"What's this?" I asked fifteen minutes later finding a gift bag on her kitchen table.
Both women seemed to be waiting for me. Rashida was still wearing her friend's bathrobe. I'd changed into Jaquan's surrendered clothing.
"Open it."
I was worried for a split second that I would find either Jaquan or Yoli's severed head in the bag. Instead I found a brand-new laptop and another mini camera. There was also some sort of chest harness in the bag.
"What's this for, Renee?"
"We got off to a rocky start, but I gotta admit you're my nigga. I wanted to show my appreciation and apologize for putting that minty shit all over your junk a few days ago. Besides, you deserve something nice for being a good guy."
Both women leaned in giving me each a kiss on each cheek. I felt a wave of emotion well up inside me glancing at both of them before dipping down to the tabletop.
"He so cute." Rashida commented smiling while nursing a mug of cola.
"So, I want you to do something with this instead of fucking around on that website." Renee instructed drinking from her own mug.
"What?"
"Build a website for my girl here; and make your money without someone's hand in your back pocket. For every dollar you get, that host site gets two and you got the smoke with Rashida, right here." I couldn't stifle a wide gregarious grin at her suggestion.
"What?" Both women looked at one another before regarding me.
"I got an idea."
**BEGINNING OF VOLUME TWO**
MAXIMUM BADONKADONK
I sat at Renee's kitchen table with a wry smile on my face as both women watched my expression change. My eyes darted back and forth between them from Renee's pale exotic countenance to Rashida's smoldering earthen beauty. They were a contrast, two extremes at the opposite ends of one another. Comically, both women took sips from their mugs at the same time, regarding me.
"What you looking at me for, I'm ain't doing porn." Renee said out of nowhere drawing her friend's attention.
"Well, he was looking at me, too; you trying to throw shade on my bag, huh?"
Rashida acknowledged the subtle dig at her side hustle.
"I brought him that computer so that he could help you secure the fucking bag."
"But I'm a porn star, right?"
"Star?" Renee comedically raised her eyebrows completely trolling her best friend as I opened my laptop knowing where things were going.
"Bitch." Rashida's brow furrowed giving me the idea that maybe her screen name referred to her temper. Renee took another sip, her slanted eyes narrowing as she slowly sat her mug on the table. It was time for me to intervene.
"LADIES, I WAS THINKING OF A WAY TO PROMOTE THE NEW SITE; I WASN'T LOOKING AT YOU RENEE, SO CHILL PLEASE!! RASHIDA YOU'RE NOT A STAR; YOU A SUPERSTAR!!" I wasn't looking at their faces, still looking over the attached manual for my new laptop. Seconds later, both women chuckled.
"You think you slick, huh little nigga?" Rashida mused.
"I'm taller than you."
"You know what I mean, asshole." She chuckled again as her friend leaned forward resting her elbow on the table. Her chin rested on her fist watching both of us.
"Stop calling me that word, too." I knew it was futile trying to get her to stop using the N-Word, but I tried anyway.
"Oh what is that; you don't want a new laptop and state of the art equipment, nigga?" Renee perked up, straightening her back unintentionally making her breasts bulge outward. I couldn't help ogling her equipment which made her laugh and palm the back of my head with a loud slap.
"Oh you don't want another fluid stream of liquid income along with your girl who's about to get big with all that monster ass, huh Renee?"
"I think he's been spending too much time with you girlfriend." Rashida commented.
"If you wouldn't have been skittish, we would've got there sooner." Renee replied full of trademark snark.
"He fucked Mintzy; that's nasty."
"Nasty, didn't I just catch you two niggas fucking on my damn floor, eh? He was balls deep in the back fucking door, wasn't he Rashida? Why don't you admit you wanted a piece when you saw him handling my Mintzy's old ass like a boss.? Stop faking the funk!" Renee never failed to disappoint verbally. I doubt Rashida even realized she was being dressed down for a few moments.
"Why you gotta put me on blast?"
"It's not like that, you're my girl for real; that being said, I'm disappointed."
"DISAPPOINTED?!!" Both of us blurted out at the same time.
"Yeah, you guys didn't shoot nothing."
"I'm just the talent so you should be directing those salty comments at the director, shouldn't you?"
I smiled at her acknowledgement still reading the equipment manuals for my set-up. There was no way I was getting between Renee and Rashida, both alpha females in their own rights. I glanced up finding both women staring waiting for me to engage. Instead, I took out my phone placing it on the table in front of them.
"I said I had an idea, didn't I?"
"Well, don't keep us waiting all day." Renee snapped her fingers in front of my face as I looked between them.
"Alright boss; I would like to thank you guys for giving form to a great promotional tool."
"What promotional tool?" Rashida took another sip from her cup.
"Your shit talking."
"WHAT?!!" Both women looked comically offended as I continued.
"Well, I intended to shoot a scene with Thunda here, but obviously things got out of hand in the planning stages; but even though we had uh, a successful trust exercise, I didn't get to shoot what I wanted. So, I wanna shoot something real quick that will definitely get more eyes on Rashida's current page."
"That's the plan?" Renee looked bored; shoulders hunched.
"No, our girl here needs a bad guy."
"MAN, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!!" Rashida perked up straightening her back, looking annoyed.
"Think about it, we release her boy / girl scene, they blow up because of her history as a cam girl, the shitty looking sex tape and the stuff I shot. Then maybe we do more stuff, but eventually people, uh get well-BORED and Thunda is over exposed. We don't want that ladies; what we want is a narrative."
"NIGGA, WHAT IS YOU TALKING ABOUT, EH?!!" The irritated grimace on Renee's face matched her best friend and star attraction. My computer bag was on the table allowing the opportunity to give form to my idea as I opened the laptop I'd been using.
"A rival; Chi Town Thunda needs a foil. We're gonna get her a bad guy."
"You want me to fight a bitch, for money?" Rashida leaned on the table resting her chin on her elbow. I clicked on the folder containing all of the materials I'd shot of the recent girls I'd been filming.
"Not in so many words; but speaking in hip hop terms you need to be Biggie vs. Tupac."
"Calling me fat?!"
"Please Rashida; cut me a fucking break. In the old days, back when people were breakdancing, they'd battle. Rappers battle all the time, and you know cam girls get beefs sometimes, but it's never got big unless a celebrity was involved. So, just for the record your measurements are 38C-29-62, right?"
"Yeah, more or less." Rashida looked apprehensive as I turned the screen facing them.
"Meet Shawnee Thompson, she's 34A with a 32 inch waist, but I think it's a little bigger in the waist area. I was a little fucked in the head when we first met. As far as the rest, the tape didn't go all the way around her butt. I've christened her, Ms. WTF."
Both of the women looked frozen in place, wide eyed at the paused screen shot on my laptop. It was from the teaser I'd shot revealing Shawnee's humongous redbone derriere. It literally filled the screen with a portion revealing her cinched waist. There was no doubt that anyone looking at it would probably think it was photoshop, but I knew better. Shawnee Thompson was no doubt, a star in the making, Ms. WTF.
"Shit, that kills your booty, Rashida girl." Renee replied somberly half smirking. Chi Town Thunda didn't look amused.
"HEY MAN, WHAT'S UP WITH THIS SHIT?!!" She understood competition no doubt, but I saw the opportunity to make myself valuable no matter what happened afterwards.
"Capitalism, at least the modern version of it these days Rashida. I didn't know how things would turn out between us and I uh, discovered Ms. WTF here. Now, that things kind of worked out between us, I thought I'd take the opportunity to make some serious coin with a little bit of controlled opposition. Meet your bad guy, Rashida."
"You want me to go up against her?"
"Yeah, that's the idea."
"Her fucking ass is so much bigger than yours; homegirl, you gonna lose." Renee found the proceedings humorous, but Rashida's brow furrowed.
"You setting me up to lose?!"
"No, I'm setting you up to get the fucking bag. I'm setting up the venue and the price, she's getting a paid a fee while you get residuals from the online event. You're not gonna lose because you're the champ Rashida. You're Apollo Creed right now." Rashida glanced over at Renee who was taking a deep sip from her mug, cheeks flushed.
"DON'T YOU LAUGH AT ME; HE'S BEEN HANGING OUT WITH YOU WAY TOO MUCH!!" Despite her words, Rashida was grinning from ear to ear as I closed the laptop.
"Yup, I don't kill my enemies; I get them to kill each other." I repeated Renee Kelly's mantra perfectly making her cough up some soda as she laughed. All of us were laughing in seconds at the insanity of my plan.
"Baby Don King, you are my nigga every day." Renee commented dabbing at her cola soiled top with a napkin.