Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

“It’s none of your damn business!” Jasmine hollered.

Just at this moment, the elevator door opened. Jasmine put a foot forward and prepared to enter.

Joyce’s face darkened as she halted Jasmine. “Hold it right there!”

The other woman instinctively stopped and turned around. “What do you want?”

Natalie understood her friend’s intent. She grunted and put a hand to the wall to support herself.

After ensuring Natalie was comfortable, Joyce let go and advanced towards Jasmine before sending a backhand across the latter’s cheek.

The resounding smack had Jasmine momentarily stunned before she brought up a hand to cradle her own face. She then stared with her eyes wide open. “You dare hit me?”

Natalie did not expect Joyce to go in so strongly. The crispness of the resultant sound was telling of how much force she put behind it.

“You betcha. If you dared to grease the floor outside the restroom to trip up Nat, why wouldn’t I dare to hit you.” Joyce snarled. She shook off her own hand as she felt the sting of that blow herself as well.

A hint of alarm flashed across Jasmine’s eyes but it settled just as quickly. “What proof do you have of this accusation?”

her bag!” Natalie exclaimed as she fingered

was spurred into action. She snatched the bag from

doing? Give it back!” Jasmine’s expression

the clutch and

is it.” Joyce bent over to retrieve a small bottle from the floor and dangled it in front of

her face turned pallid. She then reached out to

and deftly avoided her charge.

flushed at being toyed with. She gritted her teeth as she

shouted to warn her friend as she could

tossed the bottle of essential oil towards Natalie before rolling up her sleeves to

tangled in a heap as they scratched at each other’s

behind on Joyce’s face by Jasmine’s sharp claws, she panicked. “Joyce,

I don’t floor this b*tch today, I’ll stop calling myself Joyce Rivers!” Joyce replied as she fought on doggedly

from the wall in an attempt to break up the

her balance and fell forward the moment

reached around and caught her by the waist before bringing her back