'Til Death (15 page)

              "Before you start firing questions, just chill out." I told her, prepared for her rapid questions.

Ciara smirked at me. I reached out my hand and she took it. I waved Heaven out of the car.

              "Come on," I was full of excitement. Heaven followed us inside the house.

              "SURPRISE!" Everybody screamed. Ciara started laughing. She still didn’t know exactly what the surprise was.

              "Boan, what the hell is going on?" Ciara turned towards me with the biggest smile on her face.

I looked at everybody. I saw my nigga, Avery was there. Culprit followed everything I had told him to do. I turned to face Ciara. I looked down at Heaven, who looked confused also. They looked so much alike that it was crazy.

              "Our life has been many things. You and I together have been insane, chaotic, and mind-blowing that I can’t even understand what is going on half the time. And when we are down, we are in the deepest hole, but I wouldn’t want to be in a hole with anybody else but you. You are my sun and I’m your shade. Everything that has happened between us is worth it, because I know more than everyone that where we at right now and where we are going, I would die for. This house that we are standing in I bought for us. Your daughter is here with us, you're pregnant with my child, and I’m ready to be whatever you need me to be. I’m ready for a fresh start, and this ring that I have will prove it." I pulled out a Montana Sapphire ring. The blue, princess-cut diamond was dead center, and clear diamonds surrounded it. I heard Ciara gasp. I looked at her, and tears were coming down her face. Heaven was smiling so hard.

              "This ring represents a new us, and new promises. A new journey, and how everything in the past is exactly in the past. I want to renew our vows. And . . ." Ciara cut me off and started kissing me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer. Ciara broke the kiss and looked at me.
              "You talk too much. Just put the ring on my finger." Ciara couldn't stop smiling.

I put the ring over her old ring.

              "I love the shit out of you." Ciara told me before kissing me.

Lo

              They were having a barbecue at the new place. I didn't even know Boan bought a house when he and Ciara stopped talking after the kitchen incident. Ciara showed us her new ring, and told us the long story about everything. Tosh and I listened with our mouths hanging open. I had a new found admiration for Ciara, and would have never guessed she had been through all of that. I looked over to where Culprit was standing with Boan and some other guy that I didn’t know. Culprit looked at me, then looked away. I looked at Heaven, Ciara’s lovely daughter. The girl was a sweetheart, and so charming. She was sitting with Boan’s grandmother, getting to know her and giving us some time to catch up with Ciara.

              "Who the hell is that man over there with Boan and Culprit?" Tosh asked.

              "I don’t know," Ciara said, while looking over there.

              "Well, we need to find out, because he is the epitome of gorgeous," Tosh said. I looked at the man to whom Tosh was referring. She was right. He was light-skinned and had some nice lips that were surrounded by a trimmed goatee. He stood about 6’5 and was built. His black hair was arranged in perfect, untamed curls. He looked over at the table and pointed. Boan laughed and walked over to us.

              "YO!" Boan said, hugging us.

              "This is my boy. I met him in Alabama. He from New York, named Avery. Just call him Av though. This is my wife of course, Ciara, my sister and wife’s best friend, Lo, and other BFF, Tosh." Avery licked his lips and I could practically feel Tosh melt beside me.

              "What’s good ladies?" Avery said while shaking all of our hands. Culprit walked over and stood beside me.

              "Yo, son, I’m about to bounce. So tomorrow I’ll hit you up, all right?" Avery said to Boan. Boan nodded and dapped him up. Avery turned and did the same to Culprit. Avery looked at Tosh and threw on his snapback hat and walked out.

              "Boan, I don’t ask you for much, but that right there," Tosh said.

              "Man, I don’t know, Tosh. He might be too much for you," Boan said, while smiling.

              "What you mean?"

              "He not like the lame niggas you date. Avery thirty, and ready to settle down. He already ‘scoped you out and told me what he thinks of you."

              "He look so fucking good, I don’t care if he thinks I’m Medusa. I’m getting him," Tosh said. I just shook my head.

              "Lo, come here right quick," Culprit said. I stood up and followed Culprit into the house. I followed him upstairs, and we walked into an empty room. Culprit closed the door. I stood in the middle of the room looking at him. Culprit had on blue cargo shorts with a black wife-beater, and a Magic’s snapback, looking so fucking sexy.

              "I’m tired of pretending that I don’t want to be with you," Culprit said. I just looked at him. He walked up to me.

              "I’m tired of you acting like you don’t know who I am. You still act like I’m in the game, when I’m not. I’ve never hid anything from you about what I’ve sold and whom I’ve dealt with in the game. So why the change Lo?"

              "There is no change," I lied.

              "You’re fucking lying." He spotted my bullshit quick.

              "Don’t cuss at me."

              "Well, don’t make me." His deep voice sending a chill down my spine.

              "Sometimes it’s hard for me to come to grips that I’m in love with a murderer."

              "Is that what you see me as?" He asked amazed that I would even say that.

              "No." I didn’t see Culprit as a murderer. He was Culprit. He was mine. He was gentle and passionate and articulate and funny and so damn sexy, especially right then. Culprit’s hands touched the back of my neck. He bent down to kiss me. His lips were so soft. My hands went up his shirt and rubbed his six-pack. Our kiss grew deeper, and I felt his erection against me. Culprit unbuttoned my top and my shorts. I pulled his shirt off and planted soft kisses on his chest. Culprit pushed me against the wall and yanked my shorts down. His lips found mine again, and I sucked his lips into my mouth while I unbuttoned his pants. Culprit yanked my bra down and sucked on my nipples while he played with my valley. I was hoping that nobody would come up there, but if they did, I wouldn’t have been able to stop.

              Culprit made his way down, and I rubbed my fingers in his hair. He grabbed my thighs and lifted me up. I was sitting on his shoulders. I felt his breath first before I felt his tongue. His tongue dug its own path into my garden. I couldn’t stop the moans of pleasure that were escaping from my mouth. I was on the verge of cumming. My body started to shake, and Culprit held me tighter. He sucked, licked, and probed his way inside my core and savored my juices on his tongue. I pushed his head away because I was sensitive. Culprit picked me up, and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I kissed his juicy lips and kissed his neck. Culprit’s hard dick brushed up against my clit. I shuddered.

              "What you shaking for?" Culprit whispered in my ear. He took my ear lobe in his mouth and moved his way to my neck. He sucked on my neck. He grabbed my neck with his other hand. He turned my face and kissed me so hard I was dizzy from it. I felt him enter me and fill me up. His rhythm was intense. He interlocked his fingers with mine, and bit my bottom lip. He grabbed my ass and pulled me into each powerful thrust. My fingernails dug into his skin. I bit his shoulder so I wouldn’t cry out.

              "Do you not know how much I love you?" Culprit asked. I didn’t say anything. I couldn’t say anything. I was beginning to shake and my toes started to curl.

              "Do you know now?"

              "Yeeessss . . ." I moaned. I was beginning to cum.

              "That’s right. Cum for me Lorean." I felt tears in my eyes and I began to shake all over. Culprit’s knees buckled, and I knew he came too. Culprit shook against me. There was a knock on the door.

              "Hold on," Culprit yelled. He pulled out of me and stuffed himself back into his pants. He picked up his beater off the floor, along with his hat. I slid to the floor and just sat there. I was still feeling the aftermath of it, and I needed some time. Culprit cracked the door and I heard Tosh’s and Ciara’s voices. Culprit looked back at me and smiled.

              "We cumming," Culprit said.

              "Obviously," Tosh and Ciara said in unison.

Culprit

              I was in Avery's truck riding with him. Boan and Heaven were going to the mall. We were taking Heaven shopping, because Ciara was sick due to her pregnancy. I had to get me a tux so I could go with Lo to her black-tie event. I didn't know if Lo and I were good or not. Every time I asked her, I always got one word answers. I was doing this shit last minute, because the event was that night. We had been out early Saturday morning. Boan was eager to get Heaven whatever she wanted. Boan was a good dude though. I didn't know what I would have done if I had been in his shoes. I knew I wouldn’t be so ready to accept my wife's illegitimate child though, even though Heaven was a sweetheart. She was mature, and even humble for her age. When we got to the mall, everybody went their separate ways and agreed to meet up later. I just needed to grab a tux. I already knew my measurements, so shit wouldn’t be difficult. After I grabbed my tux, I went to get some shoes. I walked into the store and saw the ol' girl I cheated with when I was with Lo. Her name was Camille. She looked up at me and just stared. I gave her a head-nod. She put her shoe down and walked over to me.

              "Long time no speak, huh Culprit." Camille said.

              "How you been?"

              "Good, still don't have a kid." I just shook my head.

              "You sound disappointed." I said while looking at her.

              "What about you? Got any kids yet?" She asked me, but I knew she was being sarcastic.

              "Camille, you know I've never been the father type." I shook my head at her.

              "Well what if I told you that I never got that abortion," Camille said, while smirking. My heart began to beat hard in my chest. I took off my hat and looked at her.

My heart started pounding so hard in my chest I thought it was going to jump out but I played it cool. "You either did, or didn't."

              "Calm down Culprit; I did. I figured you weren’t going to be there anyway. I always knew my role as the side-piece. I know how to play the part. Plus, you ain't shit anyway." Camille placed her glasses on and turned on her heel.

I watched her walk away and I paid for my shoes. Maybe she was right. Maybe I wasn't shit.

Boan

              I was at the shoe store with Heaven. She was picking out shoes, but she didn't really know what she wanted. She didn't know how many she should get. I kept telling her to get everything and anything she wanted, but I could tell she was still being shy about it. I stood aside while she talked to a clerk. I felt somebody tap me on my shoulder. I turned around and looked down at Sky. Sky had on some tight-ass shorts and a top, looking thick as hell. She licked her juicy lips and I saw her tongue ring. I remembered what she could do with that mouth and I just shook my head.

              "What's up with you?" Sky asked.

              "Shit."

              "Damn, so I guess you don't fuck with me anymore." Sky had her hand on her chest like she was seriously hurt.

              "I don't have a way to reach you, remember?" Sky grabbed my iPhone off the clip that was attached to my hip. She put her number in it, then called herself. Fuck.

              "Now I don't want to hear any excuses." Sky put my phone back on my clip and grazed my dick lightly while doing so. She was trying to get me in trouble. I turned back to Heaven, who was watching us. Some nigga was sitting next to her trying to talk to her.

              "Aye,my mans, what you doing?" I said while talking to him.

              "Oh my bad bro, this you?" He asked while pointing to Heaven.

              "You like them young now," Sky commented.

              "Naw, that's my step daughter." The dude got up and walked away, and Heaven looked at Sky.