Lauren
"I fucking told you to count the money every time you put it in the safe!" Ace yelled into his phone while walking outside to the patio.
I shook my head and continued my walk to the kitchen.
Tisha was bent over in the fridge. I rolled my eyes in disgust.
I went to the pantry and grabbed the box of fruit loops.
"Can you pass me the milk?" I asked Tisha politely.
"No. Your the maid your suppose to get it yourself."
I slammed the bowl down on the counter. "Bitch I'm this fucking close to beating your ass and snatching every last one of your tracks out your damn scalp. Don't play with me hoe."
Tisha laughed. "Ooooo. I'm so scared."
"ACEEEE!"
Ace
"Well nigga you better count again. Because if I'm missing some money-"
"ACEEEE!" I heard Lauren scream.
"Imma' call you later homie." I hung up my phone.
Lauren opened the patio door with a angry look on her face.
"Wassup?"
"How long is Tisha going to be staying here? She is already working my fucking nerves."
"Not long. Okay?"
"You better control her because I hurt her ass!" Lauren stormed back into the house.
"Wait."
She grabbed the keys to my Benz and went outside.
I still followed her.
"Lauren calm yo ass down."
She looked at me and rolled her ass. She then put her phone up to her ear.
"Who are you calling?"
"Shhh."
I admired her face as she made a call. Lauren was fine as hell.
"Ms. Evelyn? Good morning. I was wondering if me and Abby could come stay with-"
I snatched the phone out her hands and hung it up.
"Why did you do that!?"
"Because your not staying with her. Your gonna' stay with me."
"Whatever." She started up the Benz and drove away in it.
I sighed and walked back inside the house.
"Tisha. Stop saying shit to Lauren."
She took a sip of her coffee. "Or what?"
I shoved her against the counter. "Or what? Do you really wanna' ask me that shit?"
"No. I'm sorry." She said.
I backed away from her. "That's what I thought."
I felt my phone vibrate which means I just received a text.
Darwin: you need to get down to the warehouse ASAP
Me: on my way.
"Stay here and watch the kids." I told Tisha.
"Alright."
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Lauren
I was at Benny's working. I know Ms. E told me I had the rest of the week off but I had nothing to do and I sure as hell wasn't gonna stay at that house with Tisha.
"Lauren go take that young man's order." Ms. Evelyn said while baking cornbread.
I grabbed a pen and my notepad and walked into the eating area.
"Good Afternoon Sir-"
"Wassup. Lauren right?"
I looked at the man and saw it was the same guy from the park.
"Yea. Uhhh... sorry I can't remember your name."
"Flex."
"Right." I smiled. I clicked my pen. "Can I take your order?"
"Oh I don't want anything to eat. I'm just waiting for a couple of friends."
"Oh okay. Well let me know if you need anything."
"Sure thing." He winked.
I smiled and walked behind the counter.
"What does he want baby?" Ms. E asked.
"Oh nothing. He's just waiting on some friends."
"Oh okay. I'm going to run to the corner store real quick. I'm low on sugar. Watch the restaurant for me dear."
"Yes ma'am."
I got a wash rag and ran it under the hot water. I started wiping down the greasy counters.
The bell went off indicating someone entered the restaurant. I looked up and saw a group of men walk in and head over to the table with Flex. It was about 5 of them. They each carried a black duffle bag.
I went and started wiping the tables trying to hear there conversation.
"Sup Flex." The guys sat down at the table. They all started whispering.
I couldn't really hear what they were saying. I sighed and started walking back to the kitchen.
"Aye lady. Can I get something to to drink?" One of the men said.
"Sure." I said. I fixed him a glass of water.
"Thanks hot cakes."
I stood behind the counter just watching them.
"Nice doing business with ya Flex." They all dapped up Flex then left.
"You gotta' lot of friends." I told Flex while pushing in the chairs.
"Yup. Aye shawty can I get your number?"
"Sure. 555-355-1554." I said to him as he put it in his phone.
"Alright. I will give you a call later."
"Okay." I blushed and looked at him as he walked out of the restaurant and got into his Escalade.
Ace
I walked into the warehouse and heard screaming coming from the basement.
I quickly went down the steps and into the basement. I saw Pepper with her brass knuckles on beating the shit out of some guy.
"Aye!"
Everybody froze and looked at me.
"Who gave yall the order to do this shit?" Nobody said a word. "WHO!?"
"Nobody Ace. You took to long to get here." Pepper said.
"I don't give a flying fuck if I took 5 hours to get here! You don't start anything without me!"
"Okay boss."
I looked at the nigga in the chair that was bleeding to death. "Who is this?"
"Dean." Ray said.
I grabbed shirt. "We meet again huh?"
He spit some blood out his mouth. "Yea. And tell that fine ass red bone Lauren that I need some more of that sweet pussy-"
"Kill him."
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Lauren
I parked the Benz in the garage. I was just about to walk in the house until I heard Tisha talking on the phone.
"Girl yes. Ace letting me stay for free.....Imma stay as long as I can. I wanna' make him mine again.... Who Lauren? I'm not worried about her ass."
I stopped listening and busted through the door.
"You want Ace that bad?"
"Vandesha imma' call you later boo." She hung up the phone.
"How long have you been listening?"
"Long enough to know your a thirsty ass bitch. Tisha why do you gotta be that baby mama?"
"What do you mean that babymama?"
"Your the type of baby mama that can't stand to see the baby daddy happy. Your the baby mama that's still addicted to the baby daddy. Your the baby mama that just wants the baby daddy's money. Your. That. Kind. Of. Baby. Mama."
"Look. I just want my family-"
"That's the thing Tisha! Y'all lil' family is over! Damn! Delusional bitch."
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Ace
It was 1:45 am. I was tired as hell. The house was dark and quiet.
I had a big ass headache. I went to the sink and washed blood off my hands. That nigga Dean took longer to kill than I thought.
All I wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed. I jogged upstairs and heard AJ crying.
I went into his room and saw Tisha packing up his clothes and some of his toys.
"Yo what you doing?"
"Taking AJ."
"Taking? The fuck you mean taking?"
"Ace just for a couple of months."
"Months. Bitch you out yo' got damn mind if you think you about to take my fucking son away from me."
I tried to grab AJ away from her but she slapped me.
"Antwan please don't make this harder for me."
"Hoe you got 5 seconds-" all of a sudden she pepper sprayed my eyes.
"FUCK!" I yelled and started rubbing my eyes. "LAUREN!" I screamed.
Lauren
"LAUREN!" I heard Ace yelled.
"Flex? I gotta go. Call you tomorrow." I hung up my phone and ran to find Ace.
He was in AJ's room on the floor.
"Ace? What's wrong? Are you okay?" I got on the floor next to him.
He looked at me and his eyes were red as hell.
"Oh my god, what happened?"
"That bitch pepper sprayed me."
I helped him up off the floor and led him into the bathroom.
I looked into the cabinet and found some eye drops.
"Open yours eyes." He did as told and I put 2 drops in each eye. I then put a hot towel on his forehead.
"Lauren?"
"Yea?"
"You know yesterday how you told me you liked me?"
I sighed. "Yea. And I understand that you might not like-"
"I like you too. A lot." He grabbed my hand and led me into his bedroom.
Let's see how this night goes...