A Hustler's Pride

Part 14

Today was Valentine's and Hova wanted to take Giselle out to dinner. She had been actin so mean to him lately that he wanted to remind her that he still loves her. "Baby u ready?" He was sittin on the bed lookin thru the third magazine cause she was still in the bathroom puttin on her dress. When she didn't answer he got up to knock on the bathroom door. "G, come on man. I'm hungry." He listened for her response but there still was no answer. He tried the door and he walked in to see her wit her bra and panties on. She was sittin on the floor cryin with her dress crumpled beneath her. "Baby?" She looked at him and he couldn't believe that she wasn't ready let alone cryin. "What's wrong boo?"

"I can't get in this dress I bought just last week....and......" she layed on the floor and screamed. Hova looked at her not knowin what to do.

"Baby I'm hungry." She stopped and looked at him.

"I'm up here lookin like a fat pig and all u thinkin about is stuffin ur fat lips! Get the f'ck out!" He looked at her and left while shakin his head. He went into the kitchen to make him some noodles. Giselle came out dressed. "Let's go." He looked at her and they left.

While at dinner Hova's phone began to ring and this irritated Giselle. When he was done talkin, he asked her if she wanted to go to a party. She agreed and at the party she noticed Hova talkin to a lot of girls. Everytime she looked up he was takin a pic with some girl. The last pic made up get up and go check him.

"WTF! Why every time I look up u takin a picture with some b'tch!"

"B'tch," the girl said lookin at Giselle.

"Yeah u heard me. What's up wit it?" Hova stepped in between the two and pulled Giselle away. When they got outside the party Hova decided to let Giselle know how she had been actin lately.

"WTF is up wit u! U actin like u don't have no f'ckin sense."

"U all hugged up wit some ugly hoe and u want me to not say anythin about it?"

"I wasn't hugged up with nobody. We was takin a picture."

"So every hoe in there want u on they fireplace or next to their bed right?"

"U need to just calm down. Do u want me to take u home?"

"Why so u can go back to yo hoes?! Yeah take me home," she said walkin off and then turnin around to face him. "Nah, u know what. Stay here. I'll find my way home."

"I ain't lettin u go walkin out in these streets in the middle of the night like this."

"U ain't all that worried about me anyways. Go back and chill nigga." He looked at her and couldn't believe how she was throwin things out of proportion and actin so childish. He just let her go. Once Giselle got half way home on the bus, she saw her father at a corner and she decided to go approach him. While walkin over to him, he began to shoot at someone. Giselle fell down to the ground coverin her head. About five minutes later someone grabbed her and she screamed. When she looked up it was Matthew.

"Giselle? What are u doin here?"

"WTF! What are u doin?"

"What? Why are u here? Are u spyin on me for ur lil boyfriend or somethin?" He backed away from her lookin around pointin his gun.

"No. I just came from a party with him."

"Oh?" He lowered his gun and looked at her. They stood silent for a moment.

"U know daddy I really miss u. I just wish this fued would end between us."

"Giselle there is no fued. I'm straight. Ur obviously straight."

"I'm not. I wanna come home and know that u'll except the decision I make not u." He looked at her and then back towards his car. Gunshots rang out and they bothe ducked.

"Look I can't decide on that right now. I got business to handle. Call me or somethin," he said runnin back to the action.

Once Giselle got home, Hova was already there smokin on a cigar in the dark. "Where u been at?"

"I walked home."

"U lyin. Someone told me they saw u on the bus and u got off. Where'd u go?"

"If u know that u should know where I went to," she said droppin her purse on the counter and turnin on a light.

"Oh u tryna be smart wit me? Where the f'ck did u go. U f'ckin around on me or somethin. Is that why u been actin so b'tchy lately?"

"I ain't cheatin on u Corey."

"U betta not. I'on play that shit. Tell me where u was honestly." She let out a deep sigh.

"I saw my dad and I went to speak with him."

"I knew it! She tradin me off for that nigga?"

"That nigga is my daddy."

"Yeah well i'm ur man who took u in when that motherf'cka put yo ass out. I'm yo daddy now." She couldn't believe how cocky he was actin. "I love u and u know that. Why u tryna play me out like that. U tellin him bout my business and shit?"

"I ain't tellin him nothin. I didn't even really get a chance to talk wit him."

"Look..I know u miss him but things are about to get really ugly out here in these streets and I wanna know that i can trust u. If u thinkin about doin somethin shady like runnin back to him, let me know now cause I can't afford ANY mishaps." She looked at him and shook her head.

"Don't worry yo business is safe wit me. I don't want nothin to do with it anyways," she said walkin to the bedroom. She touched her stomach as she sat on the bed and knew that life was evolvin inside her. The two people that loved her were fuedin wit one another and she hated it. With new life on the way ain't no tellin what drama it would bring.