with her too. But the desire to get away was also way too strong for me to actually stop and have a conversation.
So I didn’t, waiting until I’d arrived at my car door before I answered, “Nah, it’s not.” And when Anastasia responded with a look of confusion, the best I could give her was a half-hearted smile when I told her, “I’ll see you later.”
The wine still got bought.
But instead of using it as a means of getting through dinner with Kendall’s sister, I was enjoying it with my girls who’d pulled up on me immediately after I told them what had happened, Zara even offering to go whoop Kimberly’s ass until I showed them all a picture of her on Instagram.
“Yeahhh, I’m just gonna have to talk shit about her behind her back cause she looks like she wantsallthe smoke.”
