** Keon's POV**
Looking over the security footage, made me angrier and angrier. I mean out of all places, niggas tryna act hard in Colorado?
Who the fuck did these fucking clowns think they were to walk into my establishment and try to be on some boss shit? I haven't gotten my hands dirty in a while but I wasn't afraid to go back to that.
After the debacle on Friday, I fired every bouncer, every security guard, and every lookout. Motherfuckers obviously weren't doing their job.
Placing my bowl of cereal next to the monitors , I decided to give it a rest for tonight. I wasn't getting anywhere with this for the moment. Since I was unfamiliar with how shit worked down here, I had no way to figure out who did it.
I picked up my phone and admired my daughter that was displayed on my home screen.
I made a mental note to book my flight to New York so I could chill with my daughter this weekend. I also got hype as I saw Jeannie's name flash across my screen. For some reason, I gravitated towards shorty. Something about her had me drawn to her. Yeah, she was bad. But, in a sense it was more than that. I liked that she was smart. She had an innocence about her, like she was just starting out.
Lil Annie👀- We need to talk. This isn't something I want to say over the phone or text. Where can you meet me?
I cocked my head to the side. I wonder what she wanted to talk about. It was a given there was something between us but something told me that this was more urgent.
Me: What's up? You good?
Lil Annie👀- yes, I'm fine. I just want to make sure you are. I really want to talk and explain things to you a little more. Where can we meet?
Me: we ain't gotta meet, shorty. Come ova.
The three dots popped up but quickly vanished. I was making a bold move inviting one of my waitresses over but she had caught my interest. Make sure I was ok? What could possibly be wrong with me? Or what was going to happen to me?
Lil Annie👀- Sure, be there in about 20 mins.
That gave me enough time to get everything ready and straighten up my room and living room a little. Also, to order some food for us. After this, I got a text from Jeannie, telling me she was outside. I buzzed her up and I heard a knock at my door.
I opened the door to reveal Jeannie standing there looking worried. Her hair wasn't straight how I'm used to seeing it. It was in its natural, curly state. She had on sweatpants with a fitted T-shirt and UGG boots. She rushed inside. She looked mad comfortable, but bothered at the same time.
After I invited her in to sit down, she rushed in and sat on my couch and put her head into her own hands.
"Look-, we both started at the same time.
"You, first.", I motioned.
"I'm trying not to worry about this, but I'm not really familiar with this kind of thing. The night all those dudes rushed in there, I know one person who was involved. I won't tell you his name because I still care about him and after reading up on you, I'm afraid you'll seriously hurt him. He said you were involved in some kind of business. Can you be honest and tell me what, but if you don't want to that's your right."
I wasn't going to act ignorant and act like I didn't have a clue what she was talking about because I did. I knew she had probably saw the past convictions of battery, assault, and even 2nd degree murder.
"What is the person's relation to you?"
She stood up, scoffing.
"That's not important right now, Keon. What's important is you hid a lot from me. What else are you hiding from me? Are you married, do you have kids, are you really who you say you are?"
"No, I'm not married. Yes I have a kid. Yes I am who I say I am. I'm sorry, when did we start dating?"
"Oh, please! Don't even give me that bullshit. All the flirting and shit we've been doing the past 3 months. You giving me money, looking out for me, calling me baby girl, picking me up. You knew this was coming."
She was right. I knew soon enough, feelings would get involved.
"Look, I'll explain everything to you later. I said you first, so I think you should answer my question."
She stopped to look around for a moment.
"Okay, the guy is my ex. We broke up because right after college I didn't have a job. He has never had a job so he turned to the streets, I guess you could say. As I said before, I was unfamiliar with this and didn't believe in what he was doing. I felt he was getting too deep in it so I broke things off before I could get hurt. We were together for three years. I never expected him to do this."
She looked hurt. Tears welled up in her eyes but the situation was comical to me. I stifled my laugh.
"So you're telling me, a twenty-three year old kid is upset because his ex girlfriend works at my club, so he wants to come and fuck up what I have going on?", I started to laugh. At first, not that much but soon turned into a full out laugh.
"What the fuck is funny?"
"You."
"How am I funny?"
"You think I'm worried about a kid? Trust me, the shit he's doing I'm not new to it. He's mad and thinking with his dick instead of his brain. I could care less if he's mad or what he's mad about. He fucked up when he brung that shit to me. I respect your decision of not telling me who he is. I've already set plans into motion about what I'm going to do and how I'm going to handle this once I found out exactly who they are. Thanks, for the tip tho Ma.", I said while pulling her down with me as I sat down.
"Keon, I'm scared. I'm scared about all of this. I would be lying if I said I didn't care about Lucas. I would also be lying if I said I didn't care about you too.", she said caressing my face.
"Thank you for the past three months. You took care of me."
I looked into her eyes and leaned forward and kissed her right in the middle of her forehead.
"You welcome, ma."
~
"So you're telling me that Lucas just popped his ass up over your house. I can't get over that.", Ti said while shaking her head.
"Mhmm. Just acted like nothing was wrong. Like everything was normal or something."
Paige and Tiana both shook their heads. We all were out to eat at Benihana, me and Tiana's favorite and I decided to introduce Paige to Tiana.
"Honestly, I think you should drop Lucas and focus on Keon. We are too grown to be playing into this 'ride or die' mindset. I mean honestly, we aren't in high school anymore. Hood niggas are not the move anymore. ", Paige preached while Ti nodded her head in agreement.
With the way Keon's past looked, hood niggas were definitely in. I had failed to mention to either of my girls that Keon's past wasn't all peaches and cream like I thought and he had a kid too.
"Girl, they never been in. I'm glad that I took the route of settling down and going ahead and getting married and having kids. I didn't have time to wait around and fool with these dumb niggas. I snatched me up a good one quickly, chile." Tiana bragged.
This was true. I still remember the day in sophomore year at FAMU that Tiana showed up with a big rock on her finger. The next thing I knew, she was packing her dorm room up and on a plane back to Denver. At the tender age of 20, Tiana had met Kevin, who was 34, at the time. They had a whirlwind romance and he spoiled my bestfriend to no end, considering he owned multiple car dealerships. Before I knew it she was married and was a mom of 3. Kevin had taken her completely out of the game.
"Well, you're lucky. Me and Jeannie over here still trying to find somebody that's even worth it to take to dinner."
"Amen.", I raised my glass.
Tiana chuckled and shook her head at both of us. "It comes unexpectedly. When a man is willing to take care of you, that's how you know he's the one."
"I disagree. Some men have such big egos, they do it as a control mechanism. Not saying that's your case, but most housewives I know are miserable."
"Oh, honey! No offense taken. I know exactly what you mean. Those bitches at the country club are one Botox shot away from death."
They both shared a hearty laugh and I smiled, happy they were getting along. I felt my phone buzz.
Keon♥️- wassup, wyd?
Me- nothing at Benihana with my girls
Keon♥️- damn, ma.. didn't know you liked that spot. Could've beeeen took u there
Me- lol now you know so make a mental note.
Keon♥️- will do
Keon♥️- I like how you admitted that you cared for me the other day. Had a nigga blushing and shit 😂
Me- what about me? I need that reassurance you care for me too.
Keon♥️- I adore you, ma. You just need to rock that interview so you can get your dinner date. I ain't thinking Benihana tho. Something more fly.
Me- will do, sir.
My little text conversation with Keon had me head over hills.
"Damn, Mr. Bossman got you smiling like that?"
I lifted my head to see both Paige and Tiana staring at me.
"Girl, we were just having a little text conversation, there's nothing to it."
"Mhm. Well, Kevin will be getting off in a few hours and I have to go and pick up the kids. I'll call you later. Nice to finally meet you, Paige."
"Likewise, Tiana. I'll be heading out too Jeannie. I have to work tonight, unfortunately.
We all said our goodbyes and went about our way.
~
After coming home from Benihana, I took a shower and relaxed. I was so happy I didn't have to go to Trapped tonight.
With my pending interview, I decided to look up and do some research on my MacBook about the position and tips that could help me.
About 30 minutes in, I started to hear loud banging on the door.
"Open the fucking door!"
I threw my robe on and grabbed my baseball bat that I kept tucked under my bed. I answered the door ready to cuss whoever the fuck it was out when Lucas pushed past me into the house.
"So that's what the fuck we doing now?", he said, eyes full of rage.
"Lucas! What the fuck is your problem? You can't just come to my place acting fucking crazy!"
"Shut the fuck up! You know what the fuck you did?"
"Get the fuck out before I call the police! Get out !", I said hitting his chest. He grabbed both of my fists and pinned them to my side. I knew for a fact that my 5'4 frame was no match for his 6'1 build.
"Don't fucking hit me. Why the fuck you going back and running your mouth to your boyfriend about what the fuck I tell you? Why the fuck is you starting shit? Don't even feed me that bullshit about him not being ya man either!", he screamed throwing some pictures down.
I picked up the pictures to find me sitting on Keon's lap in his penthouse. Who was doing this? Who was reporting these things back to him?
"Where the fuck did you get these?"
"Don't worry about that! Tell me what you told him!"
"I told him the truth! I told him I knew who it was but I didn't say your name. I also told him it was about me."
"It's bigger than you! It's not just about you! You're going to get yourself and a lot of people hurt if you don't learn to shut the fuck up."
That was it. I was sick of him disrespecting me. I picked up my vanilla candle that sat on the end table and threw at his head. "Stop fucking talking to me like that!"
Lucas charged me picking me up, kissing me on my neck. He then moved to my lips. I kissed back, deeply. Lucas's hands started to explore as he
rubbed everywhere. I threw my head back in pleasure.
"Uhhh, Lucas.", I moaned as his hand found its way inside my shorts. "Wait, no Lucas."
"Shhhh, he can't make you feel like this can he?"
I grinded into him more. He threw his shirt on the ground and picked me up and carried me into the room.
He placed me down on the bed and bent down to kiss me as I raised my bottom up for him to take my shorts and panties off. I felt him rubbing it against my area. The more he did it the wetter I got. I made eye contact with him as I bit my lip.
"This will forever be mine." He said with a grunt.
~
When I woke up the next morning, Lucas was gone.
Lucas- I enjoyed that shit last night baby. It made me miss you even more. The fact a nigga that close to you is killing me. I just want us to work this shit out already.
I couldn't believe what I had done last night. Even though I was no stranger to sex with Lucas, I felt wrong. It felt dirty. It felt like I was betraying Keon after all he had done for me.
I got up to shower and scrubbed my body for at least an hour and threw the old sheets out and replaced them with new ones. After searching through my apartment for anything Lucas related and throwing it all out , I still felt dirty. I decided to call Tiana about everything.
"Yes, Annie?"
"I fucked up bad last night. Ti, I really fucked up."
On the other end, I heard her sigh. "What did you do?"
"I fucked Lucas."
"Excuse me what?"
"I said I fucked Lucas, Ti!"
"Oh no, that can't be right. It sounds like you, Jeannie Marx, just told me, Tiana Wilson, that you fucked your ex-boyfriend that has no car, no job, and is trying to pursue being a kingpin at the age of 25."
"Look, Tiana, I fucked up but you don't have to rub it in."
"Yes the fuck I do, Jeannie. You have this man who owns a club, you know what not even just one, multiple clubs! A man who's been taking care of you, spoiling you, motivating you, and he hasn't even got the nookie yet!"
"That man isn't as perfect as you think! He has a kid!"
"So fucking what! He's thirty-two! Duh! Now granted, he should've been let you know all this but still I'd take baby daddy over just now jumping off the porch ass Lucas."
I started to laugh. "Bitch, you're ruthless."
"I'm serious."
"I just feel so bad Tiana. Even though me and Keon aren't exactly official, he's done a lot for me. I feel like a slut."
"Alright now, you're not a slut. You're twenty-three years old. You can fuck who you want. Just don't fuck below you. At least, let it be Keon this time. I mean you are single."
"So when we do go on this date, do I tell him?"
"I wouldn't, but to each it's own."
"Well, thanks."
"Mhm"
For a moment we both were silent until I heard a loud crash in the background. That meant she had to go.
"Zyaree what the fuck are you doing in there? Girl I gotta go, these bad ass kids! Bye!"
I heard a click then her dial tone. I locked my phone and realized I still had work tonight.
Me: Work tonight?
Paige🎀- Nope! Off girl 😜!! See u tmmrw.
Me: ughhhhhhhhhhhhh
Paige🎀- lol it will b quick n easy!!
Deciding that I'll text her back later, I showered and examined the passion marks that were all over my body. I decided to wear a black skintight long sleeve shirt with leather pants and thigh high boots. Even though I was going to be hot as hell, at least Keon wouldn't see all these marks all over my body.
On the way to Trapped, I turned up to Cardi B's Money, preparing myself for the night ahead. I walked into the building noticing the nightclub wasn't exactly open yet. I decided to go surprise Keon in his office before. I stood at his door watching him talk to who I assumed would be his daughter. He glanced up but made no rush to get off the phone.
"Daddy loves you! I'll see you tomorrow!" He started making kissing noises and I couldn't help but to smile.
"Hey, you.", I said reaching out to touch his face.
"We're at work."
That caught me off guard. Work never mattered. So why did it matter now?
"Um, ok. I heard you talking to your daughter. I hope to meet her one day."
He let out a sly chuckle. I could tell something was wrong. "Keon, what's up? What happened in the past twenty-four hours?"
"Look, don't come in here on no innocent shit. Yo ass ain't fucking innocent. You know exactly what the fuck happened.", he said slamming a picture down on his desk.
Oh my god. It was a picture of me and Lucas. Having sex. He threw the other pictures down. There were multiple pictures. He stood up from his chair and tried to walk around me but I pushed my hands out.
"Please, Keon just wait."
"Nah, I ain't waiting for shit. You come to my house. Sit on my couch. Tell me you care about me and you fucking ya ex. The same ex you fucking is the same nigga that came in my club tryna jeopardize my shit and set me up to do some dumb shit. Same nigga that's out here pillow talking to you about me. You're the start of all this bullshit. That's aight, ima finish it."
Everything he said was true, but it didn't exactly pan out that way.
"No, Keon! I was going to tell you I promise."
"You don't gotta tell me nothing. We ain't together. If you don't mind, can you go and actually do your job?", he said walking past me.
The only thing I could do was stare down at the pictures in my hand. Who was doing this shit and why?
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Thoughts?
What do you think about Jeannie & Lucas' encounter?
Should Keon be mad?
Who do you think is behind the pictures?