Free The Pleasure of Pain by Shameek Speight Page B

couldn’t be any better,” Claudia responded.
    Tess’ cell phone began to ring. She knew it could only be her girls or Bless because they were the only ones with the number. “Hold on Claudia, I’ll talk to you later I have to take this call.” She answered her phone.
    “Hey girl,” the voice on the other line said.
    “What’s good?” Tess asked.
    “Just chilling you know,” the voice replied. It was Vanessa calling from Philly.
    “Shit , I’m just trying to do this company thing,” Tess said.
    “Girl , I know you been busy because we haven’t hung out in a while,” Vanessa said. “I guess Bless got that pussy on lockdown,” Vanessa stated.
    “Girl , please!  It’s the other way around.  I got that dick on lock.” They both busted out laughing.
    “I guess you and Ebony are the same because I can’t get her away from that man to spend time with me either,” Vanessa said.
    “Yo , so what’s good? Are you almost done?” Tess was talking about the twelve kilos of cocaine that Vanessa and Iris were selling in Philly.
    “ Half of the work was on the block with the workers out there, almost done. But yo, this bitch Iris just got up and left me out here.”
    “What you mean she left you,” Tess said.
    “Yo, she’s been gone for two days now, not counting today and she called me talking about she’s taking care of business. Shit, what that bitch think I’m doing out here,” Vanessa said.
    “Yo , why didn’t you call me sooner and tell me this?”
    “Girl , I didn’t want you to worry about that shit. I handled it and thought she would be back sooner than tonight, plus that bitch hasn’t been right. She been acting all funny and shit because you stopped giving her some pussy, HA HA HA HA!” They both laughed.
    “Girl , you’re not right,” Tess said. Then Tess heard a beep on her phone letting her know she had someone else on the line waiting. “Yo, Vanessa someone is calling me. I’ll call you back later.”
    “Girl , you know damn well it’s Bless wanting some of that pussy.”
    “HA HA HA HA, b ye girl!”
    Tess clicked o ver and a woman’s voice came on, “Hello may I speak to Ms. Cage?”
    “Speaking,” Tess said wondering how she got th is number.
    “Ms. Cage , I’m calling you on behalf of Sean Web. He is at Jamaica Queens’ Hospital. He has been in a car accident, but he’s okay.”
    “What do you mean he’s been in a car accident?”
    “I can’t tell you any more details over the phone.”
    “Shit, I’m on my way.” Tess jumped in her BMW and rushed to the hospital. She parked her car in the parking lot and ran up to the emergency room’s entrance. Tess saw a nurse at the desk. “I’m looking for my husband, Sean Web,” she said out of breath.
    The nurse looked up his room and made Tess sign in. “He’s in room 210.”
    Tess ran until she found the room with tears flowing down her face and saying a silent prayer. She had already lost him to jail for a while and she went crazy with that thought. She didn’t know what she would do if something happened to him. As she reached the room, a doctor came out. Tess grabbed the doctor by the arm. “I’m here for Sean Web, is he okay? I’m his wife.”
    “He’s fine, miss, just a few burns on the head.” The doctor replied.
    “May I see him?”
    “Yes, go right in dear.”
    Tess entered the room to find Bless getting dressed with his back turned to her. She looked at all the muscles in his back and arms and his chocolate skin and got all wet and thought, ‘Damn how I love this man.’ “Hey daddy,” her voice made Bless turn around with a smile on his face. Tess ran to him and kissed him while tears ran down her face and onto their lips. Bless pulled back and wiped her eyes. “You had me worried,” she said. “I love you.”
    “I love you too, baby,” Bless replied .
    “What happened ? On the phone the nurse said you were in a car accident?”
    “Accident my ass Tess someone put a bomb in my car