Theodore III



I leaned back into the soft, dingy couch at my strip club and let the stripper in front of me shake her ass. I really didn't want to come out tonight without Jazmine by my side but my friends convinced me to come out. I mean, I'm only turning 23 once so I might as well make it special. I'll just turn up with Jazmine later tonight once she gets off of work. The stripper bounced her bare ass around in my face to the beat of the song playing in the background before dropping down into a split in front of me.

"Goldie,"I called out to my stripper.

Through hooded eyes and smoke from my blunt, I looked down at the stripper that was always willing to do everything I asked of her. Goldie's always the first to come and the last to leave and she always leaves with the biggest tips every night. She's dedicated to her job by pleasuring her customers, and that's one thing I like about her.

"Yes,Daddy?"

"I need my birthday gift from you," I replied, causing her to smile.

"Anything for you Prince."

Without any type of hesitation, she unzipped my jeans and stuffed her cold hands down my briefs as she kept that same motivated smile on her face. She pulled my dick out of my pants and took me into her mouth like she usually does on my birthday. I try not to mess with my employees but I just can't help myself with Goldie. She isn't like the rest of the strippers working at my club, or any club for that matter. She didn't have that normal stripper mentality. She wasn't always trying to fight with her competition or any niggas that shorted her on her tips. She just worked harder the next time to makeup for what she missed out on.

And she didn't have the usual stripper vibe to her. If I actually got to know my employees, I would know if she's cool or not but she seems like it just based on my interactions with her. Goldie's tall, brown skin, slim thick, has short hair and isn't trying to make a career out of stripping. She said she's only doing it to put herself through school, so I can't even fault her.

Goldie sucked up and down the shaft of my dick, making me grow harder and harder the more she deep throated me. Goldie had a long throat so she was able to take all of me into her mouth and still make it enjoyable for me. She continued to deep throat me, gargling on the head of my manhood as I grabbed the back of her head and pushed her down further. It wasn't until she started gagging that I actually pulled her head up and let her breath.

She pulled her lips away from my manhood but made sure her hands continued to massage my balls as she looked up at me. "Can I ride you Daddy?"

I nodded my head and reached down in my pocket for a condom. That's one thing I learned over the years. No matter how nice a girl is, I can't ever raw dog these hoes unless I'm willing to be a parent again. It'shard enough having one kid, but having another would be too much for me, especially if I get one of these chicks pregnant that work for me. I don't want the mother of my child to be a stripper. Princess'Mom is already a big ass hoe, I don't need another baby mama like that.

Goldie slid the condom onto my stiff manhood before sliding on top of me."Just sit back and have a good night. I'll make you feel good,"she reassured me as she slowly rode me to the beat of the music playing in the background.

With Goldie deep throating me, I was about to cum anyways so it wasn't long before I was about to bust a nut. She squeezed her walls tight around my manhood as she took things slow so I could feel almost every inch of her. But while feeling every inch of her, I could feel her legs shaking beneath me so I knew she was about to cum too. She slid her warm arms around my neck and started to speed up her pace,riding me out until the two of us reached our peaks.

She kept her arms around my neck as she laid her head on my shoulder trying to catch her breath. "You need anything else boss?"she whispered in my ear.

I took a deep breath. "Nah, you've done enough for the night. Go get dressed and I'll be out with your money."

She quickly sat up. "I don't need any money for this Prince. Just think of it as my birthday gift to you," she laughed, making me smile.

"You'redoing a hell of a lot of over time ma."

"I know but this has nothing to do with my job. It's a birthday gift.Why can't you just accept my birthday gift?"

"It has nothing to do with you but it does have something to do with you working for me. I don't like owing my employees." I picked her up and placed her beside me so I could put my pants back on. I don't want to owe anybody anything. If anything, I want people to owe me something. "Just go get dressed so I can get your money for you."

She sighed as she climbed off of the couch. "Alright. Whatever you say boss."

I stayed back on the couch until she walked out of my office. I pulled up my jeans and zipped them before I walked over to my desk so I could get some money out of my safe to give it to her. I kept one of the safe's under my desk that I kept some of the earnings from the club in. Nobody but Donny knew the combination to these so it was never a second thought to put my money in here. I put in the combination and pulled out a stack of money. I pealed off two hundred dollar bills for Goldie and pealed off a few hundreds since I had some business to take care of in the morning.

After closing up my office, I walked out to my empty club and saw Goldie dressed and waiting for me by the back door with one of the bouncer sand Tone, my driver. I walked across my club and the four of us exited the club but I made sure to give Goldie her money first. She gladly accepted the money, because who would deny two hundred dollars? Goldie and the bouncer walked off across the parking lot while Tone stayed behind with me so I could lock up the club.

I guess you can say Tone has grown on me over the years even though he does talk too much at times. That's why I always make sure to keep the partition up when ever he's driving me around but he always seems to find a way to roll it down and talk to me.

"You know, you really need to have somebody locking the building up,"Tone commented as he walked beside me to my Range Rover. "It's dangerous."

He opened the door for me and I climbed in the back seat. "And I'm not afraid and you shouldn't be either." Of course I don't want to be coming out of here at two and three in the morning, but four in the morning tonight but who else can I get to close up the club?Donny is too busy running the trap house to be concerned about the club so I'm the only person that can close it.

Tone pulled off from my club and drove down the somewhat busy strip that was crowded with restaurants and liquor stores.

"Going home Prince?" Tone asked.

I nodded my head. "Yes."

Tone was pulling up in front of my condo in Buckhead minutes later. Tone let me off in front of the door and I walked inside and climbed onto the elevator. My condo isn't even on the fifth floor but that's the first floor I went to. Even though I get home from the club late every night, I still make sure I make my rounds around here to make sure my family is all right. I walked past Lindsey and Daniel's condo and leaned my head up against the door to see if I could hear them inside but I couldn't. It was quiet, so I closed my left eye and looked into the peep hole with my right eye but I couldn't see anything. It was completely dark inside, so they must be asleep for the night.

So next, I made my way across the hall to Nicole's condo. I did move her out here with me because I wanted Princess' mother to be around. Even though my family resents me for moving her out here, I had to make my own decisions as a man and just make the move. Even though Nicole has fucked up Princess' life, Princess deserves to know her mother and have memories with her mother. And while those memories may be fucked up, at least I'm always around to make sure Princess is living a good life.

I banged on Nicole's door. I didn't care if Nicole was asleep or not, I needed to get Princess out of here before she goes to school in the morning. See, Princess comes over Nicole's condo to spend time with her for a few hours here and there but Princess never spends the night with Nicole. That was clearly stated when I got custody of Princess when she was just a baby. Nicole really can't be left alone with Princess, and I could get Lindsey to watch her while I'm working, but I know she's busy with Daniel. So Nicole is my only hope for now, and I'm really hoping she gets her shit together soon.

Nicole pulled the door open, yawning. "Damn. Do you know what time it is?"

I pushed past her and walked inside of her condo so I could get Princess. "I told you I'd be here to pick her up at this time so don't be surprised. Where's my baby at?" I asked, looking around her completely dark condo.

Nicole shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, probably in her room.She's probably asleep like I was."

"I told you not to go to sleep since I'd be here to get her."

"Well,unlike you, I have work in the morning."

"Working at a soul food restaurant ain't cutting it Nicole, especially when you aren't even sharing any food. Since you claim you work so much,did you at least feed Princess while she was over here?" I asked, seeing as though I always have to check back up with her on Princess' health since she always seems to forget that Princess is terminally ill.

She nodded her head. "Yes."

"What'chu give her?"

"Some pork chops from work."

I frowned. "You know the doctors got her on a strict diet. She'snot supposed to be eating that shit. See, this is why we always fighting! You know what she's supposed to be eating and she's not supposed to be eating pork chops. When we went to her appointment a year ago, they gave us a book with different meal options and different kinds of food for her since she's sick. You're supposed to follow the doctors' orders."

"She's a kid!"

"She's sick!" I yelled back. "You can't just go feeding her anything that's gonna put her in an early grave."

She scrunched up her face. "You think I'm trying to kill my daughter?" she asked, confused.

"I don't know why you're confused. The signs are right here in front of us. Either you're trying to kill her or you're just a big dumb ass.She's sick because of you but you're not doing anything to help the situation."

She threw her hands up as if she was giving up. "You know what, just forget it. Just take her away from me like you always do since Theodore and his family always know what's best for my daughter. Take her back to your condo and you can cook her baked chicken strips and give her fresh vegetables everyday since you think I'm not capable of taking care of my own daughter. I know what's best for her and sometimes she can have a treat."

I turned and walked away from Nicole, convinced that she's just a big dummy. I didn't have time to hear her sit back and make excuses about why she's not doing anything right when it comes to Princess. It'snot hard to follow the doctors' rules. I walked to the back of Nicole's apartment to Princess' room, where I could see a light shining through the hallway. It looked like a TV was on. Damn, I hope Nicole didn't leave Princess up all night.

I pushed open the door, only to find Princess sitting up in bed with covers around her body watching TV as if it wasn't four in the morning. I sighed. "Princess," I called out, causing her to turn around. I flipped on the lights before walking into the room,only to find the room trashed. There were clothes, toys and food laying all over the bedroom floor and in the bed Princess was in."Why you still up baby girl? You know you got school in the morning, right?"

"Mama said I don't have to go to school and she said I could stay up however long I wanted to." Princess pushed the covers off of her body and climbed out of bed before walking over to me. Thankfully Nicole made her change into her pajamas but that's about the only thing she did that was actually right. Princess, who was dressed in her pink pajamas, stood in front of me. "Are we going back home tonight?"

I nodded my head. "Yeah. Did your Mother tell you to pack up your stuff?"

She nodded her head. "Yes."

"Cool.So, do you mind telling me what happened in this room?"

"Oh, Aunty Tee Tee and Dylan came over and we were playing in here."

I slightly frowned. Did I forget to mention Tee Tee followed Nicole out here? I didn't have anything to do with Tee Tee moving out here. She only came because she knew she wouldn't be able to survive without Nicole and she needed somebody to brain wash since that's all she knows how to do, besides gossiping. I'm not helping Tee Tee out with her bills though. I don't even talk to her. She's old news and dead weight to me.

"Oh okay," I mumbled. "Go get your stuff so we can leave."

"Okay Daddy."

Princess walked across the room and picked up a bag that had some of her stuff in it from when I bought her over here. She put the bag on her back and stepped into her slippers before she climbed back up on the bed to grab one of her dolls. Once she gathered up some of her toys, she walked back over to me and stuck her arms out so I could pick her up. I scooped her up in my arms and placed her on my hip before we walked out of her room.

"Taking my baby away from me, I see," Nicole commented as Princess and I walked out of her bedroom.

I sighed. "Leave me alone Nicole. Princess, tell your Mother goodnight so we can go home."

"Goodnight Mama. Can I come back over tomorrow?"

"I'm busy tomorrow," Nicole replied.

"Well, what about the next day?"

"I'm busy."

Princess sighed. "What about the day after that?"

"I'm busy too."

I shook my head. "We'll call and see when she's not busy doing nothing Princess. A'ight?" Princess nodded her head. "Cool then let's go home."

"Bye Princess," Nicole waved as we walked out of her condo.

I tightened my grip on Princess as we walked out of Nicole's condo and down the hall to the elevator so we could get back home to my condo. I actually live in the same building as Lindsey and Nicole do, only a floor up from theirs. See, the only way Nicole gets to see Princess is because she's living here with me and I have 24 hour access to her condo. Meaning, in the event that Nicole fucks up, I'll be right there to save Princess like I've been doing all of her life.

"So Daddy," Princess began as the elevator doors closed. "How was your birthday party tonight?"

I slightly shrugged my shoulders. "It was okay. You weren't there so I didn't have too much fun."

"I figured you wouldn't," she giggled.

The elevator doors opened up to the floor our condo was on and I walked off with Princess on my hip. Once we got up to my door, I unlocked the door and walked into a condo that had the kitchen light on right above what looked like a cupcake. Jazmine must have left this here for me since I got back so late.

Jazmine lives with me and she's been living with me and Princess for a couple of years now. She helps me out with Princess periodically but she's still trying to finish up school and work. As soon as we got out to Georgia, her parents cut her off and she's been struggling to make ends meet ever since. Things were good for her the first year here but then once the second year hit, her funds went dry, and I let her stay with me. Now, she's always working to get some money and rarely has time to sit around the house or hang out with me like we used to back in high school. But I can't fault her though. At least she's out trying to make a living for herself to put herself through college.

I closed the door behind myself and put Princess down. "Alright, now you know it's late so go on to your room and go to bed."

Princess looked up at me with her huge, light brown eyes that resembled Lindsey's and Grandma's. "How come I can't stay up with you?"

"Because I'm going to bed too."

"Well can I sleep with you?"

"Yeah. You can go to my room."

She smiled before running off to the back to my room. I don't know why she's asking like she doesn't end up in my bed every night anyways. I can put her to bed in her room, then the next morning, I'll wake up and she's laying right beside me in my bed. I shook my head as I walked over to the cup cake that was sitting on the kitchen counter and picked it up and the note sitting beside it.

Sorry I missed your party. I hope the money on the back makes up for it.

Jaz

I flipped the piece of paper over and looked at the two fifty dollar bills taped to the back. I sighed. I don't know why Jaz is always trying to give me money. I don't want her money. Her just being loyal to me for so many years and always being there for me is payment enough. Our friendship is all I want since she's the realest person I know. I pulled the money off of the back of the paper, turned off the lights and walked to the back to Jazmine's room. I slightly pushed the door open, sat the money on her dresser and closed the door behind myself before walking next door to my room.

Princess was already in my bed and probably asleep by the time I got to my room, so I pulled my clothes off and climbed into bed with Princess but I made sure to check my phone. I laid back on my pillow with my phone in my hands looking through the messages I had.

King: I just got notification that the shipment should be there tomorrow along with Carlito.

Isaiah: Happy birthday little brother. Sorry I missed your party but give me a call in the morning. I got a new idea for the business.

Donny: Shipment tomorrow. Meet at the crib at 1 so we can talk before we head out.

Milan: Busy tomorrow morning?

I scrolled past all of the messages but opened up Milan's so I could reply to hers. My Dad and Milan decided to move out here to Buckhead with us. I really don't know why my Dad came out here since none of us associate with him and he's constantly back and forth between here and Los Angeles but Milan's different. None of us have an issue with her. She's actually grown on the family, me especially. Milan and I have been sleeping together for the past five years and my Dad can't do shit about it. I doubt if he even knows about us sleeping together since he's always away but it's not my fault he's neglecting her. His negligence ran his wife right into my arms and I've been enjoying every minute of hurting him.

Theodore: Meet me at 11.

Milan: My house or yours?

I smirked. There's nothing better than fucking Milan in my Dad's bed.Just sleeping with my Dad's wife makes me happy but being with her in his bed just makes me feel invincible.

Theodore: Y ours.

I locked my phone and placed it on my nightstand before turning around to Princess, who was looking at me. She smiled. "Daddy?"

"Huh?"

"I just wanted to tell you that I loved you before I went to bed."

I smiled. "I love you too Princess. I got a surprise for you in the morning. You like those earrings I got you last month?"

She nodded her head. "Mhmm. They're really pretty."

"I got a matching necklace for you."

"You don't have to get me anything else Daddy. I know I'm a good girl but you don't have to buy me stuff all the time. I like the stuff I have already."

I chuckled. "I know you like the stuff you got but I wanna get you more because you're my baby girl and because you're good. And you deserve it Princess since you always get A's in school. A'ight?"

She nodded her head. "Whatever you say Daddy. I love everything you get me. Thank you."

I smiled. "It's no problem gorgeous."

Princess smiled even wider as she scooted closer to me. "Can you put your arms around me Daddy? I'm scared."

I pulled Princess back against my chest and wrapped both of my arms around her. "You don't need to be scared Princess. You know Daddy's got you and I love you."

Princess just nodded her head, finally having sleep overcome her small body.It's not that I'm trying to spoil Princess, I'm just trying to make sure she lives a happy and healthy life for how ever long she lives.Princess is five now and the doctors said she wouldn't live to be this old, so I'm not sure how much longer she'll be around. I'm just trying to make sure she lives a good life before its her time to go.And if that means giving her everything she wants then I'll do it.

Princess and I woke up late the next morning and I could see just how much sleep she was lacking and it's because of Nicole. Princess was moving slow and she was sluggish, and so was I since I was a little hungover from last night, but sleeping in wasn't the move today. I had shit to do and I needed to get Princess to school, even if we were running late. I make it my mission to send her to school everyday,even when the two of us don't want to get up out of bed in the morning. I still make sure she goes because I don't want Princess to turn out the way I did. I want her to live a good life.

"Daddy,I'm so tired!"

Princess whined all morning about how tired she was but I made sure she got ready for school though. I walked into the bathroom and watched as she stood on her tippy toes over the sink trying to brush her teeth.I stood behind her and slipped my arm around her neck, kissing her cheek.

"You gon' be all right beautiful. You might be tired but I packed you a good lunch today with all your favorites."

She slightly smiled. "What is it?"

"You'll see at lunch."

She rinsed off her tooth brush before sitting it in the cup and turning to me. "Do I have to go to school today? I wanna stay at home with you and Auntie Jaz."

I picked her up and carried her down the hall to the kitchen so she could eat breakfast. "Yeah you gotta go to school. School is where smart kids go and aren't you smart?" She nodded her head."So that means you gotta go. And I have to go to work and Auntie Jaz gotta go to school too. She's probably already gone baby girl.You're gonna be fine today." I reached in the cabinet above me and pulled down a box of Cheerios, handing it to Princess. I sat her down at the island and handed her a bowl, a spoon and the milk. "I gotta get dressed but I'll be back in five minutes and you should bed one eating 'cause we running late baby girl."

She nodded her head as she began making her bowl of cereal but I jogged off to the back of the condo so I could get dressed. I'm not going to lie, raising Princess and being with her 24/7 is a handful but I wouldn't trade it for the world. It's times like these that make me just wanna give up some times but I know I can't for Princess' sake.She needs me in her life and she needs somebody to guide her.

After getting showered, I got dressed since I knew I was meeting with Milan later. I was wearing a black short sleeved t shirt, blue True Religions and my Jordan 11s. I threw on a couple of my chains and made sure I smelled good since women like Milan love to kiss on my neck when I'm smelling good. I walked back over to my closet and pushed all of the clothes out of my way so I could get to my safe. I never know what's going to happen so I always make sure to keep some money stashed away. I put in the combination to the safe and pulled out a whole stack of money and put it and my Dessert Eagle on me. The stack went in my pocket and the gun went in the back of my jeans.King wasn't playing when he told me niggas was gon' be coming for my head as soon as I touched down in Atlanta, so I always made sure I was protected when ever I went out.

And just before I closed the safe, I pulled out a Tiffany & Co. box that held the necklace I'd gotten for Princess. The necklace was pure gold with Princess written in cursive writing on it. I locked my safe and pulled my clothes back over it to conceal it before walking back into the kitchen to find Princess finished with her cereal and waiting for me at the table.

Her small frown turned into a smile once she saw me. "You smell so good Daddy. What cologne are you wearing?"

I smirked. "Tom Ford baby girl. Remember last night I told you I got you something?" She nodded her head as I revealed the box and slid it in front of her. "There it is. I hope you like it beautiful."

The smile on her face grew even wider when she opened the box and saw the necklace shining against the sun. She ran her fingers along her name that was on the necklace. "Does that say my name?" she asked as she fumbled around to take the necklace out of the box.

"Mhmm."I came up behind her and took the box out of her hands so I could take the necklace out for her. I took the necklace out of the box and snapped it close around her neck, making sure not to get the necklace caught up in the white uniform blouse she was wearing. The gold on the necklace really stood out against her white shirt, khaki skirt and white tights, bringing attention to the pure gold that sat graciously on her neck. "You like it?"

She looked down at the necklace, still holding that same smile on her face. "I love it. Thank you Daddy."

Princess and I grabbed our stuff and were out of my condo in under five minutes, with me running to catch the elevator while she sat on my hip. I stepped on to the elevator just as it was about to close and pressed the number one since I needed to go downstairs. The elevator doors slowly opened up to the lobby, revealing Tone who was waiting to pick us up. He grabbed the bags out of me and Princess' hands and led us out to the car that was waiting on us. Tone loaded out stuff up in the car and made sure we were secured before pulling off to Princess' school.

"Uncle Tone," Princess began, trying to get his attention.

"What'sup Princess?"

Princess smiled. "Do you like my necklace?"

"Yeah,I noticed it when I first saw you. It's beautiful. Who got it for you?"

"My Daddy..."

Princess talked a mile a minute as her voice filled the car the entire ride up to her school, proving to me that she'd wake up from her sleep sooner than later. By the time we got to Princess' school, I was running down the hall with her on my hip, trying to get her to her class even though school started more than an hour ago. Princess stopped at her locker and put her lunch bag inside before we walked further down the hall to her classroom. I knocked on the door and stood back, hoping her teacher wouldn't give me too much lip today since she likes to give me a hard time every time she sees me. It's not my fault she's still mesmerized by my dick.

Mocha pulled the door open, wearing an outfit so tight and small that I would've thought she was only teaching during the day and still stripping at my club at night. It was just my luck that one of my best strippers quit dancing and turned into the kind of bitch that worked a day job then got stuck teaching my baby girl. Now, she never gives Princess a hard time and she knows better than to do that but that doesn't stop her from fucking with me every chance she gets all because I cut her off.

But Mocha could still be getting this dick if she knew how to act right.I cut her off because she was getting too clingy but she's still fine and I can tell she's been keeping her body up since she quit. Now,Mocha ain't a ten but she's pretty damn close to it. She had a face and a body that resembled that of Lira Galore but her long hair was one of the sexiest things on her aside from the large ass she had.

Mocha sized me up and down, probably missing what she had before she turned her attitude off and turned to Princess. "Princess Reed. Do you know how late it is?"

Princess nodded her head, still holding on to me. "My Daddy and I were handling business," she replied, sounding too much like me. I guess you can say Princess picked up a few of my bad habits while living with me, but at least I know she won't go running her mouth to anybody about what happens at our house. I know she'll always use the business excuse.

Mocha shook her head as she started laughing. "Business as usual Miss.Princess. But go on inside while I talk to your Dad. Your work is on your desk."

I leaned over and kissed her cheek before letting her walk inside of her class. My eyes watched her as she walked over to the table she sat at with five other kids while Mocha stepped out of the door way and closed the door behind herself so that we were inches away from each other.

"You can't just bring her late to my class again without a note from the office. You know the rules Prince."

"And you know the rules Mocha," I mocked her, laughing. "Why you so tense ma? I don't bring her late all the time, and if I do, I talk to you about it. And my baby girl ain't dumb. She can catch up."

"I'm aware Princess isn't dumb. She's actually a really intelligent young lady but bringing her late to school once or twice a month isn't going to help her intelligence. You're just setting her up to be further and further behind her peers. And you know Mocha isn't my name anymore. I dropped the name when I dropped you."

I smirked. "You gon' forever be my stripper whether you wanna admit it or not. I know you and I know this teaching shit ain't getting you the kind of money you were making at my club so I know you'll be back soon. And for your information, I dropped you."

"Yeah,you dropped me as soon as that new bitch Goldie came around,"she scoffed, "but it's cool. I ain't sweatin' it or you."

I nodded my head. "And I hope you wouldn't since it's almost been a year since I last had you screaming my name. But look, I won't hold you. I know you got your little day job to tend to but there's always an opening at my club."

She turned her face up at me, almost as if she was disgusted by my offer."Don't hold the spot. I'm not coming back. Have a nice day Prince."

I smirked. "Whatever you say. Have a nice day Mocha."

She made sure to roll her eyes as she walked back into her classroom,purposely switching since she knew just how good her ass was sitting in this tight ass skirt she was wearing. I don't care what Mocha says, I know she still has a thing for the kid. I mean, who wouldn't?I watched how her huge ass swayed side to side as she walked back to her desk that was facing the door I was still standing in. And when she sat down, she shot me a small smirk because she knew just what she was doing. I shook my head and walked away from her classroom.Mocha knew what she was doing, just like I knew that she'd be back at my club within the next couple of weeks begging for her job back.

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