Vengeance

“Yes, it was an audition for a movie and things got out of hand.”

“Well, shit, if he didn’t land that role, then the role couldn’t be landed. He ate more pussy up in that flick than ten men in a whorehouse.”

Everyone laughed but Cherie and me.

“That’s going to become a classic. The way he ate them both out on top of each other.”

“It’s already a classic,” Kagiso said with a grin. He’d apparently seen it as well.

“Like I said, it was a misunderstanding.” Cherie was getting heated. “Everyone falls, but they get up. I’m quite sure you’re no saint.”

If she only knew the half of it!

“No need to get those cute little lace panties of yours up in a bunch, and don’t insult me again. I made time out of my extremely busy schedule to come check out your stuff. Now you want to disrespect me?”

“Wicket, you disrespected me first. I’m not in the mood to discuss Michael. He’s fine. We’ll be fine.”

“Wow, that’s some loyalty for a man who’s been with you for decades and still hasn’t put a ring on your finger. He’s purchased the cow and at least a dozen calves by now.”

“I know that’s right!” one chick with orange hair and blue contacts yelled out. “I ain’t laying up with no man for more than a year without a proposal!”

Another one yelled out, “Not unless his first name is Sugar and his last name is Daddy!”

“My personal life is none of your business!” Cherie yelled at me and then eyed the other two women. “And it’s none of yours, either!”

One of the few men who was in the store said, “Maybe he shouldn’t have been banging out random broads in front of a camera then.”

“He didn’t know he was being taped!”

I smirked. “Oh, come on. While it appears that there may have been cameras shooting from various angles, there was a big-ass tripod and camera right there in front of the sofa. Sad! He has you making up excuses for him. Must be some great dick, because it’s made you blind!”

Cherie reached her breaking point. “You know what, Wicket? I don’t give a damn how famous you are or how rich you are, you can get the fuck out my place!”

“Hold the fuck on,” Nikki said, beating KAD to the punch. “You can’t talk to her like that.”

“I just did! And you can get the fuck out of here, too!”

Nikki glanced at me. “You want me to whip this bitch’s ass? I already know you’ve got me on the bail money.”

It took every morsel of self-control in my body, from the roots of my hair to the edges of my pedicured toenails, not to choke Cherie’s ass out right there in the middle of her marble floor in front of all those people.

“No, Nikki, she’s not worth it,” I replied to her. “A tiger never loses sleep over the opinion of sheep.” I stepped up closer to Cherie. “Be glad that I’m in a good mood today, unlike yourself. You didn’t make me look bad by asking me to leave. You showed these people, who I’m sure will spread the word, that you’re an extremely weak woman.”

“Damn sure did,” Orange Hair said, followed by a lip smack.

“What your man was doing on that video came very naturally to him. It wasn’t the first time or the last. You need to make sure you use protection, because I wouldn’t fuck him with some other broad’s pussy.”

“Damn!” a man exclaimed. “She went there.”

“If you want to be a dummy and let that man bring you down and humiliate you in front of the world, and allow him to jeopardize everything you’ve worked hard for, do you. But don’t get upset with those of us who refuse to succumb to the power of the dick and act foolish over it.”

I started heading toward the door as people snapped photos and, without a doubt, video to post all over the place. This was one time when I didn’t mind. In fact, I welcomed it. Having a showdown with me would only make tens of millions of more people want to see the sex tape.

I decided to say something profound as I left with KAD and Nikki. I turned, glared at Cherie. “I truly pity you. The worst thing about being lied to is realizing you weren’t even worth the truth.”

I heard Cherie yell out, “Bitch!” and almost lost it for real. Diederik grabbed my lower arm and told me to keep walking. If he hadn’t been there, I would’ve slammed her head against that sidewalk until I cracked her skull open. Little did I pick up on the fact that that thought was actually a premonition of what was to come.

Chapter Twenty-Four