Charmaine counted her money. She had four thousand dollars. This was good she only working for kain for a little over a month. Today she decided to take Malani out to do a little shopping. All her bills were paid off. By the time summer rolled around she would be able to take Malani on a trip as promised.

She heard Malani light foot steps on the white kitchen tile.
"Mommy" she smiled. Charmaine​ put the money down that she held on to so she could pick Lani up.

"Hey sleeping beauty " Malani smiled shyly hiding her face in Charmaine shirt.

"Want to do a little bit of shopping today ?"
Malani lifted her head up nodding her head with her hands resting on Charmaine shoulders.

"I just finished running your bath water. Go ahead and get in. I'll be back there in two minutes.

She let her down and she took off running down the hall.

She put her money up then turned the stove off.

Kain sat back with the results in his hand waiting for rhonda to meet him at the restaurant. They agreed too read them together,but they were to be mailed to Kain's house. He did not trust Rhonda apartment.

She came in and Kain spotted her. She made sure she wore something that would show off her assets very well. Rhonda was one of Kain former strippers at his old club that had gotten shut down to build club Red .
After all the drama with her he promised himself never ever to get involved with those who he worked with.

Rhonda was no ugly bitch... On the outside. On the inside she was. She had a nasty additude and she was just a fucked up individual.
She was about five, five and had a stripper body. She always kept her natural light brown hair cut into a bob.
She had beautiful eyes too. They were a greyish color. She also inherited her fathers gap. Nonetheless she was still attracting to most.

Kain shook the nasty thoughts out of his head. The fact that the last time they had sex was in the same restaurant their sitting in today.

Rhonda wasn't sure who son it was. Kain's or her other baby daddy son. She was hoping it was Kain's cause that other man ain't shit. Plus what good can he do from the inside of prison.

"Hey handsome​" she said.
"Wassup?" he asked pulling her chair out. It was something he did on the regular.
"Thank you "she took her long finger nail pushing a piece of hair out of her face. He tucked his phone away giving her his undivided attention.
"So you ready for this ?" he asked.

"Yup"She said kicking her feet under the table like a little kid. Kain grabbed the envelope tearing it open.

Charmaine walked out of the back. She paid the money she owed them. She kept six hundred dollars on her. That was he budget for this little shopping spree of her and Milani's. Hopefully soon she could purchase a car.
"Mommy when do I go to school "
Charmaine looked down at Milani then thought about it. She was been suppose to enroll her in preschool but cause of Griff that didn't happen. However Milani was still ahead of other kids cause Charmaine taught her a lot. Their daily schedule consisted of the normal things any other person would do then from eleven to two Charmaine would teach her new things. Before Milani went to bed she asked her questions to make sure she didn't forget.

"Next year baby. I promise" Milani didn't say anything else she just rolled with the flow. Charmaine made it to the bus stop. She would be taking uber but she doesn't own a smartphone and she don't trust them. "Park "Milani squealed "later" Charmaine said taking a seat. All the walking so far made her feet hurt. She dug through her bag finding their bus pass for the week.

Showing the driver her bus pass he nodded and seeing the bus was really packed she allowed Lani to sit while she stood.

She looked down at Lani who was smiling while starring out the window. Malani was an angle. She could bring joy to anyone day with that beautiful smile. Malani was the only good thing that came out of that relationship with Griff. Lani smiled at the old woman who sat next to her. Charmaine always practiced ,and taught Malani good manners.

Fifteen minutes later the bus arrived to White Marsh mall.
"Ready?" "yup" Lani said jumping up and down. Charmaine laughed. She grabbed Lani's hand leading them through the mall.
"Anything you want?"Charmaine asked as they slowly walked past stores. Lani shook her head no. Charmaine knew she was running low on clothes but that was just about it.

"Can we watch Home ?"
"Yeah when we get home i'll call T over and we can build a fort and have a big sleepover"
"Really?"
"Yup" she walked into a kids boutiqe where she brought a lot of Lani clothes from.

Rhonda bit the inside of her cheek. "I'll just get going "Kain nodded his head. Indeed the little boy was not his. He sat a hundred dollar bill on the table grabbing the envelope. He knew that kid wasn't his.
"Have a nice day sir "
"You to" he said wiping any possible crumbs off of his shirt. The thin fabric that covered his forearm and his rock hard ab's. It was hard not to look.

Finding his black Range he got in ready to start making runs. He had to collect money from warehouse four,five and six. He had to make sure all his workers were paid by tomorrow instead of giving them cash in hand he wrote out checks. He found it a little easier. He picked up his phone seeing Omarion was calling.

"Yo?"
"Nigga "Omarion said taking a pause.
"What do you want?"he asked pulling his beard.
"Get'cho ass over here. Shit ain't looking right"
"The fuck you mean? I'm all the way out here in fucking...Elkton trying to pick up this fuckin' money"
"That shit going to have to wait. Some product came up short"

"Wh- aight man I'll be there soon "he sighed. Here he was two hours away. Now he had to kill a motherfucker for fucking his day up. He was about to be up all night. Regardless of what happened his workers had to be paid. He knew if he was a worker and he didn't get hos bread on time he would be pissed. That was over two hundred checks that had to be written out.

Then he had to worry about being at his club tonight. He mentally cursed his self out for telling he didn't need Charmaine help today.

Changing his mind he picked up his phone calling Omarian back.
It rang three times before he actually picked up. "Yo?"
"Do me a favor real quick"
"What is it?" He asked

"Charmaine that girl that I just made my assistant pull her contact shit up. "

"For what nigga today her day off- "
"Nigga chill it ain't even like that. I need her today"
"Aight man. I'll text you her number"