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  Copyright © 2014 by Blake Karrington and Chris Booker

  Published by: Dynasty Publishing

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  Single Ladies: Episode 3

  Previously On Single Ladies

  Tammy found out, that Chris was lying about how much time he was sentenced to when he went to court. The seven year bit hit Tammy hard considering the fact that she had two of Chris’s kids to take care of. It was already a struggle for her on a day to day basis and now this. She was so mad and hurt, she ended up breaking up with him, but not before getting the spit smacked out of her mouth for being so flamboyant about her readiness to see other people.

  What Tammy thought was the worst, had only turned out to be the beginning. It was more drama to be uncovered. More skeletons in Chris’s closet, that was going to put the nail in the coffin and possibly bury their relationship once and for all.

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  Lamar was showing Falisha the true meaning of love and affection. Although she was caught up in a relationship with Big Fox, she couldn’t help but to enjoy the way Lamar made her feel. She was opening up slowly, but at the same time, he wasn’t going to wait forever. Falisha need to choose asap.

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  It was a war going on in Ralphy and Lisa’s home. She made a rookie mistake by calling out Dre’s name while Ralphy was giving her some head. That simple incident sparked an all out investigation by Ralphy. He was on the verge of uncovering the truth about what his wife had been doing while he wasn’t around. Adultery was a grave sin, in any religion, and Islamically the punishment for it was a stoning, to the death. Ralphy wasn’t Muslim, but he sure as hell felt the need to adopt that ruling if in fact he did find out that Lisa was sleeping around. All of the pieces to the puzzle was there, all he had to do was put them together.

  And Now….

  Chapter 1

  “GET OUT DA CAR BITCH,” Gena yelled, pulling at the passenger side door of Fox’s truck.

  Falisha looked at the pre-hype young lady without a care in the world. The girl had to be a few years younger than her, so Falisha was trying to be patient. She looked over at Fox who was sitting there smiling like this was some type of game to him.

  “You better get ya little girlfriend before I beat shit down her legs,” Falisha warned, trying’ to give Fox the opportunity to fix the situation.

  This wasn’t the first time Falisha had to deal with one of Fox’s scallywags. He had a few young chicks he dealt with, none of which knew how to play their part leaving it up to Falisha to have to put them in their place. To be as cute as she was, Falisha knew how to fight and she did it well, but every now and again it seemed like somebody had to test her.

  “I’ll take care of it,” Fox said in frustration as he got out of the truck.

  When Gena saw Fox open his door she darted around to the driver side hoping she cold catch the door before it closed. Before she could get to it, Fox grabbed her by the arm and pulled her down the street away from the truck.

  “Didn’t I tell you to stop acting like a fuckin’ kid,” Fox snapped, towering over her.

  “And didn’t I tell you to stop bringing dese bitches around here,” Gena shot back. “You ain’t gone be happy till I beat one of their asses,” she said, attempting to break for the truck.

  Fox grabbed her again, stopping her from getting embarrassed. He knew Falisha was going to end up beating the shit out of her, so he was trying’ to save her.

  “Why don’t you get out the car you dumb bitch,” NeNe, one of Gena’s girlfriends said tapping on the passenger side window. “You dirty ass hood rat.”

  Falisha sat there and looked at the young girl like she was an alien. NeNe had no idea what she was getting herself into, but she was about to find out. Falisha didn’t care that this wasn’t her neighborhood, nor did she care about the crowd of people that was standing outside of the projects looking on. It wasn’t but so much disrespect she was going to take.

  “Tell ya fuckin’ friend to get away from my car,” Fox yelled at Gena as he held her back.

  The whole time NeNe stood outside of the car yelling and talking crazy about what she was gonna do. Falisha calmly prepared for the fight.

  “These lil’ girls is working my fuckin’ nerves,” Falisha mumbled as she began taking off her earrings. “Don’t go nowhere,” she yelled through the window while pulling her hair into a ponytail.

  She looked down at her brand new cream Michael Kors wedges and shook her head, only mad that she was about to mess up a pair of good shoes. That made her a little more angrier in itself.

  As soon as Falisha stepped out of the car, the fight was on. NeNe rushed her, but Falisha grabbed her by the head and started kneeing her in the face. She was slinging NeNe around like a rag doll by her hair Gena snapped seeing that. She wildly broke away from Fox who was standing there fascinated by the work Falisha was putting in.

  Falisha didn’t see her coming but she damn sure felt Gena sneak her from the side. Gena was a little wilder when it came to fighting. She threw what seemed like 100 punches in 10 seconds. Falisha caught the brunt of most of the punches because she wouldn’t let go of NeNe. She eventually let NeNe go then turned around and went toe to toe with Gena.

  It didn’t take long for Falisha to get the upper hand on Gena, and when she did, she beat the hell out of her. All you could hear was a bunch of ooohs and ahhs coming from the crowd of people who had tuned into the fight. Falisha had beat NeNe up so bad she didn’t want anymore trouble. She just laid on the ground looking up at Falisha whoop Gena’s ass.

  “A’ight, a’ight dats enough,” Fox yelled as he made his way through the crowd and stepping in between the two girls.

  It took him a minute or two but Fox eventually pulled Falisha off of Gena then put her back in his truck. Fox was laughing the whole time, finding it amusing that young beautiful women would still fight over him. He also knew how much Falisha could get down and found it entertaining when she did her thing. Her fight game was one of the many reasons why Falisha was his main chick and until somebody stepped up and knocked her off her throne, she was going to continue to be his main, and number one chick.

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  A couple of nights ago Kim had called Lisa and warned her that Ralphy had came to her office and found out about Dre being home. Lisa stayed home and waited for the confrontation, but when Ralphy got home he didn’t have much to say. Lisa tried to talk to him, but he insisted on not talking. Lisa, not really being in the mood too just left it alone.

  Today was a different day. Lisa had been walking around the house on egg shells long enough and the silent treatment Ralphy was giving out was killing her. As soon as Lisa came back from dropping Naomi off at day camp, she went right at Ralphy.

  “Yo we need to talk,” Lisa said in a demanding way when she walked into the bedroom where he was at.

  Ralphy stood in front of the mirror fixing his tie and ignored her request. Lisa wasn’t taking no for an answer. Ralphy tried to walk out of the room but Lisa ran over and slammed the door, pressing
her back up against it so he couldn’t leave.

  “Move from in front of the door Lisa,” Ralphy said in a calm voice, patting her on the arm.

  “No! I’m not moving until we talk,” she said.

  “What do you wanna talk about,” he asked, stepping back and taking a seat on the edge of their bed. “Make it fast cause we both gotta go to work.”

  His calm and relaxed demeanor was throwing Lisa off. She expected Ralphy to have snapped out by now, about what had happened, but he didn’t.

  “Baby I fucked up and I’m sorry,” Lisa began to plea, walking over and kneeling in between his legs.

  Ralphy gave her a confused looked like he didn’t know what she was talking about, but in that same look, it showed that he knew exactly what she was talking about. Lisa sat there stuck for a minute. She couldn’t believe he was going to make her say what she had did. He wanted to hear it from her own mouth and for Lisa it was like being tortured. She looked up at him and could see the hurt in his eyes. She just put her head down, unable to fix her mouth to say the words.

  “Why you ain’t tell me dis nigga was home,” Ralphy asked breaking the silence.

  “I don’t know babe. I really didn’t think it was something you wanted to know. He came…

  “Did you fuck dat nigga,” he asked in an angry tone, just thinking about it. “Don’t fuckin’ lie to me.”

  Hearing him ask the question in the manner that he did kinda scared Lisa. It wasn’t the fear of him possibly putting his hands on her, but it was the fear of losing him that made her lie.

  “No!” she answered quickly. “I did not have sex with that boy,” she lied flat out with a straight face.

  “So why da fuck is you callin his name out. And you did while I’m in the middle of…

  “I know, I know, babe I’m sorry,” Lisa cried out.

  Lisa cried like a baby, but Ralphy wasn’t impressed. He had a gut instinct it was deeper than what Lisa was telling him.

  “Look, I gotta get to work,” he said getting up from the bed. “I need some time to…

  “No babe, wait!” Lisa whined getting up from her knees and following behind him. “Ralphy Please!”

  Ralphy stopped at the door and turned around. He never heard Lisa cry like this, and naturally, he became sympathetic towards his wife. He grabbed her and pulled her into his arms, trying his best to suppress his anger so that he could comfort her.

  “I don’t wanna lose you. I love you so much,” Lisa cried out as she held on to him tightly.

  “Shhhh! Its cool babe. You not gone lose me. We’ll get through this together,” he said in a soft voice.

  What he said was comforting, but how he felt in his heart was uneasy. He didn’t want to show it but he was hurting inside, and until he got to the bottom of the situation he was going to continue to hurt.

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  “Yo you good shawty?” Fox asked before putting his truck in park.

  Falisha flipped the sun visor down to see what her face looked like. She had a long scratch running down the side of her face and a cut on her bottom lip that burned every time she licked it. Her hair was all over the place and her Michael Kors wedges was pretty much ruined. But her bruises was nothing compared to what Gena and NeNe’s face looked like.

  “You need to keep ya lil’ hoe’s in check Fox,” she said as she put her hair back into a ponytail. “This is the last time I’m fighting over you.”

  Fox didn’t say anything. He just looked at her and smiled. This wasn’t the first time he heard this from her and he was sure this wasn’t going to be the last. He wasn’t worried about her going anywhere. It wasn’t to many niggas in the hood that could do for her financially what he could do. It was probably his only advantage and for now, he was going to soak it up.

  Chapter 2

  Lisa, Falisha, Kim and Tammy sat on Tammy’s steps watching the kids play in the street. This was more like a daily ritual after everybody got off of work. This was the time when they all talked about what was going on in their lives and tried to give each other advice. Today, everybody had some type of drama.

  “Hey bitches!” Ernie said, walking up and taking a seat on the steps. “The vibe over here is dead,” he joked.

  Ernie was the gay brother that lived on the next street over, but became one of the girls after he finally came out of the closet two years ago. When he did come out of the closet, he came full steam ahead, wearing female clothes and letting his hair grow down to his shoulders. He had his ears pierced, nipples pierced, and he had a tongue ring. He was as gay as they come but he was cool as hell.

  “Ernie, what da hell do you got on?,” Kim asked pointing to his orange and black stripped pants.

  “What girl. Dese my tiger pants. Arggg,” he growled, jumping up and striking a pose.

  He was known for his fashion sense and some of the time the girls did bit his style, but today he missed The pants was a mess, and he had the nerve to be wearing a gold blouse with it and some black Chuck Taylors.

  “Boy if you don’t sit ya crazy ass down,” Kim laughed throwing an empty potato chip bag at him.

  Everybody laughed at the same time.

  “Ha ha! Laugh now, but cry later when y’all asses don’t’ get invited to my party,” Ernie shot back with a few snaps of his neck. “Me and my tiger pants gone be droppin’ it like it’s hot,” he joked, jumping back up, but this time bending over and shaking his ass.

  “Oh shit. I forgot ya birthday was this weekend,” Falisha said as she cracked open her sunflower seeds.

  “Yup! And I’m having my party at the Mandingo’s Den,” Ernie bragged.

  “What da hell is the Mandingo’s Den,” Tammy asked.

  Kim went into deep thought. She remembered hearing that name before, but couldn’t place it to save her life. It wasn’t until Ernie said something that it came back to her.

  “The Mandingo’s Den is a gay strip club,” Ernie said.

  “And who da hell is gonna be dancing in front of a bunch of gay men,” Falisha asked, shocked that it could be such a thing.

  “Well let me see,” Ernie said digging into his satchel.

  “You have Dustin the Dangerous, Anaconda Frank, Jake da Snake and Mr. Billy D. himself,” Ernie said, fanning himself with the flyer he just read from.

  “Oh I heard of Billy D.,” Kim chimed in grinning from ear to ear. “Dat boy don’t just dance, he do porno too,” she chuckled.

  “How da hell do you know he do porno’s,” Falisha asked.

  “Shit, a bitch get lonely sometimes and my rabbit and a nice porn will always take me their,” Kim laughed.

  Everybody laughed at her.

  “No but seriously are y’all coming?” Ernie asked. “I got y’all a V.I.P. table right up front. And Tammy I don’t wanna hear you can’t find nobody to watch the kids. I will pay Ms. D to watch the babies so you can go,” he said.

  Everybody got quiet for a minute thinking about whether or not they had plans for this weekend. One thing that they all could agree on is that they needed to go out. It’s been a long week for everybody.

  “Hell, I’ll go,” Kim said breaking the silence.

  “Yeah, I’ll go to,” Tammy agreed. “But Ms. D. want her money up front,” she chuckled, giving Ernie the nod.

  Everybody eventually agreed to go to Ernie’s party. Liquor, music, and naked men dancing on the stage was exactly what the girls needed. It wasn’t going to take away their problems but it sure was going to relieve a little stress, at least for that night.

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  Ralphy sat at his desk looking into the computer screen at the long list of shipments he had to make sure got to their destination. His new found position at the Postal Office required him to supervise mail being distributed thought-out Charlotte. Most of the time the job was easy but today it was busy as hell.

  “Aye John, you think you can handle this while I make a run,” Ralphy asked his assistant.r />
  Today, Ralphy wanted to go down to the bank and transfer some of the money in his joint account with Lisa, into a separate account that only he had access to. It was something he had thought about doing a long time ago but never got around to it. It was for a couple of reasons but the main one was so that he’d have some money put away in the event him and Lisa didn’t work out. Apart of the prenuptial agreement him and Lisa agreed to stated that in the event of an divorce both parties agree to splitting the monies within the joint account they shared, and kept what was in their own personal separate account. It wasn’t until a few months ago Ralphy came to his senses and decided to open up another bank account. Now, he was glad he did because things were starting to look rocky in the marriage. It wasn’t no telling how much longer it was going to last and he needed to make sure he had some money put to the side.

  Truth be told, the relationship was already over. It wasn’t no way in the world Ralphy could forgive Lisa for calling out her ex name while they were having sex. He wasn’t that type of guy. Something like that could lower a man’s self-esteem and have him wondering whether or not he’s sexually gifted. Every man feels like they got the best dick game in the world. They think that they are capable of sexually pleasing the whole female race. To make a man feel like he’s’ not the one who’s pleasing in bed, it can really ruin a relationship, and that’s exactly what Lisa did. It would take an act of God to make their relationship work after this, and neither Ralphy or Lisa been to church lately, so the chances of that was slim.

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  Falisha sat on her step getting her hair braided by Annet when Lamar pulled up and parked a couple doors down. He got out of the car looking handsome as ever, and all he had on was a Polo tank-top, some True Religion shorts and a pair of Jordan’s. He made the basics look good, and not the other way around.

  “Hold up for a second girl,” Falisha said, jumping up and walking down her steps.