When she emerged from the restroom, she wiped the saline taste from her mouth and went to get her jacket. She headed for a bench that was on the outside of the main chapel and moments later, the Moors had ended their service.
They mauled out and then Atwater emerged, trailed by other Moors. When he looked over and saw Butterfly, they locked eyes. He couldn't hide the hunger rising in his throat, and he felt the urge so strong that his heart pounded violently in his chest. Atwater felt uncomfortable with the feeling.
Black came out seconds later and took the empty seat on the bench where she sat.
“What up, home girl? How are you doing?”
“I'm fine,” Butterfly said truthfully. It would have been a lie if she hadn't encountered Lazy Eyes and Atwater before he arrived.
“I told Fraze to tell you to meet me because I heard about what you did in 4B.”
Butterfly didn't know where this would lead, and she looked off to the side where she saw Lazy Eyes making pleading fuck-faces at her. She had to swallow a welcoming smile and keep her eyes on Black so that she wouldn't give him away.
“You trying to play me, muthafucka?” The easy going Black had melted under a disguising mask of an easily-triggered temper.
Butterfly was reeling from the fact that Black had seen what had happened in the bathroom. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You know what the fuck I’m talking about!” Black’s whisper could as well have been a scream, because it was just as hauntingly threatening.
Butterfly held her hands in submission, expecting a blow. “What did I do wrong?” She saw E and Berry standing nearby, and this all seemed like what she feared most about jail: being killed.
“You know you my bitch, right?”
“W-w-what?”
Black looked around to make sure nobody in the vicinity was looking. Then he grabbed Butterfly by her scruffy afro-tail. Tears welled in Butterfly’s eyes from the searing pain.
“Yes, Black!” It felt like her hair was being ripped from its roots, and she felt his other hand wrapped tightly around her throat.
“This my ass-pussy, right! We ‘bout to find out. You gonna give me some of that ass-pussy tonight! Bitch, I got all this time and you giving my ass-pussy away in your unit and 4B. I’ll fuck around and kill all those niggas. I’m taking care of that right now as we speak. Now get your ass in the bathroom!”