Wifey: Part 2

“Listen, I don’t want any drug dealers coming to my house. I don’t want any drug dealers interacting with my daughter,” Jasmine’s dad said, bending over and looking into the BMW.

Jasmine said to her mom, “Ma, would you control him please and tell him to stop!”

“We just came to check on you,” Nico said to Jasmine after he got out of the car. He chose to ignore Jasmine’s father, not wanting to escalate the situation.

Jasmine’s mom grabbed her husband by the arm and tried to persuade him to give them a minute by themselves.

“That nigga almost got my daughter killed, and I’m supposed to be okay with him ringing my bell?”

“Sir, with all respect, I didn’t ring your bell. And I’m not here to cause no problems. I’m just checking on Jasmine and making sure she’s all right, and then I’m leaving. Is that cool?”

Jasmine’s father could see the distressed look on Jasmine’s face. “Get me from around this nigga before I lose it,” he said, retreating to his front door and going inside the house.

“I’m so sorry about all of that,” Jasmine said to Nico.

“It’s all good.” Nico hugged Jasmine and gave her a kiss on the lips.

The hug and the kiss sent shivers down Jasmine’s spine, causing an instant smile to appear on her face.

Nico told her, “Get in the car for a minute.”

Jasmine got in the backseat, and Nico got in the front seat.

“Hey, BJ.”

BJ turned his head to the back seat and acknowledged Jasmine as she leaned forward and gave him a kiss on his cheek.

“You good?” BJ asked.

Jasmine shook her head. “Y’all don’t even know.’

Nico asked BJ to pull away from the house. BJ put the car in drive and then headed toward the McDonald’s parking lot on the corner of Sutphin and Linden Boulevards, which wasn’t far from Jasmine’s house.

“Baby, I’m so happy to see you. I didn’t know what was going on or what to think,” Jasmine said. At that point tears came to her eyes as she relived the night she almost lost her life.

BJ pulled into a parking spot and brought the car to a stop, and Nico got out of the car and asked Jasmine to walk with him.

Nico and Jasmine walked about fifteen yards away from BJ’s car and then Nico stopped and hugged Jasmine.

“Why you tearing up?”

Jasmine shook her head. “Baby, I was so scared. I’m still scared. Oh my God, you don’t know.” More tears came to her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.

Nico pulled her close to him and held her tight. “I gotchu, baby girl. I’m not gonna let anything happen to you.”

Jasmine had been longing to see Nico, and he was making her feel safe and protected just the way she knew he would. “I know,” she replied, still crying.

“You know that, right?”

She nodded her head up and down.

“So why you still crying?’

Jasmine wiped her tears with the hand that wasn’t bandaged.

“You know them alphabet boys is watching me, so I can’t move as free as I want to or be on the phone and shit, and that’s the only reason I ain’t been around.”

Jasmine buried her head in Nico’s chest. “I just didn’t know what to think.”