"Girls Night Out" 💃🏾

"I hate to be a burden to you and your wife. I really am trying to find a job and place for Reneé and I", Denise said.

Fantasia and Taraji decided to let Denise stay with them and the girls. They didn't want her going to a shelter. Especially since most shelters are either overcrowded or don't have space at all. She had already been living in hell for nine years. Why make her suffer more?

"Girl, don't rush! It's only been three weeks since you've been with us. Allow yourself time to enjoy being back with your daughter. You can stay here as long as you need to", Fantasia said.

Fantasia really loved having Denise around and secretly didn't want her to move! Denise helped with a lot of things around the house. She even helped her with the girls school lessons. It was a double task trying to teach both twelfth and eleventh grade work. So Denise volunteered to teach the eleventh graders, which was only Reneé and Courtney. While Fantasia focused on the rest of the girls who were twelfth graders.

"I still can't believe my ex-husband did this to me and our daughter. All he had to do was ask for a divorce and I would've gladly gave it to his sick ass. Especially since he was cheating on me anyway with that fucking piece of trash", Reneé said bitterly.

"Well, at least he's finally paying for what he did. They all are", Fantasia said.

Both Reneé's father and his wife were arrested and thrown into prison. Both of the men they hired to kidnap Denise gave Detective Jordan evidence that the couple paid them to do the job. If they were going down they wanted those two to go down with them!

"My daughter is sixteen, Tasia....I didn't even get to throw her a sweet sixteen birthday party. I started planning for that shit when she turned six, girl!", Denise exclaimed.

Fantasia chuckled. "We wanted to throw her one but she didn't want it. Which was understandable. She had been through a lot and just wanted her mom. I still made her a nice dinner and a cake though."

"I know you and Taraji are sick of me saying thank you, but I'm so grateful for you both giving her the motherly love she needed. I really hate that I had to miss out on most of my baby's life just because of her selfish ass father. I wish nothing but the worst for him and the bitch he betrayed me for", Denise said.

"I understand how you feel and you have every right to feel that way. My wife told me to never say to a person who's hurting 'don't cry, don't be mad or don't feel this or that way'. Sometimes we say those things with the intention of making people feel better. But the best thing to do is to let people feel their emotions. That's the only way they can heal properly", Fantasia said.

"I'm so glad Reneé has good people like you and Taraji in her life", Denise stated sincerely.

"Well you have us as well. Don't rush to leave. We love having you here...."

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"I really don't want you to leave, Reneé. I hope your mom can't find a job or a house", Normani said at the dinner table. Which of course made everybody laugh.

"Did I say something unintentionally funny again?", Normani asked Megan.

"You always do, babe! That's why I love you", Megan replied.

"I'm sorry, Momma Denise. I hope you do find a job but just not a house", Normani said.

Denise giggled. "Never apologize for how you feel, Normani. I actually appreciate your honesty."

"Girls, y'all get to have the house to yourselves. The grown folks are going out tonight", Taraji said.

"What?! Where?!", Rihanna asked.

"Y'all didn't ask us if y'all could go out!", Beyoncé exclaimed.

"Um, little girl! We are grown women! And y'all don't own us!", Fantasia replied.

"We just don't want our moms out here with these filthy, ghetto people!", Reneé said in a disgusted tone.

Denise chuckled. "Ghetto?! Baby, we're literally in a neighborhood with a bunch of rich old folks!"

"Like she said, filthy and ghetto! And we don't trust them around y'all!", Michelle said.

"Maybe you three young ladies should just stay here and watch a movie. It's much safer", Courtney suggested.

"No! And we might even find a sexy ,YOUNG man for Denise!", Taraji said with a devious smile.

"Eww! That's it! I'm putting my foot down! Mom, I forbid you to go out tonight!", Reneé said sternly to Denise.

Which only made the three women laugh harder.

"Oh my God! Y'all act like we can't do anything but be your guardians. We deserve to have adult time away from teenagers!", Fantasia exclaimed.

"Don't listen to these big babies! Go out and have a good time, ladies!", Megan said.

"Meg....how dare  you turn on us like this?!", Kelly asked in disgust.

"When I have me and Reneé's first daughter we will NOT be naming her after you!", Courtney exclaimed.

"Look, we're going out and that's final! Denise deserves to have a good time more than anybody", Taraji said.

"What if something happens to her again?!", Reneé asked.

"Oh sweety....I'll be ok....If Tasia and Taraji kept you safe I know they'll keep me safe too", Denise replied.

"Reneé and anybody else that's worried....please don't forget that Momma Taraji stays strapped! I ain't afraid to use my pretty pink pistol", Taraji assured them.

After Denise hugged Reneé and promised to call and check in with her, Reneé felt better about her going out.

After the ladies left, Rihanna shouted, "We're home alone! Let's do stupid shit!"

"We should walk up to Vicki's actually", Kelly suggested.

"We already ate dinner", Onika said.

"Yeah, but we can get nachos and smoothies. Plus it's R&B night so local R&B singers will be  performing ", Rihanna said.

"Yeah but do you think Ms. Victoria is still mad at us for fighting that time? We really haven't been back up there since that day. What if she kicks us out?", Normani asked.

"Mani Bear, don't worry. That's the worse she can do is kick us out. Let's just go", Megan said.

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When the girls arrived at "Vicki's Eatery", Victoria (Monet) actually hugged them. She wasn't still mad at them. But she still demanded that they behave themselves.

Everything was going smooth for about two hours. Until they noticed that Caresha girl was back with her crew. This time it was four girls with her instead of two.

"Y'all, we better go", Courtney suggested.

"For what?! Ain't nobody scared of them!", Beyoncé exclaimed.

"Yeah, but you know we can't fight in here again, babe", Michelle reminded her "always ready to fight" girlfriend.

"Yeah, let's just get up and get out of here", Rihanna said.

They made it out of the restaurant. But Caresha and her girls followed them.

"Hey, hoes! Remember me! The one you slapped!", Caresha said specifically to Normani.

"If you don't want to get slapped again, back up out of her face!", Megan exclaimed.

"Bitch, don't holler at my cousin cuz I'll knock the shit out of you and your hoe!", one of the girls named Jatavia said.

And just like that, Courtney's bad side got the best of her. She picked the big mouth, LITTLE girl up and literally slammed her ass down hard on the concrete.

"Girl why the fuck would you even raise your voice at my sister?! We both stand at 5'10 and you're all of what....4'0?! Are you dumb?!", Courtney asked her angrily.

"I mean I'm right here! You could've just fought me!", Onika, who is short as fuck, said sarcastically to Jatavia. Who was trying to get back up but it was hard for her after being body slammed so hard!

"I know damn well y'all not fighting again!", Victoria came out and yelled.

"Miss Vicki, I swear they keep starting stuff with us!", Rihanna said.

"She came up to my girlfriend talking crazy and I didn't appreciate that", Megan told the thirty four year old woman.

"I saw the whole thing, Vic! These girls approached them cussing and shit!", Victoria's sister who works there said.

"Ok, so y'all can't come back here no more! If I see any one of you around here I'm calling the police", Victoria said to Caresha and her crew.

"Ms. Vicki can we come back in? We really didn't want to leave. We only left because of them", Kelly explained.

"Yeah, come on back in. Just keep to yourselves", Victoria replied.

After that drama, the girls continued having a good time. Victoria got on the mic and said, "One of our acts wasn't able to make it tonight. If anyone else can sing you're welcome to share your talent with us."

"Coco, we should go up there!", Reneé said.

"Ain't no way, babe! You know I'm too shy for that!", Courtney exclaimed.

"You'll be up there with me....come on...", Reneé said.

"Miss Vicki!!! We got two singers right here for you!", Beyoncé yelled.

Courtney had no other choice but to go up there with her girlfriend. The two sang a song together called "Weak" by a 90s R&B group called SWV. All of Courtney's fears went away the moment she opened her mouth to sing. Plus, Reneé told her not to look at the crowd but to only look at her. Looking into Reneé's eyes always makes Courtney feel at peace.

While the girls were singing, some people got up to slow dance....

"Would you like to dance, Mani Bear", Megan asked her girlfriend.

"You never have to ask", Normani replied.

As they danced together, Megan said into Normani's ear, "I hope to have a lifetime of slow dances like this with you."

Normani blushed. "I hope to have this lifetime and many more lifetimes of dancing like this with you, Meg."