Page 38 of Rayzor: Tell Me It’s Mine II

“How you know how long it’s been?”

“Because I spotted her at your spot months ago.”

I chuckled. “Fuck outta here?”

“Nigga, it’s me.”

“Yeah, you right.” I laughed. “But nah. We just be on some kicking it shit, that’s it.”

“It’s something wrong with both of y’all. Why the fuck it’s so hard for two grown ass mothafuckas to say how they feel about one another without all this lil’ kid ass shit?”

“Don’t worry about us. We’re straight.”

After the warehouse, we headed to my mama’s. She put some food on the stove and both our asses were hungry. And since E was with Suki and Rhea’s lame ass, we decided to drop by.

“’Bout time I’ve seen your damn face, Courtland. Come ‘ere, boy.” She pulled him and they shared that motherly-son hug.

“You know I can’t forget about you, Mama Janice. You was there when a nigga needed paternal guidance.” He pulled away. “You got that, though?”

“You know I did. Between you and Devin, I’m so spoiled.” She giggled.

Rayzor took care of my mama the same way I did. At first, I had an issue with it, but that shits been so many years gone that it doesn’t even bother me. I had to look at it as a blessing because my mama had a lot of mouths to feed, so wherever she could get the help, it’s cool with me, although her ass didn’t need it.

I grabbed a chicken leg off the stove and bit into.

SMACK

She popped my back.

“Now I know we don’t have too much home training but yo’ ass bet not stick them nasty ass hands in my food like that no more. Ain’t no telling what you done touched today.”

“Nothing but dope and money, Ma. You know what it is.”

Rayzor chuckled, shaking his head.

It was no secret what I did, and Mama knew it. Shit, everybody knew, but I never brought it around the house. Out of sight, out of mind, but Ma was my go-to. She’s been that way since I sold my first sack. She even gave me advice on how to make the shit a kingdom. That’s why we chop it up the way we do.

I washed my hands, and Rayzor was already at the table because his ass was greedy.

Ma poured me some Kool-Aid just like I liked and gave Rayzor a Powerade because that’s his choice. She kept something for everybody at the house in case we came over. That’s one of the reasons why my siblings had to get cavities filled too because a lot of her shit was unhealthy too.

She sat down with a shot glass.

“Why I gotta see on the internet that you’re engaged, Court?” she asked.

“Where?” he asked, putting his fork down.

“It’s everywhere. It’s your Eris. That’s her name, right? She’s out with some friends and stuff wearing this big ass ring,” she explained, scrolling through her phone and sliding it across the table at him.

He looked down at it and shook his head.

“This unofficial.”

“So, you ain’t engaged?”

“I mean, yeah. I just asked her recently. A blogger must’ve snapped it today because she’s out in that outfit right now with her girls.”

“Is this the exclusive scoop for me then?” she asked.