“Shit, ma. Our house was broken into,” Trent answered.
Kendra panicked and said, “Oh, my gosh, baby! What did they take? Is everything okay?”
Trent smirked. Then, he said, “Nah, baby. They fucked up everything, but funny thing is none of your shit was touched.”
“Nigga, I don’t know why you directed that statement towards me. Asshole, why would I have someone break into our home when I live there, too?”
Kendra couldn’t believe she had just heard Trent say the words that had come out of his mouth. Was he really accusing her of stealing? She knew it was going to be a long day. She had to get out of the house as soon as possible. She wasn’t in the mood for Trent’s accusations or his attitude. Kendra spoke into the receiver and asked, “Are you going to bring my stuff here?”
“Yeah, I’ll bring what’s left in an hour or so. Look, we may have to be at your mom’s house until I buy another house,” he said dryly.
Trent was already agitated and speaking to Kendra added a little more fuel to an already burning flame.
After hanging up with Trent, Kendra cooked up a nice, big breakfast- buttermilk pancakes, eggs, sausage, and bacon. She placed a big pitcher of fresh squeezed orange juice on the table. Almost every morning, Nia and Marcos joined them. After she cooked, she sat the food out on the table, buffet style. She tidied up the kitchen. Then, she straightened up the living room and dining room. After, Kendra made up her bed, she moved on to the bathroom. She stopped short and broke down and cried. It was a hard task for her to move forward, but she was striving to put her life back together.
After cleaning everything, Kendra was exhausted. She laid across her bed and closed her eyes. Her phone went off, indicating she had a text message. She ignored it, but the buzzing continued. She reached for her phone and smiled when she read the words on her phone. It was a text from Wiz, telling her to have a beautiful day and letting her know that he was looking forward to seeing her soon. Kendra pressed the talk button, which dialed Wiz.
“Hey, beautiful. How’s work today?” Wiz asked.
“No, sweetie, I didn’t make it into work. I had a few setbacks, but I'm good. How is your morning going?” Kendra asked.
“Everythang is on the up and up with me. Look, lovely. I wanna see you today. Is that a possibility for you?” Wiz asked in a smooth, sexy tone.
“I think we can make that happen. Let’s say somewhere around six,” Kendra said.
“That’s perfect timing. Let’s make this a date. I’ll call you around five thirty,” Wiz said before hanging up.
Kendra jumped up and down like a little girl about to go on her first date. She was very anxious. She glanced at the clock and laughed, “I must be bugged out over him.”
It was barely ten A.M. She had eight hours before she would be in the presence of this Adonis, so she decided to take a shower. While she was showering, she wondered what was taking Trent so long. She dismissed the thought as she washed her hair and opted for a wet set look. She pinned her wet hair up. Then, she used the blow dryer to dry the curls in place. Once her hair was taken care of, she applied a little makeup. That was when Trent walked in the bathroom.
“I brought everything that I could. Your clothes and your sister are here. I’m out,” Trent said, turning his back and heading for the door.
“Damn. Bye. Shit,” Kendra said with an attitude as she applied lotion to her body.
She was heated, and she was tired of Trent’s bullshit. On that day, she showed Trent and everyone else in that house that she wasn’t taking no mess. Everyone was stunned.
Trent simply answered, “Yeah. Okay. I’m gone.”
Trent was holding back on what he wanted to say because he knew Kendra didn’t set him up, but his ego was fucking him up. He deserved everything Kendra said to him, and he didn’t want to argue, so he just exited stage left.
“Wow, Ken. Calm down and go put on some clothes. Nobody wanna see your nipples,” Nia said.
Kendra rolled her eyes, slammed her room door, and searched through her things. She chose to lounge around in her Old Navy sweat pants and a matching shirt. She threw on her white Nike Air Max shoes. Then, Kendra went back into the living room.
“Sis, I need to get up out this house before I lose my damn mind,” Kendra said to her sister.
“I’m down to roll,” Nia replied as she grabbed another slice of bacon.
As Kendra walked to her Nissan, she threw Nia the keys so that she could drive.
“Where we headed to, boo?” Nia asked, already knowing the answer to her own question. Every time her sister was pissed or stressed about something, she let her frustration out by shopping, eating, or running.
At the Beverly Center, Kendra and Nia went to their favorite store- Bloomingdale’s. The duo bought almost everything they tried on, which totaled a little over five g’s. The salesman was so happy to get a nice, hefty commission off his favorite divas.
“There is a Burberry perfume set that is screaming your name, gurrrll” the salesman said, emphasizing the word “girl”.
They both laughed at him and said no thanks. Then, they grabbed their bags and headed out the door. Kendra noticed a group of girls heading their way and talking loud. One of them bumped Kendra.
Already heated and ready to whoop ass, the loudest girl said, “You excused!”
That made Kendra stop in her tracks. She spun around quickly and asked, “Come again?”
“You heard what the fuck I said,” the girl answered, walking up on Kendra.
Kendra was never intimidated and wouldn’t back down for nothing, so, when the loud girl came into view and she saw that it was Candy from Starlite, Kendra knew it was gonna be on.
“I see you wanna get your ass whooped again,” Kendra said.
She still vividly remembered their fight from six years ago.
“Bitch, I dogged your ass then, and I’ll dog your ass now,” Candy proclaimed.
Kendra laughed so hard that everyone around them looked at her like she was crazy. Kendra knew Candy was putting on a front for the dusty looking girls in her entourage, so Kendra challenged her.
“It ain’t nothing but space and opportunity, so let’s make it do what it do,” Kendra said.
Nia looked at her sister and said, “I hope you know we’re in a mall surrounded by a bunch of white people. I look too good to be sitting in someone’s jail cell.”
Kendra was furious. She said, “Fuck that. This bitch keeps yapping at the mouth, so I’mma show her how I get down for real.”
Candy started to walk away until she saw mall security. That was when she really started to get buck and make a scene.
“I’m sorry, but we’re going to have to ask you all to leave. You guys are causing a disturbance. If you don’t leave, then LAPD will escort you out,’’ the mall security guard said.
That was all Nia needed to hear. She grabbed her sister’s hand and headed for the escalators.
“I swear, Nia. You act so damn scary sometimes,” Kendra said, rolling her eyes at her sister. Nia didn’t respond right away because she was already embarrassed enough. She waited until they got in the car before she chewed her sister out.
“I think you have me fucked up with one of your home girls. This is really not the place to be getting all rowdy. You of all people should know that I will beat a bitch or nigga down then ask questions later, so don’t even try and play me like that! Now, I don’t know what you got going on with your man, but I’m not the one, so don’t write a check your ass can’t cash!” Nia said as they drove off. Kendra didn’t even try to argue back.
