LEMONADE|| Keith Powers

Chapter 41: I DO

"Aww honey" I smiled roughly pinching his cheek trying to hold in our laugh believe or not we were so fake with this shit it hurt. Ricky was trying to keep a straight face and Morgan was in the back on her IPad but Morgan is the shade queen so I know she's over it as well. We were finally at Morgan's school and we both got out the car hugging her before she went in.

4 hours later

I yawned taking off my heels from my long day. I was going to take nap before I had to go to work later on tonight. "Babe" he called

"Yes, Bab-

My eyes widened; I freaked out just noticing that we both accidentally called each other baby. It's only been 5 minutes since the reporter left. He scratched the back of his head "Josie" he quickly corrected himself.

"Ricky" I said walking near him. "See if you can reschedule my appointment for Thursday instead" he said looking at my pumps. "What? I asked.

"New shoes? He asked. "Oh... yeah, I thought I treat myself to another pair" I said playfully kicking my leg up. Okay I brought myself another pair of Louis Vuitton shoes. "Good, I see you're stepping your shoe game up, because that night was tragic" he said. I rolled my eyes "Yeah, I'm trying to blend in with the rich folk" I said before going upstairs.

6:00 pm

Ricky adjusted his tie looking in the mirror. His hand was finally healing but the pain was still uncomfortable here and there. He opened his cabinet grabbing his bottle of pain killers prescribed to him. He swallowed it washing it down with a shot of Hennessey from under his sink. He turned off the light making his way out his bedroom. He closed the door behind him making his way in Josie's room, while she was downstairs. He opened her closet to see what she's been buying. He felt like something was up but he couldn't put his finger on it. He saw a silver and pink sequin dress he pulled it back to see the tag. "Balmain" he lifted his brow. He knows Josie doesn't shop like that, she just shops for Morgan and Jace and if she does treat herself it's at Target, H&M or Forever21. He looked up to see a Louis Vuitton wristlet, he grabbed it checking the inside to see if it was real. It was in fact real, he nodded his head thinking of how she got all the stuff. He closed the closet making his way downstairs to where she was.

"I'll see you tomorrow most likely" he spoke. "Where are you going? She asked.

"To get laid if you must know" he said grabbing his keys. "Yeah, TMI" she said going on her phone.

"Bye Mr. Ricky" Morgan hugged me. "Bye Kiddo, I'll see you tomorrow" I said.

Josie waited until he closed the door. "Okay were going to leave in 20 minutes" I told Morgan. She rolled her eyes "I'm tired of going everywhere why can't you stay home" she said and I suddenly felt bad.

"I'm sorry Morgan, I just have to do certain things to take care of you all and now dad is sick" I explained. "I promise this weekend were going to have a girls day out, just you and I" I said

"Okay"? I frowned. "Okay" she said puckering up.

Josie

I walked in the new club clocking in. The vibe was way better than working at Lemonade everybody was friendly even my manager Ron was. Ron was fine by the way and all the bottle girls had a crush on him. I wouldn't say I had a crush but he was nice to look at. I even made a few friends and it's like 5 guys that flirt with me on a daily basis. The two photographers Chris and David. The two security guards Rashad and Tavon and the bartender Sheldon but I wasn't here for any of them. I pulled down my spandex leotard down.

"Damn Baby, all that booty"

I turned around to see Lexi one of the girls I was cool with. "I try" I laughed. "Damn, what did you eat? She asked. "I had a baby" I said shyly.