Chapter 19
CHAPTER
NINETEEN
Jawan
“Baby,” I grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it. “You ready to tell me what the fuck is wrong with you?”
“I don’t really want to talk about it right now,” she responded without looking at me. That shit pissed me off, so I let out a low frustrated chuckle.
“Well, now I’m not asking.”
I saw her shoulders slump. I knew something was wrong when she stayed in the restroom longer than the time limit I gave her. Tio knows me and she knew I woulda cut the fuck in there for her going against what I said.
“Can we talk about it when we get home?”
I’d give her that. I turned the music up and headed in the direction of our house. I occasionally glanced at my wife and in the backseat at my girls. My conscious was telling me that I wasn’t going to like whatever it was that Tiomi had to tell me.
As soon as we pulled up to the house Tiomi jumped out of the car.
I didn’t know what her problem was, but she better tighten that shit up.
Shit kinda got me tight that she left our kids in the car.
Pushing my feelings to the side, I got out to let the girls out and we headed inside.
I got them settled in their rooms then went to find my wife who was sitting in our room on the foot of the bed.
Before I could even say anything, she started talking.
“He was there,” she whispered and looked at me with tear filled eyes. My chest tightened at the sight and the news.
“Who is he?”
“The guy that shot you I’m assuming. H-h-he said that if you didn’t back down, he-he was going to kill all of us. Jawan he threatened our kids.”
I pulled her off the bed into my arms. I rested my chin on the top of her head and rubbed her back while she cried.
How the fuck I keep letting this muhfucka get close to me and my family?
He was fucking following me. Pulling Tio’s arms from around me, I grabbed her face into both of my hands and made her look at me.
“Baby. You know I wouldn’t let anything happen to you and our girls. I’ll die before I let anybody touch a hair on y’all heads.”
“Ja—"
“Jawan nothing,” I cut her off. “That’s our reality. That nigga won’t ever get that close to you ever again. Give me a few days, I had something in the works for your birthday, but we just gone have to move faster than that.”
“I want you to let this lifestyle go,” Tiomi said after I let her go. I was heading in the bathroom to run her a bath, but I froze when she said that. That wasn’t happening. Not right now at least.
“Tiomi, baby—”
“No, Jawan. If you want us, you’ll decide right now. I don’t want me and my kids caught up in this shit. We didn’t ask for this, we don’t deserve this. Our kids deserve their father. We have more than enough money. I’m not going to sit around and wait for them to tell me you’re dead.”
“Nobody’s going to die, Tiomi, aight?”
“You can’t promise me that, Jawan.”
“I just promised you, didn’t I? Have I ever lied to you before?” I asked her and she shook her head. “Aight then. Come on man, let me get you in the tub so you can relax.”
I was done with the conversation. I would never let anything happen to Tio and I damn sure won’t allow anyone to get closed to my kids. This is one of the main reasons I told her that she wasn’t puttin’ them in no fuckin’ daycare.
“Tech I need you to get into the cameras in that restaurant and the streetlights and I need you to do that shit immediately.”
He was doing whatever he does on that stupid ass laptop of his, but he wasn’t moving fast enough for me. I was on fire inside knowing RJ was in close proximity of my wife.
“Listen bro’, I’m working as fast and as diligently as I possibly can. You need a nigga to do a million fucking things at one time but I’m only one man.” He cut his eyes in my direction. “Choose which is more important to you, the security system at your new crib or the cameras at the restaurant.”
“What the fuck do I pay you for Tech? I need all that shit!” I roared, swiping some papers off that were lying on the table beside me.
“Nigga you pay me to —”
“Aye, both of y’all chill out,” Shad cut him off. “Tech get the security system ready on his compound because we’re moving our families tomorrow. We’ll worry about the rest later. Grim step outside with me bro’.”
We headed out of Tech’s front door and sat in the chairs his girl had decorated their front porch with. I pulled out a pre-rolled blunt, put flame to it, and we started to pass it back and forth.
“Bruh, I know you stressed, but you can’t blow up on everybody. Tech just as stressed about this shit as you are nigga. This is our sister and nieces, too.”
“Shad don’t tell me how to fucking feel bro’. This is my fuckin’ family. You can’t even imagine how I feel as a man knowing my wife don’t trust me with her and my girls safety. Then this bitch ass nigga Romeo trying to get custody of my fuckin’ kid, shit stressful as fuck.”
The somber look and mood that Tiomi has been carrying for the past few days is taking a toll on a nigga. She barely had anything to say to me. I really feel like since we got married shit just been bad for us.
I hadn’t got on my knees and sent one up to the big man in a while, but I prayed that we got back on track after she saw the new crib and the extent I’d gone through for their safety.
Plus, I got Chy and Star booking us a trip out of the country.
We never really got to honeymoon after we married, so I was taking us to Dubai for a week.
“Who telling you how to feel nigga? I’m simply telling yo ass that it’s not just you going through it and you need to chill the fuck out. We gone get this RJ nigga and dead Romeo and whoever else so we can move the fuck on. Shit y’all starting to stress me the fuck out.”
“Yeah, whatever nigga. I’m up, just make sure he gets that shit done.”
I didn’t even give him a chance to respond before I stood to my feet and headed to my car. I knew I wasn’t ready to go home, so when I was in my whip and riding, I headed in the direction of Faded.
When I walked in everybody gave me their attention for a brief moment, spoke, and got back to what they were doing. I went to my station and sat in my chair so I could go ahead and confirm some appointments that a few of my clients had requested.
“Good to see you back in office, Jawan.”
I lifted my gaze from my phone to the awaiting eyes of Nia’s aggravating ass. I didn’t immediately respond. Instead, I let my eyes move down the length of her thick frame then back up to her eyes. I wasn’t interested in her ugly ass at all, but shit I was still a man.
“Do you really want me to be another nigga that beats your ass? That nigga you got at home don’t do that enough for you?” I finally spoke up.
“N-no, of course not. I mean yeah, he does. I-I mean I’m sorry Grim.”
“Don’t be sorry hoe, just get out my fuckin’ face.”
I tried not to disrespect her stupid ass, but she always found her way into my personal space. She dropped her head and made her way back to her station. Bald head hoe, I thought to myself.
My first appointment had about an hour, so I went to my office to look over my books and inventory.
With everything going on, I didn’t have a chance to look at the shit that Tio said was so important for me to see.
My ass wasn’t even in my chair good before I got a knock on my door.
I didn’t even bother to look at the monitor before I allowed them in.
“Come in.”
My door crept open and as soon as I saw who was on the other side of the door my annoyance became visible again. This must be the day designated to fuck with Jawan.
“Why are you here?”
“I’ve been reaching out to you. I wanted to see if you were okay.”
“Why? My well-being ain’t none of your fuckin’ concern Si’.”
She started to move in my direction and my face became tighter. When she went to touch me, I grabbed her wrist and squeezed it tightly before letting it go.
“Don’t fuckin’ touch me.”
“What is your problem, Jawan?” she asked me while she rubbed her wrist. “You act like I meant nothing to you.”
“Muhfucka because you didn’t mean shit to me and yo’ ass still don’t, the fuck?”
“Why, though? I tried to be everything you needed me to be. I even tried to visit your grandmother at the senior facility to show my effort recently.”
I didn’t know whether to be amused or upset about that statement.
On one hand granny been up outta there over a year so its comical that she would even still be trying with me after letting that come out of her mouth.
On the other hand, I don’t like or need her riding around the city inquiring about me and mine.
“That should tell you something. I got a whole ass wife, so the last thing I want or NEED you doing is worrying about me. Tiomi Jones has that covered.”
She dropped her head and started fidgeting with her fingers. “Yeah, I heard about that. And here I was thinking it would have been me.”
Chuckling lowly, I responded. “I don’t know why. I let you suck my dick and swallow my kids when I couldn’t find anybody else that would do it better. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“That’s not all we were Grim, and you know it.”
Growing tired of the conversation, I stood to my feet. “Naw actually I don’t know, and I don’t give a fuck about nothing that you’re talking about man. Don’t come looking for me no more ma or I’ma tell my bitch and we both know you don’t want to see her again. Now get the fuck out.”
I shoved her towards the door and grabbed my phone off the desk so I could head out as well. I figured I’d just sit out there and wait for my clients. As usual when I hit the floor Nia was looking directly at me.
“Who is she?” Nia asked, pointing at Sierra.
“Bitch don’t worry about me. Who are you?” Sierra countered.
“Aye, both of y’all shut the fuck up,” I shut that shit down. These hoes weren’t about to be up in here arguing over me like I belonged to either of them.