As I stood there with both of my baby mamas I knew I was moments away from a Worldstar Hip Hop moment. There was absolutely no reason for Yaya to walk into Joy. I saw that shit, it was very intentional. She hadn’t been on bullshit this whole 8 months, I don’t know why she was starting now. I knew I should have told Joy when she first stepped to me about being pregnant but how could I? Joy loved my dirty draws and even through all this mess I loved her too. I should have cut Yaya off a long time ago. Now look at me. 

Fuck.

Then I get a call from one of my lieutenants about some bullshit popping off at Treetop. Boogie should have been the one to call me not this nigga. I don’t know what he had going on but this wasn’t the time for fucking around.

As I drove up to the house, I was seeing red. It seems that not only was one of my trap houses hit but Black, one of my most loyal lieutenants was shot. Joy sat quiet holding my hand as I drove. I took her hand and put it in her lap. I know it hurt her for me to do it but her touch always softened me. This wasn’t the time for that. 

Once we got to the house I called Pop and told him I was going to scoop him before we headed up top. He had already heard about what happened so he was waiting. I ran upstairs and pulled out my old uniform. Black shirt, black jeans and black Tims. When I got back downstairs, Joy was sitting on the couch eating her Popeyes in silence. I kissed on the forehead.

“I don’t care what you have to do, but you make it home to me Kevin” she whispered.

“Always”.

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Today is the day that we are going to finally find out the sex of our baby. I am not sure why Kevin is so hell bent on it being a boy but whatever it is I will be happy. I just want them here and healthy. 

It took me a while but I am actually really excited about being a mother. My mom is coming down from Baton Rouge to help us out after I give birth because Kevin doesn’t really let people in the house like that. His mom was off cruising the world with her new boyfriend. The way she spends money now you would never she is from the projects. She was bougie with a capital B but I love Mama Josephine. I wish she was here a little bit more for Kevin but there was nothing I could really do. All I could do was love him with all I got, and that I am down for.

I looked at myself in the mirror and was amazed how much my body changed. I don’t know why I thought I didn’t look pregnant. My little love was definitely starting to make their presence known. I haven’t felt any kicks yet but according to Sinclair, who thinks she is my baby daddy, that usually doesn’t happen to first time mothers until 16-25 weeks. At just 17 weeks, I am waiting waiting waiting.

Driving home I had a lot on my mind… Okay I had one thing on my mind, Toni. I don’t know what the fuck is up with her. When she fell asleep last night she was one stroke from telling me she loved me, we wake up and she is mad at the world. Then she came out the side of her face on that Plan B shit. Just the thought of her killing my child made me want to snap her neck. I know she probably wasn’t pregnant but that’s not the point. She knew what time it was when she let me shoot up in her. I definitely hadn’t planned on it but when I got up in there I couldn’t help it. Nah I am a grown ass man, I could have strapped up but I just didn’t want to. For all her slick talk, after one touch I knew ain’t nobody been hitting my pussy. Yeah that pussy is still mine. The rest of her will be too soon enough. I just had to figure out what the fuck her deal was.

As I pulled up to my crib, Man was already there waiting for me. Did he fly?

“The fuck you mean did MY Mama cook? What does that have to do with whether our household eats? Do you hear yourself? All I asked was for one fucking meal from my woman. You know what don’t even worry about it ma. Tell baby girl I will see her in the morning… Yo don’t ever question me about my whereabouts!” 

Here he goes. I honestly don’t know why he fucks with this broad anymore. I mean I know why but that shit don’t make any sense. Sometimes you have to let things go and she was definitely one of those things.

“Damn bruh you just barging in my shit. Let me find out I need to find a new hiding place for my key.” I said making myself a glass of Hennessey at the bar.

“You dumb as hell” Man said laughed lowly. I could tell he was still pissed off.

Truth be told there was no key that could get anyone into my house. Unlike the shed where isolation was the key security feature, at my house I went more tech. I had my partner Sync outfit the whole place. The door required thumbprint access, while my office had both thumbprint and voice recognition. The only people that could ever get through the front door were Ma, Monica, Man and myself. Since they were the only ones who knew where I laid my head was that was perfect. 

“Ok tell me exactly what he said Toni.”

Something just didn’t sound right. When Toni first text me this morning she was all excited about the night she had spent with Damien, her Captain Save a Toni. Five minutes later she was texting me that she wish she had never went to his crib, that he was an asshole and that she never wanted to see him again. I was used to Toni’s mood swings but this was even much for her.

“Wait Toni give me one second. Joy are you good?” I called on the intercom

“I am fine sis…. Hi are you here for the children’s casting? Please sign in here and take a number. What agency are you with?”

“Okay in five minutes let numbers 5-10 into the inner office please.”

While juggling Toni’s breakdown I was also responsible for doing my actual job. For the last three years I have been working as a casting director at the Forte agency. Basically companies hire us to find them a pool of top choice models and actors for projects ranging from billboards to blockbusters. I was working under Danielle Forte and I couldn’t be more lucky. In this business there was the Forte agency… and everybody else.

I had met her four years ago when the college hired her to cast students for their recruitment video. She placed an ad on Craigslist for an assistant and I was the first to answer. The job wasn’t glitzy or glamorous but I worked hard and Danielle was impressed . She liked my work ethic and gave me different jobs while I finished school. When I graduated, she told me to come visit her at her office on South Beach. Two years later I was heading her South Florida office. I loved every minute of my job. I was even able to hire Toni some days when the budget allowed for an assistant. After her night last night I called Joy to come and work with me instead.

“Look I am going to have Joy order us lunch. I know you aren’t passing up free food. Bring your ass down to the office. I already know what to order I gotta go. Love you.” I hung up the phone quickly before she could come up with an excuse as to why she couldn’t come in.

Looking across my desk at these men, I knew this was the team that I needed around me to take my empire to the next level. While I had several lieutenants that were making moves for me only a select few made it into my inner circle. I had been in the game for almost 15 years. My name rang louder than church bells up and down Florida. I was the nigga that everyone wanted to be. Over the years I had seen many youngsters come and try to take my spot but here I was still reigning supreme, Money Motherfucking K.

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