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Essence
When Jaquon called and asked if he could come over, I was more than happy to say yes. A few hours later he was walking through my door. I wanted to pull him straight to my bedroom and ride him to bliss all night long.
“It's good to see you looking fine as ever,” he said, putting his feet up on my coffee table.
“Do you have any home training?” I asked.
“Oh, my bad. I was trying to get comfortable,” he said.
“You mean you came over for some action?”
“That too, but I'm trying to be a decent enough brother to see how you're doing first before I go diving headfirst in them panties.”
“How considerate of you, Jaquon. I guess I'm supposed to fall into your arms right now since we got the small talk out of the way.”
“We can skip the logistics and get down to sex now,” he agreed, reaching for my hand. “Now come over here and give me some loving.”
I went to him, mesmerized by his come-hither eyes and climbed on top of him. Facing him, I gripped his face and said, “Thanks for checking up on me.”
“Anytime,” he responded, leaning in kissing me feverishly.
I thought I heard my door open but figured it was my imagination until I saw Zacariah walking in, and she was in one of her moods.
“Essence, I need to talk to you. Guess what happened to me—” She stopped in her tracks when she saw Jaquon and I meshed together. She crossed her arms smiling smugly.
“What do we have here?” she asked.
“Zacariah. What are you doing here?” Jaquon asked curiously.
“You didn't tell him, Essence?” she asked looking at the two of us.
“You know her?” Jaquon asked, pushing me off of him.
“Jaquon, Zacariah is my best friend.”
“Get the hell out of here.”
“You can go there,” Zacariah interjected.
“Of all the women I had to get myself involved with, you had to be friends with that one over there,” he said pointing at Zacariah.
“You
don't
want to go there, Jaquon, because this is a clash you will lose.”
“Trick, I will go and do whatever I feel like doing.”
“Essence, you better get your hound dog. I don't want to have him spayed and neutered.”
“You didn't mind my reproductive organs when you had my balls in your mouth.”
“Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold up,” I said holding my hands in the air like someone had a gun pointed at me saying, “Freeze.”
“What did you just say?” I asked flabbergasted.
Zacariah turned like she was looking at a sculpture on my wall when nothing of interest was there.
“When did Zacariah have your balls in her mouth?”
“Girl, don't pay any attention to Jaquon. He's nothing but trouble.”
“You knew I was seeing him. Why didn't you tell me the two of you had something going on?”
“We don't have anything going.”
“But it looks like you did.”
“I didn't think it was important,” Zacariah said.
“You thought I would enjoy scrounging over your leftovers?” I asked angrily.
“By the time we got a chance to talk, the two of you had already done your thing. So, I figured, why say anything. I didn't want to bust up your groove. You thoroughly enjoyed him by the way you were walking around here like he could screw no wrong. Anyway, Jaquon and I don't get down like that anymore.”
“Damn right we don't,” Jaquon agreed. “Trick wasn't good anyway. Your girl did me better,” he said to Zacariah.
“Jaquon, I'm not going to have you disrespect me like this. Don't be sitting here comparing me and Zacariah because I don't want to hear it.”
“Essence, baby, come on. You know you are who I'm feeling.”
“What about your girl?” I asked.
“Yeah, what about Kea?” Zacariah said making sure we both heard his girl's name. Jaquon seemed to be stunned by this and said nothing.
“You know what? The two of you got to step,” I said wanting to be alone.
“But I live here,” Zacariah said.
“You live here?” he asked. “So my boy Derrick finally got smart and kicked your ass to the curb.”
“You don't want to go there, Jaquon,” Zacariah said. “Anyway, Essence, I really need to talk to you. It's important,” she said, whining like a child.
“We can talk in the morning.”
“And I came over to spend some time with Essence,” Jaquon said probably still aroused from me straddling him.
“She doesn't want you anymore. Get your trifling ass out of here before you get cut.”
“Zacariah, shut up before I bash your face in,” Jaquon threatened.
“Both of you shut up! You two are making my head hurt with this bickering back and forth!”
“Girl, I got some Motrin in my purse.” She reached in searching for the pills to relieve my tension.
“Don't you mean crazy pills? We both know you don't have it all upstairs,” Jaquon threw out.
“Look, I got my own pills. I want the two of you to leave please,” I said rubbing my temples vigorously.
“You always know how to bust up somebody's groove,” Jaquon said, pulling his buzzing cell phone out of his pocket.
“Is that Kea calling you to come home?”
“No, it's your mother begging for a shot at me too. Wait a minute. You don't know who your mother is since she chose a bottle of liquor over you.”
Zacariah was on Jaquon with fist, teeth, knees, and fingernails. Any way she could get to him, she did, leaving her marks for sure. I tried to pull her off, but it was to no avail. I could tell Jaquon didn't want to hit her, but after a few seconds too long of him tolerating her abuse, he pushed her, causing me to fall to the floor. Zacariah, on the other hand, fell unto the couch.
“How dare you talk about my mother like that!” Zacariah screamed.
“Truth hurts, huh? Why don't you search the alleys to see if she's residing in some Dumpster?” Jaquon said crudely.
Zacariah tried to jump back on him, but Jaquon kept pushing her back down on the couch until she finally decided to give up. Then he reached down, offering me a hand off the floor.
“Essence, I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to get caught up in all this. If I would've known she-wolf was your friend, I would have told you. I know you haven't known me long, but one thing you do know is I haven't lied to you, unlike your friend here.” He pointed at a now-weeping Zacariah.
“You know about my girl so that wasn't a big revelation tonight. I enjoy your company and hope we can get together again.”
“Jaquon, I need some time to evaluate this, okay?” I said, still turned on by this man.
“What is there to evaluate?” Zacariah yelled. “He's a cheat with a girl already. Dump him and find another man who can give it to you like you want.”
“Trick, please,” he said to her. “If time is what you want, Essence, then time is what I'll give you. But don't wait too long, okay, because I'm going to be knocking at your door.”
“That smile isn't going to be on your face for long, Jaquon. You like calling me a trick; you better check your girl,” Zacariah said spitefully.
Jaquon looked at Zacariah curiously. “Kea is a good girl, unlike yourself.”
“Good girl?”
“Zacariah, let it go,” I warned.
“Maybe you need to check in at home once in a while because you might not find her there.”
“Zacariah, don't do this,” I warned again.
When the words rolled out of her mouth, I knew this situation had just got worse.
Zacariah
It felt so good when Derrick's name rolled off my tongue, causing Jaquon's face to crash like his heart did. I almost saw a tear try to work its way out of the corner of his eye.
“The last time I saw your girl, she was riding my man's dick.”
“What!” Jaquon yelled.
“That's right, Kea and Derrick are sleeping together.”
Jaquon snatched me up off the sofa by my shirt. The material never ripped as he pulled me close enough to his face so that I could feel his warm breath.
“Kea would never cheat on me.”
“And I'm telling you she did. I saw it with my own eyes.”
“Let her go,” Essence told Jaquon.
He let me go not having the energy to hold me anymore because all the strength he had just flew out the window at hearing his girl was sleeping with his best friend.
“You're lying,” he screamed, causing Essence and I to jump.
“Why would I lie?”
“Because you don't like me or Kea. You would do anything to ruin our relationship since you and Derrick's no longer exists.”
“Everything you said is true,” I said nonchalantly, “but think about it, Jaquon. Why would I choose my man to have your girl to sleep with? I mean, come on. There's too many men out here for me to choose. Why would I choose Derrick?”
“You're jealous of us,” he said unconvincingly.
“Please, be jealous of you who cheats all the time? I don't have to ruin y'alls relationship because you're doing a fine job of that yourself. And even if I wanted to, don't you think I could have ruined y'alls relationship a long time ago? All those nights you stayed with Derrick while you lied to Kea, I could have blown your spot months ago. Now don't get me wrong, I do enjoy seeing the pain in your face by this revelation. Look at you, looking like a sick puppy,” I said smiling triumphantly.
“You have to be lying,” he said pacing.
“Think about it, Jaquon. Kea has called our house asking about your whereabouts several times, and I never once told her what you were doing.”
“That's because you would be implicating yourself since you slept with me too,” he said.
“You think I would admit to that? Sleeping with you is nothing to brag about.”
“Like I'm ready to stand on a mountaintop and shout I've been with a whore.”
“You've been with many whores so why you perpetrating? You standing here thinking you had it all going on, smiling in your boy's face knowing good and damn well you had slept with me. What type of best friend are you?”
“And what type of woman are you? That's why he kicked you out.”
“Is that all you can come with? You have been hiding behind lie after lie using your boy to do your dirt. As mad as you getting right now, you can't even confront him because you are guiltier than he is because you did it to him first, and Derrick still doesn't have a clue.”
“This is all some sick, twisted lie you've come up with to get things started.”
“You don't have to believe me. The proof is in Kea not caring what you doing right now because she's doing Derrick.”
“I don't believe you.”
“I'm pretty sure if you asked little Ms. Innocent Kea about her and Derrick, she's going to deny it. Then again, she may admit to it just to hurt you like you hurt her. I mean, she does have every right to since you've been cheating on her the duration of your relationship. Talk about things coming full circle.”
Jaquon just paced, not knowing what to say, and I loved the destruction of his confidence. He was an arrogant bastard and deserved everything I was giving to him. The more he got upset, the more I got energized.
“You mean to tell me you haven't noticed a difference in Kea lately?” I asked.
Jaquon stood thinking for a minute while looking around the room. I guess he thought the answers were going to pop out somewhere.
“I bet she's happier. I bet you she acts like she doesn't care. Before, she was crying when you didn't come home. Now she's probably wishing you would leave so she could be with him.”
Jaquon thought and I could tell he did realize Kea's mood had changed. She was basically brushing him off, but he was too busy to notice, just happy that she wasn't riding his back. But that was because she had an ace in her pocket too: Derrick.
Jaquon grinded his balled right fist into the palm of his left hand. He paced like a madman while Essence and I sat back watching. With each step taken, the carpet beneath his feet screamed in agony. Next thing we know, Jaquon bolted for the door running out like a madman. Essence went to the door calling out to him, but her cries went unanswered.
“That was foul, Zacariah,” Essence said closing the door.
“He got what was coming to him.”
“But ratting out his girl and best friend?”
“No one makes a fool of me and gets away with it.”
“You do a good enough job looking like a fool by your damn self,” Essence said.
Her words hurt.
“I caught Kea riding Derrick like a jockey on a racehorse. You think I'm just going to let that go? She's going to get hers, and if using Jaquon is what it took for her to possibly get her face bashed in, then so be it.”
Essence shook her head. “You had a good man who mentally, physically, and financially took care of you, but you didn't want him because you were too busy sleeping with random men for money.” She frowned.
I couldn't say anything because she was right. I messed up.
“Now, you're mad because he got with someone else, thinking he would never betray you when it was you who came home with your coochie filled with another man;s fluid.”
“You make it sound so immoral.”
“That's because it is,” Essence said.
“I didn't want to see Derrick with anybody else. Especially Kea. I love him,” I said angry at myself for wanting to cry.
“You had a funny way of showing him. And you know I know more about your little escapades than he does. Zacariah, come on. You cheated on him constantly. How is that love?”
“He was supposed to beg me to come back,” I said forcefully.
“You can't expect that man to live the rest of his life being stupid in keeping you. You took him for granted when you had him. Don't be mad because he's moved on.”
“I'm not letting him go that easily, Essence.”
“Reach into the realm of your mind and find some common sense, please. You know good and damn well Derrick is never going to take you back after what you did. This game of revenge you are playing is going to catch up to you. Let it go and move on with your life. Remember, karma always comes back around.”
“Then I'll deal with it if it comes, but for now, I'm going to get my revenge.”
“I feel so sorry for you,” Essence said shaking her head. “I'm trying to tell you some good stuff, and you too stubborn to listen. I'm the only friend you have, yet you even betrayed me.”
“How?” I said as she raised her hand to shut me up.
“You were supposed to tell me about you and Jaquon no matter if I had been with him. What is it with you hurting the people closest to you? One day you are going to end up completely alone and my words will remind you that you could have stopped all of this before it blows up in your face. But again, I know I'm talking to a brick wall. Do what you think you need to do to feel better, but don't always expect me to be here to help you pick up your pieces.”
And with that said, Essence went to her bedroom.

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