Page 18 of Royce
“Thank you, Mr. Parrot. Have a good day.” Hanging up, I tossed my phone in the cupholder. He was a bitch ass nigga andwhat infuriated me the most was how I had to show my ass just for him to care.
I’d been begging this man for months to help me with the bills, but he always declined saying he didn’t have any money to spare. Now all of a sudden, he was able to spare five grand and pay every bill. He was a joke. Listening to me complain about the hard times and selfishly keeping me in that space didn’t make him move. Oh, but when beating his ass, catching him with another bitch that’s pregnant might I add, and not answering any call of his since that day did. That was pure bullshit, and he knew it. Things shouldn’t have gotten this far for him to even remember the life we built together. It was fucked up for real.
Leaving the energy place, I checked off two things. The rent and light bill was squared away. However, that left the Wi-Fi, water, and the many subscriptions we had. The water was on its way to being cut off come Thursday so I knew for sure I had to pay that. I should’ve been taking a rest but there were too many things to handle before I could sit and relax.
Clear Cascade supplied the city, and they too had several small offices located around the city where you could pay your bills. I drove to the nearest location taking a smooth fifteen minutes of my time. When I arrived, I grabbed the bill and envelope of money from the passenger seat then climbed out for the umpteenth time this morning.
Heading inside, I was able to snag a clerk who was just finishing up a customer. The rest of the folk had filed behind others. I opened the envelope, looked at the balance, and removed two Franklin’s from the orange envelope.
“Yes ma’am. What can I do for you today?’ she inquired.
“I came to clear my balance. It’s $146.98. My name is Klarity Monroe. That’s clarity with a k not a c.”
Nodding, she went to pecking on her keyboard much like the lady from Spring Energy. “What’s the address?”
“It’s 2120 White Road,” I answered feeling anxious for some reason.
“You said you were here to pay a balance off?”
“Yes ma’am,” I said handing over the bill. She took it from me then looked back and forth between the monitor and the paper bill.
“So, this balance was paid off already. Yesterday evening as a matter of fact. You’re set and good to go.” She gave me back the bill with a smile on her face.
I offered a quick one in return and said, “Thank you,” as I walked away annoyed.
Cojak was really pissing me off. If this was his way of making me stay, it was a little too late for real. Why did it even have to take all that in the first place? The dream he fed me should’ve been upheld even without me going crazy on him. I was pissed because confliction was beginning to cloud my thoughts. He was behaving like the Cojak I fell in love with. My feelings shouldn’t have been tampered with just for me to see this side of him again.
Wobbling back to the car, I threw the items in my purse except my phone. I had to call Seri and tell her about this shit. Somebody had to hear me vent about this impossible ass nigga. Scrolling to her name, I hit Facetime and propped the phone up on the dash. She answered shortly after.
“Good morning pregnant baby!” she sang into the screen.
“Good morning,” I replied rolling my eyes.
“Unt unh! What the hell was all that?”
“Bitch…” I grabbed the orange envelope, pulled out the new money cause that’s exactly what it smelled like, and spread it into a fan in front of the camera.
“Where the hell you get that from? Don’t tell me that nigga trying to right his wrongs.” She hit the nail on the head with herresponse because that was exactly what the fuck he was doing. I was over his tactics to control me at this point.
“I check my mailbox after I get home from dropping off CJ and this is sitting in the back of it. I took this money so fast to go pay bills all for my fuckin’ bills to be paid, Seri. I have been struggling for months but the second you get caught up you want to do right. I am livid bitch!” I yelled into the phone.
“And you have every right to be. He could’ve done all this shit beforehand, and it wouldn’t have been a problem. I don’t know why that nigga always playing like he ain’t got it when he knows he do,” she chimed.
“I have been stressed the fuck out for months, Serinity. Months.”
“Oh, I know… trust me. All the bills?” she asked with a scrunched up face.
“All the bills. Hold on. Let me double check something right quick.” I grabbed the phone off the dash and logged into the Wi-Fi account. It too had a zero dollar balance. “Tuh! Yeah, they’re all paid.”
“Take that bread and go do for Essence and CJ. He stepped up, and you’re grateful, but he doesn’t have to know that shit. Take that five grand and get them kids straight. I know personally how bad you needed this breakthrough. Take it cousin,” she advised.
“I will… after I go see him and give him a piece of my mind. I can’t sit on this shit and be okay. Nah, I got to get this shit off my chest.”
“Leave it alone, Klarity, and just do what you got to do. Fuck him!”
“Oh, you better believe it’s fuck him, but I still need to speak my peace. I was quiet because the things he did didn’t really get under my skin, but this got me thirty-eight hot bitch for real. As soon as them visits open at ten, I will be there.”
“Klarity.”
