Page 8 of To Hades & Back
“Well, I guess you told me,” I mumbled. When he mumbled back that he did, I doubled over with laughter. I guess I was out here changing the hearts of ho ass dudes now. We would probably never work, but the toxicity in me would go for the ride. Based on the death stares from the bitches out here and how thatbitch acted at the club, it was evident that I at least was going to get some good dick out the deal.
For the rest of the night, we all chilled, watching the races. I thought hos would approach Hades, trying to be funny, but they stayed far away. I guess he was right when he said they knew what it was. When he kissed my neck then my lips, Zeus came over to touch his head to make sure he wasn’t sick. According to Hera, this was the first time that any of them had ever seen him show affection toward a female. The fact that it was in public, in the bike club scene, said a lot.
Hades and I finally exchanged numbers. I hoped that would keep him out of my Instagram comments, but something told me that it wouldn’t. He gave a tad unhinged, which also fed into my toxicity. Nothing like a man that would crash out over you.I’m so fuckin’ toxic.
A SHORT TIME LATER…
Mother:
Jin’jer I have been texting you for far too long for you to not respond. I know you’re reading these text messages. You’re starting to piss me off and you should remember how I get when I’m pissed off.
My mother had been texting me like a jilted lover for over three weeks now. I hadn’t answered a single damn text. You would think that she would get the point, but no. Evelyn Copeland was a relentless woman. The only reason I hadn’t blocked her yet wasbecause she was my mother. With a huff, I put my fingers on the screen keyboard.
Me:
Mother! I don’t know why you’re doing this. I told you when we last spoke on the phone that I was not interested in coming to your husband’s birthday party. I don’t know why it’s so important all of a sudden.
The bubbles showed that she was typing. While she typed what I was sure would be a short story, I went to check on my little patient. She’d come such a long way since her seizure. She grew and got stronger every day. Now she was a whopping three and a half pounds. When I got into the babies’ room, I smiled at her father holding her on his bare chest. He was here every day for hours.
I hadn’t seen his girlfriend in a while, so I asked about her last week. I wanted to make sure she was alright. It hurt my heart to find out that she decided that she didn’t want a disabled child. According to him, she said that wasn’t what she signed up for. This week, he brought in paperwork to show that she’d signed all of her rights over to him. “She knows her daddy,” I said when I walked over to her crib to make sure everything was as it needed to be.
His smile was bright when he gazed at me. “She’s getting so big. I swear she smiles now when she hears my voice.”
“I bet she does. She’s already a daddy’s girl.” I beamed with pride for him.
We spoke for a few more minutes before I left him to spend the rest of his time with his daughter alone. My mother texted me back over ten minutes ago. I pulled my phone out to see what words would annoy me now.
Mother:
Jin’jer! It is your father’s 60th birthday! After everything that we have done for you the very least you can do is show some respect and bring your ungrateful ass to his 60th birthday party. I am no longer asking you to come. I am telling you that you will be there. Check your email for the dress options.
I had to read the text a few times before I laughed out loud. That wouldn’t have been so bad if I wasn’t standing at the nurses’ station with multiple eyes on me.This bitch has lost her mind.
Me:
Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and block you. I think you forgot that I was a grown ass woman. You have fun at your husband’s party and continue to tell y’alls fuck ass friends that I’m off somewhere with Doctors Without Borders. Byeeeee!
I blocked the hell out of her number with no remorse. She had me fucked up. That email that she sent, yep. I deleted that shit, too, and blocked her email.
“Why is your face all tight?”
My head popped up to the sound of Hades’s voice. Before I could respond, his lips landed on mine. I needed to stop procrastinating and fuck this man. I’d been putting it off to see just how serious he was about this whole exclusive thing. From what I could see, he was very serious. He proved that more over when his ass posted a candid picture of me and him hugged up on Instagram that his brother took and tagged my ass. The caption was very simple but bold:My exclusive lil baby.
“Hey, you. What are you doing here?” I asked with a cheesy ass smile. I put my phone down on the counter then wrapped my arms around his waist.Got to let these bitches know we are exclusive.He looked good in his casual sweatsuit and J’s. His outfit let me know that he rode his bike here.
He wrapped his arms around me then said, “I came to take your beautiful ass to lunch. You told me that you didn’t eat breakfast this morning, so you need to eat. You got time to eat?”
I’d done everything that needed to be done for the time being, so I did have time. “Where are you taking me? I am hungry.”
“There’s a Greek joint around here that I want to take you to. Is that cool?” he asked with a raised brow.
I told him a few days ago that I’d never tasted Greek food. You would have thought that I said that I committed a mortal sin. That confession got me invited to the family dinner this weekend. “That is very cool.”
After I let the charge nurse know that I was going to lunch and would be back, we left. The extra helmet that he had with him for me to ride on his bike made me smile. I loved riding on the back. I would have offered to drive us in my car, but I was sure his six-foot-four-inch self would be uncomfortable in my little ass Civic.
It wasn’t until we got to the restaurant that he told me that his family owned it. I had no idea what to order, so I let him do all of that. Every time he spoke Greek, my pussy shivered. Hades in no way looked like he should speak fluent Greek.
The way black blood mixed with other blood was a wonderful thing. He wore his hair in a Caesar cut, but based on Zeus’s hair, which was long, I knew that he had a nice hair texture. Because their mother was Black and their father was Black and Greek, the Basil clan’s skin complexion varied from chestnut to milk chocolate. Hades was more toward the milk chocolate side.
