Live Like Us

17. Mina's Girls

Ty sighed as he decided to call it a day at the park. Business hadn't been that busy and he knew it was because of the current situation at hand. Some had even suggested that they stop but Ty knew money needed to be made.

He was starting to feel like he had worn out his stay in St. Louis. Maybe it was all the talk about moving to California that had him feeling that way, but in any case, he knew it was time to dip.

Ty had other plans before settling though, he wanted to hit up and island. Before his grandmother passed, they had always talked about going to Turk and Caicos. His grandmother had been their once in her younger day and always expressed to Ty that she wanted to take him to what she thought was a magical place.

Ty figured a couple of weeks there would do him good. He needed to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. He had never thought to do anything but hustle, but the older he got he realized it wasn't for him. The money was, but he could hustle in other ways.

He jumped into his car and decided to go see his woman. Ever since she found out about Keva he had been struggling to get her over it. He knew it wouldn't be an easy thing but it helped that she knew he hadn't slept with her.

He could feel where Yani was coming from with the disloyalty. He had realized throughout all this that she had stuck with him, even if she was pissed. He owed the same respect to her.

He had planned on leaving her alone, especially after he got run off the road. He was slightly tired of her childish games but after his stunt with Keva, he couldn't play the blame game anymore. Point black, Yani Adams had been down for him for nearly two years and he had seen her growth, he loved her and that was it.

Ty made sure to stop by a pasta house and pick up her favorite meal before going over. When he got there, Davon was putting boxes into a truck.

"You good?" Ty asked. Davon nodded and told him that he only had a few boxes left. Ty let himself in the front door to see B on the couch feeding Baby Eric.

"What's up?" he asked. B nodded and pointed to the kitchen. Ty followed her direction to see his woman and her older sister in the kitchen cleaning up.

Ty noticed right away that Yani looked upset. He couldn't place his finger on why but he just hoped it had nothing to do with him.

"What's going on?" Ty asked putting the food down on the table. Both of them turned to look at him but only Cash spoke. She looked at her sister before turning back around.

"Is this for me?" Yani asked touching the bag. Ty smiled and nodded, which in turn got Yani to smile. She grabbed a fork and headed out the kitchen and up to her room with Ty on her heels.

"What's going on?"

"Just a little down about B, Davon and Baby Eric leaving," Yani said sitting with her legs crossed on her bed. Ty slid out of his sneakers and sat next to her. She leaned over and kissed him and he sat shocked.

"Try to look a little less surprised that I'm over it," Yani said pulling her food out of the bag. Ty frowned.

"Am I missing something?"

"I'm pissed that you spent so much of your time with her, but I know where your heart is now and I've been through way too much to sweat the past," Yani said biting her lip in a way that made Ty want to interrupt her meal that instant. "Plus I have something I need to ask you."

"What's up?"

"Money decided that she's moving to Cali too but not as soon." Yani said with a long, drawn out sigh.