Cheap Thrills

Situation...

Toni-
I lay on the bed tucked in Ken's arms as I tell him all about my past and how I got here. "So what happened to your other siblings?" He asks stroking my hair softly. "My dad got in contact with me a few weeks ago and told me that he ended up getting the girls and my brother moved to Philadelphia almost a year ago. I still haven't heard from my mom but I hope she was smart enough to get away from him... How are the kids?" I ask thinking of the sweet kids I had come to think of as my own a few months ago.

"They are great actually, they all miss you though. I haven't told them you was working for me yet though because they would probably barge down to the building" he says making me chuckle. "I also miss you" he says tilting my head so I am looking him directly in the eyes. "Ken we really can't do this again" I say pulling away from him. "Give me one good reason why" he says as I stand and move towards my closest. "I'm kinda...seeing someone" I say quietly nervous about what he is going to say. "Oh I see...the kids really do miss you though, maybe if you are not busy later you and the girls can come by and have dinner with me and the kids" he suggest and even though I know its a bad idea I agree because the look on his face is just too hopeful to turn down.

Ken-
An hour later we pull up to the house and I can feel the nerves racing through Toni's body. I turn the car off before facing her way "What's wrong Tone?" I ask grabbing a hold of her hand making her face me. She turns towards the backseat and sees that Tamar is occupied by her tablet and Skai is napping. "...It's just... I'm nervous about seeing the kids, what if they hate me because I left?" She asks sadly making me chuckle "baby the last thing the children are going to think when they see you is hate" I say giving her hand a soft squeeze. She rolls her eyes playfully before getting out of the car "okay lets do this."

I get out and get Skai and her bag while she gets Tamar. We finally enter the house and are immediately met with the sound of the kids arguing. "I AM GETTING SICK OF YOU MESSING WITH MY STUFF CHINA! AND I WISH YOU WOULD SHUT UP MILES!" Yara yells in the living as me and Toni walk there silently with Tamar trailing cautiously behind us holding onto Toni's hand. "WELL I AM GETTING SICK OF YOU TELLING ME WHAT TO DO HELLOOO YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER! AND I DID NOT TOUCH YOUR STUFF ITS UGLY ANYWAY, JUST LIKE YOU! AND YEAH MILES SHUT UP" China shouts back her tone equally as angry as Yara's. "AND I'M TELLING UNCLE KENNY Y'ALL TOLD ME TO SHUT UP BIG HEAD!" Miles yells. We walk into the living to see all three kids glaring angrily at each other looking ready to fight.

"Wow, I've been gone for a few months and you all are about to assassinate each other" Toni says making them all turn to face us. There angry glare turns into shock and then there is a different type of yelling going through the house. "TONI!" They all yell rushing to hug her happily. "We missed you Toni", "why did you leave?", "are you coming back?" The questions just keep coming and I can see that Toni is getting overwhelmed so I interrupt them. "Guys let her breathe. This is Tamar, Tonis sister" I say pointing to the little girl hiding behind her legs. "We remember Tay Uncle Ken" Miles says looking at the little girl happily.

"Good well how about you all go find a movie to watch while Toni and me prepare dinner, and can you put Skai in her room she had caught the flu so she needs to rest" I say to the kids. "Okay Uncle Kenny" China says and Toni passes her a showing Skai. They all head upstairs to the theater after hugging Toni again. We watch them until they disappear before she turns to me with a confused look on her face. "What is it?" I ask looking her over.

"You still kept our rooms the same?" She asks walking towards the kitchen. I follow after her my eyes zeroing in on her delicious ass and the bit of back her crop top is showing. "Well it really wasn't a point in changing the rooms" I say as we enter the kitchen. "Why not?" She asks opening the refrigerator door and look through it for something to cook. "Well I was always hoping you would come back sooner or later" I say to her honestly and I watch as she pause at my words momentarily before continuing her search acting like she didn't hear me. "How does seafood lasagna and a nice salad sound, although we will have to substitute a few of the ingredients in the lasagna because I'm allergic to...well too much honestly" she says with a small but sad chuckle.

"That sounds good, what do you need for it?" I ask moving closer to her for I can get a look into the refrigerator. "Um you seem to have most of it...crab meat, shrimp, ricotta cheese, mushrooms, which I happen to be highly allergic too but if you use just a small-" she starts too say looking over the mushroom package but I quickly take it out of her hands before she can finish her sentence. "Yeah that's a no for me" I say moving to get the mushrooms far away from her but a hand on my arm stops me and I am turned gently back towards Toni who has a small smirk on her face. "I am just kidding Ken, I'm not allergic to this type of mushroom but did you know there are over ten thousand types of mushrooms and this and Boletus edulis also known as the edible Boletus, which is native to Europe and known in Italian as fungo porcino and in German as Steinpilz are the only two types I am not allergic too..." she rambles on making me marvel at just how smart she is and what else is held in that huge brain of hers. "Okay how about we just go out to dinner instead because this seems like too much, this new restaurant just opened downtown that everyone will love" I say moving past her to put the mushrooms back in the fridge. 

"Alright sounds good. How about you go and get the kids ready and I have to call Shemar because I forgot to tell him I can't join him tonight" she says moving around the counter to get to her phone. I grunt as she makes the phone call before going upstairs to get the kids. "This certainly won't be the last night she is cancelling jackass, what kind of name is Shemar anyway? A jackass name is what it is!" I mumble furiously to myself as I walk up the stairs.

Shemar-

"Alright baby... No it's fine I will just eat alone tonight... Yeah... Okay baby have fun... Good night" I say before hanging up the phone and tossing it furiously to the side. I hear a dark chuckle behind me and I turn slowly to see the older man standing behind me with a cold smirk on his face. "So you just go let that bitch slip through your fingers and right back into her exes like that?" The dark man asks making me curl my hand into a tight fist. "Look man I did my part in this mess, it is your job to do the rest" I say angrily turning around to leave out of the surprisingly normal looking house. The sound of  a gun clicking stops me dead in my tracks and I turn to see the man looking at me with a dark look marked all over his face. 

"Your part was to get her to me and is she here? NO because you are too much of a punk ass and let her go back to that man. If she is not here by Friday next week I will kill you and your weak ass momma" he says making my blood boil. I spare him an angry look before stomping out of the house and into the chilly night air. I start walking the short distance to my car thinking back to how I found myself in this situation. Now I got to find myself out of it...

Who is this mystery man????

I know I have not updated this book in a while but I have not forgot about it I just needed to think about where it is headed but hopefully I will be done in a few chapters and can start my Halle Berry and Toni Braxton book💋💋💋❤