Old Flames Don't Die

Unraveled

    "So bruh you gone let a nigga know what's going on with you and Lo, or you gone leave me in the dark about it?" Dayshawn asked his brother with a silly grin on his face.
    "Nigga there ain't much to know. I love her and she love me. she married, but she unhappy so I'm going to get her back and beat her husband's ass." Treyshawn replied with a shrug and an equally silly grin.
     The brothers headed out the door to Treyshawn's Benz so that they could grab some Dutches and head over to Ms. Melody's house to help with her annual spring clean up.
     "Nigga you a fool! What was that shit last night? Blood really left her at Nobu like that?" Dayshawn asked bucking his seatbelt.
     "Bruh her nigga so fucking lame," Treyshawn replied shaking his head.
     "Not only did his weak ass miss the date, he hit her talking about he was drunk at a patnas crib so he was staying out. I guess he ain't realize until he got home this morning that she never made it home either and started blowing her line up." Treyshawn said filling his brother in on the drama while he rolled a blunt and let the AC run.
     "Oh that nigga got a bitch somewhere fasho. So let me guess you spent the night dicking her down to make her feel better?" Dayshawn asked with a smirk.
     "Nah I might've handled it like that with the next bitch, but Lo Li my baby. It's more than the physical with us. If I'm being honest I'm mad asf that she got that nigga in my spot too. That's MY wife he fuckin' over and I'm not with it." Treyshawn replied lighting the weed and taking a hit before passing the blunt to his brother.
   He started up the car and pulled onto the road and headed towards the freeway.
      "Yeah nigga maybe in your dreams, but she carrying somebody else's last name in reality. How the fuck you getting that back?" Dayshawn asked as the car filled with smoke.
      "I'm not," Treyshawn said calmly staring off into the distance.
      "He gone fuck up and give her back to me. Clearly I'm where she wanna be, so I'm going to let bruh play his hand until he folds. When he does, I'm bringing my woman home." He said hitting the weed.
      "Enough about that shit though, Pierre wants us to come through tonight to pick up that package. So don't dip off too far after we leave Ms. Melody's house." Treyshawn said seriously to his brother.
     Treyshawn and Dayshawn weren't the average business men that held corporate meetings and potluck lunches. They were high caliber street pharmacists. They discreetly supplied the majority of the dope that came through the Southern California pipeline and made it to the streets. Their father Tremaine Daisan "Shooter" Wilson taught them both the basics of the streets and all that came with the life. He taught them how to make the right connections, line the right pockets and stay under the necessary radars. Needless to say, the twins took to the dope game like a couple of fish in water.
      "Aight bet, I'll go home to shower and meet you at your spot afterwards and we can make that move." Dayshawn replied to his brother.
     "Bet. Yo what's the deal with you and ol girl, the one you knocked up?"
     "Man this shit's been a wild ride I'll tell you that muthafuckin' much. I ain't even really know this bitch bruh, we fucked a couple of times and she came up pregnant." Dayshawn explained exhausted that the bullshit that was currently going on in his life.
     "Wait a minute though, didn't you say she dances? You can't just take the word of no strip hoe like that bruh." Treyshawn reasoned with his brother.
      "Don't get it fucked up bruh, I'm getting a DNA test, but it's stressful knowing that I MIGHT be having a kid with a bitch I don't even know. Jamie wasn't feeling that shit either." Dayshawn said solely hitting the blunt.
     "You told her about that shit fam?! Why? You KNEW she wasn't going to take that well bro."
     "She found out cause she went through my phone the last time she was at my place. I had no choice but to come clean bro." Dayshawn said.
     "Them sisters get us every time fam," Treyshawn said with a chuckle.
     "One got you praying you're not the father and the other got me rooting for a black marriage to fail. It's fucked up."
     "It's life you feel me. We can't help who we love and the truth is I love Jamie's dirty panties like you love London's." Dayshawn said cracking up.
     "Yeah I guess you're right, let's get in here so we can get this shit started." Treyshawn said pulling up to Mama Melody's house.
    London watched Treyshawn's Benz pull up and her heart raced. She wondered if their interactions would be different in front of other people than they would be in private. Would they hide their attraction or would they flaunt it disrespectfully? She truly didn't know, she'd just flow with the vibes and do what felt right. She was tired of coloring in the lines, no one else was.
     Treyshawn walked into the house and immediately flashed that radiant smile that London loved so much when he saw her.
    "Hey Lo Li," he said walking up on her smiling and licking his lips looking as if he'd walk up and kiss her. He didn't though, he let his body brush past hers as he approached her mom.
    "Hey Ms. Mel, where do you want me to start? Dayshawn is here too." He said with a sweet smile as he leaned down and kissed her cheek.
    "Hey Baby thank y'all for coming. Y'all can get started in that garage with them boxes and bring out that old furniture for the goodwill truck." Ms. Melody instructed.
     "No problem mama, I'll head back there now. See you later Lo Li." He said with a wink before he headed downstairs towards the garage.
     "You keep flirting with that lust demon, you gone mess around and get kissed girl." London heard her mother say behind her as she cleared out the spice cabinet.
     "Mama what are you talking about?" London replied trying to play dumb with her mom.
    "Girl you know exactly what I'm talking about. Don't play in my face, Ray Charles can see that you got something going on with that boy. Hell you look like you love him in fact and I can tell he loves you too. Always has, but London baby you're married." Melody said warning London not to overstep.
    "Mama I know, I'm not sleeping with anyone other than my husband and my attraction to Treyshawn is just that. Attraction. It's nothing major." London said trying to downplay what she was feeling for Treyshawn.
   "Okay Lunnie," her mother said to her calling her the nickname she'd used for her as a kid.
    "Just know you play with fire, you get burned." Her mother said as one final warning.
    After a couple of hours London finished the kitchen and the other room she was assigned so she headed towards the backyard to Treyshawn. She saw him standing with his back turned talking to his brother. She took a second to admire his back, covered in chocolate skin and the muscles that rippled underneath. She caught eyes with Dayshawn and mouthed for him to be quiet by placing her index finger to her lips. She proceeded to creep up behind Treyshawn until she got close enough to lunge out and jump on his back.
     "Ahhh!" She screamed as she jumped towards him.
     He laughed and caught her legs, adjusting her on his back so that he could stand straight.
     "London what the hell you got going on man?!" He asked cracking up laughing at her goofy childhood antics.
    "I wanted to see if you could still carry me or if you have an old man back now." She said giggling behind him leaning into his shoulder.
     "Oh you got jokes huh?" He asked laughing back at her.
    "No all jokes aside, I wanted to thank you for coming to help my mom. I appreciate you." She said sincerely and kissed his cheek.
    "Anything for you and the woman who raised you Queen." Treyshawn replied to her.
     London simply smiled as Treyshawn walked her around the big backyard.
    "You wanna sit by the pool love, like we used to?" Treyshawn asked almost sheepishly. He wasn't sure if she'd want to be so openly affectionate around her mom and sister.
    "Of course, it's hot as hell I'd love to get my feet wet." London replied to his surprise.
    Treyshawn carried her to the edge of the pool and kicked off his shoes, taking off his socks with his feet by stepping on the ends and pulling back. He squatted down putting his legs in the water. He pulled London's shoes and socks off also, then placed both of her pretty feet in the water. He massaged them while they were submerged and heard her let out a small moan of pleasure as she relaxed her head on his shoulder.
    The two said nothing as the sat together enjoying each other's presence and taking in recent events. London remembered that the last time they were in that pool. London's mom was out of town and she had Treyshawn over. They ended up drinking and swimming. Somehow, he ended up sitting her on the edge while he got on his knees in the shallow end and ate her pussy like it was his last meal. Her body shivered as she shook the thought. London heard the gate open and both of them looked up to see Jamie and Dayshawn.
     "Bitch why you didn't tell me these two made it here already? I been upstairs all damn day thinking they flaked on us." Jamie said to London as she and Dayshawn approached the pool.
      "First of all, how the fuck was I supposed to know you didn't know? Secondly, here they are." London replied sarcastically to her sister.
      The girls went back and forth for a while laughing and cracking jokes on one another. London noticed Maia coming out of the back door towards them. She didn't say anything to announce her arrival she just watched her. The woman seemed so sneaky to London and she couldn't get over the notion that she was trouble.
      "Hey y'all why didn't you tell me y'all were down-" Maia started but stopped suddenly when she laid eyes on Dayshawn.
     London noticed and apparently so did Jamie because in no time she was looking between the two of them trying to figure out what was going on. Dayshawn noticed the sisters odd facial expressions and turned around. He sat frozen as he locked eyes with Maia. When Treyshawn noticed the look of panic on his brother's face he knew that things were about to go left, so he tightened his grip on London's legs.
    "What are you doing here?!" Dayshawn demanded to know from Maia.
     "I was invited nigga, Jamie is my friend!" She yelled back at him.
     "Ummm hey! Y'all know each other?" Jamie asked still looking back and forth between Dayshawn and Maia.
     Dayshawn put his hands over his face and exhaled. He looked Jamie regretfully in the eyes and replied,
    "Yes Jay. I know her. This is the woman who's claiming I got her pregnant." Dayshawn said sorrowfully.
      "Are you fuckin' serious Dayshawn?! My muthafuckin' friend nigga? Of all the bitches you could fuck, you picked my friend?!" She screamed at him.
      London decided then that she'd interfere because her sister had the worst temper and she could see this going left. She shifted her legs to get up, but before she could, she was shaken by an angry male voice.
     "LONDON! What the fuck are you doing?!" Hakeem yelled across the backyard at his wife.
    He was seeing red after walking into his mother in law's yard to see his wife with her legs wrapped comfortably around another nigga.
     London scrambled to her feet in shock and Treyshawn stood up quickly beside her placing a hand on the small of her back letting her know that she'd be fine either way this went.
     "Hakeem.. I.. what are you doing here?!" London said nervously stuttering over her words. She'd been caught. She'd been caught red handed in a compromising situation with another man.
    "I came here to beg my wife to forgive me for missing date night, but I see you're doing just fine huh?" He asked her condescendingly.
    "Hey man I'm Treyshawn, no disrespect. We was just-" Treyshawn began, attempting to clean up the mess London was about to be in.
     "Nigga I'm talking to MY muthafuckin wife. I don't need no commentary from you." Hakeem said furiously looking Treyshawn square in the eyes.
    Treyshawn put both hands up in mock surrender and smirked. He wouldn't punch this lame ass nigga like he wanted to, because the reality was he was in violation with his wife and had it been him, he'd have reacted the same way if not worse. He had to own that, so he was cool until he saw him snatch London's arm. He immediately moved London out of the way and stepped in Hakeem's face.
    "Nigga I told you I don't need no muthafuckin help handling my wif-" Hakeem started to say through gritted teeth.
     "Fuck you nigga and all of what you talking about, cause I'll kill you behind that one. So I'd suggest you keep them filthy fuckin hands to yourself nigga." Treyshawn said and stepped close enough to Hakeem for the men to feel each other's breath.
      "Hakeem?!" They all heard a voice say from across the pool.
      Hakeem whipped his head around and his breath was immediately snatched from his lungs. His worst nightmare was coming true. His pregnant baby's mother was in the same room as his wife and from the way things looked they knew nothing about each other.
       Maia yelling Hakeem's name stopped her current argument with Jamie and Dayshawn. She had stood there long enough watching Hakeem get so upset about London being with another man, while he ignored her very presence. SHE was carrying what could be his son. He needed to be worried about HER. She opened her mouth to say something, but she was cut off.
     "How the fuck you know him?!" London asked raising her voice as her heart began to beat fast in her chest. This woman called her husband's name like they were well acquainted and it was making her angrier by the second.
      Treyshawn tightened his grip around London's waist. He had already put the pieces together in his head and knowing London, once she did the same he was going to have to hold her all the way back.
      "I.. umm.. we met.. umm." Maia stammered not knowing what words to form because she never expected for Dayshawn and Hakeem to be in the same room, she was caught all the way off guard.
    "Spit it the fuck out bitch before I smack it out of you!" Jamie yelled at Maia as she squared her stance in her direction swatting away Dayshawn's attempt at calming her down.
     "He might be my baby's dad," Maia started.
     "Him and Dayshawn." She finished and dropped her head pretending to be ashamed.
    In her mind, she was doing cartwheels knowing the drama was about to begin. While she didn't want Dayshawn to find out there could be another man involved, the bigger fish to lose was Hakeem. Because she didn't know how's deeply Dayshawn was in the streets, she had no clue how long his paper was. She looked at him as a secure back up option.
    London looked from her husband to Maia and back again. She looked at her sister and saw the sad look on her face and knew she heard what she thought she heard. London immediately flashed back to Maia gushing in the car over her baby's father. How he cared for her. How in love they were. How good he could fuck. The little bitch had gotten explicit.
  She thought about the fact that her husband couldn't even bring her to an orgasm, but had the audacity to be fucking someone else. The idea that the father of that baby could be her husband, when he'd insisted that they wait on trying for kids was the final straw.
    London balled her fists and lunged towards Hakeem without a second thought. Just as she did Jamie lunged towards Maia knowing the deal. Everybody involved needed their asses beat. London just knew, in her heart that no matter the outcome of all of this, nothing in her life would be the same after today.