together, smoking cigarettes and shit in the bathroom back in the day. So I just want to put you down with the real.”
“Let me have it then, instead of talking in circles.”
“I know Smooth seem like he on top of his game, but girl, that nigga is crazy.”
“Why you say that?” Bambi asked.
“Girl, he used to mess with this chick name Nita that I know, and I know her real good. So you can trust me when I tell you that this is from the heart right here—this here ain’t no ghetto gossip. This is what I know for real. I promised that I’d never repeat it, but I gotta give it to you.”
“Come on. I’m ready.”
She had never seen Amy break any kind of gossip down like this. Amy usually couldn’t wait to throw dirt on someone’s name, but for this time Bambi could see that Amy was actually affected emotionally by the bombshell she was about to drop.
“Nita was messing with Smooth for a long time, and he would beat her like you beat an egg. At first he was cool, always throwing money at her, being her personal slot machine. But girl, by no means don’t get it twisted. That nigga is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fo real. He kept begging her to get pregnant, and after she did he told her he didn’t want no babies.”
“Girl!” Bambi said. “What did she do?”
“She asked him for money for an abortion. And all he did was keep putting her off. After missing four appointments, she found herself ten weeks pregnant. Leaving her with two weeks before it would be too late to terminate the pregnancy. Lying, she told him she only had one week left, so she wouldn’t miss the deadline. He said he was going to make sure he got the abortion done for her. He wasn’t going to pay for no abortion, though. Instead he began to fight her. She said he put the worst whipping she’d ever had on her. He kicked her in the stomach with his Timberland boots, and he didn’t stop until his boots was covered with her blood.”
Bambi just stood there dumbfounded for a minute. All she could say was, “Damn.”
“Look, you do what you want to, but I am telling you the nigga ain’t to be trusted. There’s a few other episodes too that I could tell you about, but I think you get the picture. Now, you better get back out there before you trigger him,” Amy said, trying to make a joke—but the look on her face was dead serious.
They hugged, and Bambi exited the bathroom. Smooth was waiting for her outside of the door, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
“I was sort of getting worried. I was wondering if you had fallen in,” he said.
“I saw an old friend from high school, and we were just catching up.”
“Oh, you look like you saw a ghost. You sure everything is okay?” he asked, concerned.
“Yup, I’m fine,” Bambi said with a false smile.
Once they were outside of the restaurant, he gave her a wad of money and promised to see her the next day to give her some spending money for the trip.
“Look, when you get back, add up all your credit card bills and I’ll take care of them, too, a’ight?” he said. He kissed her on the cheek and gave her a big bear hug, after which they went their separate ways.
On the way home, Bambi tried to analyze Smooth. She couldn’t understand how he could be so nice and charitable to her, yet Egypt and Amy’s friend had seen different sides of him for what seemed like no apparent reasons.
I need to get away from this animal. I cannot and will not fall victim to an abuser, Bambi thought . It’s only a matter of time before he shows me who he truly is.
Although she’d told Smooth she was going on a Mediterranean cruise, she had actually booked a cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines in the Caribbean for herself and Egypt. The cruise was half the price for the two of them that it would have cost for just her alone on the Mediterranean cruise. When she called Egypt and told her that they were off to paradise, Egypt couldn’t have been happier.
“Girl, how did you pull
“Let me have it then, instead of talking in circles.”
“I know Smooth seem like he on top of his game, but girl, that nigga is crazy.”
“Why you say that?” Bambi asked.
“Girl, he used to mess with this chick name Nita that I know, and I know her real good. So you can trust me when I tell you that this is from the heart right here—this here ain’t no ghetto gossip. This is what I know for real. I promised that I’d never repeat it, but I gotta give it to you.”
“Come on. I’m ready.”
She had never seen Amy break any kind of gossip down like this. Amy usually couldn’t wait to throw dirt on someone’s name, but for this time Bambi could see that Amy was actually affected emotionally by the bombshell she was about to drop.
“Nita was messing with Smooth for a long time, and he would beat her like you beat an egg. At first he was cool, always throwing money at her, being her personal slot machine. But girl, by no means don’t get it twisted. That nigga is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fo real. He kept begging her to get pregnant, and after she did he told her he didn’t want no babies.”
“Girl!” Bambi said. “What did she do?”
“She asked him for money for an abortion. And all he did was keep putting her off. After missing four appointments, she found herself ten weeks pregnant. Leaving her with two weeks before it would be too late to terminate the pregnancy. Lying, she told him she only had one week left, so she wouldn’t miss the deadline. He said he was going to make sure he got the abortion done for her. He wasn’t going to pay for no abortion, though. Instead he began to fight her. She said he put the worst whipping she’d ever had on her. He kicked her in the stomach with his Timberland boots, and he didn’t stop until his boots was covered with her blood.”
Bambi just stood there dumbfounded for a minute. All she could say was, “Damn.”
“Look, you do what you want to, but I am telling you the nigga ain’t to be trusted. There’s a few other episodes too that I could tell you about, but I think you get the picture. Now, you better get back out there before you trigger him,” Amy said, trying to make a joke—but the look on her face was dead serious.
They hugged, and Bambi exited the bathroom. Smooth was waiting for her outside of the door, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.
“I was sort of getting worried. I was wondering if you had fallen in,” he said.
“I saw an old friend from high school, and we were just catching up.”
“Oh, you look like you saw a ghost. You sure everything is okay?” he asked, concerned.
“Yup, I’m fine,” Bambi said with a false smile.
Once they were outside of the restaurant, he gave her a wad of money and promised to see her the next day to give her some spending money for the trip.
“Look, when you get back, add up all your credit card bills and I’ll take care of them, too, a’ight?” he said. He kissed her on the cheek and gave her a big bear hug, after which they went their separate ways.
On the way home, Bambi tried to analyze Smooth. She couldn’t understand how he could be so nice and charitable to her, yet Egypt and Amy’s friend had seen different sides of him for what seemed like no apparent reasons.
I need to get away from this animal. I cannot and will not fall victim to an abuser, Bambi thought . It’s only a matter of time before he shows me who he truly is.
Although she’d told Smooth she was going on a Mediterranean cruise, she had actually booked a cruise on Carnival Cruise Lines in the Caribbean for herself and Egypt. The cruise was half the price for the two of them that it would have cost for just her alone on the Mediterranean cruise. When she called Egypt and told her that they were off to paradise, Egypt couldn’t have been happier.
“Girl, how did you pull
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