King Pin Wifeys VOL 1

Chapter 25

Lani met Starr and Jada at the bar in the W on 16th Street . They sat in a comfortable little sectional in the corner. Jada and Starr had a martini while Lani nursed a Long Island Ice tea. Starr remembered the last time she was at the hotel, a couple of days ago, when she had seen Jada with the white dude. She was reminded of just how scandalous this chick was. She tried not to think about it, but she knew she had to keep an eye on Jada. She was the type of bitch that would sleep with your man if given the chance.

Lani said, “I’m so glad you convinced me to come out, I was really feeling guilty about going out having fun while my man is in that damn hospital.”

Starr said, “You need to be out. You’ve been in that hospital for three days straight.”

Lani said, “I just feel so guilty about me out here having fun while he’s basically fucked up.” She started to tear up. “Somebody beat my baby bad.”

Jada placed her hand on Lani’s knee and said, “Starr is right. You can’t live your life in this hospital. Chris would understand.”

Starr was sure that if Jada’s man was in the position Chris was in, that she would be out partying, doing all the things that she had done before. Starr was convinced she was not a good woman.”

Jada said, “Don’t beat yourself up. You know this is the game. You gotta take the good with the bad and pray and keep your faith in God. He will work it out.”

Starr said, “Chris is a good man. God will work it out.”

Lani said, “I’m sure he will.”

Starr turned to Jada. “Is everything okay with Shamari? Did he ever get out?”

Lani said, “Out? Where has he been?”

Jada felt bad that she hadn’t spoken with Lani, but she had so much going on the past few days she didn’t have a chance to speak to her about Shamari.

“Shamari got picked up by the Feds, but he’s out.”

Lani gave her the side eye.

“Hey he didn’t get charged,” she found herself saying. Knowing that him getting out of jail sounded strange to them. Nobody got out of jail once the Feds picked them up unless they talked.

Lani said, “What happened?”

“Shamari’s friend Tony murdered somebody and they just wanted to know if he knew anything about it. Tony told the Feds that he didn’t so they let Shamari go.”

Starr said, “Thank God. Nobody wants to be down for a murder.”

Lani said, “Yeah but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.” Thinking about the person who hurt her baby.

Starr turned to Jada and said, “What’s up with you and the white dude?”

Jada said, “What white dude?”

“The one I saw you with in this lobby the other day?”

Jada bristled, thinking about the nerve of this bitch trying to put her on blast. If she’d wanted to know about the white dude, why didn’t she ask the other day?

Jada said, “He’s just a friend.”

“Really? Looks like it was more than a friend to me.”

Lani said, “Who is she talking about? Dr. Handsome?

Jada said, “Yeah, we met here the other day for drinks.”

Starr said, “While your man was in jail.”

Jada said, “Why the fuck are you all up in my business, bitch?”

Starr said, “Cuz that was some trifling ass shit, I just don’t appreciate trifling bitches.”

Jada stood up and slid her shoes off. She was used to bitches coming at her like that because she looked like a Barbie Doll, but she could fight like a dude. Growing up in the projects she had to fight every day.

Starr said, “You don’t wanna go there, trust me.”

Jada said, “Bitch, trust me!”

Starr said, “Nobody can trust your ass, not even the man you claim you love.” Starr was upset when she thought about Jessica and how she’d been sleeping with Craig. Jada was the kind of chick that would play the side bitch role gladly, and she didn’t like women like that.

Lani said, “You know y’all are my two best friends. Please both of y’all have a seat.”

Jada said, “I just ain’t gonna stand here and let somebody disrespect me.”

Starr said, “But you disrespecting ya man. A nigga that’s out here hustling so you can wear designer shit; so you can drive foreign cars. Trust me when you fuck that up, it’s over.”

“Whatever, bitch.”

“You can think that white man wants you if you want to. That white man don’t want nothing from you but ass. Believe that. You’re nothing but ass to him.”

Lani put her hands over Starr’s mouth. “Will you just stop it!”

Jada was about to say something and Lani said, “My man is in the hospital fighting for his life. Can you just shut the fuck up!”

Jada sat back down and finished her martini off without saying a word. Damn she wanted to give Starr a beat down. Staring down at the watch that Dr. Craig Matthews had bought her. Was she nothing but ass to him?