Get Somebody New (36 page)

“When I found
out someone was asking questions about me, I was afraid it was Tony.”

“I’ve been
thinking a lot about what my dad did to you. I couldn’t sleep for thinking
about it. Something inside me kept telling me to reach out and find you. I
can’t explain it, but I had to contact you because I couldn’t concentrate on
anything else until I did.”

“I can
explain it. Look at me. Take a good look at my face, it’s the real reason Tony
shot me.”

“I can’t place
it but you look like someone I see a….. Wait you look like….you look like….umm.

“Like who?”

“Like me. Are
you trying to tell me something?”

“Your mom and
I were dating. Actually we were engaged. Tony and I grew up together and were
like brothers. My family took him in after his father was murdered. After he
gained so much power on the street it went to his head. He had the attitude
that if he wanted something he’d take it. At first I would not back down but
then he threatened to kill me if I didn’t go away. He went on this power trip
and said he was going to take my family to show how powerful he was. I stayed
away until I found out that Gloria had a baby.

Tony found
out I was in town visiting my sister. He’d developed an obsession about making
sure the truth never came out. That’s how he ended up shooting me in the chest
because I refused to leave. He thought he could just claim my son and erase all
traces of my existence. I was prepared to die if I had to.

After I moved
to California I still kept up with you. I came to quite a few of your Junior
High and High School basketball games. When I looked at you, the truth was
obvious.”

“That
explains why I never felt a bond with him. It also explains how he could force
me into the dangerous drug trade so easily, because I’m not his so it wouldn’t
affect him if something happened to me. He used me!”

“I’ve kept up
with you over the years. I also know you didn’t do what they said you did.”

“Thanks. I
was framed, it’s just a matter of proving it.”

“Tony has
taken enough from me, that’s it. I’m gonna see you through this. Whatever
happens I will be secure in the knowledge that I did the right thing this time
and I’m giving my fear to God.”

“Thanks.” I
said.

Tony had an
ass-whipping coming to him as soon as I could get to him. What he stole from me
could never be replaced, the relationship and bond with my real father. What
made it even worse was that it was so clearly evident that this man had been in
turmoil all these years and longed to be in my life. There was no way I could
be upset with him. He didn’t leave because he wanted to. His life was
threatened by a selfish ass egomaniac, for just being a father who wanted to
love and be with his son. Tony was gonna be running down the street with my
size 14 stuck in the crack of his ass as soon as I got to him.

“It was after
you just dropped off the face of the earth and stopped talking to me that I got
involved with Tony. I figured you didn’t want to be with me anymore.” Mom said.

“Gloria no!
That wasn’t it at all. You were the love of my life, my soul mate. I loved you,
Gloria I still love you. Tony just decided you should have been with him
instead of me. He told me to break up with you and leave town. When I refused
he went crazy. He started harassing my family and shooting up their cars and
houses. I decided maybe it was best to lay low at least for a little while.
When you had the baby, Tony became ruthless in his efforts to make sure I
stayed away.”

“I never knew
any of that Curtis. He’s been lying to me all these years. I feel so dumb for
trusting him. There is no telling how many other things he has lied to me
about.”

“I want to go
over there so bad and handle him!” I fumed.

“Jazz, I know
you’re upset, but I think you should give yourself time to think this through.”

“You’re right
ma. Maybe we should just go to bed and get some sleep.”

“That sounds
good.” Curtis responded.

I got back in
bed and by then Zeke was awake.

“You okay? I
heard what happened.”

“Zeke you
know I’m fighting to keep from going and killing that….that…..I don’t even know
what to call him!”

“Your mom
gave you the best advice. Now trust me I do understand your frustration but
look at all he has taken from everybody already? Going over there would only
result in more loss, especially if you harm him. If you kill him, his death
would be his final act of theft…theft of your freedom.”

“I know, I
know. Zeke, I don’t wanna think about it anymore. Take my mind off of it baby.”

“Huh? But
your……”

“Shut up and
come here.”

“But what
about our guests?”

“What about
giving me that loving baby?”     

It was
obvious Zeke had reservations about getting busy because of our “company”. So I
decided to do a little convincing. I jumped up from the bed and grabbed my jeans
and acted like I was getting dressed to go deal with that little situation.

“What are you
doing?”

“Well since
you don’t wanna help me divert my attention, I’m gonna have to go on over to
Tony’s and deal with him.”

“Okay, but
I’m going with you.”

“Huh?
Whaaat…ummm.” I said surprised.

Zeke started
laughing.

“What’s so
funny?”

“You didn’t
think I was gonna call your
bluff.”        

“Why you
wanna play with me like that?”

“That wasn’t
playing with you, this is playing with you.”

Zeke walked
over to me and grabbed my dick through my jeans. I never got so hard, so fast
in my life. Damn! I love it when Zeke gets aggressive with me and he knows it
too. He was still holding on to my hard dick when he started backing up to the
bed. He lay back on the bed, put his hand inside his briefs, and started
stroking his dick.

“You wanna
kiss me?” he asked.

“Yeah!” I
said as I moved toward him to kiss him. Just as my lips touched his, he turned
away, grabbed the back of my head and guided it down between his legs. My hand
replaced his and I took over stroking his thick, hard dick.

“So that’s
what you want baby?” I asked seductively.

“Yeah.” He
breathed.

It was time
for me take the wheel. I acted like I was gonna comply but then I lifted my
head and grabbed him by the back of his neck gently.”“Say you need it!”

“I need it.”

“Tell Jazz
exactly what you need baby.”

“Jazz, I need
some of your bomb ass head!”

Before he
finished his sentence, I had already engulfed half of his thick, throbbing
piece in my mouth. As he tried to hold back by taking controlled breaths, I was
determined to make it impossible. I quickly snatched off his briefs and zeroed
in on my target with my fingers. At that point, I was long past caring about
being quiet. My baby moaned quietly while I slobbed him down like a man
possessed. Zeke then took the wheel back, pulled my head up forcefully, and
shifted back to offer up that booty.

“Nah, turn yo
ass ova cause I’m gonna get all up in that.” I ordered.

Zeke tried to
comply but he was too slow for my insatiable desire! I grabbed his legs and
flipped him over.  When Zeke’s chest met the bed, my arms were already
wrapped tightly around his muscular thighs and his ample bubble was being
deeply probed by my long tongue.  His moans got louder and more intense.

“THAT’S what
I’m talking about!” I shouted.

It must have
been a delayed response because after being locked up I thought me and Zeke was
gonna get down as soon as we saw each other. Instead I had to fuck up and take
him to meet the family.  Once we got home, I was just emotionally tired.
Zeke gave me exactly what I needed though. He gave me him. I ain’t talking
about sex, Zeke gave me him….. He gave me his heart; he gave me his soul, his
unconditional love, the unbiased, non-judgmental cradle of his arms.  I
just broke down out of the blue but the strangest thing was, as soon as I was
in Zeke’s arms, I didn’t shed another tear. I was calm cause I knew I was back
where I was supposed to be and no matter what, things were gonna be
alright. 

As I was
getting into being with Zeke, my mind did a 180 and first went to Marlena, what
she did, what I went through, and I got pissed. Once I got pissed my thoughts
naturally went back to all the shit that happened with my family, Curtis, all
of it.  I refocused on Zeke long enough to switch positions.

“Zeke, oh
baby, please do the thing! You know that thing! Damn, I’m about to lose it just
thinking about it!”

“Jazz!” He
said in his excited whisper.

Zeke reached
down and grabbed my dick and my whole body shivered cause I was so anxious to
feel him do that “thing”.  I took a deep breath when he brought the head
to his entrance. The head slipped inside the tight opening causing Zeke to
gasp. I kissed him as he tightened his grip on my hard dick. My leg muscles
tightened as I pressed my feet against the food board. The muscles in my ass
propelled my hips forward.

As I pressed
forward, Zeke guided my dick inside him. As I went deeper, he held on until I was
all the way inside. He turned his head briefly, then looked back at me as his
eyes filled with the tears of his intense passion for me. At that moment I
realized that as long as I had Zeke, I would be okay because nothing else in
the world mattered to me more than him. I could make concessions on a lot of
things but being without Zeke was not an option I would compromise on. Zeke and
I made love all night long and it was the most beautiful night of my life,
except for our first time together. That night I realized what I really had in
him and knew I was the luckiest man in the whole world.

Zeke managed
to take my mind off of Tony. It was decided that I wouldn’t go after him. If he
came for Curtis or me then I would deal with him. It’s good that I took time to
think about everything before exercising a knee-jerk reaction to all that
happened.  No one can ever really say for sure what goes on in the minds
of some people like Tony. I guess in his mind he was doing things the only way
he knew how. How can you be mad at someone for that? I guess I should have been
happy that I never ended up with any drug felonies on my record.

The drug game
was never my choice but being in it did prepare me to take care of myself. Fear
is not something I possess. Knives, Guns, Fists, Threats, nothing scares me,
well I take that back. The thought of losing Zeke or my mom, or anyone close to
me scares me but I don’t fear anybody doing anything to me. I guess I am just
afraid of things I can’t control.

I had come to
expect the worse regarding the impact that my implication in Marlena’s murder
would have on my career. Throwing in the towel just because I anticipated the
worst was not an option. I owed it to myself, Zeke, and my true fans to fight
for my career. To my surprise the scandal actually increased my popularity.
Anyone who didn’t know who I was at first definitely knew who I was after
Marlena’s murder. The publicity resulted in a sharp increase in public
interest. Once people found out about my work, record sales doubled. I didn’t
waste any time taking advantage of it either. I immediately released my next
single and worked my ass off to put the finishing touches on my debut album.
The first single debuted at number one on the billboard hot 100. The album
includes collaborations with Ludacris, Erykah Badu, TI, and a few others. I
also did a song for the soundtrack of Zeke’s new movie too, which has steadily
been climbing the charts and is at number 3 currently.

It didn’t
take long for mom and Curtis to rekindle that old flame. It was as if they’d
never been apart. It was so obvious they were meant to be together. My mother
was happier than I had ever seen her in my whole life. Seeing them happy made
me happy. Though ironic how they came back into each other’s lives, the important
thing is that they are back together. There are no words to explain my
feelings. I finally felt what it was like to have a real family, my family.

Everything
was back on track and going smoothly. After a month long cooling off period
from Tony, I was surprised when he reached out to me and asked if he could come
talk to us. He wasn’t his usual tyrannical self. He wasn’t barking orders at me
and he wasn’t acting like he owned the world. He was very humble. Even his
voice sounded different.

“Hello Jazz,
please don’t hang up.”

“I’m not.
What’s up?”

“I know you
have every reason in the world to hate me. I really would like to sit down and
just talk. I don’t want to fight with you.”

“Well yeah we
can talk, that’s cool. If I get any indication that things are going left, then
I’m ending it because I am done with all of the fighting. It’s time out for all
of that bullshit.”

“I agree.”

So I gave him
directions to the house and waited for him to come over. When he got there he
looked like he’d aged about 5 years in that one month. He was unshaven, and
just looked tired. He asked that all of us, including Zeke listen to what he
had to say.

“I’m sorry. I
know that doesn’t fix the terrible things I’ve done to all of you. For years I
was convinced my way of dealing with things was the only way and the right way.
It took losing my family to realize I’ve made a huge mistake and I am sorry. I
am mostly sorry for what I’ve done to Curtis and his relationship with you
Jazz. Nothing can get back the years that have been missed and it’s gonna be on
my conscience forever. I’ve had to fight for each and every thing I’ve ever
gotten in my life. It was the only way I knew to survive and I pushed all of
you away from me in an effort to keep you.  I pray that God will have
mercy on my soul for all that I’ve done over the years.”