Raven stood off to the side shaking her head like always. After today, she was done with them. They had taken things too far. Rolling her eyes and chuckling, Rei continued to clean her face without a care in the world. She was somewhat embarrassed, but it was no biggie. She accomplished what she set out to do, and now it was time to leave.
“Y’all get on out of her before I toss y’all out,” Uncle Karl said. Females or not, he’d go to war for his niece.
“No need. I’ll gladly leave. You know, I wish I could stay though, but it looks as if my presence is no longer wanted. Y’all have a good day,” Reilyn said, flicking her cake filled hair over her shoulder. Neka walked behind her like the sidekick she was, while Raven stood back to apologize.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t know they were coming here to do all this,” she said sincerely.
“Whatever. You roll with them bitches so you just as guilty for standing there looking dumb,” Carissa spat.
Ravens eyes widened at her reply. She was definitely not expecting that, but it was true. She was affiliated by default. In the backroom, Lexi and Mrs. Carla were trying to calm Brix down. She was pacing back and forth and crying so hard, they were sure she’d make her asthma flare up.
“Brix, calm down honey. You’re going to make yourself sick,” Lexi said, softly.
“W-why would she do that?! I don’t even know her. No no, it’s not even about her! Why would Shemel not tell me if he knew? How could he do that to me,” she said, banging her fist on the counter.
She was livid. Not only had he been lying about the whole situation, but tried to mask the truth by purchasing a car. In Brix’s opinion, the truth would have been better. True, she was spazzing over something material that could be replaced, but that was different. She’d never give the car away if she didn’t have to.
“Look sweetie. I know you’re hurt, but this was no place to handle her. This was your first event and that is no way to leave a lasting impression on someone. It’s not a good look,” her mama said.
“What’d you want me to do ma! Let her sit up there and brag about how she messed my car up? The car your husband, my daddy bought me? No! I couldn’t let her disrespect me or him like that.”
“You could have handled it differently! I’m glad you held your own, but come on Brix. Your place of business?” her mama groaned, trying to make her understand.
“I thought I handled it pretty well,” Brix replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
Sighing, Mrs. Carla didn’t even respond. There was no getting through to Brix when she was upset. It had been that way ever since her daddy died. If she was mad, she wanted to be left the hell alone. The death of her father and disappearing act of Drew had turned her cold. Shemel was slowly thinning the ice surrounding her heart, but after today it would be frozen over. He had fucked up royally.
Stomping into the back room Carissa pulled Brix into a hug. After uncle Karl gave an apology over the mic, everyone filed out. Many were still in shock at Brix’s behavior, but figured it had to be something huge for her to blow up like that. Some took leftover sweets to go, while others wanted to make sure she was okay. Carissa was proud of her friend. She knew Brix was no fighter, but she held her own out there and she was feeling like a proud mom right now.
“You good? Did she get some licks in,” she asked, examining her face.
“She scratched me on my neck, that’s all,” Brix replied, leaning to the side.
There were long scratch marks swelled up and bleeding on her neck. That was the only damage Reilyn had done.
“She talked all the shit and up here scratching. Weak ass.”
“Girl, you better watch your mouth!” Mrs. Carla hissed.
“Sorry, Ma.”
Pulling the first aid kit from the cabinet, Lexi handed Carissa the peroxide and cotton balls. The scratches on her neck needed to be cleaned and her knuckles as well. She hit Reilyn directly in her tooth, making her lip split, causing her knuckle to crack open some.
“Ssss,” Brix hissed, feeling the cold liquid grace her sensitive skin.
She stood there in deep thought about what all had just went down. It was definitely out of her character, but she no longer cared. For Reilyn to show up to her event and cause drama was on a whole other level of disrespect. She not only took her frustration out on her about the car, but about Shemel as well.
All this time he had been lying about the car, but what hurt the most was the fact he had laid up with her the same day it all happened. If she didn’t know what a dog nigga was before, he had surely described it. This was almost as bad as Drew’s incident. She just couldn’t believe Shemel had actually done something so low. After giving him a chance, and he knew she gave him that chance, he basically said fuck her. What she wanted to know was why. She hadn’t done anything to make him lie to her. There was no reason to; they weren’t together, and at this point, probably never would be.