Petals.

Part 4

"I fuckin hate that bitch" Vixen said looking at the long red scratch going down the inside of her arm as she put her night clothes on. Rod shook his head about what went down earlier. He knew his Ol lady was crazy but he didn't think she'd go upside Lajinae's head with his empty Mr. Pure bottle. The thick glass didn't break but it left Lajinae with a broken nose. On the way to the ground, Lajinae tried to take Vixen down with her but missed and ended up digging her nails down her forearm. Rod used his free arm to pick Lajinae up by the arm and showed her the door, he would of threw her out if she wasn't pregnant by her name. Once upon a time, Rod was sprung over his high school sweetheart. When he found out she was expecting their first child he was more than excited. Back then Lajinae had a tight body with a cute shape, she kept herself up and she didn't smoke or drink back then. She was the same height and complexion as Vixen but not nearly as thick. A few months before she was due Rod had got locked up on drug charges, he was sentenced to almost 4 years in prison, he got out early on good behavior after 16 months. He expected to come home to his future wife, year old daughter and a hot meal with some head for dessert. Instead he was greeted by a phone call from Lajinae's mother telling him she had moved to North Memphis with her soon to baby daddy #2 and left Rodjinae with her. He couldn't do nothing but respect her game, he knew eventually karma was gonna give her a better beat down than he could. Rod stayed with Nae Nae's mother until he was able to get a job as a chef on Beale St. and found a spot for him and his baby girl. Lajinae didn't know Rod was out until her other baby daddy put her and their newborn daughter out in the cold. She attempted to get back with him, thinking he would for all time sake. That day Eod spat at her feet before slamming the door in her face, that was his answer. Lajinae threatened him with child support if he didn't let Rodji live with her. Since the day he ignorantly fell for her scheme she tried her best to keep Rodji from her daddy. The only time Rod got to see his baby girl was when Lajinae needed a babysitter while she ran the streets with baby daddy #3.

"Boo you know I wouldn't of showed my ass if that fool ass baby mama of yours ain't try to sprang on me. I don't want to set a bad example for Rodji" Vixen said, snuggling against Rod's warm body. Being that most women didn't talk to men with kids he was attracted to vixen's genuine love for his daughter. "Too bad we didn't make it to Juju's party, I wanted to shit on my haters with my bitches." she added. Rod started to respond but seen she already had her face buried in her Blackberry.

Vixen: Yall @ juju's??

Cash: Yea finna leave, Juju left. Sum nigga hit him in his grill bad. Idk wat happnd 2 Jai, her n Angel vamped w/o sayin nun. U herd frm her?

Vixen: Aw dam! N nawl nt since earlier

Cash: K. Well hit me up lata B, Tino tryna give me sum mandigo

Vixen: ha! Im sho fna start bck where I left off w/ Rod. Oh n did i tell u i beat his BM n da face. Ima xplain lata ttyl xoxo Boo.

Vixen put her phone on charge then rolled over on top of her man and began kissing on his chest, using her long nails to trace his abs.

"Time to finish what we started earlier Daddy" she whispered in his ear, biting his earlobe. Rod instantly flipped Vixen on her stomach "Face south, ass north"he demanded, whipping his manhood out of his boxer briefs.

Jai struggled to finish the rest of her online homework, from the way her head was pounding she wouldn't be surprised if Angel had given her a concussion from two nights ago after Juju's Party. The swelling in her face had gone down but she still had a purplish bruise on the side of her cheek, thick fingerprints were still visible reaching around her neck, her back was sore from being thrown against the walls in every room. She couldn't bring herself to look at her reflection, it made her want to break down. At 20 she was supposed to be in her Sophmore year at Clark Atlanta majoring in criminal justice instead she took online courses at Southwest Community College for a certificate in billing and coding. It was Angel's idea to switch schools, he couldn't bare the thought of his innocent and sweet girlfriend being looked at by all those horny college men. The very thought of her around another man made his blood boil, seeing her flash that beautiful smile of hers was enough to make him want to beat her so badly she wouldn't look another man in the eye.

Jai was kicked out of her crack addicted mothers house at 17, at the time Angel seemed like the perfect boyfriend so she didn't think twice on his offer to come live with him. Within 2 months she nearly regretted it. First it was arguing non-stop over the smallest things, then he started pulling and grabbing on her, next thing she knew it had escalated to being smacked around multiple times a week. Over the next 3 years Angel had demeaned, belittled, and abused Jai into submission. Now she found herself apologizing for things that weren't her fault. For some sick reason she still loved him, he was all she could depend on so she felt she was nothing without him. She didn't bother telling her problems to Cash or Vixen. Cash would give her the "I told you it was something about him I didn't like" lecture while Vixen would be dead trying to attempt to fuck Angel up. In Jai's mind he wasn't perfect but he was the only man who told her he loved her to death. But Jai was beginning to think if this was love it was nothing like the fairytales she grew up watching in Disney movies.

It was almost 5 in the morning when Cash and Tino finished their 3rd round of sex. "There ain't nothing like getting a nut on top of cash" Tino laughed wiping his kids off Cash's flat stomach. She got up laughing and went to run her a big bubble bath in the jacuzzi tub. "Aye what's on the schedule today mamacita"

"Well I know sleep aint on it, after we take a bath we can go out to Ihop or Denny's for breakfast and back to the trap" she answered. There were plenty times that the hustle hungry couple went days without sleeping, they'd pop a roll or two and go on a money chasing spree. Sade was playing from her Pandora radio as she slid in the steaming bubble bath. "I would join you mami but you like yo water too hot, you're gonna scald my pale ass." said Tino turning the shower on then taking his wild curls out of its ponytail. Cash eye balled him through the glass shower door. She found herself rubbing her body more than she was washing it. She was getting turned on by how edible her man looked with the water running down his 6'4 frame. Her lips were sore from the beating they took earlier meanwhile the ones on her face were just fine. Cash didn't think twice about getting out of the tub, sliding into the shower and kneeling in the praying position below Tino before he realized she was down there. It wasn't 15 minutes later when Cash stepped out of the shower swallowing hard, Tino followed behind going into one of their walk in closets.

After breakfast, they made it to the trap around 9 AM, Cash stepped out of Tino's Jaguar in a dress from Garb Boutique and a new pair of red bottoms. Her Louie shades sitting on top of her hair which she flat ironed bone straight. Tino stepped out Polo down with a fresh pair of icy forces. She walked behind Tino to his left, toting her strap in her Louie bag. They were greeted by the local junkies at the door. To anyone else the trap smelled like narcotics and ass to them it smelled like money being made. Tino called for all his hoes to line up then sat down, with a baby bottle of codeine, letting Cash do what she did best.

"Drop it off in the bag and get back on the track" she stated, pulling out her green money bag the hoes were used to seeing every Monday. They had to pay a 2stacks weekly as of now they had 11 girls on the stroll so they easily made 22,000 and it wasn't even 10 o clock yet. Half of their profit went into their safe, the other half was spent on bills, shopping, and kush. Cash was on a natural high at the sight of all the money. It still felt surreal to her that she was only 19 and making that much money and never working a legal job. She went to Lemoyne-Owen for psychology and though she maintained a 3.8 GPA no one suspected the quiet statuesque, chocolate girl who sat in the back of the class sold pussy to the professors or pimped several of her school peers. But after all the money they brought in, expensive clothes, lavish lifestyle, bomb ass sex, and fine ass man by her side deep down she felt like things were too good to be true. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was coming to bite her in the ass later on down the line. She wasn't worried about getting jammed up with the Memphis police, her and Tino were smooth criminals but something was telling her to not get too comfortable, only problem was she didn't know with what.