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She grabbed the remote and turned the TV on. After searching, she stopped when she found The Princess and the Frog. We’d seen this movie a thousand times and she watched it every time like it was the first. She ran over to our shopping bags and grabbed the one housing her new coloring books and crayons. Bringing it over, she dumped it on the bed and shuffled through until she found the princess coloring book.
“You can color in this one,” she said, handing it and a box of crayons to me. “Make it pretty.”
“I will.”
She climbed on the bed and laid so she could see the TV. I followed suit. As we colored, I watched her with a smile on my face. I hated her father, but my love for her would stand the tests of time. At the end of the day, everything I’d done since she was conceived was for her. It didn’t matter who was against me, I knew this little girl thought the world of me. She was the one thing I’d gotten right.
20
Ahmad
Finally landing back in Georgia, I could tell something was off. After spending the afternoon with my family, I guessed I could say we were in a better place. Although I didn’t care whether I ever spoke to them again, I could appreciate them owning their truth for how they acted toward me. I wouldn’t say I would start spending more time with them, because I liked my peace, but if they invited me over, I might slide through.
Now, as Rico pulled into my driveway, I already knew something wasn’t right. For one, Bunny wouldn’t dare stay inside a dark house, and two, she had nowhere to go. Unless she went to her parents’ house, which I doubted because she was still afraid of putting them in danger even though I had the nigga tied up in a basement.
I hurried out of the car, ran up the walkway, and used the code to get inside.
“Bunny! Where you at?” No answer. I went upstairs and checked her bedroom and mine, finding nothing out of the ordinary. I chalked it up as her ass must have left willingly and not forcibly. I pulled out my phone as I descended the steps and dialed the burner phone. Surely her ass wouldn’t leave without some sort of contact. As the phone rang, I heard the ringtone coming from the desk as I opened it to find the phone sitting inside.
“I’ma fuck this girl up,” I said, ending the call.
I went through the call log to see who she last made a call to but saw that everything had been erased. I went to the security cameras and pulled up the footage from earlier today. I could see her coming out of my room, then heading downstairs. She called someone and it was very brief, then I saw her doing something on the phone—I was sure to delete whatever call she’d made then placed the phone back in the drawer.
While she and Rabbit sat in the living room, I watched as a cab pulled up. A few seconds later, she and Rabbit grabbed their things and headed out of the door. I clicked out of the video and shook my head. This girl was determined to drive me fucking crazy. Every bit of me wanted to just say fuck her and her petty ass attitude, but I couldn’t stop myself from caring if I tried. In such a short time, these two had infiltrated a part of me that I locked away for years now.
That vulnerable shit wasn’t me anymore, but Bunny and Rabbit changed that shit the third night of them being in my presence. She must have thought she was fucking with an average nigga. If she got found in the matter of two days after six years of going missing, what the fuck she thought was about to happen now?
I called Rico to let him know I would be out in a second. I was going to take her to see that fuck nigga before I killed him, but obviously, she wanted to move around like shit was sweet. I wasn’t sure if we took out his whole crew; if not, his loyal goons could be gunning for me as we speak. Her rock head ass just had to be stubborn. I guessed I wasn’t the only one in my feelings.
I locked up and hopped in the truck with Rico. She didn’t know that I put a tracker in Rabbit’s backpack purse that I bought her when we went shopping. She couldn’t run from me even if she wanted to. Yeah, most people would think that was a little extreme, but she shouldn’t have ever put that pussy on me or allowed her daughter to become my little best friend. I didn’t care what she said, I knew deep down she was feeling me just as much as I was feeling her.
Pulling up to the motel, I looked around in disgust. The place wasn’t bad at all, but the idea of them sleeping on sheets that weren’t thoroughly cleaned made me itch at the thought. It was probably so much dust and dirt clinging to every corner of that room that it would take hours to rid it all.
“You need me to come with you?”
“Nah, I got this. Keep an eye out though.”
“Got you, boss.”
I exited the truck and headed to the main office. I really didn’t feel like having to bribe the clerk because I knew that was what the fuck I was going to have to do to get her room number.
“Girl, I wouldn’t give that man a dime if I were you… Hold on, Chelle. Can I help you?” the older woman asked, placing her phone down to greet me.
“Yeah, what room is this woman in?” I held up the picture of Bunny. She looked at me skeptically as I prepared to go to plan B if she didn’t tell me. “She left her wallet in my car and I’m just trying to return it.”
“Oh, yeah. She did say she left her purse rushing out. She’s in room two zero three—up the stairs, the last room on the left.”
“’Preciate you.”
“Mmhmm… hello? Yeah, girl, this fine ass man just made me horny as hell…”
I chuckled as I let the door close behind me. Heading up the stairs, I walked to the end and heard lil Rabbit giggling and Bunny’s soft laugh after.
“Do it again, Mommy!”
“Okay, just one last time. I shouldn’t be doing this with my bad foot.”
“I’ll make sure you don’t hurt yourself, Mommy.”
