I slid out of the section and the club to get somewhere where I could hear her crybaby ass. I hit my blunt and exhaled as I slid through the crowd gathered outside the entrance.
“Drix!” somebody screamed and I looked back and paused.
It was Retta. She stood near one of the bouncers with Charm and Myome beside her.
“They aren’t letting us in!” she yelled.
I cursed under my breath but headed toward them.
Rome was the one who’d invited them out but I wasn’t surprised that his unorganized ass hadn’t actually followed through on putting them on the list.
I walked over and dapped security.
“They’re with Rome,” I said. “Trapp knows they’re coming through.”
“How many?” He looked at the line in front of him and several women nearby waved at me or lifted their arms like they were supposed to be included in my count.
“Just the three.” I tapped all three of them lightly on the head with my hand and the bouncer nodded.
“Alright, cool.” He gestured for them to enter. “Go ahead, ladies.”
“Oh! This is what we’re doing? This is why you can’t answer my fucking calls?” Niecy’s loud ass voice came from somewhere behind me and I let my head fall forward, knowing it was about to be dumb shit immediately. “I knew you were fucking one of those bitches!” she screeched.
“Who are you calling a bitch, bitch?” Myome snapped.
“I’m calling you a bitch and you need to keep your hands off my man, bitch!”
“Fuck you and this nigga. Don’t nobody want him but you!” Myome shot back.
I looked at Myome crazy for a second before I realized I didn’t know her ass or care if she didn’t want me. I turned to face Niecy and immediately got met with a fist to my chest.
I grabbed Niecy by her throat and she froze. I walked her a few steps from everyone, squeezed a little harder around her airway, and leaned into her.
“Ay. Calm down with all that mothafuckin’ screaming in my ear, Niecy. I told you I wasn’t fucking one of them girls.”
She slapped my hand away.
“Nigga, you said that same weak ass shit when you were fucking around with Monica.”
“Besides the fact that I wasn’t fucking Monica when you asked, I’m single and can fuck whoever I want. Are you stupid?” I looked her in the face. “That’s a real ass question, Niecy. Are you dumb or what? Because I’m not understanding why you can’t understand that I don’t mothafuckin’ answer to you.”
I’d dated Monica, an R&B singer, after Niecy and it was like going from bad to fucking worse. Despite being rich and fine as hell, Monica was even more insecure than Niecy and she made that shit my problem as soon as we made shit official. We’d fucked around for a full two years before putting a label onanything, and the first night we locked in, she posted me on all of her socials, broke into my phone, responded to my texts and emails and tried putting her hands on me.
Naturally, I yoked her ass up in response and we both got arrested that night. It went viral the next mothafuckin’ morning.
The issue was I liked that toxic shit; so we’d stayed together for a while after that, arguing and getting locked up, until I’d really called shit off. She finished her album and went on a European tour after, so we hadn’t even been in the same country since our breakup.
I didn’t know how I kept ending up in these situations but the last thing I needed was to add someone else to the Jerry Springer level bullshit I’d already dealt with. That was honestly why I just kept Niecy around. I’d be damned if I let another woman come into my life and add to the stress I was already dealing with, especially since I couldn’t get rid of Niecy’s ass.
She stuck her lip out and acted like she was about to cry. I let my hand fall from around her neck. I didn’t respond though. If I ignored her, she’d suck it up in a minute or two.
I looked back at Radiant Reverie who were all still standing near us, watching this dumb shit take place in front of them.
“Y’all can go inside.” I nudged my head toward the entrance.
Retta rushed in without giving me a second glance. Charm and Myome stayed where they were.
“The fact you even brought them hoes to my brother’s party is fucking disrespectful!” Niecy reached up and slapped me in the face.