Still thicker than water (27 page)

“
To use the bathroom.”

Sasha stood there and bit her lip in deliberation. Mike would be home at anytime.

“
I don’t know…Mike will be home soon….”

Chauncey looked at her like she was crazy.

“
So? The fuck Sash, you act like this nigga be beating you or something. Let me find out yo… I’ll kill his soft ass.”

Chauncey made his way inside, moving past her with no invitation, clearly upset. “My fucking daughter live here, and you telling me I can’t come in?”

He kept walking through the house, toward the guest bathroom. Sasha sighed and closed the door, and then went upstairs to put Aubrey in her bed.

She laid Aubrey softly down and shook her head from side to side.

“
This nigga really think he run shit,” she mumbled, pulling the covers over Aubrey.

“
Oh, and I don’t?”

She turned around startled, and found Chauncey standing there, leaning against the doorway with a smile.

“
What are you doing up here?”

He didn’t answer. Instead he just stood there, undressing Sasha with his eyes. She shook her head, knowing what he was thinking.

“
Unh-unh…no. Not gonna happen.”

She went to walk past him but he grabbed her firmly by the arm and pulled her into him.

“
No,” she murmured softly.

He pulled her into the hallway and held both of her arms, bringing his face to hers.

“
Get off of me, Chauncey.”

She struggled with him, truly not wanting to take such a major risk.

“
Come here,” he whispered deeply, pinning her against the wall.

“
No…” But he silenced her with a zealous kiss.

She couldn’t help but to kiss him back.

Damn.

Then, his hands slid under her dress.

“
Please Chauncey…”

She could feel his fingers begin to play her like a guitar. “What…what if Mike comes?”

Chauncey kissed her deeply again and picked her up, holding her ass with his hands. He carried her into their bedroom; he wanted to leave cum stains on Mike’s side of the bed.

Sasha knew what she was doing was wrong, horrible. But Chauncey was her drug; he was like the purest dope.

He threw her onto the bed and stood up and unbuckled his pants, as she breathed heavily in lust.

“
We have to be quick, okay?”

He didn’t answer; he just stared at her hungrily.

As he laid her down and proceeded to enter her, Sasha’s mind traveled to a fucked up land where pleasure meets deceit. Her heart felt heavy as she thought of what she was doing to Mike and how no matter what, she didn’t want to stop.

“
God…I wish I knew how to say no to you,” she moaned to Chauncey as he began to stroke her.

“
No you don’t,” he whispered, hitting a spot that made her yelp in satisfaction. “No, you don’t.”

After the episode, Chauncey stood buckling his pants as Sasha combed her hair down.

“
We can’t keep doing this,” she confessed.

“
I agree,” Chauncey concurred nonchalantly, ready for her to kick Mike to the curb.

She turned to look at him, truly not knowing what she wanted. She loved Chauncey, but Mike was what she needed. She still wanted to be a doctor, and she still wanted to lead a straight life, with a straight family, no worries. She shook her head in confusion but the footsteps that she heard coming from downstairs snapped her out of it.

“
Oh shit!” She whispered.

Chauncey remained calm but looked at her like, ‘well, what you want me to do?’

“
Go in Aubrey’s room…go!” She ordered silently. “I’ll say you came up to put her to bed.”

Before Chauncey could say anything, Sasha heard her name being called.

“
Sasha...Sasha, you here?”

She put her hand on her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

“
Oh my god, it's just Jayde…Come on.”

“
Who?” Chauncey asked, confused and making his way down the stairs after her.

Jayde saw Sasha coming down and met her at the stairs.

“
Girl, your door was wide open! What the hell is wrong with you?”

When she saw Chauncey coming down behind her, she knew what was up, and judging by Chauncey’s wide eyes and slightly open mouth, she knew he was shocked to see her.

“
Wide open?” Sasha asked, knowing that she had closed the door. The revelation gave her a creepy feeling. She tried to shake it off and turned to Chauncey.

“
Jayde, this is my…Aubrey’s father, Chauncey. Chauncey, this is Jayde.”

Chauncey grilled Jayde, or J-Murder as he knew her, with disbelief and extended his hand.

“
Jayde…as in J…like with a J, right?”

Jayde was cool as a cucumber.

“
That’s right…pleased to meet you.”

“
Uh-huh…yeah, okay.” Chauncey couldn’t believe this shit.

Sasha looked at Chauncey, feeling like he was being a tad rude to her friend. She heard a noise upstairs and figured Aubrey was up.

“
Excuse me for a minute,” she said, nudging Chauncey on her way up the stairs. She gave him a face like a mother gives a child who’s in trouble. Once Sasha was up the stairs, Chauncey turned to Jayde with cold eyes.

“
What the fuck is going on?”

“
Nothing…I can explain.”

“
Fuck is you making friends wit’ my people for?”

“
Chauncey…me and Sasha have been friends, for a very long time.”

Chauncey furrowed his eyebrows.

“
So you knew about me?”

“
Of course,” she stated calmly.

“
So why the fuck you aint say you was Sasha’s friend?” Chauncey asked, animated. Jayde shrugged.

“
What difference would it have made?”

“
Maybe that would have affected if I chose to do business with you or not.”

Jayde laughed at his erratic suggestion.

“
I think not…you know how sweet that deal was. Besides, Sasha doesn’t know what I do, and I didn’t want it to come from someone else’s mouth when it hasn’t even come from mine.”

Chauncey folded his arms across his chest.

“
Yeah, well it’s about to come from one of our mouths, so you choose.”

Jayde was taken aback by Chauncey’s anger in the situation.

“
Why are you so upset?”

Chauncey could hear Sasha's footsteps upstairs, so he leaned into Jayde to answer quickly, knowing she would be back.

“
Because…Sasha had enough fucked up people and shady ass friends in her life… and she don’t need no more. I gave my word that I would never keep no more shit from her, and I’m not fucking that up. So you tell her…
Fucking tell her
,” he hissed.

Jayde nodded slowly and leaned against the wall. She really preferred to keep her position unknown, except to people in the business. But she figured Chauncey was right, she didn’t want to be another person to hold a killer secret from Sasha. She stared Chauncey in the eye.

“
So I guess you done had your share of fuck ups, huh…you aint fucking up no more? I’m glad… at least I know you won’t be breaking her heart again.”

Chauncey’s answer was a cold gaze and Sasha began making her way back down the stairs, with a smile.

“
I’ll tell her,” Jayde consented aloud.

Sasha reached them and breathed a sigh, hearing Jayde, but not thinking too much of it due to the calmness of her voice.

“
Tell me what?”

Chauncey put his hands behind his back and stared at Jayde sternly as she turned and faced Sasha stone-faced.

“
I’m a queen pin, Sasha. I sell drugs…and I sell a lot of them.”

Chapter 17 – Trust

“
Now, why it gotta be all of that?”

“
I’m just saying…hurry up. ‘Cause I’m starving.”

Ree turned and looked at Tatum and shook his head playfully as she laughed.

“
That’s a damn shame…you willing to leave me, just to make the reservation? For real?” Ree asked with a smile, unlocking his office door.

The lights were out and there was no one around, so the back area was dead quiet.

“
It aint my fault you left your wallet, man,” Tatum quipped, ready to head to this new hot restaurant that they had reservations for.

“
Yeah, well I don’t think you would really leave me. Nah.”

Ree hit the light switch and did a double take. Both he and Tatum’s eyes fell onto the sight on top of his desk.

“
What the fuck?” Tatum mumbled.

“
Oh my god! I thought you would be alone.”

“
What?” Ree asked, not knowing what else to say at the moment. The situation had him off guard.

Trinity stood up, covering her breasts and her private areas with her hands. She had been lying naked on Ree’s office desk awaiting his return. She was now disappointed and humiliated that Tatum was with him.

“
Elsa said you forgot your wallet…she said you were coming back for it…”

Ree furrowed his eyebrows wondering what kind of psycho broad he had gotten involved with, as Trinity rambled on as if her lying there naked had been no big deal. But it was a big deal, and Tatum was about to show her.

“
Are you fucking crazy, bitch?”

Tatum didn’t know what to think. Was Ree still fucking this broad, is that why she felt like she could do this? Either way, she would deal with him next. Trinity was disrespecting and she needed to be reprimanded.

“
You fucking hoe bitch!” Tatum screamed, lunging at Trinity. She grabbed her hair and punched her hard against the side of her head before Ree grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back.

“
Tatum!”

Trinity held her head in pain and screamed distraughtly.

“
Get your ghetto ass away from me!” She scrambled from Tatum, who was trying her best to get to her.

“
Let me go, Ree! You protecting this bitch?”

Ree pushed Tatum over to the wall and held her against it, trying to calm her down.

“
Fuck her Tatum, calm down!”

“
Fuck me, Sean?” Trinity cried. “Fuck me?”

Elsa made her way to the back and dropped her jaw in amazement.

The boss… the boss’ new lady… Miss Trinity naked… juicy, juicy, juicy.

“
I hate you Sean! How could you do this to me?” Trinity continued to yell as Ree held his weight against Tatum, who was breathing heavy with slit angry eyes. She was trying hard to still break free.

“
Calm down, okay?” He whispered in her ear composedly. “I’m gonna handle this.”

Tatum matched his stare, not responding.

Security made their way in the room but quickly paused when they saw that the situation involved Ree.

“
Is there anything you need for us to do, Mr. Knights?”

They looked at a naked Trinity who was too hysterical to put her clothes on. She was bawling crying.

Ree could feel Tatum’s body become less rigid and he knew she was calming. He ran his hand over his head.

“
Yeah, uh, step outside… and keep an eye on her,” he said pointing.

“
Me?” Tatum asked, bewildered. “You want
me
to step outside?” Her face was twisted in anger and hurt.

“
Nigga, you must be crazy.”

She was fuming and Ree looked at her sternly.

“
Tatum. I told you I will handle it. Trust me to do that.”

Tatum stared at him blankly, wanting to yank him by the dreads. He could see her fury.

“
Please Tatum, step outside and wait for me.”