The Banks Sisters by Nikki Turner Read Free Book Online

his eye and she meant the world to him. In his eyes, nothing was too good for his princess.
    Ginger said to Simone, “So . . . Ms. Touched-By-An-Angel,” breaking Simone’s brief moment of nostalgia, “you gotta go to work tomorrow? Or are they giving y’all time off?”
    Some things can never be forgotten, Simone thought to herself.
    â€œI’m never going back to that bank,” Simone proclaimed for the first time, even to herself. “I may never step foot inside anybody’s bank again. I’ll do my banking, online from now own. No thank you at all.”
    â€œShit, I wouldn’t either.” Bunny agreed.
    â€œAnd I don’t blame you.” Tallhya got up from the table and put up the ironing board and started to iron.
    â€œAwww hell naw, you know the party is over now, this bitch about to start her wifely duties,” Ginger said.
    â€œAnd you know she don’t play about that,” Bunny chimed in. “And I thought I be on point with my man and his shit, but this chick right here,” Bunny pointed to Tallhya, “she don’t be playing.”
    Everybody knew all too well how Tallhya rolled when it came to her men. If Tallhya liked a guy, she not only gave them the world and everything in it, but she catered to them in every way. Though she was a little too needy sometimes, a man couldn’t help but to love her.
    That’s exactly how precise she was about them. And Walter got the best part of the deal when he had married her. The only way Me-Ma would let him move in and stay at the house, so they could save money for the big wedding that Tallhya had always dreamed about was to make it official. So they went to the Justice of the Peace. Walker had been working extra long hours to make sure that Tallhya’s big day was everything that her heart desired. Simone and Bunny didn’t understand why they hadn’t had a big wedding yet, because they— well not exactly “ they,” but Tallhya—had won the Virginia State Lottery, for one million dollars. And after taxes, and fees, she opted for the yearly payout, so that she could get a check every month. After working her ass to the bone, she never wanted to work for anybody another day in her life. Mike had convinced her that they couldn’t use their winnings toward their wedding, that that would have to be their nest egg. And she fully agreed, because that was her security. They both agreed that they’d invest their money in addition to him working to pay for the lavish wedding, she’d always dreamed about.
    â€œI wish I had a boo like you, sis,” Ginger said sarcastically.
    â€œYou make my Home and Gardens-ass look bad,” Bunny had to admit to Tallhya.
    â€œLook don’t hate me, because I’m wife material. All I want is for Walter to be happy.”
    â€œLeave her alone. Y’all stop messing with her! I respect that she’s submissive,” Simone said wishing she had someone to be submissive to.
    Just then Walter, Tallhya’s husband, walked into the door, “Honey, I’m home.” Tallhya ran to greet her man.
    â€œHey, Baby! How was your day?”
    â€œIt was great,” he said, placing a peck of a kiss on her lips. “Just hungry as fuck. What’s for dinner?”
    â€œGood question,” Simone said. “I was wondering the same thing, brother-in-law.”
    â€œHey, y’all.” Walter, a tall, dark and handsome man wearing gym clothes, had acknowledged his sister-in-laws. “What did Me-Ma cook? A nigga hungry as shit.”
    â€œNothing.”
    â€œNothing?” Both Simone and Walter sang in question in unison.
    â€œShe’s been gone all day. As soon as she heard about the bank, she ran out here so fast she didn’t do nothing. In fact, she barely had her wig on.”
    â€œNow that’s a first,” Ginger said. “She was on the move for sure.”
    Walter looked crazy,