Making Ends Meet

Chapter 13

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Xita hopped into the truck, looking around at the raggedy insides, and they looked just as bad as the outside. She didn't really know how to approach the subject, without him feeling like she was disrespecting him. 

"Got a new car, huh?" She asked, looking around at the seats with all kinds of slashes and cigarette holes in them. This car looked like it had been through hell and back, and back again. 

Laughing, he shook his head, "It's a truck, but yeah, it was my first," he licked his lips, and tugged down on his beard before pulling off. "You look nice though," he complimented, his eyes roaming up and down her body. "You need to go get anything?" He asked, and she shook her head no before he pulled off. 

She kept two too big t-shirts, a pair of jeans, and some pretty panties in her bag, along with her phone charger, knowing she would have to work. "Do you have a girlfriend?" She blurted out. 

"Me?" He asked and she nodded a yes. "Naw, I ain't got no girlfriend," he looked at her from the corner of his eyes before looking back at the road, his right hand on the steering wheel and his left elbow rested on his door handle, his hand playing in the fuzziness on his face. "Why?" 

"Just asking," she mumbled, looking at him upside his head. 

"You tryna be my girlfriend or something?" He lifted an eyebrow at her. 

"I don't know," she answered shyly, looking away, her face heating up. "You got kids?" She asked, trying to change the subject. 

"Six," he said, keeping his eyes on the road. 

"How many baby mama's you got?" She was curious. Why he ain't have a girlfriend? Why he got so many damn kids? 

"Six," he repeated. 

"Damn you be busy!" Xita laughed, but stopped when he didn't laugh with her. 

"I guess," he said, pulling into the Econolodge. Xita grabbed her bag and got out of the car, following behind Booney. 

Booney dug in his back pocket, retrieving a room key, holding it in his grip as he walked around the building and up the stairs, Xita hot on his trail. Finally, they made it to room 210, and he slipped the key in, before pushing the door open. 

He flipped the switch and held the door open for Xita who smiled at him before saying a thank you. She was kind of afraid of being in the room by herself, without Serenity or Yasmine, but she'd live. 

She really wanted to know about the girl he brought to subway though. Who was she and why was she with him? She sat her things on the bed on the far right of the room. This hotel was a little better than the last one, but only barely. 

Xita went into the bathroom to relieve herself and when she came out, Booney was standing in the door with his phone in his hands. "You need anything? Something to eat? Drink or whatever?" He asked, licking his lips. 

"Naw, I'm good," she plopped down on the bed. 

"Alright, just call me if you need anything," he told her reaching for the door handle. 

"You not gone stay?" She asked, not wanting to be by herself just yet. 

"How you gone make money if I stay?" He asked, smiling but closing the door. "I ain't finna watch you fuck, plus, I don't think nobody gone wanna fuck if I'm up in here anyway," he tried to joke, making Xita roll her eyes and laugh as she sat up straighter in the bed.