with.”
“Aw hell naw! Here I was just taking up for him, and he’s the reason that my niece almost lost her life?”
“Hey hoe, go easy on my nephew. Trust me, he’s under enough stress.”
“I’m not in this. Once Ju finds out, she’s going to blow her top.”
“Don’t tell her. Let Jaw do it.”
I felt her presence behind me. Sure enough, I turned around to see my nosey-ass niece standing behind me. Shit!
“It’s too late for that.”
“Damn, she was listening, wasn’t she?”
“You know she was. Let me call you back.”
“So I got stabbed because of Jaw?”
“I think you should just talk to him.”
“Okay.”
She walked off. I sat there and thought about the whole situation. Damn, shit was about to get real bad for him. I just prayed that Ju didn’t do shit to him. I would hate to have to fall out with Boo over this shit.
(Front door slams)
“Ju?”
I looked out of the front window to see my niece jumping in her car and peeling off. Shit! I ran to grab my phone to call Jaw.
(Jaw)
I needed to see my girl. She wasn’t answering my calls and she ain’t even bothered to come home yet. Valentine’s Day was in days. I just wanted to make things right.
(Ring Ring)
I checked the caller I.D. before I answered it – it was Lil Mama. What the fuck did she want?
“Yo, Lil Mama, what up?”
“Where you at?”
“At the crib. Why?”
“Um, you might wanna get up out of there.”
“Why?”
When she told me that Ju knew that Mia was behind her stabbing, I was fucked!
“Fuck! Man I’ma – What the fuck?”
I ran to the window just as she busted out my windshield. She had already got my driver’s side window.
“What’s wrong?”
“Yo fucking niece is outside busting my car windows. Aye, Ju, you better quit. Girl, I’m not playing.”
“Don’t open that door. I’m on my way!”
I threw on my Timbs and rat down the stairs two at a time.
“Ja’ziya, what the fuck is wrong with you? Quit doing that to my car.”
“Fuck you and this car. You had that bitch in this car didn’t you?”
I knew better than to answer that.
“Come inside, baby. It’s cold. Let’s go talk about it. Come on, the police are probably on the way.”
“Fuck the police. I got stabbed because you couldn’t keep your dick in your pants. You’s a stupid mothafucker. All you had to do was leave me alone.”
That shit ate me alive. She had tears and snot running down her face. Damn, I felt like shit.
“Look at my fucking neck!”
She pulled her scarf off and I almost cried. That bitch fucked up my baby’s neck. I walked closer to her and held my arms out.
“Come on, baby, let me talk to you.”
She dropped the bat and walked past me, heading for the house.
“You lucky I’m cold?”
I didn’t want her to know that I was desperate. I needed her to forgive me. When I made it upstairs, she had her suitcase out packing her shit.
“You ain’t shit. I would have never did you like that. I hope her pussy was worth it.”
“Man, Ju, I know I fucked up. I’m admitting that. I was wrong. But on my momma, you might as well quit packing. You not going nowhere.”
After I snatched her suitcase away from her, I grabbed her. She seemed to calm down some.
“I know I hurt you. Let me make it right.”
I saw the look of exhaustion on her face, so I took full advantage of the situation. I took off her coat and sat her down on the bed. I took off her boots and sat next to her. She didn’t say anything. All she did was cry. That broke my heart.
“Let me make it up to you.”
“How are you going to do that? You broke my heart.”
“I have no excuse for what I did, but I’m not letting what she did to you slide. Please just let me handle this.”
“I told her all about my plan, and with a few kisses, I got her to agree to it.
“Let me call Lil Mama and tell her you good.”
“Hello, Jaw? You still alive?”
“Alright now, y’all behave.”
I held her all night in my arms. The