Page 123 of Just Listen
I rolled my eyes and waved her off. “Girl, bye.”
Her jaw dropped. “If there was nothing to it, then you would’ve just told me. So, girl, is there really a bun in the oven?” She reached out and rubbed my stomach.
I shoved her hand away, and gritted. “If you don’t stop fucking embarrassing me.”
“Jhyrah, are you over here harassing people?” Jeremy Junior aka Jhyrah’s husband quizzed, as he strolled over to us. “’Sup, lil’ sis?” He gave me a half hug, before shaking Malice’s hand.
“Yeah, your woman is clearly over here losing her rabid ass mind,” I snitched. “Right, bae?” I lightly elbowed Malice.
Looking at him, I realized that he hadn’t cracked a smile. “What is she talking about, though?”
I hunched my shoulders.
He studied my face. “You lying like a muthafucka.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Jhyrah sputtered, before grabbing my hand again. “Come on, Jaylah. Let’s go find Riah nem.”
Knowing that I had no choice, I allowed my big sister to drag me off to wherever she was trying to go.
“Where y’all been at?” Riah questioned as we approached her, while she sat on a bench with Tootie, Keyasia, Taraj, Josairah, and a few other people that I didn’t recognize. I knew that my parents, as well as Sin J’s were around somewhere, but there was too much going on to spot them, right then.
I frowned in confusion. “I just got here.”
“Oh.” Riah absently scratched her head, while seeming a bit off.
“What’s wrong with you?” Jhyrah immediately probed, picking up on the vibe too.
Riah rolled her eyes to the ceiling.
“She’s pissed off,” Keyasia spoke up for her.
“About what?” I wanted to know.
“It’s Ronny’s daughter,” Key revealed without hesitation.
Jhyrah scowled. “You talking about the trainer Ronny?”
Riah nodded.
“The fuck did she do?” Jhyrah questioned.
“That hoe clearly done got too comfortable,” Keyasia spat. “Riah been feeling a way about it, and now today we caught them coming out of the private room in here.”
I stood back taking everything in, wanting to remain rational. Ronny’s daughter, Eve, worked for him. She was his assistant or whatever the fuck. So, she worked very closely with Sincere Junior, along with a few other boxers.
Eve was a bit on the tomboyish side, but was heterosexual, as far as we knew. She was also a cute girl, with long, fine, curly hair, pale light skin, and a medium shapely figure. So, she was definitely popular in a male dominated space, but Sin J had my sister, and Eve wasn’t fucking with Riah on her worst day.
“It was just the two of them?” Jhyrah wanted to clarify.
“Yep,” Riah admitted.
“And what did you do when you saw that?” I had to ask.
“I made Sin go right back in that private room, and I slapped the fuck out of him.”
No lie, I was a little thrown off by her admission, and couldn’t help but laugh. My sister and Sin J usually had a pretty healthy relationship, so you really didn’t hear about too much drama concerning them. But every now and again, Riah would act up and lay hands and feet on that man like he wasn’t a fucking a world class professional knock-out artist. Having good restraint, he never hit her back, but it was wild to me that she didn’t hesitate to touch him, knowing about all the money that was on the line tonight. What if she had him mentally distracted?
“So, you didn’t even spare him on fight night?” I snickered.
