Page 2 of Protected by A Goon

As we made our way up to the entrance, I took in my surroundings and everyone who was waiting for their turn to enter. I was already scared as hell, but I was going to go through with it. This had become a tradition for us, and I wasn’t going to be the only one being a chicken. Although, if Oaklyn were to say that she wasn’t feeling it, I would gladly leave right behind her. But since her ass thought all this shit was funny, I knew that time wouldn’t come.

“Damn, you lookin’ good as hell tonight, Xiyah,” I heard someone say behind me. I turned around and locked eyes with Carter, one of the dudes I knew from my old neighborhood. He was a cute dude, but not really my type.

“Don’t I know it,” I said, laughing as he came over and placed his arm around my neck.

“You know, now that you’re not with Hasan’s blocking ass, you should give me your number and let me take you out.”

I wasn’t ready to start dating yet, and I had to tell way too many men that over the past couple of weeks. I knew that I would have to move on one day. I just wasn’t quite sure when that day would come. Hopefully sooner rather than later. But for the moment, I knew that my heart still belonged to Hasan.

“I’m not really looking to date right now, Carter. I’m still trying to heal from my relationship with him.”

Sighing, he replied, “I get that. Maybe we can just be friends and go from there. There’s nothing wrong with having a friend to chill with from time to time, right?”

“I guess you’re right about that,” I said, smiling and knowing that he wasn’t going to let up on me unless I said what he wanted to hear.

“He’s right until Hasan kills his ass,” Oaklyn mumbled as she laughed.

That was the other thing that I was afraid of. I didn’t think that Hasan was just going to let me move on from him. He was being quiet up until now, but if he heard that I was dating another man, when he thought I still belonged to him, he was going to be a pain in my ass. I’d seen him beat a man half to death for less. So, I already knew how he would act when it came to me being with someone else.

Carter rolled his eyes, clearly ignoring what Oaklyn said. “Anyway. So, I just want to be your friend for now. We can talk about getting married and shit later,” he said, laughing.

“Okay, friends then,” I said, knowing that we both knew he was on bullshit, but I wasn’t going to call him out on it. I came out here to have fun tonight and forget about Hasan and the way my heart hurt without him in my life.

TWO

HASAN

Before I could see her, I knew she was there. I hadn’t planned on coming to the haunted house this year because I definitely had better shit that I could be doing, but once I confirmed that Xiyah would be here, I knew my plans were about to change.

I was still confused as fuck about why she would ever think that we had broken up. She was always going to be mine, whether she wanted to be or not. I didn’t write the rules to this destiny shit; I just had to play the game. And Xiyah was definitely who I was destined to be with.

“There go yo’ girl over there with Carter,” Takoda said, laughing. “I know that’s the only reason you came out here. Gone get her ass back so we can go. We got other shit that we need to do tonight. And if you get arrested, I’m not bailing yo’ ass out either.”

Ignoring his ignorant ass, I turned in the direction he was looking. Immediately my blood began to boil. I didn’t like motherfuckers to touch what was mine, and that lame-ass nigga was violating in a major way by having his hand around my woman. If it weren’t so many people around us, I would’ve definitely pulled my shit out and sent a bullet right through the arm he had wrapped around her before I sent another one through his head.

“Ah shit, he we go,” Takoda said, shaking his head as he followed me over to where Carter, Xiyah, and Oaklyn stood.

“So, you gone let me take you out or what, Ms. Xiyah? I know a good Chinese spot we can hit. But I gotta have your number, so I know where to pick you up at and shit,” Carter said, smiling in her face and showing all thirty-two of his crooked ass teeth. If he didn’t shut that shit soon, he was going to be missing a few.

“First of all, nigga, she don’t like Chinese food. Secondly, get your arm from around her before I break that shit,” I said, stepping in front of them. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Oaklyn’s messy ass giggling.

“Aye, I don’t want no beef with you niggas. But from what I heard, she’s single and shit,” Carter said, shrugging.

I wasn’t the kind of man who liked repeating myself, so I wasn’t going to give the command again. Since he had a hard time moving, I was going to help him with the shit. Nodding my head, I stepped a little closer, gripped his free arm, and twisted that shit back until I heard a pop. His ass tried to fight back, but nothing he did worked. However, my plan worked. His other arm was no longer wrapped around Xiyah, and that was all that mattered to me.

“Now, get the fuck on before I really do something to you,” I said, twisting his arm a little more before pushing him down on the ground.

The look he gave me as he got up let me know that his ass was going to be a problem moving forward. I didn’t give a fuck, though. I gave his ass the chance to move on with his pride still intact. But nope, he wanted to play tough, and now he was embarrassed. If he knew like I knew, he’d take his loss and keep it moving. I knew he wouldn’t do that, though. He was the type of nigga who always felt like he had something to prove to motherfuckers.

“Bring yo’ ass over here, Xiyah,” I said, holding out my hand for her to place hers in.

She hesitated at first, but I was sure the look I gave her clearly communicated that I wasn’t in the mood for her bullshit. Reluctantly, she finally put her hand in mine, and I pulled her over to the side to get everyone out of our business.

“Why would you do that to him, Hasan? He didn’t deserve that,” she asked, folding her arms across her chest. Her ass wanted to argue and be on bullshit, but all I could think about was how beautiful she looked and how much I missed her.

“Did you not hear me tell that motherfucker to get his arm from around you? And why you out here acting like you don’t have a man anyway, huh? You must’ve wanted to see me act like I wasn’t raised right?”

“Uh, I don’t have a man. Did you forget that we’re broken up?”