Stepping out

When Shaye got to the shop that morning Keisha had opened it up already and she had two clients waiting on her. She washed and set their hair and put them under the dryer. By then a couple more of her clients had walked in, and Tasha waltzed in late as ever and Shaye decided she would talk to her later about her tardiness, because she was trying to run a business.

"Hey ladies",  Tasha said. "hey" they said in unison.

Everyone knew from the expression on Shaye's face that she was pissed, but they all just looked the other way because one thing they knew was to let her be.

Shaye was finishing up her last client's hair when the chime on the door begin to ring. Everyone looked up and started to stare.

Kacey walked into the shop, he could feel everyone's eyes on him, but he was looking straight ahead at one person who didn't even bother to look up from styling the person who was in the chair.  He walked up and she finally looked up from what she was doing .

"Hi Shaye, what you been up to?" "Nothing working trying to stay busy." "Well I was wondering what you had up for Friday night?"  "Nothing the usual chilling with the girls, its our weekend to hit up that club on Lexington, the old complex building." "Oh for real, well can we go for lunch tomorrow or Saturday then." "Tomorrow will be fine say around 12:30." "Ok, cool well if you need anything or want to do something tonight here is my card and my personal line is on the back. Don't be afraid to use it."

The girls were just about finish closing up when Shaye pulled Tasha aside and asked "Hey gurl whats up with you being late and if u need help maybe I can help."

"No gurl I just woke up a little late that's all, but you can just call and make sure I'm up. " "Sure, no prob. You know if you have a problem I will always help if I can." "Yea, I know. Let's get back to work before you get all weepy." "Hahaha....real funny. But umma let that one slide."

They return back to helping close the shop up. Keisha was folding up towels when she blurted out, "Aye Shaye so are you going to go out with K." "Yeah I am, you got a problem with that." " No, just happy to see you taking a chance on him and if the nigga don't have his act right game on we gonna duff him."

The girls started laughing and finish cleaning up. Tasha and Tekina left first, after they left Keisha asked Shaye what really happen between her and J.

Shaye told Keisha about how she caught him in bed with some tramp, and how some chick had called her and said that she was pregnant by him and how he had told her that Shaye was his sister. He also had told her that his girlfriend had left him for one of his homeboys and that he was scared to trust anyone except his sister and that is why he kept his stash there and be at her house all the time.

Keisha was speechless; she knew J was a dog and that her gurl didn't deserve the crap that he was taking her through. But she was happy that Shaye was not crying over him, and that she was trying to move on.

"Gurl I think that K is goin ta treat you real good, so just give him a chance. OK."

"I will try gurl becuz he is fine."

They were laughing when the door chime started ringing Keisha grabbed her 9mm from her holster and asked "who is it?"

The person didn't say anything Shaye was angry because she had left her clip in her car. She took a hand mirror from on the desk and focused it on the front door and seen that two men with ski mask on were standing at the door, she took her phone out and text Tekina and Tasha and ask them to call the police. Then she reached in her back pocket and pulled out the card K gave her and text him to come help her she was being robbed. A few seconds later she heard a phone ring and one of the robbers saying, "Bae, you told me the time when to come and that you wouldn't be here now let me finish these two hoes so I can come home, and you can get to run this shop by yourself......she did what?.......ok so text her and ask her were bout she at in here and call me back."

When Shaye overheard one of the robbers phone conversation she knew at least one of the girls or both had set her up to be killed, but she didn't know for sure which one it was.

She knew the only way to find out which one put a hit out on her was to keep what she heard to herself, because now she trusted no one.  

Keisha heard footsteps coming her way, she took her gun off safety, cocked it and aim straight ahead ready to bust anyone that came close to her station. The footsteps sounded like they were getting closer and closer, then all of a sudden they stopped. The door open and chimes ringed out and then she heard a thud and then another one. "Shaye.....Shaye are you alright?"

She was too scared to answer him, so she looked over to the other station and Shaye was using the compact mirror to see who it was.

Shaye shook her head giving her girl the ok. Because she knew who it was who was calling her name.

He called out her name again then said "it's K, you can come out now." She didn't come out so he began to walk down the isle of the shop looking for her. He was scared they had got to her before he had got there, he was hoping that nothing was wrong with her and that she was okay.

Shaye stood up slowly, because she was still a little shook up. "Keisha you can stand up it's Kacey."

"Oh...thank goodness. I was finna bust a cap in they ass. Anyway how did you know what was goin on."

"I text him." "ooohh,so you really gonna give him a chance." "I don't know I'm still a little scared."