trying to listen even though he was acting like he was going back to sleep.
“Everything is good with us. I can’t complain. I love my husband and he’s very good to us.”
“I thought so,” Lauren said, thinking about the big three seat 2014 Cadillac Escalade that he’d just brought Bianca for her birthday the week before. He unveiled the vehicle at her surprise birthday party. The party was lavish and definitely expensive.
“You know my husband is the best. He has to be heaven sent.” She said, thinking about Kory, her ex-boyfriend and the father to her one year old daughter. She sometimes still struggled with his untimely death about ten months prior, but Tory was there to lessen that pain. “Anyway, Tessa called me and needed a favor.”
“What kind of favor?” Lauren asked with a frown on her face as she sat on the side of the garden tub, turning the bath water on. She wasn’t one of Tessa’s biggest fans even though that was Bianca’s best friend.
“Well,” Bianca started. She was unsure if she should even bring it up, knowing how hard her sisters could be on poor Tessa. “She has lost her apartment and wants to move in with us for a month or so.”
Lauren’s eyebrows furrowed with a million thoughts running through her mind about that situation. “B, I don’t think that’s a good idea. You and your husband have only been married for three months. Y’all are still newlyweds. I don’t think you should move anyone in your home. I don’t care if you do have an extra guest room. You have five children and a husband that needs all of your attention. You don’t need Tessa moving in and turning things upside down.”
“I’ve thought about that, but she was there for me when I needed her the most.” Bianca said. She’d already contemplated if she should or shouldn’t. She just needed a listening ear and a little bit of advice.
“What does Tory have to say about that?” Lauren pondered.
“He has nothing to say except that it’s up to me. He doesn’t want to come between our friendship nor will he ever say no to me. So, that doesn’t help much.”
“He just wants to please you and if that means that your bestie can move in until she get her shit together then I guess he’s good with it. I see trouble, though.”
“Well, I kinda figured that you would feel that way.” Bianca said with a sigh. She was definitely torn, because Tessa was the only best friend she had outside of her sisters. She never once judged her for any of her flaws and she certainly had many.
“You know I’m not crazy about Tessa. I’m not gonna even front.”
“I know,” Bianca said with a slight shake of the head.
“I’ve just never seen her being good for you. She drinks, she smokes, she pops pills, sometimes she does coke, has a snooty attitude, and she barely wears any clothes. You know its August girl. The heat is still out there which means that she probably ain’t got any clothes on as we speak.”
Bianca laughed a little. “Yep, that’s Tessa.” She agreed.
“You can’t have her walking around your husband like that. That shit ain’t cute.”
“You’re right, Sis.” Bianca responded. “But, I don’t know. Maybe if it’s just for a month and I’ll make sure that we talk and lay down some ground rules. I just don’t want to see her on the streets.”
“Girl, Tessa doesn’t have any kids. She fucks for money and she probably never stayed in her apartment anyway from fucking from hotel to hotel. Let’s face it; she’s about as ratchet as they come.”
“Come on,” Bianca cut in. “She’s not that bad. She probably has her ways and does certain things that y’all may not agree with, but she is my bestie and I love her regardless of how y’all feel about her.”
“One thing I can say B is that you have a big heart, because the bitch wouldn’t be moving in my house.” Lauren nonchalantly commented.
“I guess you can’t help how you feel,” she disappointedly