Page 92 of Just Listen
“Nawl, you definitely think that she’s a lot more thanalright,” Ms. Dee spoke up, as she sat down, patting Khari’s back.
I arched a brow, wondering what she meant by that.
“So, are y’all like together?” Kita shamelessly probed, as she sat down.
I sat down, not too far from her, with Malice dropping down, right next to me.
“Kita, I’m sure mama already told you everything,” Malice presumed.
“No, she didn’t. She just mentioned that you recently found out that you had a baby. That was it.”
“Oh, okay.” He nodded.
“So, are y’all together?” She nosily pressed.
He smirked. “Yeah, Kita. We together.”
“Ooh, I know that Paisley is losing her mind,” she mentioned candidly.
“Kita.” Ms. Dee cut her eyes at her daughter.
“What?” Kita opened her arms. “I’m just saying, mama. I mean…unless you didn’t know about Paisley.” She locked eyes with me. “In that case, then my bad.”
I deeply inhaled. “I know about Paisley. In fact, I met her at my sister’s salon. We were talking about our men troubles and ended up exchanging information.”
Immediately, confused expressions graced both Kita and Ms. Dee’s faces.
“You’re joking, right?” Kita guessed.
“Nope.” I shook my head. “By then, I’d already met Khamere, but only knew him as Malice. So, I had no idea that her Khamere was the Malice…that I liked. He swears that he met me when they were broken up. I met her, after they’d gotten back together. So…yeah, I know Paisley.”
“Oh, wow. That’s crazy,” Kita admitted. “So…were you pregnant with my niece when you met Paisley?”
“Yeah, I was,” I freely admitted, feeling comfortable. “That’s why when I put two and two together, I decided that it was too messy for me. So, I honestly didn’t know if Khamere would ever meet Khari.”
“Then what changed?” Kita quizzed.
“We randomly ran into each other at the mall,” Malice spoke up.
“And she told you then?”
“Something like that,” Malice responded. “I…I approached her, because Sev had just shown me her social media, ironically. He was talking about the Braxton girls, and I didn’t know who they were. You know that thirsty nigga started showing me their pages, and that’s when I peeped Jaylah in the picture. Then I went to her page, and saw that she’d just had a baby. So, when I saw her in the mall…I had to say something, because I really wanted to ask her…if the baby was mine. Because…because the timing was too close, not to consider that.”
I was listening intently, because this was news to me. I had no idea that he’d approached me, because he suspected that Khari was his.
Kita smirked. “So, y’all was dipping, and ended up with a baby?”
I shrugged. “Something like that.”
“I wouldn’t quite say that,” Malice offered. “I feel like…we was hot and heavy, but had but just broken up with people. And that’s what got in the way.”
I nodded. “Right. That’s pretty much it.”
“Okay,” Kita giggled. “I see you, bro.”
Malice shook his head. “With your fake ass.”
“Who, me?” Kita pointed at her chest.
