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The first slap echoed through the house and Cassius was stunned. He didn't expect to Riley to just come home and slap him. She was the one who deserved to be slapped. When she lifted her hand to do it again, he quickly grabbed her wrist and twisted it making her shriek in pain. He walked forward until her back hit the closed front door. "Don't put your hands on me." He gritted through his teeth, looking at her like she was vile.
Letting her go roughly, he glared her up and down shaking his head. "Don't put your hands on my kids!" Riley ignored the pain in her wrist and threw multiple punches at him hitting his face and chest. Cassius pretended to eat her blows when in reality her small fists could do some damage.
Walking in on her children crying and her daughter with bruised ribs, all she could see was red. She could tell Cassius was far gone from the look in his eyes but she didn't care.
"Get out!" She yelled at him, punching him under his eye and she knew it would leave a mark. He strongly grabbed a hold of hair and snatched her up, bringing her into his chest, looking down at her like she was beneath him. "Let go of me and get out my house... Please." She cried, the tears coming on their own from her anger and the pain transpiring in her scalp.
"How could you..." Cassius spat and tightened his grip with every word making her wince and slipped out dragged out whines. "My fucking best friend! And to think I cared about you, loved you. You ain't shit."
Riley was confused but she couldn't speak as she dug her nails into his hands in attempt to loosen his grip but it wasn't working. She was more concerned with her children who were holding each other on the couch in tears then her own safety.
Cassius had enough and threw her on the floor. He stalked over until he stood above her and bent down, coming face to face with Riley. He wrapped his palm around her neck and squeezed as she trashed under his grasp and attempted to hit him. When her face was red and nearly all of the air was forced out of her body, he let go and she gasped.
"I want to fucking kill you. But I can't." He threatened. Grabbing her hair again, she screamed as he dragged her across the length of the floor into the kitchen making her children's cries louder, matching with her own.
"Call the police!" Riley yelled at them. Caius was in his own world, Asia could barely move so she was mostly speaking to Julius. "Hurry! Call the police baby!"
J jumped up and dashed for his mother's purse where he suspected her phone would be when Cassius looked at him. "Hey." He called out spooking J into dropping the purse from his hands and looking at his father with wide eyes. "Go sit the fuck down and stay in a child's place." Slowly Julius started to walk backwards to the couch fearful.
"Nooooo no no!" Riley cried. "Baby listen to mommy. Please call the police. Please baby."
Julius started for the purse again, sensing his mother's despair and only wanting to save her from it. But the daggers his father was sending him struck deep fear into his heart and he decided against it. "I'm sorry mommy." He cried, tears falling from his eyes. Riley cried with him.
"Caius." Cassius called as he pulled Riley off the floor by her hair and forcing her to stand. Caius snapped out of his hard stare to the floor and looked up. "Take your brother to your room and close the door. And don't come out."
Cai glanced at his mom quickly then looked back at Cassius. He nodded and grabbed J's arm and pulled him out the room. Riley shook her head in disbelief, still crying. Cassius looked her in the face and pecked her lips. "I don't want to make you cry baby I just want to know the truth."
"I don't even know what the fuck you are talking about!" She yelled and wiped her mouth viciously with the sleeve of her shirt.
"Yes you do and you're gonna tell me the truth." He sauntered to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottled water. Drinking down half of it's contents, he looked down at a wet faced Riley. He was growing real tired of her cries and her not speaking the fuck up about what she did. He poured the rest of the water on her making her jump. "Why you fuck my nigga girl? Come on. Speak the fuck up."
"Who?!?" She whined feeling exhausted.
Smacking his teeth, he crunched the bottle in his hands and threw it in the trash. "Ryan." He felt his phone vibrate in his back pocket but ignored it.
"I didn't have sex with Ryan!" Her face was twisted in disgust just thinking about that. Why would she have sex with her nephew's father? That's beyond disgusting. Plus Ryan was cute or whatever but she hated him. She was nowhere near sexually attracted to him.
Cassius stopped and thought back to when he was in that room with Ryan hours earlier.... Y'all wasn't even married yet...... He closed his eyes suddenly, he was sobering up quickly. Mother fucking Mackenzie.
"I'll be back." He mumbled and started to walk out.
"No the fuck you won't." Riley wiped under her nose and stood on her shaky legs, following him. Cassius yanked open the door and Riley pushed him the rest of the way out. He quickly turned to face her and she jumped making him chuckle. "Watch ya mouth." He pointed his fingers in her face and walked away. "Don't come back cause I won't let you in!" She called out to his back and quickly closed and locked the door, breathing heavily and feeling relieved.
She was so caught up in this shit again. She forgot how irrational and crazy he was. He reacted without thinking and she didn't want to be back in the line of crossfire again. She grabbed her purse from the floor and dug into it, sitting on the couch beside Asia who was laid out in pain. Riley found her phone and came up on ten missed calls and text messages from Malakai. She quickly called him back.
"Wassup? Why you just now hitting me up?" He answered and she could hear the loud noises from the freeway meaning he was driving.
"What are you doing? Who are you with? Can you please come here?" She rushed out.
He was silent for a second and the noises from his turner signal could be heard. "I'm actually going home. Why? You miss daddy?"
Riley scoffed and took Asia in her arms, rubbing her back as her head laid on her shoulder. "Can you please just come here? I need to talk to you."
"Anything for you baby." He played. "Welcome to Popeye's, how may I help you?" was heard next through the phone receiver and Riley smacked her lips.
Malakai laughed. "Hold on Ri. I'll see you in a bit." He hung up and decided to order for Riley and the children because it would rude to come and eat without sharing.
Placing her phone back down, she kissed Asia's cheek and laid her back down since she had fallen asleep. Riley went to the boy's room, knocked once and walked in seeing them sitting in bed silent with Keke.
"Did he leave?" Julius asked gently.
Riley nodded holding in her tears that were so close to pouring out. "Come here." She said and he didn't waste any time running into her open arms and hugging her tightly while Caius stayed in his spot, petting the dog's fur. "Come here Cai." She repeatedly sternly.
"I don't have to do anything that I don't want to fucking do."
Smack! Riley had stomped over to the bed and slapped him right in his mouth. "If you aren't your father's kid." She sarcastically spoke spitting it out in annoyance.
