Ali Johnson

11. The Forbidden Fruit

Travan - What brings you to the mall? (Laughs)

Ali - Emanuel needed new clothes. What about you?

Travan - You know I love going to the mall. Well you use to.

Ali - We stayed shopping. (Laughs)

Travan - Well when you got money like me, you usually treat yourself a lot.

Ali - Whatever. (Laughs)

Travan - How's you know who?

Ali - Umm

Quan - Oh, her husband? Well I'm doing fine how about you.

Ali - Quan, I didn't see you there.

Quan - Well, I saw y'all talking and decided to join.

Ali - mhmm.

Travan - Hey little man (waves at Emanuel).

Emanuel - Hey. (Waves)

Travan - Oh, I see y'all still together.

Ali - Actually, we are still married but we are separated.

Travan - Oh, how's that going for y'all?

Quan - Well...

Ali - Great! Just great. What about you?

Quan gave me a death stare, I could never erase from my mind. But what did he expect? I was emotionally and mentally gon from this marriage a long time ago.

Travan - Sad to say, but I no longer have a fiancé as well.

Ali - I'm sorry to hear that.

Quan - Yes so very sorry.

Travan - Yep, Ali are still on for tonight?

Ali - Yeah.

Travan - Well, nice seeing y'all.

Ali - You too (Waves off)

Quan - What y'all doing tonight?

Ali - None of your damn business! Ask Nicole what she's doing!

Quan - I'm still invited to Demetrius's game?

Ali - Yea, but don't be expecting nothing.

Quan - Why you acting like this?

Ali - Acting like what? Ugh.

Quan - Acting like you just wasn't calling me daddy and saying you miss me.

Ali - What does that mean? (Laughs)

Quan - That means there's still something between us.

Ali - And what that is? Lust? (Laughs)

Quan - That's all I'm good for?

Ali - When you decided I was nothing but to be cheated on, you became nothing but lust.

Quan - Alright, I won't ask again.

Ali - Ok. Now can we go shopping?

Quan - Yea.

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Demetrius - Ma, you still going to my game?

Ali - Yea, and Emanuel dad is coming. I need you to be cool. I need him to be around Emanuel more. Just don't say nothing if you can't find anything polite to say.