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me,” Paige screamed, steady landing punches to my sister’s head.
    Shauna and Serena ran into the kitchen and grabbed Paige, who wouldn’t let go of Dawn’s hair. I turned and grabbed Paige’s hand to pry her fingers from my sister’s hair. One by one I struggled to lift her fingers as she jerked with all her might to rip Dawn’s hair from her skull. Once her grip was released, Dawn stood pushing her hair away from her face. I jumped in front of Dawn, pushing her away from Paige, because she looked like she was going to go in for some more.
    â€œStop it,” Shauna yelled.
    â€œShe shouldn’t have put her hands on me,” Paige said, panting.
    â€œAnd you shouldn’t have slept with my man,” Dawn shrieked.
    â€œCheck your man, not me. If you had any type of common sense you would see that, but nooooo, you want to play dumb wifey, thinking you can punk me. But you wrong, trick. Your ass got played. Jump again and I will whoop that ass again,” Paige threatened.
    Dawn breathed heavily as she defiantly scowled at Paige with so much rage. My sister knew Paige was right, but she would never admit it. Corey was the one who needed to be checked for real. Paige wasn’t the only woman he had slept with during their relationship together. Her man was a dog, and I knew he would sleep around on her again. Why wouldn’t he? Dawn always took him back. You teach a man how to treat you, and Corey knew he could treat Dawn like crap and she would be dumb enough to deal with it.
    â€œI’m leaving,” Dawn said, pulling her mangled hair back in a ponytail. “Come on, Shauna and Serena,” she yelled.
    Both my sisters looked at me. Shauna shook her head.
    â€œShe’s yelling at me like I slept with her man. I don’t want him,” Serena quipped.
    â€œI’m getting pissed off now. They done made me lose my buzz,” Shauna said, walking out of the kitchen behind Dawn with Serena following her.
    I couldn’t help but laugh at them.
    â€œI’m sorry, Phoenix. I didn’t mean to be fighting up in your house like this, but you know me. I don’t care where I am; if someone wants to check me, then we going to handle the damn thing wherever,” Paige said, fixing her clothes, which were hardly messed up since she was in control of the fight.
    â€œI understand. And I’m sorry for my sister’s behavior.”
    â€œYou can’t help who your blood is. I’m glad you are not like her. Talk about total opposites,” Paige said. She ain’t never lied.
    Dawn was somewhat quiet, so to see her get bold and jump knowing she couldn’t fight, from what I could see, was another side of her I hadn’t seen before. It was almost like she was homie.
    She isn’t into clothes like me or trying to look her best at all times. For goodness’ sake, she came over here in a jogging suit tonight. Don’t get me wrong; a jogging suit is great for leisure around the house or running to the store or gym type thing, but not for gatherings. If she was going to wear a jogging suit, she could have at least put on a cute one. The one she was wearing was too oversized for her body and didn’t hug her nice body at all, and it was an ugly pea green color that made me think of throwup for some reason.
    As gloomy as she looked, I was waiting for her to pull that hood over her head and call it a night. She should fix herself up sometimes. She used to dress. I didn’t know what had happened. Well, I did know. Corey happened. Ever since she’d been with him, Dawn had lost her own identity. She had been too busy playing private eye investigating what the hell Corey was doing. I used to feel sorry for her, but now I didn’t. You make your bed, you lie in it, and she was lying beside a cheating dog. She was way too pretty for him. She could get any man she wanted, yet she chose this punk.
    There was no excuse why Dawn should