4 #3
Trent, unlike all the others, didn’t seem to understand the meaning of friends with benefits.
He always said that he was waiting for Dash to fuck up again, but she still didn’t want him like that.
He was cool to chill with, but Dash was clingy enough.
She didn’t need another nigga on her back.
Because of that, she backed up from him but he didn’t go away as easily as the others.
“What’s up, friend?” Iva said when she answered the phone.
“Check that lockbox for me and see what’s in there.”
Dash built a lockbox on the outside of the nursery for parents to drop their payments off before or after hours if they needed to. The slot was only big enough for envelopes and fell into another lock box on the inside.
“This nigga must not know how Dash get down. My bro is building houses and buying foreign whips. This nigga can’t think he’s impressing you with a stack.” Iva had taken the envelope out of the lockbox and counted the cash that was inside.
“Girl, that’s going right in Kardi’s bank account. Buy me Chick-fil-A on a Sunday if you wanna impress me. Dash is a hoe but he definitely made it hard for the next nigga.”
“Aside from Fonzo, all Diva raised was hoes. Them niggas can cook good like a muthafucka though.”
Hank was a country boy and knew his way around the kitchen very well. He taught his sons everything that his mother taught him, and they were a fool in the kitchen as well. He and his sons did all the cooking in their households and that was rare and strange to some people.
“You ain’t tell not one lie.”
“Monty’s fine ass can still get it though. That nigga had a bitch dick dizzy for real. Me and Sheba miss that big python.” Iva laughed at Clover’s expression when she mentioned the nickname that she and Monty had for each other’s private areas.
“Bitch, don’t make me gag. Caprice is messy as fuck, but I wouldn’t even let you do her dirty like that. All it’ll take is one time and she’s done for.”
“She better thank God for you. I would have fucked that nigga into a coma a long time ago.”
“Stay strong, friend.” Clover laughed, as Iva dry humped the air.
“Girl, Dot asked me to be backup at the bar tomorrow night in case there’s a crowd. I told her that I might have to fight that mutt that Monty calls a girlfriend but I got her.”
“First off, Kardi is your godchild. And even if she wasn’t, you’re my best friend; you were gonna be there regardless.”
“Yeah but you know her insecure ass hate when I work at the bar. Her stupid ass can’t even enjoy herself for watching Monty so damn hard.”
“She’ll be okay because Dot is definitely gonna need you to help. My family is here and so is Hank’s. After the party, the adults are gonna wanna chill in the bar. My auntie already asked for Kardi to stay the weekend at the Airbnb with her and her granddaughters.”
Some of Clover’s cousins on her mother’s side were actually staying for the entire week. They loved New Orleans and took their vacations just to enjoy the city a little longer.
“And you know your messy ass cousins are gonna be hyping some shit up.”
“Fuck them too. At this point, they can get it just like Caprice. Now, I try to keep the peace with everybody but I don’t mind matching energy.”
It was sad that some of Clover’s cousins were jealous of her.
She was the only one who wasn’t raised in Georgia, so she was nothing like them.
Her aunties and cousins on her mother’s side genuinely loved her.
In their eyes, her and Kardi were the only thing that they had left of Shantel.
It was her father’s side of the family that had the issues.
They accused Tilly of favoritism, but their grandmother didn’t see it that way.
She didn’t get to see Clover as much as she saw them, so she gave her a little extra attention whenever she did.
That was her deceased son’s only child and she cherished the gift that he left behind.
They used to get along when she was younger but something had obviously changed.
Clover tried to bond with them but she wasn’t in the business of kissing ass. Once she saw that they really weren’t fucking with her, she backed up and kept it cute. Unfortunately, those same hating ass cousins befriended Caprice, along with Hank’s ex-girlfriend, Drea.
“You know I’m a muthafucking chameleon; I blend in well in any environment.”
“Period. But girl, I’m not even trying to entertain no foolishness. My baby is excited to see her cousins and her happiness is all that I care about. Now, I can’t be responsible for what happens when I get that liquor in my system.” Clover laughed but she was dead ass serious.
“Your lightweight ass. One shot should be your limit.” Iva, just like everybody else, knew that Clover wasn’t much of a drinker. She was even worse when she smoked, but it was always funny to see.
“Let me go get my babies’ snack bags ready.”
Clover got up from her desk and got right to work. She was hoping that the parents didn’t wait right until closing to come get their kids because she had a lot to do. Kardi was straight and so was Dash. As usual, Clover waited until the last minute to get herself together.