I paced back and forth in my room while Fu played the game downstairs. I didn’t want to seem like the jealous girlfriend but while he was gone, he left his phone and I checked it. I wasn’t expecting to find anything but was just pressing my luck. Everything was cool until I saw texts from this unsaved number. Whoever it was had texted him damn near twenty times, and even though he didn’t respond back, it was a little suspect to me.

I tried calling the number back but whoever it was must’ve had a burner phone or something because I couldn’t call it back. This crap was really scaring me because I had never loved a man like I loved Fu before, and I couldn’t chance him cheating on me. When I was young, I watched my mom get stepped on by man after man and I promised myself that wouldn’t be my life.

I heard Fu coming up the stairs, but that didn’t calm me.

“Yo, what’s going on with you? You got something to ask me or something? You only pace like that when you got some shit on your mind.” Fu could see right through me so I could no longer hide it.

“Well, I didn’t do this to be nosey or anything, but I went through your phone,” I said quickly.

Fu shook his head and chuckled.

“And how did that go for you?”

“Well, I found some shit if that’s what you’re asking. Who is that 228 number that keeps calling and texting you? And don’t lie.”

“Fuck do I have to lie to you for? But when I tell you, you better be ready for this shit, and don’t blame me.”

I fell back on the bed bracing myself for whatever news he was about to deliver to me. I could only take so much but I hoped he didn’t have some chick knocked up or something when I was two months pregnant and he didn’t even know.

“Just tell me, Fu,” I said.

“Man, it’s your crazy ass sister. She’s been stalking me since Trey died.”

“What? Get the fuck out of here. Out of all the shit that you could say, you blame my sister?”

“Kay, it’s true. I ain’t never bite because I love you, but she been doing this shit for a minute now and I have proof.”

“So why are you just now telling me if it’s been happening?”

“To be honest bae, I thought that she would stop, and I didn’t want to have to put you in a position where you would have to choose between me and your sister.”

Without a second thought or another word, I got my ass up and flew to my car. I didn’t know where Fu thought I was going, but he couldn’t catch me fast enough because by the time he got outside, I was pulling off.

My mama’s house was twenty minutes away from my house, but I made it to her in ten. Today was Sunday dinner so I knew that Danni would be there. It had been a few weeks since Trey had killed himself, so a part of me didn’t want to approach her knowing that she was going through so much, but the other part of me that was racing up to my mother’s house told me to fuck her up. I entered the house and as usual, it was packed with family. I spotted her lil’ thick ass sitting in the kitchen with my mother and aunts, but I didn’t really give a fuck that I was about to blast her in front of my elders. She deserved it.

“You nasty bitch,” I stated, hot as hell, while everyone looked at me like I was losing my mind. “Don’t sit there and look stupid now. I know what the fuck you’ve been doing!”

My mom looked like she wanted to slap the shit out of me, but today wouldn’t be the right day to try me.

“Kayla, what is all this about? You stormed in here like somebody stole your man or something.”

Her choice of words. How ironic.

“Well, this raggedy bitch right here tried to. Why don’t you tell Mama what you been doing Danni. Tell her how you tried to fuck Fu even though you know we are together.”

My mom gasped, looking at Danni hoping it wasn’t true.

“Look Kay, I can explain. I was in a vulnerable place with what happened to Trey,” she said sadly.

“Girl, do I look like boo boo the fool to you? I know that you were trying to get with him when you weren’t paying no damn attention to your son when he was still here. Don’t try to gain the sympathy card here.” I busted her simple ass bubble.

“Girl, you’re coming in here confronting me when your man was in it too. He wanted me just as bad as I tried him and he never said no,” she lied.

“I knew you would try that shit, but I already saw the numerous times you called and he didn’t answer and all the unanswered texts you sent. Just be a woman about it and admit your shiesty ass ways hoe!” I guess she was tired of all the name calling and she jumped up in my face.

“Bitch, everyone knew I liked Fu first and you got with him anyway, so I’m not mad at shit I did.”

“Girl, who is everybody? You and Fu were friends while your ass was pregnant three times by two different men. No one is scared of you. You may be bigger than me, but size doesn’t matter when it comes to these hands.”

By now, everyone was trying to pile into the kitchen watching the shit that was about to go down.

“Y’all need to cut this mess out! Y’all are sisters and shouldn’t let anyone, let alone a man, come between y’all,” my mom tried intervening.

“Mom, this is beyond family. Your daughter here was fully prepared to sleep with my dude just to get back at me for something that I didn’t even know I did.”

I was so angry to the point that I felt the tears about to slip out.

“So now, we have to get a fair one in. I’m not doing any more talking,” I said, pulling my faux locs up into a bun.

“Girl, no one is about to fight your little ass for real. Go back to sucking Fu’s dick and we can act like this never happened.”

Danni was so loud running her dick suckers that I didn’t even know how quiet it had gotten. My family members were no longer cracking jokes and making bets about who would win. I turned around to see Game walking in and it was like everyone knew to straighten the fuck up.

“Fuck is going on in here?” he asked calmly. “I know y’all not in here disrespecting my mama’s house. Y’all must have lost y’all minds.”

You know I was pretty fed up with everyone looking past what the fuck Danni did. Here Game was mad over this bullshit when his drag ass sister was the cause of it.

“All y’all got me fucked up,” I said to no one in particular, but every damn body. Game grabbed my arm so hard that I thought that he would break it, and ushered my ass right outside.

“I’ma get you bitch,” I said to Danni before leaving. “Yo, get off me,” I said to Game when we were finally outside.

“Listen K, I’ma let you slide for now, but the slick shit ain’t gone fly for too much longer. Hell is up with you?”

I didn’t say anything.

“Speak nigga! It’s your time to talk now,” he said when I stood there saying nothing.

“Yo’ burnt out ass sister tried to sleep with Fu after all the shit I did for her and them damn kids.” I felt myself getting hot again.

“And that was enough for you to disrespect my mama’s crib like that?”

“So listen, right now I’m not trying to hear all of that. You’re clearly not getting where I’m coming from.”

“What? Are you slow or something? You do remember Jaylen slept with Bregan, the mother of my kids, and the love of my life. That shit ate me up inside, but I played that shit how it go and caught his ass slipping. And it damn sure wasn’t at my mama’s crib. So, you know I get your pain, but you got to think smarter and be respectful, or I will whip your ass.”

Damn, I wasn’t even thinking that Game had been through the same thing as me, but it was worse because he had two kids by the bitch. To this day, I couldn’t stand her, and she and Danni were best friends.

“I’m sorry bro. I’ma apologize to Mama and buy her a nice expensive bag,” I joked, kind of lightening the mood. Game laughed too and grabbed me for a hug.

“Don’t let that shit happen again, kid.”

Just as we finished up our conversation, I saw Fu speeding up like a bat out of hell. Too bad he missed all the action. I just got in the car with him, forgetting that I had driven my own car here and not even bothering to explain shit until we got home.