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“I put a stop to it,” I said

“Well done,” Farrah said

“I was handling it,” Rose said stubbornly

I saw red “You were handling it?” I ground out “You think so?”

“I know so,” Rose replied, standing up

“How you figure?” I asked, taking a step forward

“I would have taken care of it,” she hissed back

The tension in the room amped up as we stared at each other I wasn’t real happy we had an audience, but fuck it

“By eggin’ hirown ass man?”

“I’d do my best,” she shot back

“Your best is shit,” I roared “He coulda done whatever the fuck he wanted”

“No, he couldn’t”

“You got a piece you’re hidin’?” I asked “Huh? You got anything to defend yourself?”

Rose just glared at me

“You got a drunk, pissed off ood idea to call him a needle dick?”

I ignored Farrah’s snicker

“I wasn’t just going to stand there and let him talk to me like that!”

“That’s all you had to do,” I yelled, pointing at her

“Okay, lets all just cal to defuse the situation

“I’ at Rose’s mother

She looked back and forth between us “Yeah”

“Then you got no part in this,” I said, dis her as I turned back to Rose

“You didn’t think to bide your time and keep him calm and wait for me?”

“No,” she said, shaking her head

“What the fuck, Rose?”

“I wasn’t going to just let hiain,” she shouted back

“Words hurt, huh?” I replied, getting in her face I was so livid I could barely see straight “You knohat hurts worse? Fuckin’ fists”

“Coets it”

I ignored her

“You knohat hurts? Awhatever the fuck he felt like doin’, and havin’ it easy because you were already half naked”