Page 124 of I Don't Want You Back

“I bet all your other fake ass friends have been there though,” Monica said, taking a cheap shot at Faryn.

“Bitch, talk to me when you stop rocking a pre-paid phone. High school kids don’t even do that shit no more,” Faryn chuckled.

“Okay, Faryn, let’s get going. We can find somewhere else to eat,” Harley said as she buckled Junior in the stroller.

She was trying to avoid a potentially bad situation. Faryn and Monica never did get along and she didn’t want nothing to pop off in the mall. Harley wanted to scream when she and Faryn walked off and Monica and her friend followed them.

“Is this bitch following us?” Faryn questioned out loud.

“Bitch, my friend’s car is parked this way. Fuck I need to follow your hoe ass for?” Monica said loudly, making people turn to look their way.

“Faryn, please. Think about your babies. Landon will kill you,” Harley whispered to her friend.

She could see that Faryn was ready to pop off and she didn’t blame her. Monica had been provoking her for a long time. The timing and the place was just all wrong. Harley was happy when they made it out of the mall but, as usual, Monica couldn’t keep her mouth closed for too long.

“Whose ugly ass kids are those?” Monica smirked, as her friend laughed hysterically.

Harley knew right then and there that all her attempts to keep Faryn calm were in vain. Monica had just signed up to get her ass whipped and she deserved it. Faryn didn’t bother replying to her. She just walked up to her and swung. The first lick caught her off guard and made it hard for her to recover. Harley moved out of the way with the babies, as Faryn gave Monica the beat down that she had been begging for. Monica’s friend was easing over to them, but Harley stopped her before she could do anything.

“Don’t do it boo. It’s not even worth it,” Harley said as she flashed her Taser and made it buzz for good measure.

The other woman quickly backed down as she watched her friend get manhandled. Harley was mortified as she watched people standing around with their phone out recording. When Faryn slammed Monica’s face into her knee, Harley knew that she had to break them up. Blood gushed from Monica’s nose as she dropped to the ground, moaning in pain.

“Bitch, let’s go. We’re gonna go to jail,” Harley said as she looked around nervously.

Thankfully, the crowd had disbursed just as quickly as they came. Monica was back up on her feet talking shit just like she was known to do. Harley was happy that they were outside and mall security wasn’t riding around. There was no way in hell that she could explain to Landon that his wife had gone to jail for fighting in public. They quickly walked away, as Monica yelled obscenities. She was telling Faryn that it wasn’t over, but it should have been with the way she got her ass beat.

“Fuck!” Faryn yelled angrily as they made it to her car.

“What’s wrong?” Harley asked while strapping one of the babies in the car seat.

“Bitch made me chip my nail. I just got my shit done yesterday,” Faryn replied.

“Get your crazy ass in this car and let’s go. Are you trying to get locked up?” Harley asked.

Faryn made sure that her babies were safely secured before she got into the car and pulled off. She checked her face for scratches or bruises and was pleased to see that she didn’t have any. All that shit Monica talked, and she didn’t even have any hands. That was the way it was most of the time. The loudest one in the room was usually the weakest.

“I’m so hungry,” Faryn said, right as her phone started ringing.

“Let me connect it for you,” Harley offered as she pressed the talk button on the dashboard.

“Hello,” Faryn said, answering her phone.

“Faryn!” Roman yelled out.

“Yeah Ro. What’s wrong?” she asked him.

“Who the fuck is you outside the mall fighting with? Me and Chad are on our way,” Roman fumed.

“No, I already left. How did you find out about that so fast? The shit just happened,” Faryn said.

“Me and Chad were at the barber shop just now. Some chick that was in there getting her hair done showed everybody. She was on Facebook when one of her friends went live. I wouldn’t have even known it was you if I wouldn’t have seen your girl standing there with my niece and nephew in the stroller,” Roman said angrily.

“Damn, now everybody is gonna be looking at me sideways when I go in there next week,” Faryn replied.

Faryn had started going to Harley’s hair stylist a few months before she moved in with Landon, and she loved the way she did hair. Harley had been going to the same girl for years, but she had just moved to a new location. It was purely coincidental that the new location shared space with Faryn’s brothers’ barber shop. Faryn hadn’t gone since a week before she had the babies and that would be her first time going back. She wanted to try a new color and the stylist told her that she had the perfect one in mind.

“Nobody is gonna look at you sideways, girl. People fight every day in the hood,” Roman said.

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