Queen Bee

June 2004 (1)

Waking up this morning, I involuntarily braced myself for the inevitable bombarding of Des rushing into my room asking for breakfast. Quickly realizing I had gotten my dad to fly with him to Detroit yesterday, an immediate wave of sadness hit me. What the hell am I supposed to do now without my baby? I've never been away from him longer than a week. Fuck, I hope he's gonna be okay out there by himself. Marshall better take good fuckin' care of him because I swear to god, if he comes back so much as a single hair on his head out of place, I'll file for sole custody faster than he can call me a bitch. 

Sighing, I extended my arm out towards my nightstand, quickly snatching my cell phone from its charger. As I flipped it open, I immediately noticed the numerous different texts that was littering my entire screen. Frowning, I began sifting through them all. 

From: Zoe 

"R U awake???? Please call me ASAP!!" 

From: Denaun

"Yo. I don't know if U have heard the Love Me track yet, but just so U know I didn't have anything to do with that, ok? I didn't even know he was releasing an extended version of the album." 

Missed call from: Zoe 

Missed call from: Charmin 

From: Aidan 

"WTF is wrong with Fifty? U gave that dude his entire career." 

 What? Fifty? Extended version of the album? What album? Curtis' album? Hitting talk on Zoe's contact, I put my phone on speaker and waited patiently as it began to ring. 

"Hey! Oh my god, are you okay?!" She asked, obviously in a panic. 

"Yeah, I-" 

"Yo, Angel, it's Denaun. Did ya get my text? I swear I ain't know shit about the track, aight?" 

"What track?! What the hell is everyone talkin' about?!" 

"Marshall released an extended version of the 8 Mile soundtrack, there's a song called Love Me with him, Obie, and Fifty and Fifty's takin' shots at you!" I heard Zoe quickly yell again.

"What? For real?" I asked feeling extremely confused. There's no way Fifty would do that to me, I'm the one who got him that deal with Marshall! Say what ya want about the man, but he's loyal through and through. 

"Yes!" Zoe screeched again. 

Throwing the blankets off me, I firmly placed my feet down onto my beautiful hardwood floors before beginning to make my way to my computer. "Okay does he actually say my name though or could it just be a miscommunication? 'Cause I really don't think Curtis would do that-" 

"He says your name, Angel!" Zoe yelled. 

"It's only two lines, but it's blatant." Denaun added. 

Rolling my eyes, I entered my computer room and began firing up the extremely slow desktop. God damn it, when will they make computers faster?! "Okay, well I'mma listen to it and see, but I seriously ain't that worried about it, guys. I mean I bought him his first Rolex, I really don't think he would say anything too outta pocket... Plus Marshall'd have to be the stupidest motherfucker on this planet to let him say somethin' 'bout me." 

"Okay, well... I don't know, I really don't think ya gonna like it, but listen to it and see what ya think." Zoe said again cautiously. 

"Alright, I will." I nodded. "Thanks guys." 

"No problem." Denaun said once more. 

"I'll talk to you later, okay? Try not to get too mad." Zoe said again.