Duron was blowing up my phone and I purposely kept ignoring him, he sounded too much like his brother, and the way I was feeling at the moment I just might go off on him.... or I would go looking for Diante so I could beat his ass again. I knew Jaire and Emmanuel were probably downstairs plotting on how to deal with Diante but honestly, I just wanted it to be over and done with.... he was a bitch and he was always going to be a bitch, but the sad part is that I knew Duron may step away from his brother but he would never fully cut him off. I mean, how could you cut off the one person who you were conceived with? The person up until I met Duron had been by his side through everything? Was I really starting to believe that me and Duron would never work, not because of his actions but because of his family's determination to make sure that we were as miserable as they were. I looked at my reflection in the mirror, my face wasn't too bad but I was furious; he wasn't going to stop... you'd think that with him getting dick from Big Sexy that he'd calm down some but he seemed more on edge than ever... maybe Big Dawg wasn't putting down; whatever the case Diante needed to be dealt with. I walked downstairs and found Jaire and Emmanuel talking by the fireplace, it was clear they were talking about me because the second I entered the room they quickly stopped.
"You beat that nigga's ass." Jaire said smiling. "But if I'm being honest I was getting a little antsy standing there watching you fight, Diante been needing his ass whooped and you were holding back." Jaire said and I rolled my eyes. "Come on Elijah, I've seen you fight plenty of times... you weren't really trying to hurt him."
"I'm not exactly sure about that.... the way his nose was bent, if that was Elijah holding back then I definitely don't wanna see him go full Hulk smash." Emmanuel said but I really wasn't in the mood for their jokes. "You good?" Emmanuel asked sensing my frustration.
"No.... not really, I wanna talk to Serenity." I said grabbing my keys, while also signaling to them that it was time for them to leave. They looked at each other before heading for the front door, again my phone started ringing and I knew that it was Duron but I still wasn't in the mood to talk to him so I placed my phone on the living room table and walked out of the house.... as I was leaving I heard Duron say my name, almost as if he was pleading but right now I needed to talk to the one person who I knew, for better or worse would keep it real with me.
"I've been calling your a.... what happened?" Serenity said in a venomous whisper, she turned to Roy who was knocked out on the couch with my niece Nimaya laying across his chest snoring lighting. "DJ and De'Vaugh are in the back room sleep.... so they should be good while you tell me what the fuck happened."
"Same ol' bullshyt....." I said as I gave her a recap of what happened. "I'm just tired of the bullshyt; if it's not Duron's brother, it's his parents... if it's not his parents, it's one of his old side pieces.... I'm starting to wonder if it's worth it." I said blinking back tears of anger.
"Elijah...." Serenity said after a long sigh. "You know I am NOT Duron's biggest fans... but this one ain't on him, look he can't be held responsible for his brother's actions and Diante has always been a little touched." Serenity said.
"I know that but maybe everything that's happening is just a sign that I need to take my ass down to Memphis and leave all this drama shyt behind me.... start over." I said and Serenity let out another long sigh.
"Elijah will be able to just leave?" Serenity asked. "It's not just Duron; it's DJ, it's De'Vaughn.... you love those boys and you won't be able to just 'leave all this drama behind' and again you know I'm not Duron's biggest fan but in the past few months I can honestly say he's been making an effort to change and I feel like you need to talk to him before letting your emotions make a decision for you that you'll end up regretting."
"I just hate dealing with this drama shyt.... before Diante got out my relationship with Duron was not exactly perfect but we didn't have any drama." I said tracing a random line along the table and thinking back to when for me at least things were simpler.
