Two months later Asia's stomach has gotten bigger but now too big. They been going to her check ups and everything seems to be healthy and in order. Zay started college last month and Asia and Jayla's business that Josh invested in is doing pretty good. Jayla even got her own place with Mikey. Josh on the other hand has been busy all week, Asia barely sees him. Only in the mornings .

At this moment Asia is FaceTiming Zay.

"So how's college life"

"Great, lot of girls, lot of girls"

Asia rolled her eyes , "better be into those books and ball rather then all them girls "

"Jealous?"

"No", she said with a stank face.

"If you say so.. anyway how's the baby"

"Doc said they are as healthy as can be"

"That's good"

"But um let me go. I have some orders I need to make sure is in order", Asia said.

"iight talk to you later", he said as he hung up.

Asia get up and slips on her slides and walks outside. She sees a guy walking up the drive way. He looks her up and down and begins to talk.

"Where Deezy at?"

"Um... how did you get this address?", Asia asks.

"I'm asking you the questions", he said. "Who are you anyway?"

"That doesn't matter but I don't know who you're talking about", she said as she started walking to the car.

"Oh you don't?", he asked. "Well you may know him as Josh.. well at least that's what my sister know him by"

Asia turns and looks at him. "And how does your sister know him?"

"See I knew you was lying.. I'm just fucking with you. I'm his friend, Malik", he said as he rubbed his hands together. "He ain't tell me you was that fine"

Asia was flattered but didn't show it, "what do you want? I have things to do?"

"You wouldn't be bad of having", he said.

Asia was to the car and opens the door. "Leave". She said as she got in the car and drove off.

He smiles as she drive always and pulls out his phone to make a call. "Ay bruh, change of plans, I think he got a girl. She fine too... bruh I couldn't get to her in time because she was already in the car before I put two and two together....I got the tag number to her car I'll send it to you... hell yea, we gone teach Deezy and his boys not to fuck with us again"

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Later that evening after a long day of stocking and sending out merch, Asia and Jayla grabbed a bite to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Jayla got quesadillas and Asia got nachos.

"I didn't think our business would get this much hype as it is", Jayla said.

"Exactly. I was thinking... other than clothes, she should also do beauty products. Like body butter and stuff", Asia said.

"That don't sound too bad", Jayla said before she sipped her drink.

Asia nods as she smiles then she looks over to see some guy looking at her and stops smiling. Instead, he's smiling at her. Asia looks away and starts eating.

"She's taken, look somewhere else sweetie", Jayla shouted at the guy.

The guy rolled his eyes and shook his head as he looked at the menu.

"Something up", Asia whispered

"What you mean", Jayla asked.

"Today... this guy... I need to call Josh", she said as she pulled out her phone.

The guy sees Asia pull out her phone and walks up to her to distract her.

"Hey, you're Asia right?", he asked.

"Who's asking", she said.

"Roderick", he said. "I'm Josh's homeboy. He speak a lot of good things about you"

Asia puts her phone back in her purse. "Oh really? Like what?"

Roderick smiles because him distracting her worked. "Don't worry it's all good stuff, nothing bad"

"Mmm. Well it's nice to meet you", she said.

Roderick looks at her stomach. "Same to you", he said as he looked at her face. "Congrats by the way"

"Thank you", she said.

Roderick goes back to the counter to get his order.

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Later that night, Asia is talking a shower singing "BMO" by Ari Lennox until somebody suddenly opens the shower curtain. And Asia screams until she sees who it is.

"Oh my god! You can't be scaring me like that", she said.

"Why you FaceTiming Zay for", Josh asked.

Asia forgot to delete the call off her call log like she been doing.

"I can't check up on my friend while he's in a whole different state?", she asked.

"That's what he got family for", he said.

"Josh we talked about this. That has been my friend before you even came around. We never had any romantic relationship", she said.

"I know, I know... I'm sorry. Kinda hard not to be jealous with having a girl as beautiful as you... and I know he likes you so", he said not completely his sentence.

"Zay know not to come in between us, trust me.", she said.

"Yea..." he said as he closes the shower curtains to let her continue washing.

Asia turns the water off and gets out the shower with a towel wrapped around her.

Josh looks at her, admiring her.

"Hey", she said with a smile because he keeps starring.

Josh looks away.

Asia walks out the bathroom and hears a silent thud but doesn't pay any attention to it and opens the closet to see Malik and Roderick from earlier and starts to scream but Malik covers her mouth. Josh heard Asia make a noise.

"What you say bae?", he asked.

Suddenly Josh hears a gun cock back and looks to his left to see Roderick.

"You think you and yo niggas can get away with killin my bro?"

Josh puts his hands up. "I don't know what you're talking about"

"Nigga you know exactly what the fuck I'm talking about", he said moving his gun.

"Where's my girl", Josh asked.

"She in good hands. My boy Malik got her. We gone have some fun with her after I'm done killing your as", he said.

Josh looks past Roderick confused and Roderick looks back, while Josh pulls his gun out and shoots him in the head. "Dumb muthafucka", he said as he ran in the bed room looking for Asia. "Asia!?" , he shouted and got no answer. "Asia!?" , he said as he ran downstairs and outside to see a car speed off. "Damn!", he said as he ran back inside to go get his keys and shoes and ran back outside to get in the car.

TO BE CONTINUED. . . .