Page 67 of Pieces of Us

“Child of God where? Daddy, cut out the act please. Before you get struck by lightning for lying,” Drue said, laughing.

“You all will regret it. Watch.” He stormed off as we all gathered back inside.

“Mr. Newson, you just apologized to me. Now, you beat up my father?” Morgan asked.

“Baby girl, your daddy deserves a bullet in his head, but I spared his ass for the sake of my granddaughter. I know she loves that coward ass, thieving motherfucka, so because of her, his ass ain’t leaking from the hollow tips of my pistol.

“If you want to take up for a man who kept my grand away from her father, manipulated, and threatened you, then you’re not the girl I thought you were.”

“I’m not taking up for him, but he is still my father, and I wouldn’t want to see him hurt no matter how much he hurt me.”

“Mo, Daddy deserved that ass whupping—point, blank, period,” Drue countered then walked off.

“Whatever. I’m over this. Let me get back to my daughter’s party,” Morgan said, walking off as Mrs. May looked at my father, shook her head, then followed her daughter. I looked at my father, and his eyes were glued to her ass.

I chuckled. “Leave that alone, Pop. My girl is not about to become my sister.”

He smirked. “I ain’t fucking with it. It was a one-time thing. I only did it to get my payback on his punk ass…However, if you weren’t with her daughter, she’d definitely be the next Mrs. Newson.”

“I thank the Big Man for that roadblock.”

He chuckled. “You gon’ have some making up to do later. A new car will make this little situation go away.”

“Yeah, write that check, old man.” I laughed as I headed back to my daughter’s party.

Morgan

One Week Later…

I sat across from Justin and his lawyer as we waited for the judge to return. I had been stressing all week. Shanise was able to get all the proper paperwork so that Justin couldn’t use me not having a job to support Mariah against me. Even though I had over twenty thousand in my account, I still needed to show that I could support her when our divorce was final.

The asshole had removed the money from our joint account, not knowing that I had access to all of the accounts. I didn’t take it back like I wanted, because at the end of all of this, I knew I would be getting half if not all of it.

“Stop fidgeting, girl. Don’t let this man see you sweat,” Shanise whispered to me.

“I’m not. I’m just aggravated with all of this.”

“It’ll be over today. Trust me. This judge handles all my cases. She’s tough, but I know her personally, and she owes me a favor. So, like I said, you got this in the bag.”

I sighed and nodded. Judge Collins returned from her chambers and took a seat.

“After reviewing this case, I am granting Ms. Prescott’s divorce decree. Mr. Coleman will sign off on the documents immediately following dismissal. As far as assets, Ms. Prescott will receive 80 percent of what’s inside the joint account, her car, and the home you all reside in. As it goes for the custody of Mariah Coleman, you both will split custody, but the child will remain in the home with the mother during the week, and with the father on weekends. Mr. Coleman, you have thirty days to remove yourself from the home and relinquish all monies within those thirty days. Court is adjourned.” She banged her gavel as Justin shot up from his seat.

“That’s bullshit!”

“Mr. Rose, control your client, or he will be held in contempt.”

“My apologies, Your Honor.” His lawyer whispered something to Justin as he lowered his head.

“I’m sorry, Your Honor, but this is unfair to me. She just recently started working…if she’s working at all!” Justin stated.

My head reared back. This nigga had to be smoking crack to say something like that.

“Considering there are photos confirming your infidelity, I’d say the divorce is more than fair. As far as the money goes, there was no prenuptial agreement in place. Since the child will be living in the home with the mother, she will obtain the majority of the joint account. Life isn’t fair, Mr. Coleman, and since it’s clear that you make more money than Ms. Prescott, I’d say I’m being very fair. Court is dismissed.”

She banged her gavel once more as Shanise and I stood to leave. I breathed a sigh of relief as we headed out of the doors into the hall.

“You’re a piece of work, Morgan. You know I’m just now starting to get my clientele back up, and you want to take mymoney and my daughter away from me? Just so you can go be with that bum!”

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