Side Chic 4 (Forever Ratchet) (19 page)

             
“Hey baby, I’m sorry to interrupt your date but I just saw something very disturbing at the corner store.”

             
“Huh?” I asked puzzled as I pushed the door to ladies room open and went inside. “Ma what are you talking about?”

             
“Did you know Parnell was out of jail?”

             
I laid my clutch on the counter and stood in front of the mirror. I checked my hair and noticed that a few strands of hair were out of place. “I saw something about it on Facebook a few days ago.” I told her wondering what Parnell being out of jail had to do with me. “Ma, I’m not trying to be rude but why are you calling me about Parnell. I am trying to enjoy myself not worry about who just came home from jail.” I fixed my hair with my fingers and then leaned against the wall.

             
“Kisha, I know goodness well if I done heard the things that he’s said about Tre, you have too. Does Tre know that he’s out or that he’s here in Boykins? If not he needs to know so that he can watch his back. People are crazy now a days and capable of anything.”

             
I rolled my eyes up in my head becoming agitated. All of this had absolutely nothing to do with me. “Ma, I have no idea what Tre knows. Honestly, I don’t care. Tre is a grown man he can take care of himself. Furthermore, I don’t believe that Parnell is going to do anything more than talk. Yeah, I’ve seen little stuff that he’s said on Facebook about when he comes home somebody is going to pay for what happened to his sister but I really don’t be paying that mess no mind. That’s what folks do on Facebook, they front and pop shit but then when you see them in person they are so quiet that you could hear a mouse piss on cotton.”

             
“How in the world did he have access to Facebook if he’s locked up?” She inquired acting as if I wasn’t on a date at all. “Lord knows I am confused child.”

             
“Ma a lot of inmates have cell phones. People sneak them in to them, sometimes even the CO’s.”

             
“Well lord, you sure done told me something. That is really something else, ain’t it?”

             
“Yeah ma, it is.” I sighed. “Listen I have to go. I will talk to you when I get home.”

             
“Hold on a second, I still haven’t told you what it was that didn’t set right with me when I saw that boy at the store.”

             
“Ma, what?” I snapped she was really starting to tap dance on my last nerve. My idea of a good time hadn’t included leaving my date at the table alone while I stood in the restroom on the phone gossiping about Parnell and Tre. “Hurry up and say whatever it is that you need to say so that I can go back out into the dining area with my date. That is if he hasn’t let me.”

             
“You’d better calm your nerves!” She checked me real quick. “And if he has left you, you do know your way back home don’t you?”

             
“Ma, I didn’t drive.” I reminded her.

             
“Girl, that man ain’t gone no damn where! Now shut up so that I can tell you what I have to tell you.” She snapped. “Parnell was at the store with Mina.”

             
That got my attention. Why in the hell would Mina be with Parnell? How did she know Parnell? Why would the two of them be together three weeks after Tre put her out and only a couple of days after Parnell got out of jail? My gut told me that her ass was up to no good.

             
“Hello?” Ma spoke into the phone. “Kisha are you still there?”

             
“Y-yes ma’am, I’m still here.” I replied realizing that I’d gotten super quiet.

             
“Kisha, I don’t trust that girl.”

             
“Me either ma.” I admitted. “But truthfully whatever they have going on isn’t any of my business. Tre might even already know about Mina and Parnell. Knowing her, she is only messing with him to get back at Tre. She probably just wants some attention with her ratchet ass.”

             
I heard her let out a sigh. “Yeah maybe you’re right. I sure hope so. I’m going to get off of this phone and let you get back to your date. I’m sorry for bothering you. It’s just that when I saw that mess I had to call somebody. You should’ve seen the guilty look that she had on her face when she saw me. She even looked a little uneasy.”

             
“I can imagine.” I told her. “Okay then, I will see you when I get home. We will talk more then.”

             
“Alright, try to enjoy the rest of your date. I love you.”

             
“I love you too.” I disconnected the call, washed my hands and exited the restroom.

When I reached the table a smile cover Lavar’s sexy full lips.
“Is everything alright, beautiful? I was starting to think that you’d snuck out the backdoor for a minute.”

“Nah…” I took my seat back next to him, picked up my fork and began picking at my now cold food. “Everything is fine. One of the boys isn’t feeling well.” I lied.

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” He looked concerned. “Do you want me to take you home? I don’t mind. I understand that your baby comes first.” He was such a gentleman.

“No it’
s okay, he just has a stomachache. He will be fine with my mama until I get home.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I’m sure.”

“Would you like to order something else because I know that is cold now?” He
offered pointing to my food.

“No, I’m fine. I don’t really have much of an appetite anymore.”
Truth was now I couldn’t stop thinking about Mina and Parnell. Maybe there wasn’t anything to their being together other than Mina trying to get back at Tre but when it came to Mina, you could never be too sure. Anyone who would shake and pinch innocent babies who couldn’t defend themselves was capable of anything if you asked me. I didn’t put nothing past that hoe!

“A penny for your thoughts.” Lavar said cutting into my thoughts.

“I’m sorry.” I apologized realizing that I was being rude but it wasn’t intentional. I kind of regretted answering my phone now because I didn’t need to be worried about Tre and his Mina and Parnell issues. Tre was my past, I was trying to work on my future, a future that didn’t include him and his drama. He was no longer my problem. Here I was supposed to be on a date getting to know someone new and all I could think about was some mess that didn’t have nothing to do with me.

             
“You don’t have to apologize. I understand how it is when something is wrong with one of your children.” He explained. “Listen, how about we call it a night and I take you home so that you can take care of little man. Then if he’s feeling better, you and I can go to the movies or something tomorrow.”

             
“I guess, I’m not much fun anymore sitting here with my mind somewhere else.” I forced a smile. “I apologize again.”

             
“No problem.” He waved the waitress over and asked for the check. After he paid, we left. When we reached my house he walked me to the door. “I had a great time with you tonight Kisha.”

             
“I had a great time with you as well. I’m sorry…” he placed his finger over my lips to silence me.

             
“Will you please quit apologizing? I am a very understanding man. I knew that you had kids from day one and I also realized that things like this would come up. I honestly would rather you be here with your sick baby than somewhere with me worried to death about him.” He leaned over and kissed me on my cheek. “Go on inside and take care of your baby. I will call you before I go to bed to check and see how he is doing. Also so that I can hear your voice before I go to sleep.”

             
“Okay.” I blushed and then used my key to let myself inside. Inside, I placed my keys on the coffee table. Ma had fallen asleep in the recliner and left the TV on. I walked over and turned off the TV and fixed the blanket that she had thrown over her legs. I went down the hall, on the way to my room I stopped by the boys room and peeked my head in. They were both fast asleep so I headed on down the hall to my bedroom. I flipped on the light switch, took my heels off at the door and then flopped down on the bed. I opened my clutch and took out my phone and went to my contacts. When I found the name that I was looking for, I pressed it on my touchscreen and waited for the call to connect.

The phone rang several times, I was about to hang up when he picked up. “Hello.” Tre’s deep voice came through the phone.

“Hey, I hope that I didn’t bother you.”

“Nah, you straight. I was just laying here watching TV. What’s up?”

“Ummm, I called because mama told me that she saw Parnell up at the store earlier. I wanted to know if you knew that he’s out or that he’s here in Boykins.”

Tre burst into laughter. “Kisha, why are you calling me like this nigga is the big bad wolf or something? Fuck him. If he wants to see me, I ain’t hard to find. It ain’t like I’m hiding or something.”

“Tre, I didn’t say that he’s the big bad wolf or that you are scared. I just want to make sure that you are aware.”

“Kisha are you alright?”

“What?”

“I’m just checking. You call me sounding like you are scared to death.”

“See? This is what I get for being concerned about your black ass!” I snapped becoming annoyed at how nonchalant he was acting after I’d ended my date early worrying about him.

“Calm down, I didn’t mean any harm.” He told me. “I appreciate you calling and being concerned but there’s no need to be. I ain’t thinking about that nigga, for real.”

“Okay…I also wanted to warn you that him and Mina were together when ma saw him at the store. I am only telling you this because I don’t trust that girl at all. It seems mighty funny that those two are together as soon as he comes home. That leads me to believe that she was dealing with him all along. I know that she knows about the beef between you two. So that tells me that he little ass is up to no good.”

Again Tre started laughing. “Damn you ove
r there sounding like a PI. I ain’t thinking about that hoe either. I just heard the other day something about her cousin Nelle had to whoop her ass for trying to fuck her husband. So her being with Parnell only means that she is easy and the hoe will fuck anything.” He said sounding unmoved by anything that I’d said. “She probably thinks that she is hurting me by fuckin’ with him but for real I could care less as long as she stays the fuck away from me, we are good because if she comes within five feet of me I am going to whoop her trifling ass again for what she did to my kids.”

“I feel you.” That was the only thing that I could think of to say. He’d pretty much expressed to me that he wasn’t stressing anything concerning Parnell or Mina. So there was nothing else left to say.

“Again I appreciate you calling me though.”

“No problem.”

“I heard that you got a new little boyfriend too.” He revealed catching me totally off-guard.

“Umm..well…no, I have a new little friend. So whoever you are getting your information from is wrong.” I let him know.

“Oh okay, well either way as long as he treats you right and you’re happy that’s all that matters.”

I was really shocked to hear him that. “Thank you, Tre.” I smiled.

“No problem. You deserve to be happy and at least this time it ain’t one of my boys.” He laughed.

I laughed too. “Oh I see you’ve got jokes tonight.”

“Just a few.” It felt good to laughed with him for a change because normally we were at each other’s throats.

“Well okay then, I am about to call it a night.”

“Okay. Don’t forget that the boys are getting off the bus here tomorrow.”

“Oh, I won’t.”

“Cool…good night.”

“Good night Tre.” I disconnected the call
feeling a lot better. I went in the bathroom and took a shower. When I was done I put on my night clothes, got in bed and then called Lavar.

Mina

I was in the middle of the bed on all fours with my ass tooted up in the air as Parnell thrust in and out of my ass like his life depended on it. Sweat dripped from him onto my back like raindrops as he grunted like an animal.

“Fuck this ass baby.” I told him as I pushed my ass back onto his dick. I hadn’t had anal sex since Mello and I were together because Tre wasn’t into it. I’d tried to get him to try it a few times but he always popped an attitude like I was asking him to do something that questioned his manhood. I loved anal sex so I felt like I was in heaven with each thrust. “Oooh…yes…just like that.” I moaned playing in my wet pussy. “You are going to make me cum daddy.” I looked back at him. He had his eyes squeezed tightly together biting down on his bottom lip. His chubby face jiggled each time that he plunged into me. “Fuck this ass harder baby.”