“I bet that nigga don’t know that I was balls deep in that pussy for a whole year before you up and disappeared on me,” Redd said as he pulled her back.

“Let me go!” Faryn yelled as she pulled away from him.

“Don’t try to get loud, bitch. That nigga can’t hear you anyway,” Redd teased.

They were all singing happy birthday to Ella and the kids were loud. Ella’s house was big, so they probably wouldn’t have heard her anyway.

“Keep your hands off me,” Faryn said as she pulled away again.

“Why? You never had a problem with me touching you before,” Redd said as he pinned her up against the wall.

He put his face in the crook of Faryn’s neck and inhaled her scent just like he used to. He missed her, and he was green with envy to know that Landon now had her. She was having his baby and living under his roof. He knew that he was playing with fire by being so close to her in his mother-in-law’s house, but he didn’t care. He couldn’t believe how close Faryn had been to him the whole time and he never even knew it.

“Leave me alone!” Faryn yelled as she slapped him hard across his face.

“Bitch!” Redd yelled as he raised his fist high in the air, ready to strike. He knew that he would have Landon to deal with, but he didn’t give a damn.

“I was just waiting for your pussy ass to give me a reason!” Aiden yelled as he pushed Faryn out of the way and started throwing jabs at his sister’s husband. He had been in his bedroom listening and he came out at just the right time.

“Aiden, no!” Faryn yelled as she moved out of their way while they tussled.

Redd talked all that shit, but Aiden was beating the dog shit out of him. They had put a huge hole in Ella’s wall and she was going to have a fit when she saw it. Faryn didn’t know who it was, but somebody was walking down the hall and saw them fighting. It only took a few seconds for everyone else to come running to the back.

“These muthafuckas must be crazy. Look at my damn wall. Aiden, let that boy go before you kill him,” Ella fussed.

Redd’s light-colored skin was a bloody mess by the time Raheem and Landon came in to break them up.

“What the fuck is wrong with you, Aiden? Look at his face!” Ava yelled as she rushed to her husband’s side.

“His bitch ass was trying to put his hands on Faryn, but he couldn’t fight a real man. Fuck that nigga,” Aiden spat angrily.

“Fuck you, nigga. And fuck that bitch too. The fuck you mad for? You hitting the pussy too? You fighting over Landon’s bitch like she’s yours,” Redd fumed.

“Nigga, what?” Landon spoke up in confusion, wondering how he and Faryn knew each other.

“That bitch got community pussy. Everybody at the strip club got a piece of it. My dick been in her mouth more than her dentist. You wifed a hoe, my nigga!” Redd yelled.

“Kane!” Ava shrieked in embarrassment.

She wasn’t the only one who was embarrassed. Faryn wanted to disappear when Redd put her on blast like that. Landon knew all about her past, but his family didn’t. He didn’t know that Kane and Redd were one and the same, but Faryn knew that he was curious. He looked like he was out for blood as he watched Ava help her husband up and clean the blood from his face. As soon as they passed by Landon, he hauled off and punched Kane in his face, knocking him out cold.

“Bitch ass nigga. Make that your last time disrespecting her. Since he can’t hear me, make sure you relay the message when he wakes up,” he said while looking at Ava.

“Oh, my God! Baby! Wake up!” Ava yelled as she kneeled beside her husband and slapped his face.

“Girl, get your stupid ass up and leave his dirty dick ass down there. He just admitted to cheating on you in front of everybody,” Ella said, shaking her head.

“Raheem, help me get him to the car,” Ava begged.

Being the nice one in the family, Raheem picked Kane up and threw him over his shoulder. He was dripping blood all over his white t-shirt, but he didn’t care. It was going right in the trash when he was done.

“Don’t you feel bad Faryn. All of us have a past that we’re not too proud of. Hell, I had to give five different men a blood test when I had my first baby,” Ella confessed.

“Man, come on grandma. Nobody wanna hear that,” Landon fussed.

“Boy, shut up. We all had a lil hoe in us back in the day. I was the queen of hoes when I was in my twenties,” Ella replied, making everybody laugh.

“Ava needs to be the one beating his ass if you ask me,” Makena spoke up as everyone, but Landon and Faryn walked back to the front of the house.