Page 128 of Taeja

Taeja laughed with a roll of her eyes. “Mi cya stand yu! Cho. Anyway, mi know seh Mason must tired of me being the third wheel ina unu relationship.”

Liyah laughed. “He knows we’re a package.”

“Exactly!” Taeja beamed. “I didn’t mean to intrude this time, though.”

“It’s fine. I won’t stay long. I’m just getting my hairbrush and that’s it.”

Taeja burst out laughing. “A one hairbrush yu have?”

Liyah rolled her eyes. “No. I just needed an excuse to see my man. We had a small argument earlier, so I’m going to ask him if he still loves me.”

“You? A headache.”

“I’m not.”

“Sure.” Taeja rolled her eyes as she turned down the volume of the radio. “You’re going to be deaf by the time you’re twenty-five.”

“No, I’m not.” Liyah turned the volume back up. “I swear, this car is the best thing Mason ever gave me.”

“Aside from dick?”

“That’s top two, and it’s not number two.”

Taeja smiled. “And he always makes sure your tank is full. Mi just love unu! Next time unu argue, I’m picking Mason’s side because we know you’re never leaving him.”

Liyah pouted. “No more girl code?”

“I just told you that you’re a headache.”

Liyah scoffed as they exited the highway, arriving at Mason’s place in quick time. “Coming inside?”

Taeja grabbed her phone and shook her head. “I don’t want to see anything I’m not supposed to.”

“I’m not going to— You know what, mi deevn a promise that. If I stay longerthan ten minutes, recline the seat and make yourself comfortable.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice.”

Liyah laughed and exited the car. She skipped up to the house and used the key to open the door.

For the next few minutes, Taeja stared at the picture of Cassedi with a big frown. The questions running through her mind gave her a headache. As a text from Damon came in, she made a mental reminder to ask Zain to bring her to the rage room again.

Taeja’s brows crinkled at Damon’s text. It was a link. She clicked on it, gasping as it opened a screen in her browser. A flower made of binary codes was in the center of the screen, along with a simple message in the middle:‘Feel better soon, baby.’

She smiled at the flower as it spun, and the words in the middle throbbed. “Aww, Damon,” she cooed before sending him a sweet thank you message.

She exited his chat as he started typing, and she rewatched the short animation. A loud slam drifted from outside, and she looked up to see Liyah storming toward the car. Mason was behind Liyah.

“Nine minutes…” Taeja muttered. “And they couldn’t go without arguing?”

Liyah opened the driver’s door and sat. Before she could lock the other doors, Mason entered the car.

As tension loomed over them, Taeja gulped. “Hey, guys… The weather’s so nice today.”

“Mason, come out of my car,” Liyah said through gritted teeth.

“I’m not coming out until you talk to me,” Mason hissed. “I’m tired of your pettiness.”

“I’m not being petty!”

---