Prologue – Pril Jasmine Blinds #3
It was Derrick’s intention to have all of his children with Pril, but after the third miscarriage, he started to lose faith that it would happen. The last miscarriage was what led him to the club the night that he met Chasity. She was a bottle girl there and was ready for the fucking.
It was meant to be a fling, but Chasity got attached.
Derrick didn’t see it as a real problem because he was able to keep her in pocket at first. Just when he was ready to officially cut her off, she revealed her pregnancy.
A sense of obligation hovered over him. He didn’t want to be like his father and leave his children fatherless.
In the same breath, he didn’t want to leave Pril.
Regardless of what it looked like, he loved her.
He had love for Chasity, but he was far from in love with her.
He never told her about Pril because like his family insinuated, she was immature.
His mother begged him to cut it off before it was too late.
Two sons in, it was safe to say that it was too late.
His plane landed fifteen minutes ago. He made his way through the airport after he picked up his luggage. Pril texted him a few minutes ago to let him know that she was there in the departure lane.
Derrick genuinely missed her. Outside of Pril’s medical issues, she was perfect in his eyes.
It was just that medical issue that was so heavy.
The thought of not having children terrified him.
He didn’t have to worry about that any longer because of his sons Derrick Junior and Dorian.
He did have to worry that he had them with the wrong woman.
“Hey, baby. I missed you,” Pril greeted him. She allowed him to wrap his arms around her and hug her tight.
Derrick buried his face into her neck to inhale her scent that he loved. Once he was satisfied with his fill of it, he kissed her neck. “Hey, baby. You look good. How are you feeling?”
With a flirtatious tone, Pril responded. “I feel great. My period went off the other day.”
Those words triggered Derrick’s dick to jump.
It had been almost a month since they had sex.
Their sex was great when she wasn’t in pain.
He would rather have sex with her over Chasity, but Chasity was more available to have sex with.
“Oh, really? It sounds like I’m going to be in that pussy tonight. ”
She giggled. “You’re definitely going to be in some pussy tonight. Come on so we can go before we get cussed out.”
He smacked her ass before he picked his bag up to put in the back seat of her car. Soon they were on their way. He noticed the glow on Pril’s skin. “You’re glowing, baby.”
She glanced his way with a bright smile. “Thank you, baby. I had a great week. It started out crazy, but from crazy came clarity. Now I feel like I’m on the top of the world.”
“As long as you’re on top of the world, then that means that I am too. We’re one.” Derrick wanted to ask about the crazy, but he didn’t want to go down a road that he wasn’t sure where it would lead.
They rode in silence for a while. When they passed the exit that led to their house, his head tilted. “Baby, where we going?”
“Oh, I forgot to tell you. There’s someone that I want you to meet. They don’t live too far,” Pril told him.
He nodded at her words. His eyes didn’t leave the road. The longer they drove, the more confused he got. He recognized the route, but maybe it was just a coincidence.
When they turned into a very familiar apartment complex, Derrick’s back lifted from the seat. His nerves sat on the edge of his soul. “Who lives here, baby?”
Pril’s spirit jumped for joy at the angst in his tone. Yeah, muthafucka! Be worried! “Oh, I met the nicest girl earlier this week. Her name is Chasity. She has two of the cutest little boys.”
Derrick’s heart dropped to his pinky toe. This could not be life. “Oh, really? Where did you meet her at?”
He felt like he wanted to piss himself when Pril pulled into the parking space designated for Chasity’s apartment building. What the hell was really going on? He knew that the Chasity she mentioned was his Chasity, but he needed her to say it.
Pril didn’t respond until she put her car in park, rolled down the window, and turned the engine off.
She shifted in her seat to better face Derrick.
“I met Chasity when she came to my house to inform me that we were engaged to the same man. Let me ask you, did you buy our rings together on a special? Buying us the same ring is diabolical.”
Derrick had to find the words. There was no way that he wanted it to end like this. Hell, he didn’t want it to end at all. “Baby, I can explain. I know I fucked up, but I promise we can make it through this.”
“There is no making it through this. I told you on our first date that cheating was a deal breaker. Not only did you cheat on me, but you had two children in the process,” she pointed out.
“There is no way that I would ever want to make it through some bullshit like that. Besides, now you can be with a woman who isn’t broken. ”
As if her finding out about his cheating wasn’t bad enough, she knew what he’d said about her. Pillow talk was supposed to stay on the fucking pillow. It was clear that Chasity didn’t understand that rule. “Baby, I was hurt when we lost the last baby. I was out of my mind for a moment and—”
Pril raised her hand to stop his unwanted explanation. “I don’t need or want to know the why. The why doesn’t fucking matter.” She pressed her hand on the horn. “All of your things have been moved from my house to your new home here.”
His brows furrowed to her confession. “What the fuck do you mean my new home here? I don’t live here.”
Like a perfectly timed entry, Chasity walked toward the passenger side door of the car. Nervousness was written all over her face. She tried to hide the fact that in her heart she knew that Derrick wanted to be with Pril. Yes, Chasity had his sons, but Pril had his heart. “Hey, baby. Welcome home.”
Derrick glared at Chasity like she had officially lost her ever-loving mind. She stood there with a smile while his life fell apart. “What the fuck did you do, Chasity?”
Her head bucked back. “What do you mean, what the fuck did I do? I didn’t do anything but do what you should have done years ago. Derrick, I love you, and you should be with your family, not her.”
Stuck was the best adjective to describe how he felt. He wasn’t stuck because he didn’t know what he wanted. He was stuck from shock. “Chasity, that’s not a decision for you to fucking make.”
Pril’s eyes bounced between the two as her head shook.
She cleared her throat so that she could get their attention.
Once she had it, she spoke. “Derrick, you may not be able to make that decision, but I can. See, I don’t care where you go, but you won’t be at my house.
Like I said, all of your worldly possessions are in Chasity’s apartment.
You are the last thing missing from the puzzle. ”
Derrick stared at Pril. Was she serious, or was this just the hurt in the moment talking? “Baby, please. Can we go somewhere and talk about this?”
“Derrick, you can’t be serious. She doesn’t want you! I do! Why can’t you see that and want me back?” Chasity’s tears fell down her cheeks.
The desperation in her voice made Pril’s skin crawl. She refused to be here for this. “Derrick, please get out and have a conversation with your children’s mother. Your car is over there and she has the keys.”
His head snapped in the direction that she pointed in. What the fuck? “Yo, y’all can’t be serious right now!”
“We are very serious,” Pril replied. She glanced at the time on her phone screen. “I have a nail appointment in an hour. Can you please get out so that I can get to where I need to be?”
Derrick wanted to set the world on fire. His children’s mother plotted on his ass to have him to herself. It looked like it worked too. “Man, fuck dat nail appointment! Dis more important den dat shit!”
“Aye, my boy. Ya tone is problematic. Pipe dat shit down, fuck nigga.” Jordan came out of nowhere seemingly.
Derrick didn’t like Jordan just as much as Jordan didn’t like Derrick. His mere presence annoyed him. “What the fuck are you doing here?”
“I know you ain’t think I was ga let sis handle dis shit by herself.
Fuck niggas like you capable of anything,” Jordan said sternly.
He pulled his gun from the holster, pulled the hammer back, then tilted his head to the side.
“My fuck nigga eliminator is capable of anything when it comes ta laying down one.”
Jordan wished Pril had heeded his advice when he told her not to fuck with Derrick all those years ago. All of this bullshit could have been avoided. The fact was that she didn’t listen and now here they were.