Page 46 of Pieces of Us

Justin placed her on her feet, then she came back to my side and took my hand.

“Can I talk to you for a second?” Justin asked me.

As much as I didn’t want to, I needed to get his ass away from my parents’ home. If he thought he still had access to my family, then he had another thing coming.

“Go with your sister, baby. I’ll be there in a sec.”

Megan took Mariah’s hand. “Come on, Mariah. I smell chocolate chip cookies!”

“Hurry, Megan! Papa’s going to eat them all!”

I chuckled, watching her pull Megan along to the house. Before I turned to face nasty ass, I dropped the smile and stared at him.

“Baby—”

“Stop calling me that. I’m not your fucking baby.”

“Can you just please hear me out?”

“I heard you loud and clear, Justin. I don’t need to hear your pile of sorries anymore.”

“You know…I always felt like you were never really into me. Our sex life was not as great as I thought it would be. You never wanted to try new things—”

“Justin, stop being a bitch, and just tell the fucking truth.Youwere never intome. You wanted to fuck Jolie just as bad as shewanted to fuck you. I did every fucking position imaginable to please you. When you started keeping late nights and meeting your clients at strip clubs, I started looking up pole dancing because I was willing to be whatever you needed.

“Your friendly dick ass just got bored and wanted to fuck someone else…Shit, if that’s what you wanted, I probably would have considered it. But none of that shit matters anymore.”

“We can make this work, Mo. I don’t want to lose—”

“I told Megan about her father, and she wants to meet him.”

“You did what?”

“You heard me.”

“Why the fuck would you do that, Morgan? When did you even get back in contact with him?”

“A few days ago when Megan was sick. Her old PCP resigned, so they sent me to him. It must have been fate.”

“You’re so fucking stupid, Morgan.”

“I’m what? Say that shit again!” I warned.

I didn’t know if Justin was aware, but I wasn’t the same little PK he met in college. Life made part of me bitter and tougher. I wasn’t standing for any more bullshit from him or my father.

He shook his head and looked at me. “You will confuse her with this.”

“She’s not confused. I told her that you are still her father, but her biological father wants to know her. You may have turned into a shitty, cheating, dog ass nigga overnight, but my babies love you.”

“Does your father know about this?”

“Not yet, but he will.”

“He sure will.” Justin moved up the walkway toward the house, but I blocked his path.

“I wish like hell you would. Get the hell away from here, Justin, or I promise I’m not going to miss this time.”

“You’re going to fuck him, aren’t you?”

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