Chapter 46
and Clorox wipes. She then used the extendable nozzle on the sink to fill the mop bucket. Right after, she doubled back to the pantry and grabbed the ultra-robot vacuum, before letting it run around the house.
Low key, she really didn’t need my help. She seemed to have it all under control. But I guess that I didn’t have shit else to do, but to remain in her space. So, as she began mopping the living room floor, I sparked up a conversation.
“Hey, can I ask you something?”
“What’s that?” She asked, as her eyes were trained on the
floor.
“Why was you fighting ole girl?”
She nodded her head, gesturing at the Windex she’d placed on the coffee table. “Grab that for me.”
Nodding, I grabbed the Windex like she asked. She then handed me some paper towels. Going into auto pilot, I proceeded to spray, before wiping down the coffee table.
“Okay, it’s like this,” she sighed, before proceeding with mopping.
“The girl Chell got three kids. I sometimes babysit her kids. Her daughter adores me, and I adore her daughter. Anyway, her daughter got a little excited, and accidentally knocked over Chell’s cup of drank.
Then Chell picked that baby up by her hair. ”
I paused. “You bullshitting? This happened outside?”
“Yep. You was outside, but I’m sure that there was too much going on around you to see all that,” Babi guessed. “Anyway, I tried to step in, feeling like Chell was going too far. Whether it was her child or not.”
“Right.”
“Yeah, so I grabbed Nini, and told Chell to let her hair go. She said that she wouldn’t, and it just went from there.”
“And you beat her ass all down the sidewalk.” She shrugged. “Basically.”