You're the One I Want by Shane Allison Page B

pulling my dick.”
    â€œOh, I’m dead serious.”
    Katiesha started laughing. She took a napkin, realizing its use, and wiped her mouth. Hell, for a minute there, I thought I would have to get this girl a bib.
    â€œLet’s go outside. I need a cigarette,” she said.
    We walked outside where we leaned against my Mustang. Katiesha rested the cigarette between her lips, took out a green lighter, and lit the end until it burned orange-red. Smoke spirited from the cave of her nose, the crease of her lips.
    â€œWhen are you talking about doing this?”
    â€œKashawn should be home now.”
    â€œHold up. I know you ain’t talking about doing this shit tonight.”
    â€œTonight is the only time it can be done. I might not have another opportunity like this.”
    â€œSo what’s in this shit for you?”
    I wasn’t about to tell home girl my business. “That’s not important.”
    â€œYou trying to break their marriage up?”
    â€œQuestion is will you do it?”
    â€œThat’s it, isn’t it? You wet for Bree’s man.”
    I ignored Katiesha, growing more and more annoyed with her trying to get all up in my business. “It has to be done tonight and we need to move fast.”
    â€œWell, I’ve never been one to turn down good money, but make it ten G’s and you got a deal.”
    â€œDamn, ten grand?”
    â€œCash motherfucking money.”
    I didn’t want to give into her demands. “Okay, I will give you five now and another five when the job is done.”
    Katiesha took a drag from her cigarette as she considered my plan. I knew good and well it was an offer she wasn’t going to refuse. “That’s what’s up. Let’s do this.”
    â€œAnd this has to be kept between you and me. If I find out that you told anyone, the deal is off, no money.”
    â€œI gotchu. I’m down for whatever.”
    I knew I couldn’t trust Katiesha’s ass as far as I could throw her. The girl was a stripper after all, which is why I was going to see this through. I already had Deanthony fucking my shit up, and I wasn’t about to have her throw a kink into my game.
    â€œI need to clean up first, wash my pussy.”
    â€œWhat?”
    â€œMy vagina. You want me to have a clean vagina, don’t you?”
    â€œDo what you gotta do.”
    As Katiesha went to the bathroom to freshen up, I couldn’t help but think what the hell I was getting myself into with this chick. I called Bree to see what was up. Deanthony should have done his part by now.

17
BREE
    F uck is Deanthony’s problem, calling me here? I need to have my damn head examined for agreeing to have drinks with him. As I cleared off the kitchen table, my iPhone rang. I studied the tiny flat-screen. It was Tangela.
    â€œGirl, I’m so glad you called.”
    â€œHey, you all right? You sound upset.”
    â€œI just got off the phone with Deanthony.”
    â€œHe called again? What does he want this time?” Tangela asked.
    â€œHe wants to have a drink tonight, make up for calling me and scaring the hell out of me the other day.”
    â€œWhat did you tell him?”
    â€œI told him I would meet up for one drink, but I’m thinking about calling him back and cancelling.”
    â€œI don’t see anything wrong with talking to Deanthony. It’s not like you can move to another country.”
    â€œI have a bone to pick with him anyway. Kashawn came home last night, drunk and pissed off.”
    â€œWhy? What happened?”
    â€œSomething about Edrick not being their real daddy.”
    â€œDamn, that’s fucked up. Do they know of the whereabouts of their real daddy?”
    â€œNo, and it’s been bothering Kashawn ever since he found out. He hasn’t slept much and he’s spending a lot of time at the hospital and drowning himself in work to take his mind off things.”
    â€œSo