THE CONNECTION .

CHAPTER LI

"So .. why he here?" Artis asked.
"I'm here cause I want a second chance .. but Tae so in love with that bitch ass nigga Clay. So I guess I should just gone get outta here." TJ said.

He started walking away.
I quickly handed the baby to Artis.
I ran after him even tho my brain told me not to.
But it's always gon be a place in my heart for him.

"TJ i'm sorry .. i'm sorry." I said.
"Wat yuh sorry fuh?" TJ said with his accent coming. He only uses his accent when he's getting aggravated.
"TJ don't do that! You know everything you put me thru and all of a sudden you come back and wanna be all under me. It's something that made you just come back .. you didn't come back just cause you wanted to!" I said.
"But I did! I came back cause I missed the fuck out of you and I felt bad for what I did to you! I've worked on myself since then!" He said.
"Have you?! Have you really?! TJ I don't trust you!" I said.
"Nigga you don't have to trust me to understand that I love you!" He said.
"I'm done! I can't do this shit with you."

I walked in the house and slammed the door.
I sat on the couch and thought.
Why the fuck would this nigga come back soon as I get engaged ..?
Something not right.
Demony came downstairs.

"What happen?" He asked.
"Nothing .. can you take Najhour? I need to go get some weed." I said.
"Aight." Demony said.

I handed him Najhour and I left out,
I got in my car and drove to my weed man.
I got out the car and and paid for an eighth.
I went in the store behind us.

"Lemme get two banana and two honey backwoods." I said to the man behind the counter.

Some boy in the store kept eyeing me.
He looked about 17.

KING "MATRIX" JACKSON.

But it wasn't a flirtatious eye.
It was a hatred eye.
The man gave me the backwoods.
I turned to the boy.

"Nigga you know me??" I asked.
"Nahh .. but I know ya boyfriend." He said.
"Fiancé .." I corrected , holding my hand up to show my ring.
"Oh , well excuse me—" He said laughing.
"—seems Clay moving on up in life." He said.
"Boyy , how do you know my nigga?" I asked , catching a attitude.
"Yo nigga owe me a life. He pleaded for me not take his .. so I wonder who he gon give up. Maybe you— " He said , grabbing my chin.
.. maybe Camryn. Just tell that nigga he better choose fast cause i'm tired of waiting." He said before dropping my chin , locking his jaw and walking away.
"And what's your name again?" I asked.
"Matrix .. Clay know who I am."

The fuck did this nigga Clay get himself to now?
I'm not risking my life for no nigga.
I left the store and got in the car.
I sped home and by the time I got home , everybody was home.
I rushed in the house.
I walked to the kitchen and put the backwoods down.
Everybody was in the living room watching a movie.
Even the kids.
Artis was too.

"Clay lemme talk to you real quick." I said , motioning him to come to me.
He got up and walked to me.
"Wassup ... babyboy" He said , tryna give me a kiss but I dodged it.
"Nah we not doing none of that right now. Who is Matrix??" I asked.
"Wha- how you know bout Matrix??" He asked.
"Don't worry bout it , who is he??" I asked again.
"He just some nigga from the block. Why what happen?" He asked.
"If he just some nigga from the block , why is he coming up to me telling me that you owe him a life? This nigga sat in my face and threatened me and Camryn's life. Clay whatever the fuck you got going on , ion want no parts of this shit." I said.
"Baby i'm sorry—" He said , wrapping his arms around me.
"—No Clay i'm so fucking sick of you!" I said , trying to push him off me.
"Baby i'm sorry! This shit was never supposed to get tracked back to you." Clay said.
"It don't matter! You put a fucking ring on my finger and still keeping secrets from me!" I said.
"I'm sorry .. okay. It won't happen again. Ima handle it." He said , gripping on my waist.
"And how you gon do that??" I asked.
"Don't worry about it .. it'll get handled." He said.

He planted a soft kiss onto my lips.
I rolled my eyes at him as he walked back to the living room.
I grabbed my backwoods and went upstairs.
I did not feel like socializing with nobody after that.
I sat on my bed and started rolling a blunt.
My phone started ringing.
It was Dez.

"Hello?" I said.
"Wassup." He said.
"What's up? Ain't speak to you in a while." I said , crushing my weed.
"Yea .. been busy." He said.
"Doing what? killin folk kids?" I said.
"That's not even funny." He said , laughing.
"I wasn't tryna be funny. I was dead serious. You gotta chill out. If you gon start doing crazy shit like that , don't do it with minors." I said.
"Yea yea , whatever. What you doing?" He asked.
"Rolling a blunt. Bout to go downstairs and get these grapes." I said , putting the weed in the leaf.
"Oh aight , call me later." He said.
"Okay."

He hung up.
I got a text.

Well .. sure🥰.