Chapter 11
Istill couldn’t get over what happened between Keynauri and me. After I ate dinner with Nova, I went home to take a nap. I tried my best to calm down, but nothing helped. After a few hours, I decided to stop by the studio to visit my man.
Que had been working since the night of the show, so he had no idea what was going on. I tried to sit down and talk to him about Keynauri and the twins, but he was at the studio more than he was home.
We argued about his time at work often, but he always made me feel guilty for nagging him. In his mind, I should be grateful that he went to work instead of running the streets. He made some valid points, but I still hated how much time he spent away from home.
I decided to pick up his favorite meal and head toward the studio.
The male ego could be fragile, and I wasn’t sure how he would take the news about the twins’ father making a return, especially since it was someone he worked with.
I wanted to make sure that he understood that it would not change our relationship.
It took forty minutes to get to the studio, and by the time I pulled into the parking lot, it was dark outside.
I attempted to call Que multiple times, but of course, his phone was off.
He told me he turned it off to focus on his creativity.
At first, I thought it was a bunch of bullshit, but I also knew nothing about making music.
Since the debut of Keynauri’s album, Que had been booked for several other artists.
While I loved the lifestyle he provided for me, it was hard to trust him.
Most men in the spotlight fell victim to temptation, and while I had never seen any proof of infidelity, there was still doubt in my mind.
Although I had very little experience with dating, I knew enough about men to know that they often grew comfortable in relationships.
Men thought that if they took care of the house and paid the bills, then they were free to do whatever they wanted outside.
It was one of the reasons I remained single for as long as I did.
Being a single mother was hard enough, and I didn’t have time to be chasing behind a man.
I sat in the car for a few minutes, then decided to finally get out.
When I got to the door, I was frustrated to see that it was locked.
Once again, I tried to call, but his phone went straight to voicemail.
It was then that I remembered him mentioning how they often smoked in the back of the building, so I decided to try my luck.
I almost did a happy dance once I got to the back door and it opened right up.
As soon as I stepped inside, I was met with the strong aroma of marijuana and incense. After the day I had, I prayed that they had a blunt in rotation. It had been years since I smoked, but I needed something to calm my nerves.
The music was loud, and it sounded as if they were listening to the playback of a recording.
When I opened the studio door, a cloud of smoke hit me.
I fanned my hand in front of my face to clear my view.
As I stepped further inside, I smirked when I saw Que resting his head in a large office chair.
His back was facing me, but I could tell his head was laid back, and his eyes appeared to be closed.
He always swore that they were hard at work whenever they were at the studio, but clearly, there wasn’t any work going on.
I decided to sneak up on him as a joke, but I got the surprise of my life when I stepped closer and realized that he wasn’t asleep at all.
“What the fuck?” I shrieked, tossing his food and drink on the floor.
Que jumped to his feet, attempting to fix his pants. I was horrified at the sight in front of me, and there were no words to express my emotions. While Que was scrambling to get himself together, Stunna remained on his knees as if he hadn’t just been deep throating my man’s dick.
My stomach began to twist as I raced out of the room and front door.
The moment the cool air hit me, I threw up right there in the parking lot.
I didn’t know if I was more upset about the fact that Que cheated on me or the fact that I was right about Stunna.
He always gave me weird vibes as if we were in competition with each other.
I rarely went through Que’s phone, but there had been a few times that I noticed conversations between the two of them where Stunna would tell him that he needed to be single so that he could fuck all the hos.
Apparently, he must have been included in that group as well.
“Baby, wait!” Que yelled after me, but I didn’t turn around. When I got to my car, I fumbled with my purse to find the keys.
“Get off me! Don’t ever touch me again!” I shouted when he grabbed my arm. I wanted to beat his ass right there in the parking lot, so I was trying to get out of there as soon as possible.
“Baby, I know that looked bad, but I promise it’s not what you think,” Q pleaded. I scoffed at the nerve of him trying to gaslight me into believing that I’d misunderstood what I saw.
“Are you kidding me? Are you trying to deny that I just caught you getting your dick sucked by your business partner and friend? I may not have perfect vision, but I know what the fuck I saw. You don’t need to explain anything to me. Just know that we are done.”
“Come on, Ari. I promise I never meant to hurt you. I’ve been drinking and smoking a lot for the last couple days, in order to get through these sessions, and things just got out of hand. I know you’re upset, but please don’t throw our relationship away over one mistake.”
I turned to face him with my face twisted up in disbelief.
“You are crazy if you think for one second that I’m going to allow you to feed me a lame ass excuse. It’s clear that there are a lot of things that I don’t know about you, and to be honest, I don’t wanna know,” I vented, opening my car door to get inside.
Before I could get completely in the car, another car zoomed into the parking lot on two wheels. My gut was telling me that things were about to get even more interesting.
Within seconds, a beautiful thick woman strutted her way over to us. Her face was frowned, and I could tell she was on a mission.
“Fuck.” Que groaned, letting me know that he knew exactly who she was.
“Who the fuck is this bitch, Quentin? How come every time I pop up at this studio, you’re always with some random bitch? I’m tired of this shit, and I’m about to start fucking shit up!” she yelled, pointing her fingers in his face.
“Now is not a good time, Infinity.” Que spoke through gritted teeth.
She looked at him as if he had two heads before getting closer.
“I don’t give a fuck if it’s a terrible time. You better start talking, or I’m gonna start laying hands on one of you mothafuckas or both.”
“Look, I’m not in the mood for this bullshit. If this is your man, you can have him because I’m done,” I injected. This was becoming a circus show, and I wanted no parts of it.
“Wait a minute. I know who you are. You’re the kept bitch that he keeps tucked away at the house.
I recognize you from your pictures now. Although I don’t know why he keeps flaunting you around when he knows that he keeps telling me that he doesn’t want you.
According to him, you are boring, your kids are annoying, and he’s tired of waiting for you to give him a child of his own.
“I don’t mean to speak out of turn, but you seem too pretty to be so desperate.
Your man is taking bitches on shopping trips and vacations out of the country while you sit at home with your two Rugrats.
Every week, I’m fighting off a new bitch because of him, so I know you couldn’t possibly have thought you were the only one. No, boo, you’re one of many.”
Her revelation left me stunned, but I tried not to let it show on my face.
When I glanced over at Que, his face was full of guilt.
Instead of doing the right thing and getting in my car and leaving, I lunged at him, jumping on top of his back.
I punched him anywhere I could, releasing all the anger I had pinned up inside of me.
Not only was he getting the anger that he deserved, but he was also getting the anger that I had been holding for Keynauri.
“Bitch, get off my man!” Infinity shouted, attempting to remove me from Que’s back. I was so angry that I lifted my foot and kicked her in the face. Her nose began to leak as I finally got down.
“Aye, what the fuck is going on out here?” Stunna roared as he raced over to us.
“She attacked us! Crazy bitch!” Infinity lunged toward me, and I punched the side of her head.
She stumbled back, and I could tell she was dazed.
Before I could turn around to head to my car, the sound of sirens stopped me in place.
If I didn’t have any bad luck, I would be convinced that I would have no luck at all.
I pulled out my phone to let Nova know that there was a chance I would be going to jail, and I was right.
Infinity decided to press charges, and once they took a look at Que, they decided to arrest me on the spot.
When I finally got printed and booked, I called Nova to give her instructions on how to bail me out.
Of course, my best friend did not listen and called the father of my children instead.
My eyes widened in surprise, when they released early the next morning and his face was the first one I saw.
“What are you doing here?”
“I believe the appropriate response is, ‘Thank you for bailing me out of jail’,” he shot back.
I wasn’t in the mood to go back and forth with him, so I reluctantly thanked him and followed him to his car. Once we got inside, I prayed he would just drive in silence, but of course, that wasn’t what happened.
“Assault and battery, huh?” Keynauri chuckled. “Who did you beat up?”
“A pussy ass nigga like yourself. Honestly, I beat his ass twice as hard, just because I couldn’t put my hands on you.”
“Damn, my baby momma is a criminal. I never thought I would see the day.” He chuckled as if there was something funny. I probably needed to go to anger management because the only thing I wanted to do was smack him, but I had gotten into enough trouble for not keeping my hands to myself.
“You can take a trip to hell’s lake of fire and jump in headfirst. Please shut up talking to me.”
“Is that any way to talk to the person who got you out of trouble? I’m offended.” He was clearly getting a kick out of this as he clutched his chest as if he was shocked.
“I already said thank you, but I didn’t ask you to come. I’m still not fucking with you, so I would rather not have to deal with you.”
“My fans think that I’m dangerous and hard, but they don’t know Baby Dee.” I didn’t want to laugh, but I chuckled at the Next Friday movie reference.
“Please don’t make me laugh. I’m still pissed off at you. I went to the studio to calm down, and things took a turn. Now I could be facing real time, and it’s honestly all your fault,” I vented.
“I guess I can understand how you could see it that way. I’m sorry for the way things blew up yesterday. I know that there was a better way that I could’ve handled it, but I let my emotions get the best of me.” He apologized.
I sat there stunned for a moment because I hadn’t expected him to take accountability.
“Thank you. I appreciate that. I know that I have to take ownership of my role in all of this as well. I don’t want to fight with you. All I wanna do is take care of our kids.”
“I’m good with that, and don’t worry about the charges.
I had to pay a hefty price, but I was able to get ol’ girl to drop the charges.
Your fat bitch of a nigga pleaded with them not to charge you on his behalf, claiming he didn’t remember who hit him.
Just try to keep your hands to yourself going forward.
I can’t have you in the tabloids making me look bad,” Keynauri teased.
“Why did you ask me who I fought, if you already knew the answer?” I huffed.
“Because the shit was too funny not to hear it from the horse’s mouth. I can’t believe you beat that chubby, biscuits and gravy looking mothafucka up. I didn’t know you had it in you.”
“I’m glad one of us thinks this shit is funny. I have never been so humiliated in my life.” I grumbled. I still couldn’t believe things turned out the way they did. My perfect criminal history had been tainted by a moment of weakness, and my life had blown up in a matter of days.
“It’s all good. We’ve all been there before. I know it may not have been the outcome you wanted, but it was necessary. Besides, you weren’t about to be with that no-neck having fuck nigga much longer anyway.”
I turned in my seat to face him. The last part of his statement didn’t make any sense to me.
“What do you mean by that?”
“You’ll find out soon enough.”