M onday morning came after a very long Sunday. I felt horrible about my mother-in-law’s death. Nova was really going through it and it didn’t help that I had been mistreating her.
All day Sunday, I spent time with her, helping her sort through her mother’s belongings. She and Skye had found her will and insurance policies. Antoinette didn’t have much but the house and one of her polices, which was worth $75,000. After the funeral, they wouldn’t leave much money left to split.
I think I might suggest to Nova that she give Skye all the money and we keep the house. Skye needs her tuition and Nova and I can rent the house out.
Speaking of Skye, her new nigga was a little suspect. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but I knew him from somewhere. I just couldn’t put my finger on it.
Even though I was supposed to go to the funeral home with Nova today, I had to go into the office to get a few hours of work done.
On my way there, I braced myself for what was coming. I knew that Kinasha was going to act a fool. She must’ve have been very fed up with me since she hadn’t returned any of my calls since Saturday night, when she told me she was going to tell HR.
But whatever, I can handle it.
When I stepped onto my company’s floor, the executive above me called me into his office.
“What’s going on?” I asked, even though I already knew what he was about to say.
“I’m so sorry to tell you this. Kinasha’s father called this morning and told us she died this weekend.”
“What?! What happened?” I began to perspire. I couldn’t believe what he was telling me.
“Yeah, carbon monoxide poisoning. She died in her sleep. Her father came over Sunday morning to take her to breakfast, but she wouldn’t answer even though he saw her car outside. He used his key and found her. ”
“Wow.” I shook my head in disbelief. Even though I didn’t want to sleep with her anymore, I still wanted her to live a very healthy and happy life. I felt horrible for her and her father, who I know loved her dearly.
She was a daddy’s girl, always talking about how much she cared about him. For him to have found her dead crushed me. I left my manager’s office, distraught. It was tough getting work done, but I some how managed to be productive before meeting up with my wife.
“Hey, do you have a second,” my manger asked when he knocked on my door. Concern riddled my face. What now?
“Sure,” I replied.
“I had to call a temp service to get us someone new at the front desk. She’ll be working here until we figure some things out. Come, Aoki,” my manager said, causing a lump to form in my throat.
That name was too distinctive for there to be more than one running around. And when she walked through the door, my fears were confirmed. It was the sexy ass Aoki that I went out with the other night.
“Aoki, this is Tyriq,” he introduced us. Our hands melted into one another as she stared me in my eyes seductively. I was dealing with too much outside of work to deal with this. And I knew that she wasn’t going to make it easier.