Obstacles [BOOK 3]

16

Langston

Sitting at the table, a map laid in front of me. He would be here soon. Red circles indicated every person he'd come in contact with. I was limiting this niggas hideouts. He had no choice but to come to me soon. Soon a bullet would be in between his eyes and this time I'd be the one who put it there. This time, I'd make sure it was him.

My front door opened with a beep causing me to stand up and go look. Sarah was walking in but didn't see me. Putting the map away, I folded it and placed it in a draw before closing it quietly. Walking back towards the front door, this time she saw me and we both stayed silent until I spoke. "Hey..."

"Hey." She spoke softly. "I came to talk. Lay my eyes on you. Kyrin said she hasn't been able to get in touch with you."

Shaking my head, I walked back to the table and grabbed my glass. Drinking some, I asked her. "Whose got the kids? Erica?"

Her face furrowed. "Kyrin told you I was with Erica?"

"No. I haven't talked to Kyrin. Our son has a phone and we all have the family circle on Life360. So it was pretty known."

"Yes. Erica is watching the kids for me while we talk."

"Ok."

"How many of those have you had?" She motioned towards my cup which was almost empty. "I thought we gave the drinking up?"

"It was either this or weed. I chose my pick."

She nodded softly. "Okay."

Throwing the rest of the Jack Daniels back, I sat the glass down. "I only had this one."

"Baby... you don't drink."

"I drunk today Sarah."

I watched as she came over and sat at the table where the map was just sitting on. Sitting in the chair across from her, I knew that I no longer had a choice in this talk. "I'm sorry for leaving you on such bad terms... I shouldn't have said you were like your father."

"You're good."

"Don't do that. Don't shut down and be dismissive."

"You literally took our children and walked out of the door, telling me you were gonna take them to Dallas. Ended up at Ericas and still couldn't even reach out and let me know you were okay. Instead you blocked me and decided to unblock Kyrin before you unblocked me."

Sarah listened intently before continuing to speak softly. "Baby, I'm sorry. I was angry and upset and you have every right to be upset but not because I left. I left with our kids and I will do it again. I got shot. He tried to kill me just so he could be even with you. Our kids weren't going to have a mother anymore. I do not feel bad for taking them out of this house and putting them somewhere safe. They don't deserve to be in this."

"You could have told me y'all were straight Sarah."

"I could have. That's something that I can apologize about. I should have let you know. They're your children too and you deserve to know that they're okay. I apologize for that. I apologize for unblocking Kyrin before I got myself together and came and spoke to you. You should have been first."

"I'm sorry for not telling you." I responded. "You deserved to know no matter what your reaction would be. I should have told you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I even got you in that position. You don't deserve to be in that position."

She nodded before asking softly. "So forgivesies?"

"Yes. I forgive you."

"Good. I forgive you too." She got up and I looked at her in confusion before she straddled me.