Curves

Chapter 30

Toni 

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"Man I'm tired of these people," I mumbled. Our team is half-assing the fuck out of their jobs and it's annoying as fuck to always go back over what they did. This is not elementary school. I shouldn't be holding your hand to do your work. 

"What people?" Brooke asked. Monique was currently in a meeting and I hate doing work alone so I called Brooke to keep me company. 

"The people on our team. They're fraud as fuck. Don't ever do shit like they're supposed to. Mo needs to fire their asses."

"I hate people who can't work," Brooke said. "Speaking of Mo, what's been going on with that? Is she okay?"

"I don't know," I said honestly. "I think she talked to Zyshonne recently so she's not as jittery but she's still waiting on her results for the test. I hope she didn't catch anything for real man."

"Me too," she sighed. "I feel so guilty man. Like I know it's not my fault but I can't help but think that she wouldn't be in this situation if I hadn't pushed her to talk to the guy. I know Jamel was out there and a little hoe-ish but I thought if Mo and him got together their strengths could improve each other."

"It's not your fault Brooke," I said sternly. "You didn't know what's been going on with Jamel. You were doing what all of us were doing. We should've just minded our own business and let her figure everything out for herself."

"Yeah," she sighed. "You heard from Keisha?"

"Strange enough no. I mean she was a bitch but she's still our friend. I'll check on her after work so I can fill her in on everything that's going on."

"Is that weird dude from y'all job still around?"

"That's even weirder because he isn't. Like he stays locked in his office these days and doesn't come around. And do you know what the jerk did? Apparently, he's part of the reason Zy's and Mo's date failed. I guess that day we were talking about the dates he was listening in and went to Zyshonne's job to get in his head. Claiming their date was such a success and other junk."

"That's sad as fuck. He really went to this man job for what? Him and Mo went on ONE date. Zy has known Mo since the sand box days. They've got a bond that no one can break."

"Exactly and you going to him is just going to reflect bad on you. Like did he not think Zy, Mo's best friend, wouldn't tell her what he did?"

"Just pathetic. I hope Mo and Zy works it out. We all know they were made for each other."

"Yup. And I think Mo is finally coming around to her feelings for him. She hasn't said anything to me but I can tell something is changing between them."

"Good. We should've just told her to go for Zy from the beginning."

"I did! Y'all were team psychos."

"Blah," she said. "I know this is random and none of my business but...did you ever tell Mo what went down between you and Zy?"

"Nah," I said. "It was one night and didn't seem important. We were both drunk."

"But it wasn't just one night though," she pointed out. "Y'all talked for a little over a month after that."

"Brooke," I sighed. "It's not important. That was forever ago and I broke it off because I knew just how much he loves her. It was just a fling."

"But didn't you get preg-"

"Okay Brooke!" I cut her off getting upset. "You talk too much. The shit is over and done with. Neither of them need to know that and the only reason I told you is because you happened to have been there at the time. Stop bringing that up please."

"Alright my bad," she said. "I'm sorry Toni. I didn't mean to get you upset."

"Yeah whatever," I mumbled. "Be careful what you say anyways. The walls obviously got ears."

"Fine damn time to tell me," she said. "I'll talk to you later though. I have a flight to catch."

"Bitch you're always on the damn move. Sit still some time."

"I will once the holidays come around. I gotta finish this tour. See you babe."

"Bye," I hung up. I had been debating with myself about telling Monique about the one night stand I had with Zyshonne over a year ago. This was before I knew how close those two were. We just both so happened to have been in a club at the same time and drunk out of our minds. We talked for a few weeks but it was never anything serious. Just something to do. 

But when she did introduce him to me and I saw how he looked at her I knew the truth. When I did ask him about it in private he admitted it to me so I knew the best thing I could do was let him go. I'm not one to mess with a man that isn't mines anyway. I unfortunately let him go before finding out I was pregnant. I wasn't sure if I wanted to tell him because I knew he was going through it being a single parent, working, and going to school. I didn't want to burden him even more with another baby so I kept it to myself for a while. 

But a few months down the long I had a miscarriage and Brooke was there to help me through that. I didn't want to ruin what could've been between Monique and Zyshonne so I kept it all to myself. Mo is like a sister to me and I didn't want her hating me for having a hoe moment with Zy. Since I didn't have the baby I didn't see the point in telling them about it. It wasn't important then and it's not important now. I don't want to stop them from growing and finally getting their happiness. They deserve that much. 

Hey guys!! So I lied on the last update. Thought this update would've been longer than this. Little Toni action for you all. I was going to leave a cliffhanger for you all but after thinking it through it would be a while before the question got answered and I'm not that cruel.

P.S. I have some exciting things in store for you all!! I'll tell you guys more once I know for sure I'm going to go through with what I have on my mind.