Thicker Than Water (14 page)

“Tay, they all work for him! Even Chris!”

Tatum felt a little dizzy. She didn’t know what to think. It’s not like she didn’t know, but for her not knowing these details made her feel a little better about being with him. And her brother, that was just the icing on the cake that made her feel even crazier.

Tatum continued the conversation with Sash, as if what she had been told didn’t really blow her mind. Then she told Sash that they were heading to a Spanish food spot on Mt. Prospect, and Sasha said she was on her way. After they hung up Tatum told Kim to drive.

The girls sat around the table at the restaurant, picking at their rice, beans, and platanos, listening to Tatum talk about Ree.

“I don’t know what the hell I’m gonna do yall. I’m not even gonna lie, I really like dude but this whole, ‘A Hustler’s Wife, True to the Game’ mess is not for me. I am not trying to end up shot up or visiting my man in some penitentiary. That is
not
my story.” 

Everyone nodded and agreed, all except Sasha. Everyone understood exactly why too, that
was
Sasha’s story. She began nervously pushing the food around on her plate. As Sasha zoned out for a minute thinking of how her life was now and the direction it was going before she met Chauncey, she couldn’t help but wishing a part of her didn’t love him so much. Her father only wished the best for her, and he tried to give her everything she desired to prevent Sasha from looking for it from some man. But that didn’t matter, the allure of a life that she didn’t know, the allure of a man that was powerful and dangerous drew her into something that was no storybook. She couldn’t close it when all of the excitement was over and not deal with the drama, or the pain, or the worry of dealing with these types of men; this was her life. She felt stuck.
How can I go on to become a successful doctor when I have a man that runs a drug empire, destroying families and communities, while I am trying to help them?

She shook her head and tried to not give thought to it, Sasha figured if she ignored the reality of situations, then it would go away.  She tuned Tatum back in.

“I just can’t believe the way he just jumped on Ty like that. I mean seeing him get that angry really just showed me a whole other side to this nigga. What if he ever went crazy on me like that?”

Everyone shook their heads as if to say
‘I don’t know girl’
.  Neli looked at Tatum as she continued. However she wasn’t listening to a word that she said. She was too busy thinking of Chauncey and Sasha and this whole mess she had gotten herself into. God she really loved Chauncey. She felt like every other girl that falls in love with a man who doesn’t want to be in love with her. She felt used, she felt low, and she felt inadequate. She was just so sure that he would love her and that they could be together, she didn’t understand what she didn’t have.

On top of everything to see him back with Sasha was like a slap in the face. She had seen him first that day at Tatum’s house. She had wanted him, she was the one mesmerized by him, and she had made that clear to him. Sasha didn’t even like him at first, she just liked the attention! She didn’t understand how Sasha could eventually fall in love with a man that she had loved since day one.  She was the one that had been betrayed! She was the victim! She tried to not let her emotions show as she tuned Tatum back in.

“And then the gift is so beautiful. I mean, he even remembered that I don’t like diamonds. And the note, everything was just so sweet. I don’t even know if I should call to thank him.”

“I don’t know, you gotta do what feels right,” Kim answered, but really had her mind elsewhere. This thing with Blair was bugging her, but bigger than that, she was really starting to peep Neli. That was her homegirl, she had a lot of love for her, but something was off as hell with her. And for some reason she had been throwing a lot of shade to Sasha lately. Plus Kim saw the way Chauncey looked at Neli when she said she was pregnant at the barbecue.  Kim was praying that her thoughts were wrong, but what her brother had told her really had her thinking now. Kim decided she would do her own little investigation.

She snapped out of her thoughts just in time to hear Tatum ask, “So what do yall think?”  Everybody had blank looks on their faces as if they didn’t really know what to say.

“Hello! Should I go to the party or not?”

They all perked up trying to hide the fact that they weren’t listening.

“Oh, hell yeah girl!  We in there like swimwear. The best way to make a nigga feel bad about what he did is to show up somewhere where he’s gonna be dressed to mothafuckin kill!” Kim exclaimed.

Kim shut up, ya ass just wanna go to the party,” Sasha teased, laughing and reaching for a napkin. 

She accidentally bumped her water and it spilled across the table onto Neli’s lap. Sasha gasped mouth open and before she could apologize, Neli went crazy.

“What the fuck is your problem Sasha? You did that shit on purpose!”

The whole table looked at her as if she had lost her mind. Sasha glared at her.

“I don’t know what your problem is lately but you better fix it for real. You been acting real stank lately Neli and I know you always been a little jealous, but you need to watch ya mouth!” Neli stood up and leaned over the table in Sasha’s face.

“Fuck you Sasha! You aint nothing but a dumb ass country bumpkin that thinks the fucking world revolves around you, AND you stupid as hell for thinking that Chauncey aint gonna leave ya dumb ass again, he played the shit outta you and you still went back to his ass, dumb bitch!”

Sasha sat with tears in her eyes, she was pissed off, but more than that she was hurt. Hurt because Neli was supposed to be her girl, and hurt because what she said was true.  Before Sasha could respond, Tatum stood up, slowly and calmly.

“Listen Neli, you need to calm down. It was just some fucking water and you are crazy as hell if you think I am going to sit here and let you talk to her like that.  Not for nothing, you have been tripping lately, I don’t know what’s wrong with you, but it aint my problem, and it damn sure aint Sasha’s. Take that shit down for real.”

Neli stood mouth open not even expecting Tatum to take Sasha’s side like that. She looked at all three of them and grabbed her purse.

“I’m out.” And with that she walked off.

They all watched her leave but didn’t say anything. Tatum and Sasha just looked at each other thinking Neli had taken her jealousy to a whole other level. But Kim suspected other wise.

Chapter 10 - Revenge

When Kim got home that night she walked into her bathroom and began running a hot shower. She took her long blond weave out of a ponytail holder and started to scratch at her scalp. 
Damn this feels good
. She took off her clothes until she was only in her bra and panties and lit a candle in her bedroom. Just as she was walking back into the bathroom her cell phone rang “Feenin” by Jodeci. She knew exactly who that was.

“Took you long enough to call me,” she sang sexily into the phone. There was a pause before he spoke.

“Listen to me, if you ever, ever call my house again Kim, I will fucking kill you, you understand me,” Blair whispered in a calm but firm and threatening tone. Kim couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

“What? I can’t believe this shit! You aint ever had a problem with me calling before!”

Blair took a deep breath before talking again.

“That’s because you never cursed my wife out before, and told her all that bullshit about me fucking you. Are you crazy or something?”

Kim chuckled before answering.

“No Blair, I’m not crazy, I’m not crazy at all. I’m horny and guess what, I want to get fucked. Oh, and guess what else? I am going to get fucked. Aha, but it won’t be by you!”

And Kim hung up the phone in his ear. When he called back again, she put him to voicemail, as much as she hated it. She was going to cut up tonight. She hopped in the shower and began soaping up her perfect body, careful to run her hands over her large breasts and ass as she cleansed herself.  She was feeling extra sexy tonight.  She could hear her cell phone ringing for a third time, knowing that Blair was going crazy. Kim knew how to keep ‘em on a leash.

She rinsed her body and wrapped herself in a fluffy towel as she made her way to her bedroom. 
It’s a Thursday night, what can I get into?
She knew Sasha was probably not in the mood to go out and she knew Tatum was probably not going out until Ree’s party on Saturday, if she went at all.  Neli was the only person she could think of that would probably be down. 
I really wasn’t feeling the way she did Sasha tonight at the restaurant. But hell, I don’t gotta talk to her, I just need a body to accompany me out. Once I meet a dude, Neli can go about her business.
She dialed Neli as she studied her overcrowded closet trying to pick out something.

Neli answered the phone obviously with a slight attitude, probably thinking Kim was going to talk about what happened, but she was shocked when she found out Kim just wanted to go out. Neli was down.  She told Kim about an album release party for an upcoming Jersey rapper that had just signed with one of the major labels.  D. Gunna was fresh, fly, and flashy.  He was also bangin’ and signed a $1,000,000 contract.  And that was a lot for a new artist. Kim was definitely in. She knew that was who she needed to get with tonight. She didn’t care if she would get his money or not, she wanted to go to a nice room, sip on some bubbly, maybe order some room service, and get fucked. 

She picked out a killer outfit, a black leather mini tube dress and black and diamond crystal encrusted 6 inch stilettos.  She put on every piece of diamond jewelry she owned, for she wanted to let D. Gunna know she had her own money.  She curled her blond weave into big loose curls and applied her black eyeliner and pink lip gloss perfectly. By the time she was done she looked like she had just stepped off of the cover of a men’s magazine like King or some shit.

Kim took the keys to her mom’s baby Lexus without her sleeping mother’s knowledge, and picked up Neli, who was dressed average, in jeans and some sparkly shirt.

They headed to the album release party and parked the car, only to discover the line was crazy long.  As they were walking toward the line, Kim noticed a small side door where the VIPs’ were entering.  She grabbed Neli’s hand and pulled her over there.

“Girl what are you doing, we are not even V.I.P!” Neli screamed.
“Bitch just blend in, look at us, well look at me. We gettin’ in here.”

Neli ignored Kim’s obvious insult and continued to be apprehensive.

“Look, there goes the president of the label, and that new singer chick, unh-unh aint no way we going through here,” Neli insisted.

“Well that’s all the same to me,” an unfamiliar voice spoke. Kim turned around to see who it was and found it to be none other than D.Gunna himself. She smiled seductively.

“At least it’s one smart man up in here,” Kim replied.  He looked at Kim thoroughly and licked his lips.  He definitely recognized a thoroughbred when he saw one, he had just come off of tour and had seen nothing but ass, but Kim definitely could get it.  Her body was sick.

“Yo, she’s with me,” he said to the bouncer but not taking his eyes off of her. The bouncer moved his arm to let Kim and D. Gunna into the club along with his entourage.  He pushed against Neli as if she wasn’t with them.

“Wait! Kim what about me?”

Kim just turned around and gave her a look like
‘Girl let me live’
and kept walking.

“But I came in your car!”

But it was too late, Kim was inside and Neli wasn’t.  She couldn’t believe it.
Her cell phone!

Neli remembered that Kim had her cell phone and she sent her a text
‘Kim how am I supposed to get home?’

 Kim wrote Neli back almost instantly.
‘Wait in the line and by the time you get in, it should be letting out.’

Neli sucked her teeth, she couldn’t believe this bitch. Then she got another text from Kim. She was sure she was going to say she was just joking, but then she read it.

‘
Why don’t you ask Sasha to come get you?...lol…

Neli slammed her phone shut and proceeded to the parking lot, pissed the hell off!
I got something for her ass!

Once they got inside of the club, D.Gunna couldn’t keep his hands off of Kim. He kept rubbing her ass as she sipped champagne and licking in her ear and on her neck. 

Kim just let him, she was feeling good. Every chick in there wanted to know who was that chick D.Gunna came up in there with and why wasn’t he paying anybody else attention. Kim lived for the attention.

“Wait ‘til I get you up outta here,” he said in her ear, slurring his words and breathing heavy on her ear and neck.  It felt kinda good.

“You do E?” He asked, as if he was asking her did she want another drink.

“Yea,” she responded sexily, as he placed a small pill on her tongue and the tongue kissed her taking it out of her mouth and then putting in back in. He was sexier in person than on TV. He wore a black tee with at least five pounds worth jewelry.  His arms were completely sleeved with tattoos; he resembled Allen Iverson so much, down to the cornrows.

After she swallowed down some more champagne, she handed him the empty bottle and gave him a look. He told somebody in his entourage to get him two more bottles. The dude just looked at him, and then looked at Kim, wishing he could pull something like Kim for tonight.
This bitch wouldn’t even look twice at him if he wasn’t rich.
Kim looked back at the dude as if reading his mind.
Ya damn right,
she thought.