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“I don’t know. I feel like she knew something too. I can guarantee Daddy didn’t know shit about that.”
“Yeah. From what I can remember about him, I can agree with that. Vegas said the same thing.”
“Vegas? As in Jungle’s friend?”
“Yeah. He’s my boyfriend, Yunique. How do you know him?”
“We went to school together. We weren’t friends or anything though, and he had no idea I was Yonkers’s daughter. Daddy kept us hidden from the world.”
I smiled slightly. “Well, I have to tell him you’re my sister and see if he remembers you.”
“Yeah. I was mean in school, especially to boys, so I’m sure he does.”
She chuckled, causing me to chuckle too. “Well, he should be able to see that we’re sisters. We started off kind of rocky. He was a jackass until he allowed me to see the real him… Joel Knight.”
“Wow. I’m happy for you. You know Joshua was his dad, right?”
“He told me when he found out Yonkers was my dad. He said he used to be sitting in the car whenever Joshua came to check on us.”
“Yeah. I remember peeking out the window and seeing him. Joshua was mean as fuck, but he was a good man. He took care of us. I hate that I turned my back on y’all. I just didn’t know how to handle what I’d seen. That shit haunted me for years, thinking I should have told Daddy. Mo was an ugly ass, scary looking muthafucka. I still believe I should have told Daddy. That’s another reason why I’m in therapy.”
“Can you give me her phone number? Maybe I can set up a Zoom session.”
“I’ll text it to you. She told me the only person she would have approved for me to tell about this was Mama. Mama… I don’t know. While she may be a different person now, she needs to take ownership of whatever part she played in this back then. That’s the only way we can begin to heal. Even if she just says she was negligent… that she noticed shit and didn’t do anything about it. I mean, it’ll be hard to accept that explanation, but at least we would have the truth.”
“Yeah.” After exiting the freeway, I said, “Nique, I have to go. Don’t forget to text me her number.”
“Okay. Talk to you later, Kee.”
I ended the call, knowing that it would probably do me some good to talk to her therapist. At least she knew the situation. If I didn’t like how the first session went, I didn’t have to talk to her anymore.
After parking, I tried to concentrate on how the ballet class went. I didn’t want to alert Joel and have him trying to make moves too soon. I knew they had to be careful about this shit. If everything was a go, he would be taking on the job Sunday night. I was nervous as fuck for him, almost to the point of saying forget it all.
Amiko had me stretching to lengths I had no idea I could. Whoever said ballet was easy was a fucking lie. That shit was a workout, and I was exhausted. However, I enjoyed the hell out of it. I told her I would be back Thursday evening.
After getting out of the car, I trudged to the door. I unlocked it and went inside to hear “I’m Baby” by Ambré playing. She was singing my sentiments exactly. Love when you call me baby. When I walked around the corner, the sight before me stole my fucking breath. Joel was sitting on my couch butt ass naked with a hard dick and a single rose in his hand.
A soft moan left my lips as he stood and walked to me. His gaze was serious. My eyes closed as I licked my lips and allowed my head to drop back. When I felt his lips on my neck, I opened my eyes. He pulled away and grabbed my hand. He led me to the bathroom, where he had candles lit and a bath ran. Jesus.
I turned to stare at him, on the brink of tears. “Come on, baby, so I can take care of you.”
I kissed his lips and did exactly as my man said to do.
ELEVEN
VEGAS
Iwanted to love all her issues away. I could tell something was going on in her mind when she left. I tried to lighten her mood by making her laugh, but I knew I would have to do better than that. Everything I said I did, I actually did. I went through all her shit. If she didn’t want me in her business, she shouldn’t have let me stay at her place unattended. Her business was now my business. She had a gang of vitamins in her medicine cabinet and herbal supplements and shit. I got tired of looking at all that.
I found her spare key to her place in a drawer in the kitchen then went to the store to get flowers and wine. I bought a dozen and pulled the petals off eleven of them. I placed some in her bath water and put the others on her bed. Catering to her felt natural as hell. Seeing my sensitivity emerge this way kind of made me nervous, but I was willing to go with it if it would make her feel better. I knew I couldn’t allow this side of me to take over though. I needed that rough side of me to remain intact, especially for these streets.
After kissing her beautiful lips, I helped her disrobe so she could take a bath. I could taste the sweat on her when I kissed her neck. That shit didn’t even bother me though. She would have to smell like sour pussy for me to not wanna be close to her. Once she was naked, I grabbed her hand and spun her around slowly. “Damn, I’m a blessed man.”
She turned to me and gave me a soft smile. Grabbing my dick, she said, “I’m the one who’s blessed. Thank you for this, Joel.”
“Mm hmm. Relax. I’ll be back in a lil while to wash you.”
When the tears dropped from her eyes, she quickly said, “It’s nothing bad. I’m just emotionally overwhelmed. This is beautiful, baby.”
