Out of the Shadows

Chapter 4

"So I figured since it's my 21st, I should go hard on you fools. But, I want my money now so I have to be smart. I know y'all not walking around with too much doe. She smiles at them. I look at the guys to see them smirking right back at her. They knew they would have to pay, so I'm sure they not strapped for cash right now.

"Give me 5." She said. Don being the only one not knowing what that means, thinks they kick in to make 5 hundred.

"Aw that ain't shit." He says. He turns around and looked at Demaris.

"You see this shit?" Don laughs. Demaris is lost, he doesn't know what's going on. Lucky and Jazz are just looking at him with this smirk on their faces. Now don't get me wrong, Don's not a cheap bastard at all. But to know she's getting almost $20,000 just because niggas didn't bring her gifts, that shit's about to blow him.

"Nigga that's not $500, that's $5000 apiece my nigga." Lucky laughs at him shaking his head.

"Nigga what? When did it go up to thousands?" Don asked.

"You heard him." Rome laughed.

"This shit is unreal. Baby girl you are getting over big time." He says taking money out his pocket. He then leans over towards me and then he whispers.

"She's getting almost $20,000 for late fees, what happens if you didn't get her anything?" He asks with a scowl on his face.

"Nobody ever wanted to find out." I tell him laughing.

"Demaris, come out them pockets homie. See what you're getting, you sure you want her now." He walked over to Lana giving her the money still laughing.

"He brought me a gift, he doesn't have to pay." Lana laughs.

"She can have everything in my pockets, and hell yea I'm sure. She's mine and I'm keeping her." He says pulling all the money out his pockets giving it to Lana. Then he grabbed her by her waist and hugged her from behind.

"This sucka ass nigga." Don teased. Just as he was laughing at his own joke, Mina winked at Lana and walked over to Don.

"What would I have to give you for all the money in your pocket?" Mina asked him in a sexy voice biting her lip looking up at him. What Mina didn't know was that Don was immune to her little games. He wasn't just interested in sex, he wants her to go with him where she hasn't gone with any other nigga. He knows she doesn't do relationships, but he plans to change that.

"A day." Was his only response. Now she was lost, she wasn't expecting that. She then shrugs her shoulders.

"O.k." she said while looking up at him confused. He nods and starts taking all the money out his pockets. He hands her a rubber band knot of probably $5000. Then some random bills he had in his other pocket.

"My 24 hours start now. When I leave, you leave with me." He told her. She smiles and nods her head, thinking she has won. Little does she know, it will be a long 24 hours. Without sex, I might add. That shit will be pure torture for her, but its time she learns real men don't have a problem with loving one woman. It just has to be the right woman. Don has his work cut out for him. She is not about to take no for an answer about sex and she is not going to believe him about wanting something other than sex. And forget about love, that shit is foreign to her. One nigga fucked that up for every nigga after him, she has built a wall around her heart. I don't even think she knows she still has one, she's hid it so well. He's got to remind her that she still has one and then he's got to prove he's worthy and capable of handling hers. Until then, good luck my nigga.

When Nikki comes back we all begin to get our shit together so we can head out. I'm ready to get my grub on. I decided about a few hour ago that I didn't want to go to a restaurant. I set some things in motion then. Rhonda the cook here at the club is an official chef and she's been trying to get me to invest in a restaurant for a while now. So, I asked her if she was up to the challenge of feeding me and my squad. I knew we would be hungry after our night. If I'm going to be in a relationship with Niq I'm going to need all the help I can get. And a personal chef is always a bonus. Not every night but on those rare occasions when I fuck up or just on some romantic shit. That's in the contract too, please believe. So, let's see what she comes up with. I made sure she had enough money to get everything she needed. I told her not to go overboard with the shit these niggas won't appreciate that shit this early but tonight for Lana's dinner she can put her thing down. Yea, she's doing the dinner tonight too. We're headed to the limos and I stop at the door to tell everybody what the plan is.

"Ok, we're going to my place to chill. Niq, you're riding with me." I stand there waiting for her to follow me.

"Bruh who asked you to change the seating arrangements?" Jazzy asked mugging me.

"I don't give a fuck what y'all do or where y'all sit, she's riding with me." I said.

"And Mina with me." Don said.

"They don't get a say?" Jazzy laughed.

"Nope." Me and Don answered together smiling.

"Excuse you." Niq said laughing. She looked over at Mina and she was already smiling up at Don so she wasn't getting any help from her.

"This bitch" she said rolling her eyes at Mina.

"Either you ride with me or I ride with you take yo pick, don't really matter to me." I say shrugging my shoulders. She huffs and rolls her eyes but heads toward Lana's car, since she's riding with Demaris. We all load up and head towards the crib. When we pull up Rome is behind us then Demaris and Lana followed him. The other car pulled up shortly after that. We all get out and head in. The first thing the girls do when entering is take their shoes off as soon as their feet touch the marble floors, everybody but Niq of course. She doesn't want to look too comfortable in my shit. This girl, I swear she wants me to hurt her. But it's cool cause I can show her better than I can tell her. Everybody chilling in different spots thru out the sitting room. Rhonda comes out and tells me the food is ready.