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I rolled my eyes, but I couldn’t help laughing. Between Joni, GiGi, and these babies, I already knew the next three months were going to test every bit of my patience.

Chapter Six

Khaotic

Almost an hour had passed since I got to the club, and I was finishing up an email while Tae sat across from me scrolling through his phone. We’d already taken care of everything business-related, but there was something else I needed to bring up.

I’d been meaning to tell him about Dexter, but I knew how that conversation was going to go. My brother was just as bad as me when it came to AJ, and finding out that nigga was back wasn’t gone sit right with him.

“Aye, that nigga Dexter popped up at Rah’s job,” I mentioned, setting my phone down.

Tae looked up immediately. “AJ’s daddy?”

“That ain’t his fucking daddy, but yeah. Apparently, he’s ready to play daddy after being gone for fourteen years,” I replied, shaking my head.

“Nigga can’t be nobody’s daddy if he’s dead.” Tae shrugged.

“I told Rah I wouldn’t fuck with the nigga,” I explained. “She’on want us getting involved because AJ already told her he ain’t interested in having shit to do with him.”

“Since when we letting Rah call shots when it comes to some shit like this?” Tae questioned. “What, she still love that nigga or something?”

“Nah, it ain’t that. She’s protecting AJ, and she’on want us doing some stupid shit that’ll put us away from our families. She knows how we get when it comes to ours,” I answered.

Tae nodded, although I knew he didn’t agree with leaving that nigga alone. Truthfully, I didn’t either. That nigga had no idea how fortunate he was that my sister had asked me not to touch him. I could respect her wishes as long as he respected AJ’s. The moment that changed, all bets were off.

“What nephew saying about all this?” Tae asked.

“He told Rah he’on wanna see the nigga. He said he had sixteen years to be a father, and he wasn’t about to start acting like one now,” I replied.

“That’s my boy,” Tae said, nodding approvingly. “He knows who been there for his ass.”

“Exactly. That’s why I’m leaving the shit alone. I’ain got shit to prove to Dexter, and AJ damn sure don’t owe him a gah damn thing,” I stated.

Once we finished checking everything, I looked at the time and saw that I needed to get moving if I wanted to make it to AJ’s practice before it ended.

“Aye, I’m about to head out. I gotta go get AJ from practice,” I told him.

“Bet. I’ll meet you over there. Gabi’s working late tonight, so I’m coming to your house to eat up all Gee’s food until she gets off,” he replied.

“Saint already threatened to ban your ass from the shop for fucking with his customers. You might wanna chill before he makes good on that shit,” I joked as we headed toward the parking lot.

“Fuck Saint and them customers. I’m gone be wherever my girl’s at, and if he got a problem with that, he can’t get that,” Tae countered.

Shaking my head, I dapped my brother up before we headed to our trucks. Once I got settled inside mine, I called Tori. She answered after a few rings, and I could hear Gee fussing in the background.

“Wassup, shorty?” I greeted once she answered. “What you doing?”

“Lying on the couch with Rah, watching TV.”

“Where my princess at?”

“In the kitchen with Ma Pat, getting some dessert,” she responded.

“That’s wassup. How you feeling?”

“I’m good, Joni. A little tired, but nothing serious,” she assured me.

It seems like once the pregnancy was confirmed, Tori was tired all the damn time. I felt bad as fuck for her, so I tried to do everything I could to keep her comfortable.