Volume Seven

"You really mad at me, I didn't put him in no damn closet." Keohn continued lying making me roll my eyes.

"Yes he did Spence, the closet with the mop and broom." Face informed as Kee glared at him. 

"Bitch, I'm not even fucking playing with you." Kee ran towards him making him run to the other side.

"Don't be mad at me cause that's foul, gon do that to my Godson." 

"Spencer, you really letting him lie to you and it's getting me mad." 

"Kreed who put you in the closet?" I asked.

"Daddy or Face?" Kee added.

"Daddy!" He yelled making Kee smack his teeth. 

"This exactly why I did it, lil snitch mommas boy bitch ass." He glared at him making me hit him.

"Don't trash em Spence." Face laughed recording as Kee blocked my hits, Kreed walked over punching him in his legs.

"I'm not gon hit her but I'll fuck ya bad ass up." He gently kicked him making him fall on his butt. 

"Stop touching my child Keohn." 

"I remember the life before we had a child." Kee mumbled walking in the room. 

"Spence, you cooking tonight?" Face asked.

"I have work in two hours, I doubt it." 

"Damn."

"Why? What you wanted?"

"Some baked mac and cheese." 

"I'll make it tomorrow, I get off at ten tonight."

"Betty bop." He said as I went in our room. 

"Kreed, come lay down." I told him making him run in his bed still watching YouTube on my phone. 

"What you want to eat when you come home?" Kee asked. 

"A bunch of hotwings with ranch." I told him. 

"Take ya nap, I'll wake you up." He said. 

"Come take a nap with me Kreed."

"I come mommy." He dropped my phone climbing on the bed cuddling under me. 

"Can you put my phone on the charger?" I asked Kee as he picked it up. 

"Aight." He said putting my phone on the charger then closing the room door. 

~

"Order 213." I said as some girl grabbed her food, I looked down clearing the order. "Welcome to Popeyes, can I take your order?" 

"Welcome to Popeyes." I heard making me look up rolling my eyes.

"Y'all are so annoying." I chuckled seeing Ice, Reem, Benji, Q, Jala and Mickey. "What y'all want?" 

"Spence, you gon let me use ya employee meal?" Q asked making me chuckle. 

"Y'all fake rich ass people better get out my face." 

"I want a bunch of spicy chicken tenders." Jala said pushing Benji.

"Aye Q, you paying for her shit right? Cause her baldheaded ass-" Benji said.

"I can pay for my own shit and bitch I'll embarrass you in front of everybody."

"Yo, can y'all order?" Some boy asked making all of them look at him making me sigh.

"You wanna get ya ass beat over some Popeyes?" Reem asked.

"Nah nah, you finna lose ya life over some Popeyes?" Mickey asked.

"In front of ya girl." Q looked at her.

"On camera." Benji added.

"And I'll make ya bitch suck my dick on the day of ya funeral." Ice grilled em. 

"Really y'all?" I frowned. 

"Next in line!" Brenda yelled standing next to me. 

"What nigga?" Mickey asked as the boy glared at him walking to Brenda cashier. "I'll make you eat two biscuits without something to drink, try me nigga."

"Mickey!" Jala yelled as I tried not to laugh.

"Ain't that Spence friend who need to get beat the fuck up?" Ice pointed in Brenda face making me smack my forehead shaking it, they didn't know how to act for anything. 

"Stop pointing and order." I frowned smacking his hand down. 

"Y'all still got that $5 meal?" Reem asked laughing. 

"Yes but it's with shrimp." 

"They shrimp good?" 

"Sure." 

"I don't believe that." He chuckled. 

"Y'all so high and annoying me." I sighed.

"Did you get my chicken tenders? I want a bunch of them spicy with ranch." Jala smiled.

"I want like three pieces of chicken, two biscuits and some rice." Q said.

"Word, gimme some biscuits and some chicken and some mac and cheese." Ice smiled.

"Okay, so why don't y'all just get the 16 piece with three sides and eight biscuits?" 

"How many of us is there?" Benji asked pointing to each of them. "Damn, I lost count." 

"It's 6 of us fool." Mickey said. 

"Aight so I want like 3 or 4 pieces of chicken and it's six of us. I know I'm bad at math but that's still not gon work."

"So get the 16 piece and the 12 or 8 piece." I told them. 

"So if we get the 16 and 12 piece how much is that?" Benji asked making me look at him. "How many biscuits gon come and sides?" 

"It's gon be 28 pieces of chicken, 5 sides and 14 biscuits." I told him. 

"Aight, that sound like enough. We want that red beans and rice, mashed potatoes, jambalaya, mac and cheese and fries. That's good y'all?" Reem said.

"Sound like a plan lil bro." 

"$55.78." I told them. 

"I want spicy chicken tenders with ranch." Jala repeated making me look at her blankly.

"I heard you the first two times, girl." 

"All y'all niggas put in $10 and Lala put in $6." Q said. 

"Why the fuck she put in 6? Cause she a girl? Y'all sexy as hell." Benji said making all of us look at him as I started dying.

"Sexist." I corrected through laughs.

"I'm really crying yo." Jala laughed.

"Here's your food, have a nice day." Brenda smiled to the boy and girl. 

Mickey bumped the boy real hard making their bag of food fall along with the boy, my mouth went ajar as Reem and them started laughing. The boy was sitting on the ground as his girl was just looking until she helped her boyfriend up.

"Mickey." Jala frowned.

"What? I ain't put my hands on em." He threw his hands up in surrender. 

"Let me get y'all food so y'all can go." I ordered it shaking my head. 

I ordered my food while waiting since I was technically supposed to be on break right now, my manager walked out looking around. I fixed my hat on my head as he looked around about to find something to complain about making me roll my eyes. He called me into the back making me tell Q and them I'll be back. 

"Yes?" I asked walking into his office.

"You've been getting complaints from costumers and the staff, they say you rude, always looking at them. Your co workers feel like you snap at them and a few days ago your cash register was low."

"First of all, I barely talk to any of these people in this job. I come to work to make my money, not be friends with any one of them. How was my cash register short when this is my first time being on cash register in two weeks? I've been cooking so you have the wrong person."

"Spencer, I have to let you go because the employees feel-"

"I'm the best worker in this bitch, fuck do you mean?" I asked feeling annoying. "Let me guess, Brenda told you this?" 

"No she didn't, a bunch-"

"So who told him I be snapping on y'all?" I yelled looking at all of them as they looked at me confused. "Who am I always rude to?" 

"Nobody." The cook, Jeremih, said. 

"I know it was you." I said looking at Brenda as she backed up. "You not hurting me, you hurting my child so just know you don't win."

I threw my hat and apron on the floor grabbing my food, I wasn't paying for shit. I grabbed a cup filling it up with strawberry soda as I seen Q and them still waiting for their food. They looked up smiling at me with they high asses.

"You bout to leave?" Jala asked.

"Yeah, for good. I got fired cause that petty ass bitch." I glared.

"Where ya manager? Tell em I wanna talk." Mickey said making me chuckle.

"Aye Ice and Q get the food." Jala said.

"Aye Mick, go handle that." Benji laughed.

"Put all the money in my hand!" We heard Mickey yell making us look at him, my mouth went ajar as all the boys started laughing. He was holding his gun up as everybody stopped doing what they was doing. "Hurry up."

"This why he stay in jail son." Reem laughed.

"Ayo this nigga Mick gotta be the funniest nigga I ever met." Benji yelled recording him.

"I'm playing, I'm playing." Mickey laughed putting his gun up but grabbing a soda and throwing it on Brenda. "Stop playing with my sister bitch."

"C'mon sis." Q said putting his arm over my shoulder as I grabbed my food.

"And Imma make sure y'all go out of business too!" Reem yelled as we walked out. 

"We'll take you home." Q said as I piled in the car with them. 

"Y'all so lucky them cameras don't work." I shook my head.

"For real? I woulda shot that bitch up then." Mickey said.

"Can we make a U-turn? Can we make a U ooh ohh turnnn?" Benji sung as we all started rolling.

They dropped me off then waited until I was in the building, I waved to Clark who was sitting at the desk. I smiled going to the elevator, I was so tired. I put the key through the door hearing a girl voice making me furrow my eyebrows. I walked in further seeing Kreed playing with some girl and Keohn was no where to be found.

"Um, who the fuck is you?" I asked getting their attention.

"Ma!" Kreed smiled running to me. 

"Hey I'm Dee, I live up stairs."

"Okay, why are you here?" 

"Kee asked me to watch Kreed while he had to handle some important business but since you here I guess I can leave." She smiled walking to the couch to put her stuff on. "Bye Kreed."

"Bye bye!" He waved showing his teeth.

I watched her walk out as I locked the door, I called Keohn twice to not get no answer. I was so pissed off I couldn't even focus, I did a full checkout on Kreed body seeing no bruises or scratches. I was so pissed off I had to take a shower to cool off, that ain't help cause all I did was plan the argument in my head and it pissed myself off even more.

"Are you hungry?" 

"I eat."

"What you eat?" 

"Chicken."

"Eat some mash potatoes." I handed the container to him making him sit down on the floor as he continued watching t.v eating. 

"Hello?" Sanaa answered as I called her. 

"Have you spoke to your brother? Do you know where he at?" 

"No, I know Saymon left like 30 sumn mins ago to meet him and Kee. What's wrong?" 

"I just got fired because Brenda wanna report me then on top of that, I walk in the house to some random bitch playing with Kreed."

"Wait wait wait, back up. What random bitch?" 

"Apparently she live upstairs from us, Kreed obviously know her because he was playing with her so this mean this not the first fucking time she been alone with him."

"Kee is so outta pocket for this, I'm about to call Saymon and Face and see if they answer so he can go home."

"Thank you." I said.

"Kreed, you sleepy?" I asked putting my food on the table

"No mommy." He answered still watching t.v.

"Okay, can you lay with mommy while she sleep then?" I asked making him get up to climb on the couch. He laid on my face making me chuckle, I moved my face putting my arm around him as I grabbed the blanket putting it over us. 

~

"Shut the fuck up." I heard making me open my eyes.

"Bitch this my fucking house, you shut the fuck up." Kee said walking in the kitchen as I sat up.

"Hey Spencer." Face smiled.

"You not funny bitch- oh shit." Kee said turning around. "You home early, I asked Dee to watch Kreed while I got ya hotwings. I guess you beat me here."

"You been getting hotwings for two to three hours? Stop fucking lying Keohn!" I yelled.

"Aight aight, look I got called to handle some shit. I had to go or it was gon be some consequences, Esme or Sanaa was busy so I had to ask Dee."

"How long she been baby sitting for you?" I asked. "Imma smack you either fucking way so don't lie to me."

"For like three months but she only watch him when I have no choice."

"No choice? Keohn you got some random bitch watching my child! What the fuck would have happened if she made him something he allergic to? She hit him? She didn't clean him properly? Any fucking thing could have happened and they would have taken him away from me because you wanna run the fucking streets!" I yelled hitting him after every damn word.

"Aight Spence." He jumped covering his face. "You right, I wasn't thinking like that. I'm sorry I-"

"You don't leave my child with anyone I don't fucking know!" I yelled going to pick Kreed up to take him in the room. "Don't think about sleeping in here."

I closed the door locking it as he tried to continue explaining his self, it was so many different possibilities that could of happened. It's so many videos of kids getting abused or molested and he didn't even think about any of that, he was so careless and that's the part I hated about Keohn.

~

"Mommy, mommy." Kreed repeated smacking me. 

"Yes baby?" 

"Paw Patrol." He spoke making me open my eyes.

"Can you watch t.v in there? Mommy got a headache." 

"Lock." He said referring to the door.

I sighed getting up, I opened the door seeing Kee was sleep on the couch. I grabbed the remote going to paw patrol as I sat him on the other couch so he wouldn't wake him up, I went to use the bathroom then looked in the medicine cabinet to take a ibuprofen. I walked in the kitchen to heat up Kreed something to eat so he wouldn't wake me up again.

"You good?" Face asked.

"Yeah, you staying up?" I asked.

"You sound like my grandfather son." He laughed making me roll my eyes. "I'm staying woke til I gotta go to work."

"I'm sick and my throat killing me, I just wanna sleep." I told him. "Please wake up Keohn when you leave."

"Aight." 

"Here baby." I handed him his food letting him eat on the couch.

"Dank you ma." 

"You welcome baby." I said walking into the room cracking the door. 

I laid on my right side, I put the cold rag on my head then coughing. I immediately fell asleep under all the covers. When I woke back up it was dark, the room door was closed and I heard loud ass voices.

I walked into the bathroom not sparing anyone a glance, I used the bathroom then walked back in the room to get dress. After getting dress I got my wallet and walked out the door still not speaking or even looking at them. I walked down the block to the drug store to get some things then walked back.

"Hey Spence." Reem, Q, Benji, Face, Mickey, and Ice said in unison. 

"Hi mommy!" Kreed smiled. 

I didn't say anything because my throat feeling made it feel like I was dying, I walked in the kitchen pouring salt into water then gargling. Walking in the bathroom to spit in the sink, I did it a few more times then drunk some medicine. 

"Spence?" Kee called out as I walked in the living room.

"What?" I asked.

"You still sound like my grandfather." Face said laughing. 

"That was her? I thought Kee did a voice to make her laugh, hell naw." Benji chuckled.

"Suck dick." Kreed said laughing. 

"Watch ya mouth." Kee yelled.

"You ever got ya eye blacked?" Ice asked. 

I rolled my eyes at them, I'll curse Kreed out later for cursing. Kee followed me in the room closing the door while I laid back down, he walked over to me checking my forehead. He sat on the bed and looked at me. 

"You still mad at me?" 

"You left my child with a random bitch, I will forever be mad at you."

"You right but I had to leave Spence or somebody was gon have to answer for me not appearing and it was gon be you or Kreed."

"You knew you was putting us in danger when you first started selling drugs."

"You right but I'm trying to get out of this, I just need to graduate first. Imma work on getting my security license then Imma be done for good."

"That still give you no excuse to leave my child with a bitch I don't know Keohn. You just so careless and irresponsible at times and it's annoying." 

"I know, I'm working on it. She not a stranger to Kreed or me though, she watched him a few times. She always bring her son to play with him but he was with his father yesterday, she wouldn't have did anything to him, she treat him like her son too."

"The thing is he not her son, he's mine and I don't know her. Kreed bad as shit, she probably would have hurt him for doing something he not supposed to."

"Would you hurt another mother child?" He asked making me look at him blankly. "No because real mothers got mother instincts and it don't matter who child it is, they always looking out." 

"Alright Keohn." I rolled my eyes not having nothing else to say. 

"Take this." He handed me a pill. 

"What is it?" 

"It's gon take ya fever away."

"I'm not taking no random ass pill from a drug dealer, boyfriend or not." I glared.

"You funny as hell." He handed me the pill. 

I took out my phone googling the words and numbers on it, it was just a Motrin so I dry swallowed it then laid back down as he stared at me. I stared back at him so he could understand to stop staring at me but he just kept staring.

"What Keohn?" I asked after a few minutes.

"You got fired?"

"Because of Brenda petty ass."

"How she just get you fired though?" 

"She the one who put me on the job so she can take me off." I shrugged. "I don't care, I'll find another job."

"It's cool you lost job but she finna lose her life." He said making me laugh.

"Clown." 

"We finna start this business. Once you get better ya Instagram page going up and you bout to start making ya clients, ain't no more putting that off."

"Fine." I rolled my eyes.

"Imma let you go back to sleep." He kissed my forehead then walked out. 
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