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Just like we had to put the body in the Dumpster, burn our clothes, and toss the gun in the river.

It’s funny, after all the shooting I did at the range, I still won’t ever be ready for blowing a motherfucker’s head off. It’s been three months and I still have nightmares about it, waking up shaking and shit and thinking I’m covered in his blood.

That thing I had to swallow the most was just how right Michel had been. I never saw my enemy coming because my attention was locked on my own revenge. I was so ashamed that even in the face of danger I was ready to hand Goldie over to the bastard who tormented me. Even after knowing she saved my ass from those drug charges. Damn near got both of us killed. Revenge didn’t get me anywhere but damn near in my grave.

I was young and still learning, but I would never forget the lesson of forgiveness.

Me and Goldie, we ain’t friends. Too much shit done went down between us. It was fucked up what she did with Make$ but twice she had the chance to completely destroy me and she didn’t do it. Not with my arrest for drug charges and not with the murder of that cop. Both times she saved me from jail. How the fuck could I hate her after that? I’d have to be psycho to still hold a grudge. And now I realize I wasn’t doing a damn thing but hurting myself. So I gave her the BlackBerry back.

Michel and Eve forgave me for kicking they crazy asses to the curb while I was on Mission: Destroy Goldie. Yummy Entertainment was back as strong as ever, just like our friendship. The Three Musketeers. Fuck with us.

I was working on my issues with my parents, especially my father, but I loved them and I would never turn my back on them completely. I just went back to the way things were. See you when I see you!

I wasn’t ready to forgive Mr. Alvarez, but I think anyone could understand
that.

I didn’t work for Goldie anymore on the booking agency side. Didn’t have a clue if she was still a madam, but I wouldn’t doubt it considering not a damn thing changed about her and Has’s lifestyle.

Yep, Goldie and Has was still going strong. I heard they did get married in the Bahamas, with their best friends at they side. I couldn’t do shit but wish them the best and leave them to their lives.

Besides, I had my own to live and I felt like I was
finally
ready to stop doing it alone. I was ready to finally try something different.

“Baby, you ready?”

I turned on the balcony of our suite in the Bahamas, knowing I looked good in my bikini, as I looked at Jamal, Mr. Grown and Sexy, standing there in his swim trunks, holding out his hand to me. I smiled as I took it and let him lead me out the suite to finish our weeklong vacation.

I have dreamed of being an author since I was a little girl, and to see that dream accomplished took the support, respect, and guidance of many special people in my life. Every day and with every book, I grow as a writer, and I will continue to grow and improve until I type “The End” on my very last book.

To my editor, Allegra Ben-Amotz: Words cannot express how thankful and impressed I am at your hard work, insight, and speed on this project. Thank you times a million to you and the entire Touchstone team.

To my agent, Claudia Menza: Thanks for helping me keep every layer of my hectic writing career in order, and thank you for taking time to answer all of my questions about the business. I adore you.

To my family, friends, associates (and even my enemies)—thank you. I see every experience in life as a learning lesson and you all have taught me something. Ha!

Of course huge thanks to the readers, book clubs, bookstores/vendors, bloggers, and reviewers that support
all
works of fiction.

Lastly, here’s to those before me who had dreams that they worked hard to make a reality and inspired me to do the same.

MM.

MM

Meesha Mink is the coauthor of the popular and bestselling Hoodwives series (
Desperate Hoodwives
,
Shameless Hoodwives
, and
The Hood Life
).
Real Wifeys: Get Money
is the second book in her solo Real Wifeys trilogy, preceded by
Real Wifeys: On the Grind
. Mink also is the acclaimed and bestselling author of both Romance fiction and commercial mainstream fiction as Niobia Bryant. The Newark, New Jersey, native currently lives in South Carolina, where she writes fulltime and is busy at work on the final book in the Real Wifeys trilogy.

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