SHORT STORY: If Only You Knew - PART 4

Part4

Shon

See that’s what’s wrong with bitches today. Instead of worrying about their own business, they’re too busy worrying about the next bitch. Worrying about who fucking who. Worrying about who paying who bills. How she got that car? She must be hiding from the repo man. How she keep her kids in designers? She must be trickin. Why she not fat no more? The bitch must’ve had surgery. She just had a baby, why her stomach so flat? She must sleep in a waist trainer. Her makeup be on fleek in her selfies. That hoe must photoshop her pictures. She ain’t with her man no more. She must be lonely as hell. Smdh. Bird bitches ain’t never satisfied until they have company in the misery they call their life. I’m cool on all of it as long as you keep that bullshit on your side of the street, but when you come in my front yard…now we got a problem.

I had to ask myself, “Did this bitch just say yo James?” Yeah, that’s exactly what that hoe said I answered myself. She got me all the way fucked up. For the most part, I try to keep my composure, not letting another bitch knock me off my square, but this care…I gotta check her boo. The only n***a that has come through this muthafuckin shop named James was my man. I swung the door open so hard that it slammed into the wall and scared the shit out of her. She damn near jumped out of her skin. Seeing her scary as jump cracked me up on the inside. Quanisha wanted to say something, but didn’t know what to say so I helped her.

“Who is her James?” I asked putting my ear to her face. I was waiting for her to say something fly.

“Gir…girl, what are you talking about?” Quanisha tried to play it off while sliding her cell phone in her purse.

“Quanisha, don’t fuckin play with me right now. I said who is her James?” I demanded this time will a little extra bass in my voice.

The commotion must have been overheard by Meeka because I heard her ask “Shon…we got a problem?” as she approached the restroom.

“Nah, we good.” I yelled over my shoulder still staring a hole in Quanisha’s ass.

Meeka threw both her hands up in the air and said “cool” while standing off in the cut watching us.

“It ain’t even what you thinking Shon.” Quanisha said while she digging for her keys.

I know this hoe didn’t think she was getting off that easy. I wanted confirmation on what she said and this hoe wasn’t leaving until I got it. I slammed the door closed and locked it. Messy hoes kick up dirt and then run before the dust settles. You go learn today bitch. I’m too classy for the fighting shit; especially over a dude. However, I will put my foot in a bitch ass for outright disrespecting me.

“Baby girl, where do you think you’re going? Now I asked you a question. What James are you talking about? Only one James came through the door and that was James Collier. Is that who you were referring to?” I asked getting irritated by the minute.

“Yeah Shon. You know that’s who I was talking about but it was like how you think it is.” Quanisha tried to back pedal.

“So explain it then.” I crossed my arms waiting on her to put her story together.

“A friend of mine dated James way before you and he ever got together. I was telling her that I had just seen him.” Quanisha lied.

“Well, let me tell you something Miss Quanisha. I’m not his past, I am future and I do mean future in every sense of the word.  Since you’re so good and passing messages, run tell that. I’mma tell you one time. Keep my man’s name out of your damn mouth. The next time you like you want to say my man’s name I will snatch ya fuckin tongue out of your mouth. Now try me if you think I’m playing. This is my life that you are playing with and bitch you are not in my weight class. I will fuck you up so stay in your lane. Oh and these carats on my finger…oh yes ma’am…compliments of James. So before I have to put my foot in your ass for trying to start up some drama I want you to get yo shit and get yo bald-headed, Family Dollar stealing ass the fuck out of my shop!” I barked as I opened the door for her.

“By the way, the next time you talk to your “friend”, give her a message for me. If she ever wanna know anything about James, tell her to come see me.” I said with a smirk and a wink.

I walked out of the restroom only to see Meeka waiting on me with a high five. Meeka was grinning from ear to ear. “I told you that hoes ain’t to be trusted. Ol’ dusty ass!” Meeka said laughing hard as hell. Women fight hard when they are in love and I was no different. In my mind, I had a winner and I wasn’t about to let nobody ruin my plan of becoming Mrs. James Collier. I readjusted my crown, grabbed my Michael Kors bag, and headed to the car that my man was waiting in.  

James

I have to admit. I did feel bad for leaving my girl hanging last night. She wanted me to come and put some loving in her life, but I was too busy laying pipe in Laila. I had to make it up to my girl so I popped up at her shop to take her out to lunch. Low and behold when I get there, the first person I saw was Quanisha’s messy ass. I gave her a look that screamed “bitch, I dare you!” so she turned around in the chair while I embraced my fiancée. Quanisha hangs tough with Laila so it wasn’t a surprise that she started hitting my girl up to get her hair done. All she wanted to do was suck information out of my girl so she could run back and tell Laila. It don’t even matter anymore because I’mma have to leave lil mama alone. This shit is getting too complicated. At the beginning, Laila and I both agreed that we would not catch feelings. We would just keep shit light and fun. I guess a pair of lips can say anything. Here we are a couple years in and the lines are blurry as hell.

[Say ma, I’ve been enjoying this lil fling we’ve been having, but all good things must come to an end. I hate that I have to do this over a text message, but I can’t bear to tell you face to face. Call me a coward. Call me what you want, but it is what it is. I hope you can understand.]

I knew at some point, I was going to have to end it if I really wanted to have a future with Shon. After running into Quanisha in the shop, I knew that the walls would be closing in on me soon if I didn’t think quick on my feet. I heard a beep sound and realize that I had received a message back from Laila. I tried to hurry up and read the message before Shon made it to the car.

[What kind of woman do you take me for? You think it’s that easy?? Bitch bye! I have time invested into this shit just like you. I didn’t come prepared. I don’t have a fall back plan like you do. I gave you all of me and at any point when saw the situation changing, you could have spoken up, but cha bitch ass didn’t. So fuck what you talking about. I ain’t going no damn where so deal with it!]