“I’ll go talk to them when we’re done.” No sooner than he finished his sentence, Rachel was letting us know that H.O.T. was here. I usually dealt with Logic and Lucci, but Maverick was coming along today instead of Lucci.
“Wassup, fellas?” Logic spoke as he walked further inside the room. Maverick followed suit, and we got right down to business. I let them know I was expanding and that would mean I would need the product to do the same. We talked numbers and Stacks let them know how the figures were already looking on this end. I gave them the logistics of the area, and they were sold. They knew I could make a hefty profit, that in turn would make them one.
After going over the details for a little over an hour, we wrapped the meeting up. Stacks scooped up Jace, while Buck damn near pushed Keenan’s bad ass out the door.
“You want me to take him?” I asked.
“Hell nah. I’m taking his ass to my house first so he can cut my damn grass. He can go home after that.” He smirked.
“You got me fu—”
“Say it so I can make them words come out ya ass.” Buck warned. “Get in the truck, bro.”
Shaking my head, I dapped my brother’s up and headed back to my girl. I missed her mean ass.
***
When I got back home, Mel was napping. That gave me time to go over some contracts before taking another shower. By the time I lathered my body, I heard the bathroom door open and saw Mel sauntering inside. I watched as she stripped and walk over to join me. I slid the door back to help her inside. As soonas she was close, I pulled her body into mine, as much as my son would allow.
“Why didn’t you wake me up when you got in?” She took the washcloth from my hand and started washing me up again.
“I know you needed your rest. My boy rarely lets you do that, so I didn’t want to disrupt that, not knowing how long you’ve been down.” She nodded and continued to wash me. She turned me around and washed my back. When she was done, I stepped under the showerhead and rinsed off.
“How was your day?” she asked as I took her loofah returning her gesture.
“It was straight. Got distro to increase my supply so that I’ll be able to cater to another location.” She nodded.
“That’s good, baby.” She smiled. This was the shit I loved about her. Yeah, she was rough around the edges, but with me she was on her soft girl shit…until her hormones kicked in.
“Yeah, it is. But, aye. You know Keenan got suspended today?” She laughed.
“Hell yeah. Kasha called me and Nic and told us that Stacks had to pick their bad asses up from school. They didn’t call mama because they knew Stacks was his uncle, so he was able to take him, too. Those damn boys bad as hell. I pray my baby doesn’t act like that.”
“It’s inevitable, baby. He’s a DeLuca. It’s in his genes.”
“Jace nor Keenan are DeLuca’s, so explain that.” She raised her arched brow and cocked her head to the side.
“They are, just not by blood. They’ve been exposed to Buck long enough to know the ropes.” We both laughed.
“My poor baby is doomed, ain’t it.”
“Unfortunately, sweetheart. He is. He’ll be straight, though. As long as he ain’t out here wildin’, I’ma let him rock out.”
We finished our shower and dressed, and were now lying in bed with Mel in between my legs, with me rubbing her stomach.It was shit like this that I couldn’t wait to come home to. Those few quick moments while I was locked down didn’t cut it, but it sufficed.
“You narrowed down a name yet?” We were going to keep the tradition going on with the old man names like Nic called it. We never thought about it like that, but I guess that’s what it was.
“Yeah. I narrowed it down to Andrew or Theodore.” I nodded.
“I can rock with either one,” I admitted. I didn’t care which name she chose as long as my son came here healthy.
We stayed home the rest of the night and ordered in, since she didn’t feel like going anywhere. I was fine with that because it was supposed to rain, and I didn’t want to be out in that shit. Sitting my ass in the house with my woman was just fine with me.
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Chapter Two
Jameala ‘Mel’ Sanders
