Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

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Que

The night of the party

I had just changed Mari's diaper and I was walking to Milani when I heard her mom and cousins talking. "They think they're so much better than everyone cause they have money." Milani's mom, Maggie, said. "Anaya was just smart enough to open her legs to the right nigga." One of the guys said. "You mean white man." Some woman said cackling. "Well I'm not surprised all her daughters be hoeing around they learned from her." They all laughed. "What the hell are you all talking about?" I asked. They looked at me.

"Come on Que. You know we're just being honest. These people are shitty humans. Especially Giovanni that nigga gets on my nerves." Some man said. "He needs to stop acting like he's a nigga just because he's married to a black woman. He's just a white boy whose playing black." He continued. "You can't come in these people's home and run your mouth," I said. "Nah fuck these niggas," Milani said. "Excuse me." I turned to see Claire standing behind me. We all turned to see her and Chelle standing there. "Gio! Des!" I called because I could see it in their eyes. They looked up from what they were doing and within seconds they rushed over.

"Claire calm down. Tell me what happened?" Gio asked her but before she could speak Milani scoffed. "Say something I dare you." Claire barked reaching around her dad to try claw at Milani.

"What happened?" Evie asked walking outside. "She and her trailer park family were running their mouths again," Claire yelled. Evie started tying her hair up. I turned to Milani and handed her Mari with hope no one would touch her with a baby in her hands. "How you gone come into somebody's home eat they food and talk shit about them?" Chelle asked.

"What was said?" I looked behind all of them to see Mrs. Naya walking up with Evie's aunts behind her. I knew Mrs. Naya and her aunts were the type to throw hands and I was nervous. "They called you, you, you, and me a hoe," Chelle said. "They said daddy needs to stop acting like he's an n-word just because he's married to a black woman. He's just a white boy whose playing black." Claire said. I looked at Gio whose gaze held a dark look in his eyes. I could see his hands and jaw clench and unclench. I knew I needed to de-escalate the situation. "Look they didn't mean anything by it they're drunk." I tried to explain even though I knew they were in the wrong.

I didn't want my baby's birthday to end on a bad note. Evie walked towards me but Raheem grabbed her arm holding her back. "What was her excuse the last time or the time before that, or before that," Evie questioned. "I get that she's the mother of your kid but we brought you into our family and treated you like one of own and you're going to sit here and defend her. Especially after all the shit, she's put you through." Evie said rolling her eyes.

"Get out." She ordered. "What?" I asked in disbelief. "Clearly you've chosen your family, so you and the ratchet brigade can get the hell out of MY family's home," Evie ordered. "Evie really..." "5" She interrupted. "Evie comes on." said. ""4....................3................" She said. "Evie, he doesn't have anybody else," Raheem said. "And whose fault is that?" She asked. "2................" She said looking at me before Milani and her family left. I walked passed her looking at her one more time as she rolled her eyes. "Buh-bye." She growled. She turned and looked at her family to see them all looking at her. "Que stop," Giovanni said.

"What?" Evie asked her father in disbelief. "I made a promise to look after him." "Oh please. Who'd you promise his dad?" She asked. By the silence, we all knew it was true. "I'm so done." She said snatching her arm from Raheem pushing past me. "Evie..." Mrs. Naya said going after her.

~

Giovanni walked towards me. "You and I have to talk but go ahead and get out of here." He told me. I nodded my head as I watched him head upstairs after Mrs. Naya and Evie. I turned to leave only to see Des, Claire, Chelle Tron, Will, and Raheem. "Look..." "I'd be quiet and just leave if I were you. Because I'm two seconds away from slapping the fuck out of you." Claire said.

"You think I meant for any of this shit to happen tonight?" I asked her. "I don't care. Its liked when you're around us you can talk all this shit about how your sick of Milani but when actually comes to checking her you turn into a bitch. So you and your bitch can go, cause we don't need or want any of yall bullshit." Claire said walking past me. Chelle followed her bumping my shoulder in the process.

" These people have been here for you through some of the hardest shit in your life and this is how you act," Tron said. "I didn't..." "Yes you're supposed to defend your baby moms but that's only to a point. That girl has been terrorizing and annoying every fucking body. She tried to take your daughter and who the fuck helped you with that... exactly my nigga." He said.

"You keep talking about how this is your family but every chance you get basically slap them in the face and for what. Because you think you need to make it work with that psychotic woman. Wake up nigga that girl tricked you into fucking her and she trapped your ass with a baby and your falling for that shit. Get your shit together before you end up losing everyone and have no choice but to be stuck with her." He said walking off.

~

It had been a couple of days since the party and Evie and Tron's words kept repeating in my head. "How long are you going to ignore me?" Milani asked. I stayed quiet. "I said I was sorry." She said. "You and Evie were best friend..." I paused. "How can you do and say all these hurtful things about her and her family?" I asked because I genuinely wanted to know.

"She... Most people never like me when we first meet, Evie included. Over time she became my best friend and as we got older I watched as people flocked to her. I grew jealous. She always had better clothes, shoes, a family. She had everything I always wanted but could never have. Then you showed up and the way you treated her I wanted that, but even when we were together you never treated me that way." She explained.

"So you pretended to be Evie the night of the party to fuck me?" I asked. "Not at first but you were looking good I've always thought about how you fuck so I went for it." She said being honest. I stood with Amara in my arms as I shook my head. "You're fucking crazy," I said chuckling.

"Shit I'm fucking crazy for thinking I actually wanted to be with you," I said laughing as I walked past her. "Que where are you going?" She asked. "To go apologize to the only people besides my daughter that I care about," I said. "You can't take my daughter." She said. I turned and looked at her. "You forget who has full custody?" I asked her. "And don't think I don't know what you and your crazy uncle did," I said. Her eyes widened. "Don't worry you two gone have to see me," I said with a sarcastic smile before I left.

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