“She’s like twenty-nine or thirty, I don’t know. You know that man has mommy issues…” I slipped up, pausing for a second out of regret. Clearing my throat, I continued. “And with me being only a year older, I guess that wasn’t old enough for him.” “Mommy issues, huh?” Jalia chimed in. “Y’all, forget I said that shit. I didn’t mean to say it. Do not go around telling people he got mommy issues, aight?”

