Cutthroat

by Octavia Grant

“I’ll throw them in the trash. I’m about to call Eve over here to drink with me. You know how we get. So, if I’m passed out drunk when you get here; Fuck me anyway.”

“This is my daughter Envy. Take care of her as if she’s one of yours and I don’t want to hear anything about it. If you try to get uppity and think you’re going to leave, just remember that you don’t work. How are you going to take care of yourself and the girls without me?”

you should never look at any couple as relationship goals just because you see a smile.

Paying someone to make her a widow was $3,000 well spent. No, there was no need to tell her children those minor details.

You missed your brother, so I replaced the one that you lost. I’m your mama now, nigga,” Eden said proudly.