Chapter 15

MiMi helped herself to the Whip Cream Vodka in Nic’s pantry. Nicki sat on her sofa smiling at her phone. MiMi walked into the living room side eyeing Nicki.

“Fuck you smiling about?”

“Nas.”

“Nas, bitch?”

“What?”

“You know I’m not here for you right now.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t play like you don’t know what I’m talking about!”

“Not this shit again.”

“Yess. You better get right with that man and I’m not talking about Nasirrrr.”

“For what? He don’t want me! If he did we’d be together now.”

“And he’d leave that bitch Karen. I can’t stand an irrelevant ho!”

“She isn’t too irrelevant since he’s still with her.”

MiMi rolled her eyes and gave Nic a cup of orange juice. They sat back and watched TV, joked and gossiped until Nas walked through the door with a big pink basket.

“OMG, it’s so cute!”

“I knew you’d like it.”

“I love it!”

MiMi rolled her eyes and glared at Nas. He quickly looked away and kept his eyes on Nic as she tore open the plastic around the basket.

———

Tia separated the papers on Safaree’s desk as he rambled through his paper work in the office. Karen had filed for divorce two days ago and she wanted half of everything because he had cheated twice.

“Mr. Samuels, I found something you might want to see.”

“What?”

“Pictures that just came on the fax machine.”

Safaree rushed over see what Tia was talking about. He looked confused then angry at who he saw on them. He then began to laugh too hard and pulled Tia out the office and to LJ’s room.

“LJ, let’s go.”

“Are we going home? I miss my mommy & sister!”

“Sister?”

“Yes, mommy’s having a girl.”

“She’s pregnant?”

“Yes, I know.”

“She doesn’t look it.”

“Well she is.”

“Whatever….”

“Tia don’t start! Let’s go.”

They all loaded Tia BMW and went to Safaree’s lawyers office. Tia handed him the envelope as they walked in. He slammed the envelope down in front of him and paced the floor.

“WOAH, this is your wife?”

“Yes! I can’t believe the nasty bitch had the nerve to file with shit like this floating around.”

“We show her these and see if she’ll go with the original pre up. If not she gets nothing, but what she brought in.”

“Alright, so what about my cheating?”

“She cheated also as we see here.”

“I’m ready to go home!!”

LJ screamed snatching away from Tia and running out of the building. Safaree apologized and ran after LJ. He stood against the car pouting and kicking at the ground.

“Stop before you mess up your shoes boy! We going home now, okay?”

“Okay.”

———

Nicki sat on Nas’ lap playing his Wii in her living room. MiMi had left after they started becoming too affectioned for her. Nas pulled the controller back helping Nic swing at the ball. She smiled at him teaching her to play when in fact she already knew.
She kissed his lips and deepened it when he returned it. She climb on top of him and pecked his lips and jaw line. He held her ass as she laid her head on his chest and they laid there looking at each other.

“Mommy!”

Nicki sat up on Nas’ chest and looked towards the front door. Nancy walked to it then looked over at Nic who crawled off Nas.

“Open it.”

“Okay.”

Nancy pulled the door open and both guys walked in with the same disgusted mug on their face. LJ rushed into her arms and kissed her belly. He looked back at Nas then looked up to Nic. Safaree looked at Nic then mugged Nas and left the room.

“I’ll see you later baby.”

Nas said getting up to leave. Nicki stood up to give Nas a hug, but LJ wouldn’t let her go. Nas bent forward and gave her a peck then left the house. Nicki grabbed LJ’s face and looked into his sad looking eyes.

“What’s wrong?”

“Daddy yelled at me in the car. He said a lot of bad words.”

“Why? What happen?”

“Cause I rolled down the window and ran away from Tia when we went to the office with the big white man.”

“LJ, you can’t go running off like that and I’ll talk to Daddy about being mean.”

“Okay!”

He prepped up and ran down the hall to his play room. Nicki got up and went to find Safaree. She went into the den and he was playing pool. He looked pissed. She walked up behind him and pressed up against him and wrapped her arms around him.

“Onika, get the fuck off me!”

“Talk to me first.”

“About what?”

“What has you so pissed?”

“You and Karen!’

“What?”

Nicki let him go and sat up on the pool table blocking the balls from rolling anywhere. SB got frustrated and threw the pool stick on the floor. Nicki grabbed him before he could leave out the room.

“What I do?”

“What he doing here?”

“For real? Okay.”

“Answer me.”

“Cause he’s my boyfriend, Dad.”

“You know I love you and you start dating him?”

Nicki let him go and sighed heavily.

“I can’t wait for you forever I have to live my life just like you’re living yours….”

“Yeah, with you in it, Onika.”

“Us, we’re only here because of LJ and the new baby don’t make this more than what it is.”

Nic got up and left him in the den. I can’t deal with this much longer.