SUMMER | DE

26.

•CHAPTER 26•

Friday
Kass' POV

It felt real good to be back around my people, especially my baby girl Selena. I was fucked up about her after finding out what that nigga Ray did. I told her to go to the funeral so that nigga Matt wouldn't suspect shit these ways. I know that I would neva get caught up for killin' him so I wasn't worried about shit.

My mama invited me and Lena to her house for dinner and I didn't think it was best for me to go out after hearing the news that Lena told me. "The police stopped me today and questioned me about Ray." Selena told me while she did her hair.

I was leaned against the door, watching her. I needed to keep my eye on her at all times. I dare another nigga even look her way when I'm around. "And what you tell 'em?"

"I just told them that he was my boss and I stripped at his club. They asked me if I knew anything about Matt and drugs being involved but I told them that me and Matt just coparent and I rarely talked to Ray when I came in for work." She looked at me with worried eyes.

"Good girl." I said to her nodding my head.

"I don't want anything to happen to you Kasseem. I just got you back, I can't lose you again. Not to the police and definitely not to these streets."

I walked over to her and held her pretty little face in my hand then bent down to kiss her lips. "You don't gotta worry about shit Lena. I told you I wasn't going nowhere and I meant that."

"I was thinking about finding some place else to dance. I know—"

I sighed deeply, getting irritated with her even though I tried not to. "No girl. You pregnant with my baby and it's too much hot shit going on right now and you wanna go back to dancin'? No, Lena that's not the right choice to make."

"This is why I didn't want to tell you. I love to dance and I need to make money! I can dance the first few months of my pregnancy then take a break." She whined.

"I got enough money to cover what you need. I been tellin' yo ass you don't have to work since I met you. Especially with my baby in yo stomach. You know how them clubs get down. I don't need yo ass in harm's way."

"I want to make my own money Kass. I don't think—"

"My money ain't good enough? Cause of how I'm makin' it? Hm? That's what you was boutta say?"  I mugged her.

"What? No! Stop trying to make this into something else. I've been making my own money before I met you why would I stop now?" She rolled her eyes.

I grabbed her arm and she gasped slightly, "Cause you with me now."

Selena looked scared and I knew she probably was giving the shit she been through. I let her go and stepped away from her.
"My bad aight? I didn't mean to grab you like that ma."

She ignored me and continued doing her makeup. I just left her alone and went to get dressed so we can head to my mama's crib.

About an hour later, me and Lena showed up to my mama's house and we wasn't the only people there. It was my Nana and a few older looking people who looked familiar, which was prolly they nosey ass friends from church. One lady kept lookin' at me and Selena for a while which was rubbing me the wrong way. I brought my heat with me just in case some shit popped off. You can never be too sure.

"Wassup ma, I missed you." I hugged her short frame and she wrapped her short arms around my torso. She hugged Lena next who still wasn't talkin' to me. We hugged Nana, greeted everybody else and then went to the dining room and took a seat. The lady kept lookin' at me and Lena with a weird look on her face. She was ugly as hell too.