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A month later
" give me my money " Saint yelled as he threw the dice they were currently in the hood
Every year saint & rich randomly threw a block party for the kids & other dudes in the hood
Everybody knew saint & rich were well connected so there was no shootouts there
Monica leaned on Rich's truck as she watched him shoot dice she knew she was about to get her a new pair of red bottoms
Rich wasn't a sucker but if you were letting him fuck you the least he could do was buy you a pair of shoes or pay a bill he was raised to be head of the house hold
" you niggas ain't making no money " Scotty joked as he walked over with ava trailing behind him
She wore a black tube top crop top with light wash ripped jeans & a pair of white slip on vans
Her hair was in a low ponytail
Rich shook his head at her he knew this wasn't ava she was changing for Scotty
& he hated that for her
She was still quiet & shy but she was more revealing with her clothes now
" nigga pull ya money out & let's go " one of Rich's friend tim said as he eyed Scotty
The rest of them laughed they knew Scotty was trash at shooting dice he always lost Atleast a band shooting dice
Ava stood closely behind Scotty she wasn't familiar with some of their faces
" my fault this my shorty ava " Scotty said as he pulled ava in front of him show casing her off
The guys loved over at ava some gave her a head nod & some spoke
They all could agree that she was a beautiful girl just not the girl for Scotty
Scotty was more of a peaches man
Saint spoke up
" how you doing ava You out here showing skin " saint said as rich agreed
Monica rolled her eyes rich never had a problem with what she wore & she was more revealing than ava
Ava simply laughed as she turned her head looking around
Rich didn't miss the dark mark on ava's neck when she turned but he ignored it he would ask ava about it at work tonight
Saint also noticed the mark he just shook his head they didn't know Scotty was abusive but they weren't going to jump to any conclusions
Before I let you go by Beyoncé played on the block as kids ran around with water guns some on bounce houses
Saint had some people come & paint faces he had a snow cone machine out
Rich had brought the bounce houses & water guns
There was food on the grill & a large table of sides
He remembered when he was younger & his momma struggled some of the OGS would feed him at their house
Rich made a promise to himself that when he got older & started to have money coming in he'd give back to his community
There was a tent out with the older women & ogs of the hood under it including saints aunt & Rich's mom
Ava had walked off to find Melissa saint told her that she was running around somewhere
Spotting Melissa in her car ava walked over knocking on the window Melissa looked up unlocking her doors letting ava in
" hey girl I see you out here with your stomach out " Melissa joked
Ava laughed as well she was becoming more revealing she was now wearing crop tops & ripped jeans
Scotty told her that he wouldn't be in public with her if she dressed like a old woman which caused ava to change up her whole wardrobe
" you hitting that " one of the guys spoke as they shot dice
Rich looked over at him & then Scotty before putting his head back down & picking up his cash
" every night " Scotty said as he threw the dice landing on 5
Some of the men found it funny
Saint & rich on the other hand didn't when they met ava she was a virgin & wore big clothes
Now she was letting Scotty hit & brag about it while she wore more revealing clothes
" Ight this game bout done it was good taking yall money I'm finna go makes sure the kids eat " rich said as he walked off to gather all the kids while saint went to talk to his aunt
The rest of the guys broke off going to tend to other things at the block party
" line yall asses up " rich yelled as he watched all the kids run towards him
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" let me holla at you "
Ava set her rag down & followed behind rich to his office as some of the girls watched they weee hoping he would fire her
Ava didn't belong there she was quiet , she didn't drink or smoke & they thought that she was judging them
Ava on the other hand was shy , didn't have anybody to try liquor or smoke with & was very accepting
" y-yes " ava said as she took a seat in Rich's office
Rich looked up at her & shook his head he still couldn't believe that ava was having sex
Leaning up resting his hands on his desk Rich stared at her
" he been putting his hands on you " rich asked as he eyed ava he could tell signs of abuse
Ava on the other hand was shocked she thought that she covered all her bruises before the block party
" n-no why would you ask that he doesn't hit me "
Rich knew she was lying some domestic violence victims never told on their partner because they thought it was love which it wasn't
" I saw the bruise on your neck but if you tell me he don't put his hands on you I'll believe you & I won't ask again " rich said as he leaned back in his chair rubbing his beard
" he doesn't hit me & I would like if you minded your business " ava said above a whisper as she stood up exiting the office
Scotty only hit her 2 times out of the 2 months of them being together
The first time because She held a conversation with a guy for too long & the second time because she stayed out too late for work he thought she was cheating
Ava was now working from 6 to 10 which wasn't many hours but she still could pay her bills
Rich shook his head ava was too far gone for a man that didn't love or value her
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