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Taking his phone, I set it aside on the night table and climbed onto his lap.

“That was kind of sexy.”

“Shit, action speaks louder than words, mama, but I meant every one.” He reached out to sweep some of my hair behind myear before his tongue swiped over his lips, and he brought the blunt against them.

Leaning forward, I meshed my mouth into his so that he could give me a charge of the weed. When I exhaled, I blew the smoke above my head, and he reached around me to squeeze my ass.

“Yeah, that shit sexy right there.”

Leaning forward, I was prepared to go for another ride, even though I was already sore as fuck, but the pleasure had started to override the pain after the second round, and now I was curious to see just how good it could get. Our lips brushed lightly, but a high-pitched scream outside jarred us both from the moment. We whipped our heads in the direction of the window overlooking the back of the house, and Brick frowned.

“The fuck.” He nudged me off his lap and tossed the covers aside when he got out of bed.

“What’s going on?”

He opened one of his windows, and I could hear Cambrie and Staten yelling along with Sol. They were right below Brick’s window, and it sounded like they were calling for Staten’s daughter, Tavi.

“Yo, the fuck going on?” Brick yelled out his window.

“You seen Tavi?” Staten’s panicked voice questioned.

“Nah. What’s wrong?”

“We can’t find her. We was about to head home with the kids and nobody has seen her.”

“The fuck. She gotta be here somewhere. Let me get dressed. I’ll be down.” Brick closed his window and turned to me as I crept out of the bed.

“I’ll help.” I rushed to the foot of the bed and over to a chair where I had tossed a pair of tights earlier that I’d worn.

Brick and I dressed in record time and went right downstairs to help with the search party. Sol, Rossi, and Marcellawere gathered in the foyer, and Cambrie paced nearby while skimming her phone screen.

“What happened?” Brick questioned.

“I don’t know. She’s been in a mood all night, and I could tell her seeing me and Staten together was rubbing her the wrong way,” Cambrie voiced with misting eyes.

“What you’re not going to do is stand there and blame yourself for this, Cambrie,” Rossi surprisingly chimed in. “Tavi is old enough to know right from wrong. She’s smart enough to recognize that her parents aren’t getting back together like she wanted.”

“All the more reason not to rub this in her face,” Cambrie noted.

“Don’t do that.” Sol shook her head. “Rossi is right. She’s spoiled and looking for attention. I’m going outside to check the rest of the grounds. She might be in the pool house.”

“I’m coming too.” Cambrie rushed off behind her.

“Cam, wait up!” I shouted before facing Brick. “I’m going with them. I have my phone. Text me if you find her, and we’ll do the same.”

“Aight,” he agreed, giving me a quick kiss.

“Where do you think she went?” I asked, picking up on the worry and anxiety that Cambrie had to be feeling. She had taken her shoes off and everything to run all over the grounds searching for this little girl.

“I don’t know,” she muttered, shaking her head.

We paused in the back of the house, and her eyes darted over the open fields. I saw something flicker behind her gaze, like something came to mind as Sol screamed Tavi’s name down toward the pool house.

“The horses,” Cambrie whispered, neck whipping in my direction. “She probably went to see the horses.”

“Okay, let’s go check.” I urged her along.

The stables were about three yards in the opposite direction from the pool house. Holding her dress on both sides so she didn’t trip over it, Cambrie sprinted along anxiously. Moments later, we came to the main entrance of the stables, and she paused to catch her breath. Reaching for the steel handle to the door, she pulled it open and rushed inside. Immediately, horse manure struck our noses. I plugged mine because the shit was overwhelming as we crept past the holding spaces for the horses. Cambrie stood on her toes, examining each one to check for Tavi. When she reached the middle stall, we both noticed that the door had been left partially open. Brie grabbed the wooden barrier and climbed up to see inside.