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off guard. He wasn’t prepared to see Candy in my room for one, and he damn sure wasn’t prepared to see me chilling around her in a pair of boxer briefs.”
     
    Kina nodded her head. “You’re right about that.” She agreed. “Y’all are going to have to talk this through. You’re going to have to keep it real about your feelings for Candy.”
     
    “Damn, I hate to do that though.”
     
    “You have no choice.” Kina explained. “The cat is out the bag. He knows that something is going on and why not hear the truth from you.”
     
    “I can agree with that. However, I’m just gonna wait until I talk to Candy first. I need to see where her head is at, because after that little scuffle we had no telling what she’s thinking.”
     
    “One thing shouldn’t change and that’s her feelings for you, fight or no fight.”
     
    “Yeah, but she still has feelings for Monty, too. When you care for someone you just don’t stop caring overnight. I may have come along and helped distract her from those feelings, but don’t get it twisted; she still cares about him.”
     
    A part of Kina hated to hear that. She wanted more than anything in the world for Candy to be over Monty. Since she’d had the pleasure of feeling him inside of her, she didn’t know how to act. Her heart was all over the place at just the mention of Monty’s name.
     
    “Well, in other news,” Kina said now wanting to change the subject. “Guess who’s staying in Augusta a little longer?”
     
    “Please don’t tell me who I think it is.” Brendon said with an irritated shake of the head.
     
    “Trina,” she straight out informed him.
     
    “Can you believe that she showed up to the hotel during the altercation with me and Monty?”
     
    “No wonder she’s staying.” Kina chimed in. “Don’t get me wrong, I like Trina, but you have to watch that bitch at all times. We were always cool, even back when Raven was living. However, I knew the role she played. Unfortunately, over time she forgot them.”
     
    “Tell me about,” Brendon said. “She just became very competitive. She was definitely a rider, but she was always trying to prove it. What’s understood didn’t need to be explained all the time.”
     
    “Yeah because I love yo ass, but ain’t no way I would’ve been volunteering to run your business that closely. I mean damn, some things aren’t meant for women to be involved.”
     
    “That’s true, but she was the one person that I could trust to be around my money and product like that. Craig was busy holding down one side of town while Spook held down the other side of town.” He said speaking of his other best friends. “You were never about that life; you just enjoyed the benefits.”
     
    “Damn right, I did.” Kina said feeling happy to be one of Brendon’s closest friends and allies in the world.
     
    Brendon shook his head, and then continued. “You know Raven held a nigga down. She was my other business partner until she left me.”
     
    “She died, Bren. If she had it her way she would’ve never left you.” Kina said seeing the sadness still there in his eyes.
     
    “Anyway,” he said wanting to change the subject. “Trina was there for me after that. She stood up for me; she held the fort down for me. I can’t lie. She made it difficult for me not to wanna be with her. She was a rider for sure, only problem is that she turned out to be a possessive rider. I now see why she did those things.”
     
    “Yeah, the bitch was hoping to lock you down. Hell, I’m surprised that she hadn’t gotten pregnant from you by now.”
     
    “I’m glad that she hasn’t. She probably would make it very difficult for me to see my child if she couldn’t have me. Some women just crazy like that and she’s one of them women.”
     
    “Speaking of Trina,” Kina said as she looked down at her phone. “She’s messaging me now.”
     
    “What the hell does she want?”
     
    “She wants to have lunch