𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒

HT8.

YURI WHITE
DALLAS, TX

OCTOBER 3, 2021

YURI bounced her leg up and down looking from the TV towards her phone. She looked away from her phone to look back at the TV, she kept getting the urge to check Mazi's instagram or the girl he got pregnant.

That's why she shouldn't have looked at her page i the first place. She wasn't stalking she was just curious. Yuri grabbed her phone before going to instagram she was rarely on her page so she didn't have many followers.

Yuri first went to Mazi's Instagram account, only to find the same 15 pictures he had posted before. Frustrated, she exited his page and navigated to the search engine. Her thumbs danced on the screen as she tried to recall the girl's username.

Yuri began typing the username in, the first one popped up making her clicking on it. It was a new photo of Mazi kissing her cheek while she laid in the hospital bed. Yuri clicked the post, to see a long written caption to the photo.

"Thank you so much for being by my side baby, I couldn't have done this without you. We brought a beautiful baby girl into this evil world, but we know you'll always protect us. 10/3/21, Mazari Dior Jones. and no y'all can't see my baby."

Yuri scrunched her face up, her brows knitting together as she stared at the photo on her phone. She felt her heart tighten, a mix of jealousy and hurt churning inside her.

She wasn't over it and she wasn't over him. Yuri heard knocking on her front door making her huff, she didn't feel like being bothered so she continued to sit on the couch ignoring it but it got louder.

Yuri heard Rhylees voice muffled but urgent yelling from outside her door, "Open the door!"Rhyless voice pierced through her thoughts forcing her off the couch. She sighed heavily her footsteps echoing down the hallway as she made her way to the front door, She opened the door seeing Rhylee standing there.

"Finally damn." Rhylee said walking into Yuris apartment. Yuri frowned. "Say hello or something." Yuri said prompting Rhylee to turn around and give her a hug.

"I'm sorry." Rhylee kissed her cheek before letting her go. "You ain't answer the phone so I had to pull up. What you doing?" Rhylee asked as she started walking to Yuri's kitchen. Yuri stayed quiet making Rhylee stop her search for food and look at her.

"Ri what's wrong?" Rhylee immediately went into protective best friend mode. "Nothing Lee I'm okay." Yuri told her as she blinked away her tears and Rhylee frowned. Yuri couldn't help but letting the picture she saw a few minutes ago slip into her mind along with the heart wrecking caption.

"You're not okay, and that's okay." Rhylee told her and Yuri couldn't help but to let her lip quiver. "This about Mazi?" Yuri nodded, tears starting to flow down her cheeks

Rhylee walked over to her friend pulling her into a hug. "I-I don't know what I did wrong Rhy .." she sobbed into her shoulder and Rhylee rubbed her back.

"Mazi a fucking bum, you didn't do anything wrong. Any night would be lucky to have you because you're perfect." She told her, "Don't let his bum ass keep you down or question your value."

"I know but it still hurts." Yuri sniffled wiping her tears with her thumb. "It's gon be like that for a minute. But you get through shit like that." Rhylee assured her and Yuri nodded her head making Rhylee pull her into another hug.

Rhylee broke away a smile on her face, "let's go out." Rhylee suggested and Yuri immediately agreed making Rhylee smile wider.

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Yuri downed her shot of henny before reaching for the cranberry juice and taking a sip. "Yes, one more!" Rhylee cheered, pushing the other shot glass toward her.

It would be just them two tonight since Brooklyn couldn't make it. Yuri shook her head getting ready to down the liquid. Yuri picked up the shot glass throwing her head back as the stinging liquid slid down her throat. The second time was always the worst for some reason.

Rhylee smiled clapping her hands! "You want another drink?" Rhylee asked as she took a sip of drink from her straw. "Yeah, I'll go get it though. You want something else?" Yuri asked her friend standing up from her seat slowly her hands smoothing down the bottom of her dress.

Rhylee removed her lips from her straw and nodded her head. "Two shots of patron." Rhylee said to Yuri making Yuri nod her head and walk away to the bar. The scenery of the club was nice but that place it was at was dangerous. She was hoping to god nothing went down in here because she was just trying to have a fun night with her friend.

Yuri tapped her nails on the counter waiting patiently to be noticed by one of the bartenders who were all over the place in the back. She eyed the bartender that made his way over to her, he was cute. He was tall, he had waves, and smooth brown skin. He flashed her a smile showing his white teeth as he approached her.

"You look too good to be paying for your own drinks. Whatever you want it's on me." He told her making her laugh, she looked down at his name tag seeing Cam imprinted on the rectangular pin.

"One lemon drop and two shots of patron. Please." She told him he licked his lips looking at her before walking off to retrieve the drinks she ordered. Quickly coming back he sat them in front of her.

Yuri grabbed them up carefully making sure not to spill anything. "Aye!" He called out before she could walk off her eyebrows furrowed.

"I get off in like an hour, if you still here come see bout me." He said and Yuri eyed him before shrugging her shoulders. Maybe.

He gave her a smirk before she turned around and walked away making her way back to the table her and Rhylee were sitting at her eyebrows furrowed seeing O'Shea sitting next to Rhylee whispering in her ear making her giggle.

She took her seat sitting the drinks down making Rhylee and O'Shea look up. "My bad Ri." O'Shea apologized for intruding their little girls night. But Yuri didn't mind.

"It's okay, you can stay." Yuri told him and Rhylee eyebrows furrowed, "you sure? Cause his ass ain't that cute or funny. He can leave." Rhylee said making Yuri laugh and O'Shea mugged her.

"It's okay Rhy. For real." Yuri assured, she wrapped her lips around the straw as she looked around the club bobbing her head to the music her eyes connecting with the bartender that served her.

Maybe.

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