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    â€œAll I’m saying is be careful, Jayd. Take your time with this one and make sure he stays a gentleman. Once you give up your opinion, cookies, or whatever else they can take, all the gentleman shit goes out the door.”
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    When I get home, Mama and Daddy’s yelling can be heard all the way outside. They have the best fights. Mama gets to talking to Daddy while he gets dressed to go out with the church members, all of whom happen to be women, for Sunday night dinner. Mama knows more than dinner’s going on and always tries to get him to tell the truth.
    â€œLook, Lynn Mae, I ain’t got to lie to you. I’m a grown man. Good, Christian, and God-fearing, unlike yourself. If you want to come to dinner, come. You’re always welcome back in the church,” Daddy says, knowing good and well Mama ain’t going nowhere near them church folks.
    â€œYou’re such a lying ass. You don’t even know when you’re telling a lie anymore. Church dinner my ass. Who is it this time, huh, Ray? One of them little young heffas, or did you have a taste for some old cat tonight?” Mama can get raw when she’s pushed.
    â€œIf I wanted some old cat, I’d stay home.” And that was checkmate. Daddy left, and Mama went outside to work in her spirit room. She said she was working on a potion for one of her clients, but I think she was working on one to use on Daddy.
    After the house drama, I don’t bother telling Mama about my in-house suspension tomorrow. I’m sure they’ll send a letter home tomorrow, on which I’ll promptly forge my mom’s signature and turn back in Tuesday morning. They never check, and my mom doesn’t want to be bothered with menial stuff like that. I’m not looking forward to suspension, but I am looking forward to seeing Jeremy tomorrow. I’m still buzzing from our date last night. I didn’t get home until 2 A.M. and barely stayed awake at work. All I want to do now is sleep and hope tomorrow goes by fast.
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    When I get to campus, I immediately report to the main office to serve my time. Nellie and Mickey are waiting for me by the principal’s office, which is next to the conference room. I’ve never been suspended before, so I don’t really know how this works. But, Mickey was suspended last year for fighting Misty, so she knows the ropes.
    I’m still pissed KJ didn’t get in-house with us. Being an athlete has too many perks. And, not to mention he’s still harassing me. He’s texted me three times already this morning and left me several messages last night, mostly wanting to know where I was Saturday night and if I was hangin’ out alone. He’s on my jock hard now, just like he should be. I feel like I’m serving time for my man while he’s on vacation with another woman. This ain’t my ideal romantic situation, and KJ’s got his nerve trying to get back with me now.
    â€œHey, y’all,” I say, trying to sound chipper, even though I’m really not looking forward to this part of my day. “Ready for Alcatraz?”
    â€œJayd, it’s not that bad,” Mickey says as she and Nellie take a seat on the benches outside the principal’s office. I walk up to Mrs. Cole’s desk and lean up against the side, waiting for her to return and lead us to the conference room.
    â€œSpeak for yourself, Mickey,” Nellie says, flipping her perfectly straightened hair over her shoulders and rolling her eyes in disgust. “I’m way too cute to be on lockdown like some criminal. I have a reputation to uphold.”
    â€œYou have a reputation of being a tight-ass, and I doubt it’ll be tarnished by this little episode,” Mickey retorts. “Besides, this might be good for your reputation. Everybody needs a little bad girl in them, right, Jayd?”
    â€œI have enough bad girl in me. I could do without the school’s