battle to argue with him.
“My friend
is so mad at you,” Tiana said. David is
sitting there shaking his head like he didn’t have anything to do with it.
“What the
fuck are you shaking your head for? Listening to you is what started all this
shit in the first place,” I snapped.
“Nigga don’t
get mad at me. I told your stupid ass not
to get caught. It’s not my fault that your dumb ass went to one of the most
popular restaurants in New Orleans,” he replied.
“Man
whatever! Where’s Brooklyn?” I asked.
“She’s in
the room back,” Taylor answered.
“You not
gon’ tell me what happened?” David asked. We still hadn’t discussed what
Kennedi told me and I wasn’t in the mood right now.
“Hell no
and stop talking to me,” I barked as I made my way down the hall. I had to try
and get things straight with my girl before things got too far out of hand.
“My daddy,” DJ yelled when I opened the door.
Brooklyn was sitting on the bed playing with her phone. I picked my son up and
sat down next to her. I was just sitting there staring at her for a few minutes,
but she refused to raise her head up to look at me.
“So you just
gon’ sit there and not say nothing to me?” I asked her.
“I don’t
have anything to say except, it’s over,” she replied calmly.
“So you
would leave me just like that? You didn’t even give me a chance to explain
myself. And it ain’t never over so you can get that shit out of your head,” I
said seriously.
“My cousin
just saw you at a restaurant wining and dining your wife and you don’t think it’s
over. You must be crazy.”
“If you
let me explain I can tell you why.”
“There’s
nothing to explain. I told you that I wasn’t going back and forth with you and her.
I’m not letting you play these games with me.”
“What are
you talking about? I told you what happened when we went to court. I was only
trying to find out how she got ahold of all of my company banking information.
I’m not playing with you, and you should
know that. I’m sorry for not telling you what I planned to do, but I knew you
wouldn’t have agreed if I did.”
“You don’t
know that so don’t speak for me.”
“Baby I’m
sorry, but we’re not breaking up over something so stupid. That shit didn’t even
mean anything to me. I’m just waiting for this divorce to be finalized. I’m
where I want to be, and nothing is going
to change that,” I promised.
“Why
should I believe anything that you say? This is just a pattern with you. You
cheated on Nadia with Kennedi, and you
cheated on Kennedi with me. I don’t even know why I’m surprised right now. It
was only a matter of time before you did it to me too,” she replied.
“You’re
sitting here acting like you were innocent in all of this. You didn’t come into
this shit blind. You knew what was up when we first got together. Two babies
later and now you want to start complaining. You should have said all of this
before I fell in love with your ass.” I’m pissed that she’s even sitting here
comparing our relationship to the ones that I had with Nadia and Kennedi. I
love her more than I loved the both of them put together. This is the first
time that I can actually say I’m happy and really mean it.
“You’re
still legally her husband, so I don’t even know why I’m mad. Y’all can have each other. Obviously, you like
all that weave and silicon. I hope she makes you happy,” she snapped. I wanted
to laugh at her last comment, but I was too mad.
“Whatever
Brooklyn, your solution to every problem we have is to run from it. I didn’t
leave you when I found out that you were still talking to Kevin’s punk ass, but
you want to leave me behind some bullshit. I’m getting tired of always begging
you to be with me. If this is where you want to be, then cool. Me and my son
are going home.”
“Bye,” she
said like it was a done deal. I picked DJ up and left out of the room.
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