"Did you finish that project?" Nicki asked taking a bite of the delicious french bread that she was so proud of herself for cooking the right way.
"Yo, have you ever thought about finding another man? Ya know, try to loosen up. You're so business savvy." Sarai asked changing the subject.
"Don't do that! Did you finish it or not?"
"No! I'll do it later, I promise." she rolled her eyes. "Okay. Back to what I was saying. Why don't you dump Victor and go find someone else! He obviously aint good for nothing. I'm just saying you could do betteerrrrrrrrr." she sung, laughing. She didn't feel comfortable calling him "dad" anymore because a real dad doesn't lay his hands on a women.
"I'll find someone when the time is right. Don't question, just trust." Nicki winked.
"He has to be black."
"Wait. Why he gotta be a nigga?" Nicki asked.
"Because. As I was saying before I was interrupted. He gotta be tall, skinny with muscles, and he has to have money."
"Wowwwwww."
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The night passed and things went pretty well after dinner. Victor was a no show, thank God. But Nicki didn't get her hopes up because he could come back in the middle of the night. She had her thoughts about changing the locks, but thought it would complicate things even more. About to put on her pajamas, her phone rung and it was her mom.
Nicki grabbed her blackberry and pressed the green call button with a smile on her face. She hadn't heard from her mom in a while who lived back in New York. "Hey, ma!"
"Hi, beautiful. How's everything going down there?"
"Eh, same ol same ol. Nothing's changed I guess." Nicki layed her phone on the bed while putting her shirt over her head to get it on.
"And whose fault is that?"
"I don't need another pep talk, I already have Sarai in my ear."
"Remember what you went through with me and your father? Are you gonna repeat the cycle?"
"Look." Nicki checked her clock. "It's getting late, and you know I have work tomorrow. 6 o' clock comes too fast for me."
Carol sighed deeply on the other side of the phone. "Goodnight."
"Night." Nicki clicked over and got in her Queen Size bed. She wasn't gonna lie, she did miss Victor on his side. It was lonely for her. He was always there, waiting for her to hop into bed and cuddle with him until they both fell asleep. Those were the good days.
It was about 2am when Nicki heard the front door slam shut. "God please don't let this be him." she prayed silently to herself while getting out of her bed. Victor came up the steps as she stood in the doorway turning around but he grabbed her by her upper arm and turned her around.
"Do you know what the FUCK I went through today?" He spat in her face.
"No, Victor. I don't. Just let me go to bed, please. I have to get up in 4 hours." she begged and tried to loosen from his grip but that caused him to grip tighter.
"You don't try to get away from me."
"Let me the FUCK go." exclaimed Nicki. Within seconds, she pushed him back with all her might and he fell back tripping over his own feet.
"Oh, so that's how the fuck you wanna play?" He got himself up.
"What, Victor? What? You're gonna continue to do this shit knowing you have a daughter. Is this how you want her to see you act? Is this how you want guys to treat her? How you treat me? Like a piece of shit. Kinda fucking example are you setting."
"Don't ever speak on my relationship with her!"
"What relationship? What? Maybe yo dumbass should look up what relationship means." She spat back at him getting in his face, daring him to do something.
"You know what? I'm out." He ran his hand through his curls and slowly shut the door behind him.
"Thank you." she sighed with relief. Nicki made her way to her bathroom to see if she had a bruise on her upper arm. 'Thank God' she thought. That was one more thing she didn't have to hide from the people at work. Before she got back into bed, she went to go check on Sarai to see if she slept through the commotion. Nic eased her door open and to her surprise, she was snoring loud as hell sprawled out across her bed. 'Great.' she whispered to herself.
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"Wait, you're leaving the house without your project?" Nicki asked curiously before her and Sarai left the house to start their day.
"I never finished it."
"You said that it would get finished while he wasn't here. Why isn't it done?"
Rai didn't dare respond, thinking it would only make the situation worse. When it came to Nicki and school, she was such an ass.
"I don't even wanna hear it, I don't know why I asked. Get your stuff and meet me in the car." she grabbed her Black 'Vera Wang' work bag and walked out to her brand new 'Chrysler Town & Country' that she purchased herself about 2 weeks ago. Everything about the car fit her perfectly. Plus, in her driveway the sun hit it just right giving it a sleek look. It was a brilliant black, with a tint of a crystal pearl. To Nic, the color gave off a classy, bossy, and independent type of feel. Everyone at the job was jealous, and Nicki loved the thought. The interior design was amazing. The limited edition, which she had, seated up 7 people. After about 5 minutes passed, Sarai still wasn't out of the house. She knew school started soon, and she had to be at work early for a corporate meeting. Getting annoyed, Nic beeped her horn 3 times before she started up the car.
"I'm right here." Sarai yelled closing the front door behind her.
"Did you lock it?"
"Of course." she opened up the passenger door and hopped right in. As Nicki pulled out of the driveway, her neighbor came into view walking his dog on the sidewalk. He was kind of old, but was the nicest guy on the block.
"Good Morning Mr. Holaman. I see you got your garden growing again! It's looking nice, I'll pay you to come fix mine." said Nicki as she let down her window to wave.
"Anything for you." he replied with a smile as Nicki drove off.
"He's one weird old white man." Rai sneered.
"He is not wierd, don't say that. He's really sweet and kind, just a weird way of showing it."
They drove up and down their subdivision, which seemed like it lasted for days. The streets were full of new, updated houses, freshly cut grass, and brand new spankin' cars. Life was pretty good in the suburbs, but as hard as Nicki tried to forget how hard her life was back in NY.. the past seemed to continuously haunt her in the weirdest ways. As she looked to her left, Nic noticed a man moving into a house that had been on the market for months. Not really seeing him fully, she could tell he was black and muscular..and he looked attractive.
"Who's he?" Sarai asked leaning forward.
"I have no clue, I'll find out sooner or later."
"Hopefully whoever he is has a hot son or something." she smirked.
Nicki looked at her daughter and rolled her eyes. "The thirst." was all she said and shook her head.
"Did he come home last night?" she questioned looking out the window.
"Nope, not at all." Nicki had to lie. She didn't need her even more worried and scared for her than she was her damn self. Plus, if Nic did tell her now then that was all she would think about at school.
"What are you lyyyying for? You thought I slept through that crap?" exclaimed Sarai.
Nicki turned on the radio, and sighed at the thought of her asking that just to see if she would tell her the truth.
Sarai turned it right back off. "Why'd you lie?"
"You don't need to worry about me. I'm good."
"Obviously not if your boyfriend is coming home almost every night hitting you & you're not telling anyone! More importantly, you're not do-"
"Dammit, ENOUGH." Squawked Nicki as she pulled up into the school drop off section. "I'm not having this damn conversation every single morning. Shit is tiring, Sarai. You think I don't hear this from Grandma, Grandpa, and everybody else. Then, every time I come home and every morning I go to work I either have to start or end my day with people telling me that same shit."
Sarai huffed and sat back in her seat and folded her arms. 'If you're tired of something then do something about it.' she thought to herself, but didn't dare say it. "I have to go." she whimpered while grabbing her backpack from the floor and slamming the door once she got out of the car.
"Shit." Nicki gritted her teeth while pulling off heading to work. If it wasn't her mother on case, it was Sarai. But who was she really to blame for everything?
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"I would like to thank all of my employees for attending this mandatory meeting on time." Nicki's boss addressed. Edward Dotson was his name. Older, in about his mid 40's.. Imperious was an understatement. When he said something was due in a week, he really meant that next day. Sure, he was a pain in the ass.. but he was all about his business and getting the job done, and so was Nicki. "Now, our very own Ms. Onika Maraj will lead us in our discussion. Nicki, what recommendations on technology partners or platforms can we use to execute new or exsisting market programs?" he asked taking a seat.
"Thank you, Mr. Dotson." she got up from her spot at the long conference table and made her way to the front of the room, pulling up her powerpoint. She had been working on for weeks. If she aced this presentation, she was promised move up in rank. A move up in rank meant more money flowing through her bank account. "As you can see here, I have thought of a plethora of ideas." Before going on, she looked around the room to make sure she had everyone's attention. "So, one thing we can do is.." Looking up, she was distracted from a policemen eyeing her down from outside of the conference room. Her mind raced with thoughts and questions about why he was here. Breaking her trance, he barged through the door interrupting the meeting.
"Excuse me, may I see Onika Maraj for one second?" Nicki licked her lips. He was a muscular, tall, and dark black man. But, she couldn't help to notice how big his head was.
Mr. Dotson got up from his seat to protest. "Excuse me Officer but we are in a very critical meeting. Can this wait another time?" He looked at them, and then at Nicki. The policeman showed him his badge. "Don't worry sir, your client here isn't in any trouble but I do need to talk to her now." Nicki gazed at her boss, waiting for her to give him the A-Ok that she could leave. The policemen led her outside to his car.
"Really! Out of all places you could have found me, you decide to come to my job? I was in the middle of a very important meeting! This is embarrassing. Now what if I lose my job?" Nicki was livid.
The officer just chuckled at how dramatic she was. "Look, Ms. Maraj... we got word of you being physically abused by your partner and it's my job to come check it out."
Nicki's was in dismay. "Wait... who told you this?" The only people who knew what was happening to her was Sarai, Thembi, Tyesha, and her mom.. and they promised not to tell a soul.
"I'm not allowed to release that information. But, a beautiful women like you shouldn't have to go through anything like that." Nicki blushed at the comment and read his name tag.
"Thanks, but I am not in an abusive relationship right now." she smiled.
"You lying to a cop like me?"
"What makes you think I'm lying, Mr. Samuels?"
"Well, you're not making eye contact, and women normally who have been abused don't like to admit it because they're embarrassed or scared." he leaned on his police car.
"Look, I've told you the truth already. Now, if you don't mind I have money to make." Nicki turned around and started to walk away. He couldn't help but stare at her beautiful body. The way she switched when she walked, her beautiful thick, but toned legs, and her vanilla skin tone made him just want to lick her body up and down.
"Wait!" He ran to catch up with her. "Here's my card. I'm the new police chief here in Forsyth County. Call me if you ever need anything, I always answer. I promise. And I'll be more than happy to arrest any nigga putting their hands on you." he made eye contact with her, staring down into her deep brown eyes. Mr. Samuels saw a strong, intelligent, lovely women who needed someone to be strong for her, and to be there for her.
"Thank you so much!"
"I would love to take you out to lunch sometime." he confidently said while opening up the door for her.
"Such a gentlemen, but oh you're such a flirt." Nicki chuckled and smiled. A genuine smile. As she was nearing the conference room, Thembi stopped her.
"Why you cheesing so hard? Looking like you just got some dick." she said a little too loud.
Nicki hit her on the arm. "Thembi!! You are not Riverdale! Do you know why a cop was here for me?"
"Hell fucking no." Nicki just shook her head at how ghetto she was acting in corporate america.
"But hey, he was mighty fine! I say you go for him!" She suggested.
"Whatever!" Nic replied back to her while entering the room to go back to her meeting. He was kind of fine and seemed like a nice guy, but a guy isn't going to do anything for her right now except make life more difficult than it already is.
This is the 2012 Chrysler Town And Country Limited
This is her house. (: They stay in Atlanta. County: Forsyth City: Cumming Picture The Chrysler in the driveway :p
I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. I'm going to start updating on this regularly Surprisingly, the first chapter has over 400 views and I'm kinda pleased (: Follow this blog if you haven't. Spread the word. Do you like where this is going? Yay or nay?
It was about 2am when Nicki heard the front door slam shut. "God please don't let this be him." she prayed silently to herself while getting out of her bed. Victor came up the steps as she stood in the doorway turning around but he grabbed her by her upper arm and turned her around.
"Do you know what the FUCK I went through today?" He spat in her face.
"No, Victor. I don't. Just let me go to bed, please. I have to get up in 4 hours." she begged and tried to loosen from his grip but that caused him to grip tighter.
"You don't try to get away from me."
"Let me the FUCK go." exclaimed Nicki. Within seconds, she pushed him back with all her might and he fell back tripping over his own feet.
"Oh, so that's how the fuck you wanna play?" He got himself up.
"What, Victor? What? You're gonna continue to do this shit knowing you have a daughter. Is this how you want her to see you act? Is this how you want guys to treat her? How you treat me? Like a piece of shit. Kinda fucking example are you setting."
"Don't ever speak on my relationship with her!"
"What relationship? What? Maybe yo dumbass should look up what relationship means." She spat back at him getting in his face, daring him to do something.
"You know what? I'm out." He ran his hand through his curls and slowly shut the door behind him.
"Thank you." she sighed with relief. Nicki made her way to her bathroom to see if she had a bruise on her upper arm. 'Thank God' she thought. That was one more thing she didn't have to hide from the people at work. Before she got back into bed, she went to go check on Sarai to see if she slept through the commotion. Nic eased her door open and to her surprise, she was snoring loud as hell sprawled out across her bed. 'Great.' she whispered to herself.
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"Wait, you're leaving the house without your project?" Nicki asked curiously before her and Sarai left the house to start their day.
"I never finished it."
"You said that it would get finished while he wasn't here. Why isn't it done?"
Rai didn't dare respond, thinking it would only make the situation worse. When it came to Nicki and school, she was such an ass.
"I don't even wanna hear it, I don't know why I asked. Get your stuff and meet me in the car." she grabbed her Black 'Vera Wang' work bag and walked out to her brand new 'Chrysler Town & Country' that she purchased herself about 2 weeks ago. Everything about the car fit her perfectly. Plus, in her driveway the sun hit it just right giving it a sleek look. It was a brilliant black, with a tint of a crystal pearl. To Nic, the color gave off a classy, bossy, and independent type of feel. Everyone at the job was jealous, and Nicki loved the thought. The interior design was amazing. The limited edition, which she had, seated up 7 people. After about 5 minutes passed, Sarai still wasn't out of the house. She knew school started soon, and she had to be at work early for a corporate meeting. Getting annoyed, Nic beeped her horn 3 times before she started up the car.
"I'm right here." Sarai yelled closing the front door behind her.
"Did you lock it?"
"Of course." she opened up the passenger door and hopped right in. As Nicki pulled out of the driveway, her neighbor came into view walking his dog on the sidewalk. He was kind of old, but was the nicest guy on the block.
"Good Morning Mr. Holaman. I see you got your garden growing again! It's looking nice, I'll pay you to come fix mine." said Nicki as she let down her window to wave.
"Anything for you." he replied with a smile as Nicki drove off.
"He's one weird old white man." Rai sneered.
"He is not wierd, don't say that. He's really sweet and kind, just a weird way of showing it."
They drove up and down their subdivision, which seemed like it lasted for days. The streets were full of new, updated houses, freshly cut grass, and brand new spankin' cars. Life was pretty good in the suburbs, but as hard as Nicki tried to forget how hard her life was back in NY.. the past seemed to continuously haunt her in the weirdest ways. As she looked to her left, Nic noticed a man moving into a house that had been on the market for months. Not really seeing him fully, she could tell he was black and muscular..and he looked attractive.
"Who's he?" Sarai asked leaning forward.
"I have no clue, I'll find out sooner or later."
"Hopefully whoever he is has a hot son or something." she smirked.
Nicki looked at her daughter and rolled her eyes. "The thirst." was all she said and shook her head.
"Did he come home last night?" she questioned looking out the window.
"Nope, not at all." Nicki had to lie. She didn't need her even more worried and scared for her than she was her damn self. Plus, if Nic did tell her now then that was all she would think about at school.
"What are you lyyyying for? You thought I slept through that crap?" exclaimed Sarai.
Nicki turned on the radio, and sighed at the thought of her asking that just to see if she would tell her the truth.
Sarai turned it right back off. "Why'd you lie?"
"You don't need to worry about me. I'm good."
"Obviously not if your boyfriend is coming home almost every night hitting you & you're not telling anyone! More importantly, you're not do-"
"Dammit, ENOUGH." Squawked Nicki as she pulled up into the school drop off section. "I'm not having this damn conversation every single morning. Shit is tiring, Sarai. You think I don't hear this from Grandma, Grandpa, and everybody else. Then, every time I come home and every morning I go to work I either have to start or end my day with people telling me that same shit."
Sarai huffed and sat back in her seat and folded her arms. 'If you're tired of something then do something about it.' she thought to herself, but didn't dare say it. "I have to go." she whimpered while grabbing her backpack from the floor and slamming the door once she got out of the car.
"Shit." Nicki gritted her teeth while pulling off heading to work. If it wasn't her mother on case, it was Sarai. But who was she really to blame for everything?
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"I would like to thank all of my employees for attending this mandatory meeting on time." Nicki's boss addressed. Edward Dotson was his name. Older, in about his mid 40's.. Imperious was an understatement. When he said something was due in a week, he really meant that next day. Sure, he was a pain in the ass.. but he was all about his business and getting the job done, and so was Nicki. "Now, our very own Ms. Onika Maraj will lead us in our discussion. Nicki, what recommendations on technology partners or platforms can we use to execute new or exsisting market programs?" he asked taking a seat.
"Thank you, Mr. Dotson." she got up from her spot at the long conference table and made her way to the front of the room, pulling up her powerpoint. She had been working on for weeks. If she aced this presentation, she was promised move up in rank. A move up in rank meant more money flowing through her bank account. "As you can see here, I have thought of a plethora of ideas." Before going on, she looked around the room to make sure she had everyone's attention. "So, one thing we can do is.." Looking up, she was distracted from a policemen eyeing her down from outside of the conference room. Her mind raced with thoughts and questions about why he was here. Breaking her trance, he barged through the door interrupting the meeting.
"Excuse me, may I see Onika Maraj for one second?" Nicki licked her lips. He was a muscular, tall, and dark black man. But, she couldn't help to notice how big his head was.
Mr. Dotson got up from his seat to protest. "Excuse me Officer but we are in a very critical meeting. Can this wait another time?" He looked at them, and then at Nicki. The policeman showed him his badge. "Don't worry sir, your client here isn't in any trouble but I do need to talk to her now." Nicki gazed at her boss, waiting for her to give him the A-Ok that she could leave. The policemen led her outside to his car.
"Really! Out of all places you could have found me, you decide to come to my job? I was in the middle of a very important meeting! This is embarrassing. Now what if I lose my job?" Nicki was livid.
The officer just chuckled at how dramatic she was. "Look, Ms. Maraj... we got word of you being physically abused by your partner and it's my job to come check it out."
Nicki's was in dismay. "Wait... who told you this?" The only people who knew what was happening to her was Sarai, Thembi, Tyesha, and her mom.. and they promised not to tell a soul.
"I'm not allowed to release that information. But, a beautiful women like you shouldn't have to go through anything like that." Nicki blushed at the comment and read his name tag.
"Thanks, but I am not in an abusive relationship right now." she smiled.
"You lying to a cop like me?"
"What makes you think I'm lying, Mr. Samuels?"
"Well, you're not making eye contact, and women normally who have been abused don't like to admit it because they're embarrassed or scared." he leaned on his police car.
"Look, I've told you the truth already. Now, if you don't mind I have money to make." Nicki turned around and started to walk away. He couldn't help but stare at her beautiful body. The way she switched when she walked, her beautiful thick, but toned legs, and her vanilla skin tone made him just want to lick her body up and down.
"Wait!" He ran to catch up with her. "Here's my card. I'm the new police chief here in Forsyth County. Call me if you ever need anything, I always answer. I promise. And I'll be more than happy to arrest any nigga putting their hands on you." he made eye contact with her, staring down into her deep brown eyes. Mr. Samuels saw a strong, intelligent, lovely women who needed someone to be strong for her, and to be there for her.
"Thank you so much!"
"I would love to take you out to lunch sometime." he confidently said while opening up the door for her.
"Such a gentlemen, but oh you're such a flirt." Nicki chuckled and smiled. A genuine smile. As she was nearing the conference room, Thembi stopped her.
"Why you cheesing so hard? Looking like you just got some dick." she said a little too loud.
Nicki hit her on the arm. "Thembi!! You are not Riverdale! Do you know why a cop was here for me?"
"Hell fucking no." Nicki just shook her head at how ghetto she was acting in corporate america.
"But hey, he was mighty fine! I say you go for him!" She suggested.
"Whatever!" Nic replied back to her while entering the room to go back to her meeting. He was kind of fine and seemed like a nice guy, but a guy isn't going to do anything for her right now except make life more difficult than it already is.
This is her house. (: They stay in Atlanta. County: Forsyth City: Cumming Picture The Chrysler in the driveway :pI hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. I'm going to start updating on this regularly Surprisingly, the first chapter has over 400 views and I'm kinda pleased (: Follow this blog if you haven't. Spread the word. Do you like where this is going? Yay or nay?
