You Needed Me A Love Story (24 page)

Ten minutes earlier…

I’d finished a job I had earlier than expected, so I wanted to get some food from China Sea and surprise my shorty when she got home. She loved their food, and she loved me, so what better way to welcome her home. I knew she expected me to be gone all day, so this would be perfect.

I ordered the food, and then stepped outside to wait. It was too crowded in there, and I was not trying to be shoulder to shoulder with all them damn people. My irritable ass would fuck around and smoke a nigga for brushing against me too roughly. As soon as I stepped out, I regretted it, because I saw Chenaye switching her ass over. Recently, since I was trying to be one hundred percent on the straight and narrow, I’d cut off all communication with her and any other women I conversed with. I had to admit though, she looked good enough to eat. Too bad I was off her and trying to work on my shit with Summer. And besides the fact that I was no cheater, I only ate my girl’s pussy.

“I knew I would find you here,” she spat as soon as she got to me.

“Oh word,” I stated nonchalantly as I slipped my hands into my pockets.

“Yeah word, where the fuck have you been? I haven’t seen you in almost a month, Rhys!”

This killed me. I told her I just wanted a friend, yet she was acting like I’d told her we would be something. Even when honest, they still made you look like the bad guy.

“I told yo’ ass I couldn’t talk to you no more. My girl ain’t cool with me having friends, I told yo’ ass that and you know it, so don’t come up here acting a fuckin’ fool, Chenaye.”

“Wow, so now you wanna do what she says? I thought we were supposed to be cool! How you just do me like that!” she started crying on the last part. I didn’t give a fuck how much a bitch cried, it would never faze me unless it was Summer.

“Aye kill all that crying shit. You was cool with my decision when I hit you up that day, so what’s the difference now?”

“Because I thought you were just bullshitting, but now I know you’re serious. My mama told me this shit would happen! She said that you were talking all that just being friends shit for a reason!”

“Should always listen to ya mama,” I shrugged right when the clerk called my number. I went in to grab my food, and when I got back outside, Chenaye started going in.

I continued to my car as she followed me, going off. Finally having had enough, I put my food into the car and gripped the fuck out of her bicep.

“Look ma, heed to this warning right here. Back the fuck up off me and keep it pushing. I ain’t the one, and I have a little feeling that you know that already. I ain’t worth the pain you may endure if you keep pressing me, shorty.” I threw her back and she stared at me, slightly frightened for a bit, before turning on her heels and switching off.

I sped home, and when I got inside, I saw my daughter sitting on the couch watching TV already. I guess I got home later than I’d planned, but it would still be a surprise nonetheless.

“Daddy!” Bryleigh hopped off the couch and ran to me, hugging my leg.

“Hey pretty, where is your mommy?”

“She’s in the back packing our things.”

“Packing your things?” I frowned and she nodded.

“She said we’re going on a vacation for a while to Grandma’s!”

Sitting my baby down, I went to place the food on the bar before rushing to the bedroom. Sure enough, when I walked in Summer was packing her shit up into a suitcase rapidly.

“Yo, where the fuck you going?” I went and stood in front of the closet that she was yanking clothes from. Her face was tear stained, so I knew it was some shit.

“You worry about where the fuck your other bitches are going!”

“Well I’m not! I’m worried about where the fuck you’re going! And why the hell are you crying, ma?”

“Because I’m done! I cannot do this anymore! I’ve taken way more shit from you than I should have and I am done, Rhys! This is the second time I have caught you fucking around on me! Some bitch named Chenaye? Really? Who else is there?”

“I ain’t fucking with Chenaye, Summer, what is you talking about right now?” I was so damn confused. Chenaye would never go behind my back to contact Summer, and secondly, I
hadn’t
been fuckin’ with Chenaye.

“Then what is this?” she shoved her phone in my face, and I sighed when I saw it was a picture of Chenaye and I talking about forty-five minutes ago.

“Summer it—”

“Save it, Rhys. I’m done. This is done. We can figure out a schedule for you to see Bryleigh, but as far as you and I?” she zipped her suitcase. “It’s a wrap, boo. Now you have all the time in the world to spend with Chenaye, and any other bitch!”

“Summer!” I tried to grab her as she rushed to the living room with her bag. “I have not been with Chenaye or anybody else! She showed up and—”

“Bye Rhys!” she grabbed my daughter’s hand, and like that they left.

I rushed outside after her, after standing there perplexed for a bit, but by the time I even made it outside she was gone. In all the years I’d been with her, she’d never left me. She’d never even said it. And the one time I was on my shit, through and through, she did. I didn’t know what to think at this point, but maybe it was time to just let this shit go.

Since TQ was out of town, Matikah and I decided to invite Summer and Goldie over to my grandmother’s house so we could have an adult sleepover. I was still having morning sickness at times, but all I had to do was run some water while I threw up. I didn’t want to tell my friends just yet. My grandmother knew, but that was about it until I hit my third month. She told me that was the way to do things in case something went wrong.

“Okay, what movie?” Goldie questioned as she picked up the remote to monitor the Apple TV in my room.

“Something with love, and a lot of sex!” Matikah smiled.

“Ain’t nobody trying to see that shit, all it’s gonna do is make me miss something I shouldn’t be missing,” Summer said.

“So you’re really done with Rhys?” Goldie asked.

“I sure am. I wanna block his ass in my phone, but I can’t because of Bryleigh. When I took her over there this afternoon, he was trying to talk but I shut that shit down.”

“Damn, you sound like Matikah,” I chuckled.

Matikah still hadn’t taken Lendsey’s ass back, and he had yet to give up either. He was starting to get me on his side. I’d never seen a man so desperate, and a part of me knew he was slowly breaking her down.

“That’s the best way to be. I feel like a new woman now that I’m done with him,” Matikah smiled.

“Yeah right!” Goldie sucked her teeth and we all laughed at Matikah’s lying ass. She may have had us fooled for a little bit, but I think we were all getting hip to her facade; she missed Lendsey.

“All them niggas can stay in the trash, right along with Britain’s ass,” Goldie rolled her eyes.

Britain was harassing Goldie on the low, or at least he thought it was on the low, but she showed us all his begging ass texts. This dude had a bitch but was chasing Goldie. I shook my head as I thought about it.

We finally chose a movie,
The Wood
, and began to watch it. Halfway through the film, the UPS man beat on the screen door, before dropping a package. I hated that he did that shit because it always scared the fuck out of me.

Since I’d recently placed an order online, I hopped up and went outside to get it. Closing the door behind me, I walked out onto the porch to grab the box. I then went down the steps to go into the mailbox to make sure we’d gotten all the mail from earlier.

WHAM!

As I was looking into the mailbox, I was suddenly struck across the back of the head with a heavy ass object. Tears immediately came out of my eyes as I became dizzy. Right when I was about to turn around, I collapsed to the floor in pain, listening to the attacker pant heavily. I then tried to adjust my sight so I could see who it was as I turned over.

WHAM!

Another strike from the blurry figure dressed in all black. They kicked my leg, and before I could say anything, I blacked out.

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