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in your face.”
                  “Zay don’t start with this again. Dawhar is not thinking about me, besides he has a wife.”
                  “That doesn’t mean shit.”
                  “You should know,” Joey retorted.
                  “Oh so you wanna take a low blow at me about some old shit, because I’m telling you that I don’t like the way another dude getting at you.”
                  “Yes because I’m tired of you constantly hurling accusations at me about this. I’m not the one that cheated in this marriage and I’m tired of getting treated like I did.”
                  Joey stormed off she got a few feet away then came back, “I’ve never done you wrong so respect me and most of all respect my place of business.”
    ***
                  “We’re not going to be here long,” Cee told her husband, Petey, while checking her hair and makeup in the visor mirror. “I just want to show my face for like an hour, I need to get some rest. My first client is at seven-thirty in the morning.”
                  “I’m cool with that baby,” he replied wheeling the cream Escalade into the Enclave parking lot. As Petey drove by the L Room, he noticed a dark figure moving along the side of the building. He stopped and reversed the truck.
                  “Who is that?”
                  “Where? ” 

                   Petey pointed, “Right there.”
                  “I don’t see anybody.”
                  “It’s somebody over there.” He shifted the gear to drive then pulled down to valet stand. “You go on in I’m going to walk over to the L Room to make sure everything is okay.”
                  “Oh no you not! That’s the security team’s job. Tell them to go check it out.”
                  “Alright,” Petey conceded knowing how easily frightened his wife could be.
                  “That’s fine,” she leaned over and gave him kiss. “See you inside.”
                  Cee got out the truck and walked towards the building. The attendant gave Petey a valet ticket. Petey tipped him then set off to find Enclave’s security.
                  “Hey love,” Cee greeted Joey with a hug.” Joey returned the hug.
                  “What’s up mama? I’m glad you made it back. I know you’re tired. Y’all got slammed at the spa today.”
                  “Yes we did! But, I’m not complaining,” Cee smiled, rubbing her thumb and fingertips together like she had money between them.
                  “I know that’s right.”
                  “It looks really good in here. How’s it going?”
                  “Great. We’ve even sold some memberships.”
                  “That’s what’s up! Where is Zay? ” 

                  “He probably somewhere pouting.”
    
                “About what?”
                  “When he came in I was talking with Dawhar. A few of his people had just signed up for memberships. So now he back on the same shit about Dawhar in my face.”
                  “Zay ain’t tripping at all,” Cee said. “Dawhar does flirt with you a lot.”
                  “But I don’t flirt with him. That man has a ten-thousand dollar platinum membership to this club and he’s gotten his teammates and friends to join. It is strictly business between us.”
                  Cee held up her palms. “Hey you don’t have to convince me. Trust me I understand that, but you need to check Dawhar. He needs to respect your marriage. That’s all I’m going to say about it.” Cee scanned the room, “Where is Evan?”
                  “Hell if I know,” Joey sighed. “She came in