Thin Ice 5 - Checkmate (24 page)

“
Is your man pleasing your pussy gurl,” Shells asked nastily just as Tae came hard again. “Guess that be a yes,” he managed just as he too came hard, his finish flowing freely filling and overflowing as they began to kiss again, round two already begun.

*****

Kaitlyn checked on the girls when they arrived at the hotel. Miss Leatha told them she was taking them to her own room for a while so she and Tariq could rest. Kaitlyn thanked her and immediately headed to her own room to lie down. Her head was killing her. She thought back over the morning and her testimony. She was furious with Ray Lockhart and his tactics. Still she had to understand he was simply trying to win his case. She had no personal history with the man, so it was strictly business for him.

“
Not for Ice, bastard,” Kaitlyn spat angrily.

Pushing it out of her mind, she began thinking ahead. The proceedings would be wrapped up in the next day she was sure. Then everything was up to Judge Volena Baiswell.
Are you sure you wanna trust that shit,
her mind spoke up as Kaitlyn hissed slightly aloud. The judge seemed to know Ray Lockhart from day one when they walked inside.
What if it’s a set up and they already have her in their pocket,
her mind continued to badger. Kaitlyn wasn’t losing her daughter. There was no compromise on that at all. Her mind left the custody hearing for a moment, returning to the text message and the requested meeting.

What the hell could he possibly want,
she continued to brood, lying on the bed. The door opened quietly and she looked up seeing Tariq peeking inside.

“
I was just checking on you,” he told her amiably.

Kaitlyn smiled slightly telling him she was okay, just exhausted.

“
With a killer headache,” she added as Tariq told her he’d get her something.

Thanking him her mind continued to race after he left. There was too much going on right now to meet, so she’d texted him back asking for time. Thankfully, he’d graciously given her what she needed.
I’ve got to give this man his life back,
Kaitlyn thought concerning Tariq. She had put him through so much and he didn’t deserve any of it. She thought about their beginning and how she should have stuck to her guns and left him then.

“
No, you had to hang around and hurt the man even more,” she mumbled aloud as he opened the door once more, handing her the two tablets and a glass of water.

“
Aspirin,” Kaitlyn questioned as she swallowed.

“
Something like that,” Tariq answered vaguely.

Shrugging slightly, Kaitlyn lay back down, head still pounding and mind still spinning. She didn’t object when she felt Tariq moments later, lie down beside her and put his arm around her.
I can do this,
Kaitlyn thought as feelings of remorse and regret flooded her. She loved Tariq; that was never a question. Kaitlyn wasn’t happy about him being with another woman, but was glad he was able to reach out.
I don’t want Tariq to be hardened and bitter by this,
she thought as her heart immediately fired back that she shouldn’t leave him.

Kaitlyn sighed softly as Tariq pulled her closer, and the medication he’d given her began to work. Her body began to relax and she closed her eyes hoping to quickly drift off to sleep. The dream was almost instantaneous. She felt his lips kissing her neck gently, his hands sliding down her body caressing her breasts, playing with the nipple.

“
Mmm,” she moaned softly, completely turned on.

His lips connected with her flesh, setting her alight with passion when his tongue found her sex, licking sensuously.

“
Yes,” Kaitlyn breathed, the pleasure overtaking her.

He gently pulled the hood back and blew lightly on her exposed clit. She bit her lip, the guttural groan escaping her lips as the pleasure again encompassed her.

“
Yes, mmm, yes,” she continued to moan as his tongue again connected with her heat, fanning the flames even more.

He brought her to orgasm as she moaned loudly, arching her hips to meet his mouth and tongue. He continued to taste her as she came down slightly, purring softly now as he began kissing his way back to her lips. She felt the heat of his breath on her neck as his erection lay atop her once again hard clit.

“
Please,” she whimpered, wanting him inside her.

“
Please, now,” Kaitlyn moaned as he obliged, pushing his hard shaft inside her.

She came almost immediately, drenching him with her finish.

“
Right there,” she murmured as her hands slid down his body and gripped his perfect butt.

“
Oh my god,” she groaned as yet another orgasm ripped her body.

He thrust into her harder now, faster, deeper, as she felt his spasms and the scorching heat of his cum as it surged deep inside her. Breathing hard, Kaitlyn opened her eyes. Tariq was still inside her as he looked into her eyes.

“
I won’t let it die,” he said simply, kissing her deeply, as she allowed him to make love to her once again.

*****

Ryan was still brooding about his earlier expedition when Nikki called telling him she was free for the rest of the day. Pushing the thoughts away he told her was on his way to get her. He wanted to take her out to lunch, do some shopping, just spend quality time with her. He cared for the woman, finding himself growing closer every day. He still thought about Caramel and RJ on a daily basis. The guilt was eating him whole.
A simple phone call, a few words of encouragement and none of this shit would have happened,
his mind continued to condemn.
Instead you walked away, put your pride on your shoulder and said fuck it,
his mind raged.
Just like he did,
it said finally pissing Ryan off. “I’m nothing like that sonofabitch,” he growled angrily, gripping the wheel tightly as he drove. Ryan was angry that their father was disrupting their existence for no apparent reasoning other than to appease his own conscience. Seeing he was at the courthouse, Ryan pushing every other contemplation from his mind, except the sexy woman smiling as he got out and opened her door for her.

“
What you in the mood for today,” Ryan asked, after getting in and kissing her.

“
Mmm, how about wings,” Nikki asked.

Ryan chuckled telling her okay, knowing her love of chicken. They drove to her favorite spot and headed inside. Nikki excused herself to the ladies room, leaving her purse on the booth seat, and her phone on the table. Ryan picked up the phone, scrolling through the calls and seeing nothing alarming. He checked her text messages, finding one from Cameron telling her he hoped everything was all right. Ryan read the conversations, satisfied when he saw the final reply from Nikki that she was in a relationship and they were over. Putting the phone down, he reached under the table and grabbed her purse pulling it over to his side. Ryan was still cognizant of his surroundings, making sure Nikki didn’t walk up on him, he did a quick cursory ramble through her purse, frowning when he found the prescription she’d gotten from her doctor for birth control pills. He quickly refolded the paper and put it back in her purse, replacing it moments before she exited the ladies room and rejoined him.

They ordered and began talking while they waited for their orders.

“
How come you don’t have any kids,” Ryan fished.

Nikki sighed gently before answering. “My lifestyle just really doesn’t support children,” she told him carefully.

Truthfully she didn’t think she wanted kids. Nikki was pretty selfish most times, and kids seem to always take.

“
So if you got pregnant from me, you’d have my baby though, right,” Ryan asked, eyes boring into her own.

Nikki caught the tone, answering again as carefully as she could.

“
If we decided that was best, then yeah,” she replied as Ryan sat back and watched her wordlessly for a few moments more.

“
Nikki,” he said calmly, finally sitting up and leaning across the table. “If my seed implants in you, and you kill my baby, well, I can’t be responsible,” Ryan told her point blank.

Nikki’s heart began racing as she took a breath and tried to calm down.
Please don’t let me get pregnant before I can get on these pills,
she thought as she nodded slightly and told him okay. The matter settled Ryan ate heartily when the wings and fries arrived. Nikki, as much as she loved chicken, struggled with her meal the fear of what if, dancing in her mind’s eye.

*****

Tariq kissed her shoulder gently, before rising from the bed. He knew he should have felt bad, giving her the powerful sedatives and then taking advantage of her, but he loved her. Kaitlyn’s pushing him away was slowly killing him inside. He meant what he’d said though. He wasn’t giving her up without a fight, and letting it just die, was not a viable option in his mind. Walking into the sitting room of the suite, he picked up his cell dialing Mook’s number.

“
Wassup Top,” his friend greeted.

“
Hey Mook, everyone in place,” he asked.

Mook told him not yet, but he expected everyone to show up momentarily.

“
Gives me a chance to talk to you a minute,” Mook added as Tariq listened quietly.

“
About your offer,” Mook began. “I had to get my head right, but I’m definitely honored, and I’m definitely saying yes,” he told Tariq, who smiled brightly.

“
That’s excellent,” he replied, the excitement in his voice.

The two men talked briefly a little while longer about the partnership, before Tariq told him they would have an in-depth meeting when he returned.

“
How’s that going by the way,” Mook asked, concerning the case.

Tariq sighed lightly and replayed this morning for him.

“
That Lockhart is a low muthafucka,” Mook replied angrily.

Tariq completely agreed.

“
You and KiKi making any headway,” Mook again queried.

Tariq sighed lightly admitting what had transpired between them and how it happened.

“
She loves you Top, I know that,” Mook told him, also telling him desperate times called for desperate moves sometime.

“
I just hope she doesn’t wake up and kill me,” he joked.

Tariq knew Kaitlyn would more than likely be angry, but she wouldn’t harm him.

“
The crew just got here man,” Mook told him as Tariq heard several voices coming inside greeting each other and Mook.

“
Hey Top, how’s things going,” Shells greeted as Ramell and Jacoury each added a greeting.

Tariq gave them a quick update on the court case before moving on to their own business.

“
Before we start, something I want everyone to know,” Tariq told them as the men grew quiet and gave him their complete attention. “Mook’s position has changed,” Tariq began anew. “He’s now my Partner, so he has full authority to make moves, assignments, whatever,” he finished as the men congratulated Mook and told Tariq they understood.

“
So now, Shells, bring us up to speed,” Tariq once again spoke.

Shells told them about the documents he’d gotten from Nero’s safe before killing him.

“
We got enough on the Lockhart’s and Ice to put them away a long time,” he told them as Tariq agreed.

“
That’s straight, but we still hafta find out how deep Lockhart’s hands run into the DEA, FBI and shit,” he told them as they all spoke simultaneously.

“
Hell that evidence could disappear and we be up shits creek again with them fools,” Tariq told them as they again agreed.

“
Santana, he’s critical,” Shells told them, having arrived at the hospital after leaving the scene, waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

He’d discreetly hung around long enough to hear several reports on the man’s condition.

“
Hmph, no great concern there,” Mook replied coldly.

“
Now de kicker though,” Shells went on as he told them all about Jaron’s deception.

“
No fuckin’ way man, stop playin’,” Jacoury replied.

Shells told them the man had indeed switched sides and had been obviously snitching for a while.

“
No damned wonder Ice’s crew had the jump on us with so much bullshit,” Tariq replied heatedly.

“
Where is Gabrielle,” Mook asked of the woman.

Shells told him about her breakdown.

“
What you wanna do with her Top,” Mook asked.

“
Your call,” Tariq replied smoothly.

Mook thought about it for a few moments before speaking. “She’s poison to us now,” he said calmly. “We have no clue what Jaron did or didn’t tell her, with her state of mind, she could flip on us and then we’re right back at square one, another Jaron on our hands,” he added as everyone agreed. “Leave her where she is, cut her off,” he added of the financial support they always provided to the women of their crew if the man wasn’t able.

“
I agree,” Tariq replied. “The case should be over in the next couple of days and I’ll be back home,” he told them. “We’ll meet again and decide how we’re going to rid ourselves of Ice and Ray Lockhart once and for damned all,” he finished irritably as the men once again agreed with is sentiment.