Page 28 of Smoke

Hearing footsteps behind me, I turned to see Devin strolling into the kitchen.

“My bad for intruding in your space last night,” he said, coming to a stop in front of me.

“I didn’t mind. Besides, we both fell asleep.”

“Still, I’ll holla at you first next time.”

“I appreciate you checking on me, though.”

“It’s nothing. I gotta go. That was my brother calling. I’ll see you at our next session.”

“Okay.”

I walked him to the front door. He turned back, his eyes trailing me from head to toe.

“You and lil’ baby here be easy,” he said, poking my stomach.

I felt Juri jerk inside me. “Ooo! You scared her.”

He chortled as he reached out again, gently rubbing my belly. “My bad, baby girl. I’ll be gentle next time.”

His hand lingered for a moment before he pulled it away. Winking at me, he opened the door and walked out. I stood there watching until he’d gotten into his car. As he was backing out, my sister was pulling up. Her nosy ass rolled down her window and yelled at me.

“Who dat!”

I shook my head as I watched her quickly pull into my driveway and get out.

“Oh, no, ma’am!” she declared, walking up the front steps. “Who was that creeping out of here?”

I rolled my eyes. “Nobody was creeping, Renay.”

“No, you were absolutely creeping because, what man was that?”

“Devin—”

“Smoke Dillinger?”

“Yes.”

She rushed me inside and closed the door. I rolled my eyes as she ushered me over to the couch.

“Spill it.”

“There’s nothing to spill. He just came over last night to check on?—”

“Last night! Oooo, bitch!”

My sister always got overly excited when she thought there was tea. I was about to burst her bubble.

“Nothing happened. He brought me snacks. We watched a few movies and talked until we fell asleep on the couch.”

“Look at y’all being cute and shit. See, I knew it was more than you taking shooting lessons from him when he put his dick on you.”

“Nay, that man doesn’t want me. And he didn’t put his dick on me. He literally towers over my short ass.”

She waved me off. “Anyway! Go on and take your fast ass a shower so we can go get my baby.”

“Where are we going?”

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