Learning To Love Again...

Chapter 4🦋

I Grabbed My Phone And Dialed A Number.

"Hello?"

"Hi. Is This Mr. Kenneth?" I Asked Looking At The Card.

"Yeah. Who Is This?" He Asked.

"Alana, The Girl From The Restaurant And Mall. Listen I Really Need Your Help. I Don't Know How Much More I Can Take." I Admitted.

"Alright. You Can Send Me Your Address And I'll Come Get You." He Told Me.

"Okay." I Nodded.

I Sent My Location And He Opened It.

"Thats Not Too Far From Me. I'll Be There In 20 Minutes." He Hung Up.

I Grabbed My Bags That Had Been Packed For A While And Added Some More Clothes Into It. I Grabbed My Toothbrush And Other Stuff And Put It Inside. I Walked Down Stairs And Heard A Car Pull Up. I Prayed To God It Wasn't Derrick. Luckily It Wasn't. Ken Got Out And I Opened The Door. He Took My Bags And Was Putting Them In The Car As Derrick Pulled Up. He Hopped Out And Came Towards Me.

"YOU TRYNNA LEAVE ME?" He Yelled As He Snatched My Arm.

"Derrick Let Me Go. Please? I Don't Wanna Be With You Anymore." I Shook My Head.

"Nah. Get In The House." He Pointed.

"NO." I Yelled.

"Get Your Ass In The House!!" He Yelled.

"She Said No. And She Isn't Going Back In That House. Now Let Her Go." Ken Told Him.

"Man If You Don't Get Out My Face. She Gone Do What I Say Do." Derrick Mugged Him.

"Not Anymore. Now Let Her Go. She's Leaving With Me." Ken Said.

"You Know What, You Can Have The Bitch. But I'm Keeping Your Cars, Your House And All The Money." Derrick Smirked As He Let Me Go.

He Walked Inside And Slammed The Door. We Got Into Ken's Car And I Sighed.

"Listen You Can Stay At My House Until You Get Everything Under Control." He Offered.

I Thought About And Didn't Have Much Choice. All My Family Is New York. I Don't Have Any Money Right Now. So I Might As Well.

"Okay." I Nodded.

I Would've Smiled But It Hurt To Much. I Pushed Up My Shades And Looked Out The Window.

"You Know You Can Take Him To Court And Get All Your Things Back. The Money, Cars And House." He Told Me.

"Yeah, I'll Give My Father A Call Later. And I'm Gonna Also Call My Sister So I Can Be Out Your Way Soon." I Mumbled.

He Drove For Another Hour And Parked His Car. I Looked Around And It Was Nice. I Grabbed My Bags And He Stopped Me.

"No Lady Is Gonna Be Fetching Bags While I'm Around." He Smiled.

"I've Been Fetching My Own Bags While A Man's Around For 3 Years. I Got It." I Declined.

"Well Those 3 Years Stop Now." He Said.

He Grabbed My Bags And We Went Inside. He Took Me Upstairs And Showed Me The Room I'd Be Staying In.

"You Can Get Settled And I'll Give You A Tour Of The House. I'll Be Down The Hall 3rd Door To Left." He Smiled.

"Okay."

He Left And I Started To Unpack My Things. After I Finished I Took A Shower And Put On Some Lotion. I Put On A Pair Of Black Shorts That Stopped Right Under My Butt And A White Over Sized Hoodie. I Sat Down And Grabbed My Pager. I Paged My Father And Soon Enough He Called.

"Yo."

"Hey Dad. Can You Talk?" I Asked.

"Yeah What's Up?" He Asked.

"Umm, Derrick Has Been Beating On Me."

"For How Long?!" He Yelled.

"A Year And 7 Months." I Mumbled.

"And You Stayed With Him?! Alana Danielle Grey, Why Would You Stay With Him After That?" He Asked.

"I Lo-"

"Aye Dude. You Better Not Say You Loved Him." He Cut Me Off.

"I Did. And He Loved Me, At One Point. Or So I Thought. But Soon My Love Died And I Had No Way Out." I Admitted.

"DO YOU KNOW HOW DUMB YOU SOUND? YOU'RE A SMART GIRL BUT LISTENING AT YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE THE BIGGEST DAMN DUMMY I KNOW." He Yelled At Me.

I Started To Cry And He Sighed. He Lowly Cussed, As If He Regretted What He Said.

"Baby, I Didn't Mean It. I'm So-"

"No. You Did Dad. Thanks For Making Me Feel Better." I Cried.

I Hung Up The Phone And Put It On Silent. He Didn't Even Wanna Hear What I Had To Say. I Cried Myself To Sleep.

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