Mr. and Mrs. Swing

Chapter 13: Don't Fuck With Me

January 25, 1993

Laguardia Airport, Queens NY

The information that Devante told me recently has had me stirring for the past week, even though I haven't said anything. And not even because of what he did, but the fact that a groupie ass bitch thinks she has the one up on me has me tight. 

I've tried to push it out my mind especially since we had Dyana this past weekend and I didn't want to ruin our first time meeting. If anything good has come out of this relationship with Donald, it has been meeting Dyana. She's a beautiful little girl with fair skin and hazel eyes like her father. She is a little moody, which I found out when I finally asked her if she could turn off Aladdin, but she's a sweetheart nonetheless. We spent the entire weekend playing Barbie's, watching movies, and baking cookies. It made my heart melt when we dropped her off by Stacy and she told her she had the BEST time with Daddy and Drew. I was looking forward to spending more time with her, maybe even having her live with us for a couple of years. 

Now, I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my cousin Diana to land. I need to have someone around this week who I can vent to while still picking out wedding details. Nobody else would understand why I chose to stay with Devante after he admitted cheating on me, but I knew my big cousin would understand and give me some much needed advice and perspective.

I looked at the time on the dash of my BMW and saw it read 2:30 PM. Diana was suppose to land at 2, I wonder what is taking so long. Right as the thought passed my mind, I saw my cousin walk out of the terminal. I jumped out the car and ran towards her with my arms open, just as I would do when we were little girls.

"Cousin!!! You made it!!! Thanks for coming on such short notice!!", I yelled as I gave her a hug.

"Anything for you baby cousin! You sounded so sad on the phone, I knew you needed me. And momma loves any excuse to have Jr to herself so here I am", she replied giving me a kiss on the cheek.

Diana told me she started working out again because the extra baby weight made her feel uncomfortable and I could see her progress from the last time she spoke about it at home. Her stomach had started to slim down and as well as her face. In a few more weeks, she'll be back to be pre-baby shape which made every man in our small town stop stare whenever she walked by.

"Di, you look so good! I mean, you always look good to me but you said you was gonna get the weight off and you did the damn thing!" I said as I grabbed her suitcase and put it in the trunk.

"Girl, shoutout to you and that meal plan you wrote me. It been hard eating salads and veggies especially when momma cooks big ass meals every damn day but I been sticking to it. Me and Jr. go on a walk everyday and he really enjoys it now that he can sit up and grab things", she said getting into the car.

"It's so easy to gain the weight and so hard to get it off, I totally understand that", I replied as I started driving out the airport.

"So Bug, you told me bits and pieces of what's going on but I want the full story. Do I need to kick Devante's ass? He's fine and all but I will put my size 10 up his ass behind you", she said seriously.

"I know you would! And I've been wanting to do the same but I've been trying to play it cool and let it go. So long story short, I go to the studio to surprise him and pick him up for dinner and I see some tacky hoe in the booth. The hoe comes out and introduces herself but the vibe is all fucking off. He's acting nervous and shit and she's licking her lips at my man so I'm just standing there sizing the bitch up. I guess she felt the vibe because she came talking about 'Oh I've heard so much about you' and I'm like well I ain't heard SHIT about you, so what the hell. So after the bitch leaves, I'm looking at Donald like what's up? I know that's not just your friend nigga, look how she was acting towards me. So finally he tells me they use to hook up and they hooked up twice while we've been together, with the last time being September. I know he's telling the truth because the nigga has been stuck at my hip since his birthday at the end of September. But what has me hot is she was threatening him and shit talking about she's gonna tell me and this and that. Bitch you ain't gonna tell me shit about my husband, first of all! This bitch much think I'm some scary, stuck up prep school girl who wouldn't get in her ass. I already told Donald, if you fuck over me, I'm gonna take everything you fucking have and the nigga still doesn't want a prenup so I guess he knows I'm dead serious and wants to do the right thing. So honestly, I ain't even worried about him anymore. Because if he cheats again, there's going to be consequences and that's that. But before we walk down the aisle, I want this bitch to know I ain't the one to be played with", I replied trying to control my anger but feeling it build up in me.