The Cheater || Sequel, Short Story

The Cheater: O5

-Kemi in the MM, can y'all see it?

:Nevaeh M. Parker-Stevenson:

"Kobe, c'mere" I told him

He put his toast down and walked over to me. Michael and Chanelle were upstairs and I decided to talk to Kobe. Michael must've said something to convince him to call Chanelle mommy.

"Yes ma'am?" He got on my lap

"Did your daddy tell you to call Chanelle mommy?" I asked

"Yes..." He nodded

"Y'know that your dad and I are still married, and he is getting ready to marry her, right?"

"What?" He sat up "He told me to call her mommy whenever I'm around her and said that you'll be okay with it- I thought I was doing something good?"

"No, Be. I'm not okay with it and it's not good at all"

"But why is he marring her when he's still married to you? He's cheating- that's not fair"

I sighed, nibbling on my bottom lip.

"Did he hurt your feelings, mommy?" Kobe looked up at me. I nodded "I hate him then"

"Don't say that"

"But he using you. You was in the hospital and he was cheating on you still- that should be a felony"

I giggled a little bit.

"Imma tell Ms. Chanelle"

"No no no, I'll tell her myself, okay?" I patted his leg for him to get up "Go finish your breakfast"

He nodded and gave me a kiss on my cheek "I love you, mommy"

"Love you too, baby" I pecked his forehead

He went to go finish eating and I sat on the couch. Chanelle came back downstairs and saw me. She smiled and I stood up.

"Uh, Chanelle, can we talk?" I asked

"Sure, girl. Wassup?"

"Well, um, it's about Michael. And I wanted you to know that he's-"

"Hey babe," Michael came down the steps, walking towards her, kissing her lips "Wanna go somewhere today?"

"Sure, where?"

"Anywhere you want" He smirked as he glanced at me

"Oh okay, I'm fine with that" She smiled at him

"Kobe" He called

Kobe glared at Michael as he drank his sweet tea, "What?"

I mouthed for him to stop. He sighed in frustration.

"Yes, daddy?"

"Wanna come with us?" Chanelle asked

"No, I wanna spend time with.." He hesitated on what to say "Uh..."

I left out one detail. Dang it.

"Uncle Aug" He said quickly

Coughing a little bit, I was relieved. They both shrugged and Kobe hurried over to me.

"I know I can't call you mommy around her, but what do I say when she's around you and me?"

"NeNe.. I don't know"

"Oh okay, okay" He pokes his bottom lip out "Oh! How about.. Ms. Packet!"

"Okay, no" I laughed

My phone rang with the ringtone of Used To by Drake, telling me it was Chris.

"Ms. Nevaeh speaking, how may I help you?"

"Babysit Royalty for me" He blurted out

"Wut"

"Babysit her. I'm going on a date a-and yeah" He stuttered

"Tell me about this girl"

"She's beautiful and bubbly, she's around Turkey's height"

"It's Tati" I laughed

"Don't care," He chuckled "C'mon babysit Roy. She'll hang out with Kobe- c'mon Nevaeh, please"

"Okay, Chris, dang!" I groaned

"Thank you!" He hung up

:Christopher Maurice Brown:

It was 7 at night and Nevaeh and Kobe were at the house alone.

"I'm ready" Royalty walked to the front door

We went to get in the car and she was in her car seat jumping.

"You ready to see Aunt Nipples?" I asked her

"No, I wanna see BeBe"

"Kobe?"

"Mhm"

"You like him?"

"Ya"

"When?"

"The play date"

Sucking my teeth, I pulled up in the driveway, "How come you ain't tell me?"

"Cause you weird"

"So?"

"And you ain't at my weirdness level so swerve, yo" She 'oohed'

"Get yo little tail out the car"

"You supposed to unbuckle me, dumb one"

"You being mean to your pops, lil mama?"

"Ya"

-

I rang the door bell and Nevaeh answered.

"Chris, why is she still in her car seat?" She snickered

I undid Roy's car seat, instead of taking her out of it. Leaving her in the car seat made her mad because she hates it.

Roy sat there with her arms crossed as she frowned, "Auntie Ne, get me out of this" She reached for Nevaeh

"Aww, c'mere" Nevaeh squatted down and unbuckled Royalty

"Aww nothing. You just said you ain't wanna see her, you wanna see Kobe. Stop putting up false ads- Vae, this lil nigga a lie"

Royalty looked at Nevaeh with puppy eyes. Nevaeh put her hand on her hip.

"Okay, it's true" Roy pouted "I sorry"

"It's okay cutie, gimme kiss"

Royalty ran to give Nevaeh a hug. I spotted Kobe looking at her, but I squinted my eyes at him, scaring him off.

"My work here's done" I clapped "Bye"

-

I wiped my sweaty hands on my jeans as I knocked on Kemi's door.

"I'm coming!"

Dammit, me and my dirty mind.

She opened the door, as she was wearing denim joggers, black keels that showed her manicured toes and a white long sleeve shirt. Her hair was in a bun and I didn't know she had a ring through her nose.

"Hey" She breathed happily

"You look great" I scanned her body

"Oh," She blushed "Thanks. You don't look half bad yourself"

"I'm offended"