Page 170 of The Ninth

I pushed everything emotional out of my mind as I got dressed. Shower, body and skin care, picking out my outfit, make-up, doing my hair. Just going and not thinking.

As I used the Dyson to curl my natural hair, I could hear my sistas hootin and hollerin already. Exactly what the fuck I needed. On my body was a tight-fitting Pucci set that was white with black polkadots. The ass scrunched down my crack and the top tied around my neck. It was the cutest with my blonde blow out.

After turning everything off, I quickly left the room and made my way out into the kitchen

“UGH, MY BABY!” Kenzie yelled. I cackled, hugging her tightly. I just seen this girl.

I jiggled her booty that was huge in her yellow sundress, “Where you get all this ass from, Kenzie?”

“Girl, I’m finna keep it to myself.”

I hugged Tatianna while Devyn frowned. She had on a strapless, peach, bodycon dress with her curls in her signature rod set. Tatianna had on a blue jean set with matching heels that had cherries on them.

“What happened to the YN?” Devyn asked.

“He caught me at Bingo with his mama. I popped up at her shit thinking she was one of his bitches, but then she invited me to come with her.”

Devyn and I fell over onto each other, dying laughing. Tati’s mouth dropped opened as she shook her head, “Kenzieeeeee! We might have to move on to someone our age, mamas. C’mon y’all, he’s here!”

Kenzie continued to try to explain her case to Tatianna but she wasn’t hearing it. I smiled a little, walking out and locking the apartment up. On the way to the elevator, I could see Devyn fidgeting with her fingers. I remembered her saying she had something to tell me last night. One look at her as the elevator doors closed and she came undone.

“I have to tell y’all something before we leave!”

“What?” all of us responded.

“The other night...two niggas were waiting for me outside of the tattoo shop.”

We all gasped, “WHAT?!”

There was a brief pause as well stared at her.

The elevator silently dropped us to ground level. The buttons lit up one by one. All of our perfumes, lotions, and oils were mixing together in the confined space. She finally sighed,

“Well...I came out and then someone said, “that’s her!” Even once I looked at them, they just kept staring at me until Duke came out.”

“Did they recognize you from walking in earlier?” Kenzie responded as the doors opened before we stepped off.

“You’re worried it has something to do with the camcorder...” I whispered.

“Yeah.”

We walked through the lobby silently. Through the doors, I could see Dean standing in front of a doorless and topless Jeep with flowers. Even though it was a beautiful sight, Tatianna didn’t smile. It’s been weeks since we’ve heard anything about it. Everything seemed like it had died down. For some reason, I felt a bit anxious.

“I know who has it,” Tati admitted.

I instantly became irruhtated. The only way she could ever hear something like that is through Poncho. She’s supposed to not be speaking to the nigga. As soon as she dodged their questions, I knew that was the case.

“We should go get it back!” Devyn yelled. Kenzie nodded her head. “Y’all, I’m scared. They were waiting for me.”

I rolled my eyes, “Duke isn’t going to let anything happen to you, Devyn. K3 is home now, we should’ve been told them!”

“Just think about it. I don’t think I can stomach telling him something like that. Duke has always been protective but...it’s different now. It’s too far gone for me to tell him. He’s going to be so mad at me.”

“Devyn, after everything Kenzo and I just went through, he’s going to be even more mad. Plus, let’s not forget we almost died on our first mission!”

“I don’t think it’ll be as hard as the first time. That crazy ass nigga lives with his granny and lil cousins. We should be able to do it!” Tati nodded.

“Devyn, I’ll give you some time to sit on it but as of now? I’m not with the shits.”