Page 34 of Baby, You're My Weakness
I felt relieved, strolling up to Derek. “Thank you so much. You ain’t have to intervene like that.”
I was taken aback when his lip curled up in disgust.
“I ain’t do it for you, just hate niggas like him,” he spat, and tried to walk away, but I called out.
“What’s up with the attitude?” He turned on his heels, staring at me through narrowed eyes.
“You and your sister are some lowlife criminals, and you’ll get what’s coming to you,” he spoke through clenched teeth.
The hell!I launched towards him, poking my finger into his chest.
“First off, don’t ever call me a criminal again. You met me for a hot second, so don’t act like you understand my life.” I poked at him again. “And what the fuck you talking about my sister a criminal?” He glanced between me and Jayda, who stood off to the side.
“You don’t know?” he asked me, and we exchanged looks.
“Know what?” I had become irritated. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t just come out and say what he was trying to say.
“Leah robbed me.”
“What?” I chuckled humorlessly.
“I met her the day before your party at the mall. She invited me to come as her date. After we left, her and a nigga cornered me with a gun to my head. Took all the cash I had, and my credit cards.”
I swallowed deeply, trying to wrap my head around what he said. When Leah told me she just walked up to him and spoke, I knew that was a lie, but I ain’t see this coming.
He continued, “I talked to my homeboy, and he said it sounds like the same person that did it to him months ago.”
Before I got locked up, she couldn’t even speak to a dude without stuttering, so I’d known something wasn’t right. But to hear she was out here robbing niggas, I just couldn’t see that.
I touched his arm. “I swear I ain’t know. I would’ve said something if I did.”
He said she was with a nigga?
“What the dude looked like?” It had to be T.K.; I couldn’t think of anybody else my sister would be this dumb for.
“Light skinned, low cut,” he uttered, scratching his head in thought. Jayda nudged me with her arm. We both knew who he was describing, but I couldn’t tell him that.
“Doesn’t sound familiar,” I lied.
“I’m sorry again. This ain’t like my sister.” I didn’t know what she was like no more. She was beyond the point of saving.
Jayda nudged me another time, and I was gone swing on this hoe if she touched me again. “Well, we got to go. Take care of yourself.” I took one more glance at him before walking away.
The entire stroll to the car, Jayda was talking about what just happened, but I couldn’t think about shit else but Leah. Yeah, she did me dirty, but she still family and T.K. had her out here moving wrong.What the fuck are you doing, baby sister?
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LOVE
After I took a shower,I got dressed in a plain black t-shirt, True Religion jeans and all-black retro Jordan 11s. I grabbed my black snapback from the hook, flipped it to the back and patted my jeans to make sure I didn’t miss nothing. I had already handled my hygiene so, after double checking my pockets, I headed towards the door.
When I called for Baby, her auntie told me she was out with Jayda looking for a job. I was proud of her for that shit, but a nigga really needed to see her. So, I was headed to her crib after swinging by the job to grab my stuff.
It’s a few things I wanted to get, and the rest of the shit they could have. It only took me but a minute to get there and, while I was driving, I tried calling Valentine again.
He didn’t answer, which I already suspected. I hadn’t heard anything from or about my brother since I got out. The streets ain’t talking and I was getting worried. He fucked up, but he’s my twin and I didn’t wanna see nothing bad happen to him.
The first thing I noticed when I walked in the office was that Lauren was nowhere around. She usually sat at the desk, but it wasn’t nobody there and it was about ten people in the waitingarea. I found that unusual but, since a nigga technically got fired, that ain’t none of my business.
