Page 92 of I Don't Want You Back

“I don’t even know where she works,” Kane maintained.

“Don’t lie to me, Kane. You’ve done that enough,” Ava warned.

“I’m not lying to you, baby. Me and Landon don’t talk no more, so I don’t know what’s going on with them,” Kane swore.

“Well, that seems to be what everybody thinks. Your mama was the attorney who drew up the papers,” Ava pointed out.

“What does that mean Ava? My parents represent lots of people that I know. That doesn’t mean that I sent them there. You know how popular their firm is. Hell, they have billboards, commercials, and everything else,” Kane noted.

“Yeah, okay. You embarrassed me enough with that mess with Landon’s bitch. Don’t bring no more shit to my doorstep because I’m tired of stepping it in,” Ava fussed.

“I fucked up before baby, but I swear I’m not doing anything wrong now. I love you too much to keeping doing dumb shit.”

“And you better not even think about helping that bitch Malia do nothing. She fucked up her own household and she has to deal with it,” Ava said.

“I know that baby,” Kane agreed.

Malia was a stupid bitch. Kane had to practically beg his mother to represent her for free, only for her dumb ass to go withdraw the papers. His plan to piss Landon off had backfired, thanks to her. He didn’t know what Landon had said to her, but she was scared to do anything now. Kane couldn’t even depend on her to call Faryn’s job to report her, so he did it himself. It was easier than he thought it would be. Malia told him Faryn’s last name and he found everything else that he needed online. Faryn’s job had a website with all the counselor’s pictures, so he knew that he was calling the right place. He skipped calling her boss and called directly to the human resources office that was listed on the site.

He knew without a doubt that Landon could take care of her. He just wanted to piss them off, especially Landon. Kane was done running from him and Aiden. He was going back to work and he’d accompanied his wife to her mother’s house the week before. He made sure he kept his gun on him, just in case the crazy came out of Aiden. He would have hated to shoot him in his own home, but he would have if it came down to it. Landon had too much to lose to entertain him, but Aiden just didn’t give a fuck. Even Ms. Ella was throwing him shade, but that was nothing new. Things would be forgotten soon and back to the way it was before.

“I know my mama is gonna want me to go to her baby shower, but that’s not happening. I’ll send some gifts for her babies, but I’m not going to that shit,” Ava fussed, shaking Kane away from his thoughts.

“Babies?” Kane questioned with a frown.

“Yes, your ex stripper bitch is having twins for my nephew. What kind of bullshit is that?” Ava asked sarcastically.

“How long are we gonna do this Ava? I’ve apologized a million times?” Kane sighed in disgust.

“Were you the one embarrassed in front of his entire family? Were you the one who learned that their spouse was paying for sex from a stripper who is now a part of the family?” Ava quizzed.

She hated that Faryn was having kids by her nephew. That meant that she was going to be around all the time. Ella’s house was the chill spot for the family, but Ava didn’t want to see her husband’s ex-mistress there of all places.

“Man,” Kane drawled.

“That’s what the fuck I thought. As a matter of fact, we need to be hitting up Saks today anyway. You still owe me a few pairs of red bottoms for this shit,” Ava said as she got up walked to their bedroom, slamming the door behind her.

Ava’s spoiled, nagging ways was the reason why he’d started messing with Faryn to begin with. She wanted to be treated like a princess and Kane was guilty of letting her get away with it. Ava had a million-dollar wardrobe and had never worked a day in her life. She wore the pants in their home and Kane was dumb enough to let her do it. They went where she wanted to go and did whatever she wanted to do. Even sex was on her time and that wasn’t very often. It was cool though.

Kane was still a regular at JB’s. He didn’t even bother watching them dance anymore. He walked in, picked out a girl and went straight to the private room for a little private fun. What Ava lacked at home, the girls at JB’s Gentlemen’s Club more than made up for.

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