Ratchet Bitches (19 page)

“Mommy, is daddy still coming over?”

“Yes, he’s still coming over.” She said allowing Justin to come eat dinner with them because the kids had been begging for a family night. She didn’t really want too, but because their oldest daughter did so good on her first dance recital, she figured why not.

“Mommy, don’t you wish Daddy would come home?” Ciara asked not taking her eyes off of the paper that she was scribbling on. “I wish Daddy would come home,” she softly spoke.

“Mommy and Daddy don’t live together anymore, C. I’ve explained this quite a few times.”

“I know, but all Daddy gotta do is leave his house and come back to ours,” she said still scribbling.

“What about Shannon?” Kerry asked.

“What about her?” Ciara responded causing Kerry to laugh to herself because she was so smart. The doorbell rang letting Kerry know that Justin had made it there. “That’s daddy.” Ciara said. Kerry then heard him come inside the house talking to their other kids.

Finally, he walked in the kitchen and kissed Ciara on the forehead. “What’s up, Kerry?” He spoke knowing that he was treading on thin ice after Bianca pulled that little stunt.

“Hey Justin,” Kerry spoke back, but never took her eyes off of the stove. She kept cooking as if he wasn’t there.

“So, Daddy don’t get a hug? You normally come running to the door when I come over. What’s up with that, pretty girl?” He asked Ciara.

“I’m mad,” she responded with her lips poked out. Justin frowned then looked over at Kerry, but she still wasn’t paying him no mind.

“Why are you mad?” He asked sitting down to take a look at her scribble on the paper.

“Because you need to come home,” Ciara bluntly stated.

“Daddy lives in another house, C.” He explained. “But I still come get you whenever you want me too.”

“But you don’t come to my school. Taylor’s Mom came to the school with some cupcakes for her birthday and even her daddy came too.” She said then taking her eyes off of the paper to address him face to face. “You hear me Daddy? You and Mommy should do that one day for my birthday. Come together,” she said.

“Okay, Daddy will do that,” Justin said as Kerry shook her head. Ciara was indeed too much and time enough for her Daddy.

“Ciara, go in the living room and watch TV with your brother and sisters. I need to talk to daddy for a moment.”

“Okay,” Ciara said then exited the kitchen.

“So you’re still mad at me?” Justin asked not wasting anytime of their alone time.

“What you think?” She asked stirring the collard greens. “You and my sister were kissing in the club. Am I not supposed to be pissed about that?”

“But it wasn’t like that,” he explained. “I don’t know what the hell was going on. One minute I’m walking around in the club chilling and gettn’ my drink on then the next minute I’m being kissed by your sister. Then after she kisses me, she tells the guy off whom she was talking too and the woman too. She grabbed my hand and pulled me as we walked off then she points her finger in my face and tells me I better not tell nobody.”

Kerry frowned. “She said that?”

“Yeah, it was like she was trying to prove something to somebody. I’m figuring the man that she was sitting at the table with when I walked by.” He explained. “I know you’ve been heated and have not wanted to talk to me, but I’m innocent in this. Honestly, I don’t think that Bianca meant anything by it except for proving a point. We all know the extents she’d go through to prove a point.”

“Yeah but kissing on you,” Kerry said. “I just don’t know about that one. That girl had already pissed me off so bad that night that we were literally gonna fight if Uncle Ed hadn’t grabbed me and carried me outside. I’m thinking she was trying to be funny or fuck with me some more.”

“I don’t think that was the case though.” Justin said.

“Well, if it’s anything concerning Bianca, we’ll probably never know the case.” She said. “I just don’t have anything to say to the old ratchet ass heifa right now.”

Chapter14

              Janay and Finn sat on the bed inside her bedroom at her parent’s house. She hadn’t really said much to him since the Thanksgiving Slaughter when she’d heard his conversation with Heather on the phone that day. She was trying to piece it all together and see where did she go wrong, but she couldn’t figure it out. She’d been loyal, respectful, and loved this man with all her heart. How could he put his lips on another woman and think that it was cool? She looked over at him as he lay beside her with his hand on her stomach rubbing it. 

Finn looked over at her and smiled. He couldn’t understand her sudden distance, but all he wanted to do was make her happy and proud of him. He loved her with all his heart and that’s the reason why he’d come there the day before to stay until after she had the baby. She was his heart and she needed to know it.

“Sweetheart, you haven’t been as talkative lately. I know that you’ve been upset because I’ve been busy in the church and haven’t been able to come spend much time with you, but I’m here now.” She looked over at him without saying a word. “I’m not leaving until you and our little one are able to go back with me,” he said.

“That’s nice to know.” She responded with a bit of sarcasm in her voice.

“Come on, Sweetheart.” He pleaded then kissed her stomach. “Don’t treat me like this. I love you so much.”

Janay jerked her neck a little as she looked at him sideways. “Well, if you love me so much then why didn’t you tell me that Heather stayed the night with you on Thanksgiving night?”

Finn’s eyes grew wide as he cautiously frowned. “Huh?” He was totally caught off guard as he stared at her.

“Do I need to ask that question again or did you hear me the first time?” She snapped, ready to curse his ass out.

“Sweetheart,” he said getting sweaty palms. “I didn’t even know that she was staying. I honestly didn’t. She just stayed and I’m sorry I didn’t tell you, but I knew that you’d be tripping.”

“I’d be tripping, huh?” She rolled her eyes. “You don’t say.”

Finn knew that he had to say more to clear himself or this wasn’t going to fly. “Look, she drank a little too much and ended up staying because she couldn’t drive home. We slept in separate rooms. You gotta believe that.” He explained.

“Y’all slept in different rooms, but you managed to kiss her.” Finn was taken aback as he looked at her stunned. “How did that happen?” she pondered.

“Did Heather call you or something?” He questioned without even thinking that he’d basically told on himself; even though she’s already known it.

Janay swopped him on the arm. “No damnit! Your phone called me Thanksgiving morning and I heard y’all’s whole lil conversation, starting with your mom running her mouth.”

Finn frowned as he thought back. He remembered that morning in the kitchen with Heather and his Mom then she left them in the kitchen alone. After Heather left he then remembered seeing his phone sitting on the counter.

“Wow,” he whispered causing Janay to frown. “I remember that morning.” Then he thought about Heather kissing him and then commenting on his lips. He disappointedly shook his head. “I’m so sorry, Sweetheart.”

“How could you do me like that?” She sadly asked. “I thought that we were upfront and honest with each other.”

“We are,” he said. “I promise we are and that morning wasn’t nothing like what you may have heard.” He said thinking back. “Heather must’ve set me up.”

“What do you mean by that?” she asked.

“I don’t remember leaving my phone in the kitchen but it somehow was just there.” He tried explaining. “Something isn’t right about that and that kiss. Please know that she just walked up on me, totally catching me off guard, and kissed me when she was about to leave. Then she made the comment about my lips. I know that I shouldn’t have let her get close to me like that, but I’ve made it clear to her that I don’t want her. You gotta believe me,” he sincerely said.

Janay could tell from the look in his eyes that he was being honest. Even though he wasn’t upfront, she’d never known him to lie to her about anything. She immediately leaned over and kissed him. “I love you,” she whispered.

“I love you more,” he responded. “I’d never cheat on you. I promise you that.”

“I believe you, but you gotta stay from around that bitch.” She told him.

“Sweetheart,” he dragged with a smile thinking that she had to clean her language up being married to a Bishop. “If staying away from her will make you feel better then I will. I have no problems with that. I just want us to be okay.”

“Good,” Janay said but she had a gut feeling that it was more to what was going on and for some reason his mom kept coming to mind.

Finn leaned over and kissed her stomach again. “Now can I get a lil some from my wife, because after you have our baby I’ll have to wait six weeks,” he said with a cute chuckle. “That’s a long time to go without some of this good ol’ wet wet.” 

She grinned at his comment. “You sure can,” she said then sat up quickly with a freighting look in her eyes while staring at him. “My water just broke.”

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An hour later Bianca woke up in a hospital bed as she looked around the empty room. She had an IV hooked up to her arm and couldn’t even remember how she got there. The last thing she remembered was backing into a car then everything went a blur.

“What in the hell happened?” She asked rubbing her head and continuing to look around. She had a banging headache and felt dazed. Once she got her feet to where they were hanging off of the bed she attempted to stand up but was weak and sluggish.

“Hey, where do you think you’re going?” The familiar face asked as he entered the room.

Bianca frowned. “What are you doing here? What am I doing here?”

“Well, you backed into a car at the Circle K store then you got out of the car and kinda collapsed in my arms.” Bianca sat on the side of the bed feeling confused.

“Oh my God, I was in my son’s car. Where is it?”

“Don’t worry I had my homeboy that was with me drive it here since I was the one that brought you in. You were pretty out of it.”

She thought about hitting the coke then driving herself crazy afterwards. “I can only imagine,” she said rubbing her aching head. “I don’t have license,” she admitted. “So, why am I here? I just knew that those people were gonna call the police.”

“I took care of that for you,” he said. “The woman’s bumper was barely scraped so I paid her a lil some to keep quiet then hurriedly brought you here.”

“Wow, you’re like my hero or something.” She teased barely smiling from the sluggish feeling she had.

“I’m just a guy that is trying to get to know you better and for some reason I keep running into you unexpectedly and again here we are.” He looked around. “And damn this time in a hospital. I think this qualifies for a date or something.”

Bianca grinned as she rested her throbbing head back on the pillow of the bed. “I don’t even know your name.” She said.

“Tory,” He responded causing her to stare at him with her mouth open. “What?” he asked noticing her displeasured facial expression.

“You gotta be kidding me, right?”

“Nope, what’s wrong with my name?” He asked with a frown.

“Tory,” she repeated in a whisper.
Kory what is going on here?
She questioned him in her mind.

“Do I need to change it to something else, because I will if that’s what it will take to get you out on a date with me?” He charmingly said with a that magnet smile.

Bianca shook her head. He was certainly something else with his comebacks. “How are you talking about taking me out on a date when you have an ol’ lady? Remember, I saw her that night at the club tripping on you.”

Tory laughed. “That wasn’t my girl. She was just a friend helping me out for the night.”

“A friend, huh?” She asked. “And what you mean helping you out for the night?”

“Well, she’s an ex-girlfriend, been an ex for about two years but is still trying to get back in with me, but that ain’t happening.” He explained. “And the club is mine. I needed an extra worker and called her. She just hated seeing you sit at my table because no one ever sits at my table but me; not even my boys. They have their own tables.”

“Well, excuse me,” Bianca responded with a friendly smile. “I should feel special.”

“You are special,” he said knowing that in his heart something was bothering her and all he wanted to do was guide her in the right direction if he could.

“You’re being too kind,” she said not believing that this was actually taking place. “Do you know what the doctors gave me?” She asked because I feel like a zombie laying here.”

“All I know is that they gave you a calmer and a muscle relaxer,” he said. “You were talking to them, but you were out of it too. What was on your mind?”

“A lot,” she said thinking about Kory.

“Nothing you wanna talk about?” He questioned.

“Not really,” she said as her mom and dad entered the hospital room.

“Bianca, are you okay?” Mrs. Ware quickly asked rushing to her side with Mr. Ware closely following her.

“Yes, Mommy,” she said. Mrs. Ware hugged and kissed her on the head then Mr. Ware hugged and kissed her on the jaw.