'Til We Meet Again Book 2

Chapter 3

Today is Friday which means today I'll be returning back to Detroit after 7 years of not visiting. Kristy is still not comfortable with it but she knows I'll be safe. I walk inside her room and see Kristy packing "You ready?" I ask her "Yes I am" She zips up her suitcase "Nancy is gonna be here in five minutes and I have to wait for Dre" I tell her as I check the time, it's 8:24 am. I hear a knock on the door "She is here" I walk to the door and open it "Hi" I pull her for a hug "Hey, is Kristy ready?" Nancy asks me as she steps inside my apartment "I am" Kristy walks out of her room with her suitcase "Lets go" I smile as I take my suitcase and keys to my apartment.

We stand outside by Nancy's car and Kristy walks over to me and hugs me "I'm gonna miss you" Kristy hugs me tightly "I'm gonna miss you too" I smile "How long will you be in Detroit?" She asks me "A week" I tell Kristy as we let go of the hug "It's gonna be the longest week ever" She sighs "You are gonna have lots of fun with Nancy" I smile at her "Yeah I guess" Kristy gets in the car and Nancy hugs me "Be safe in Detroit" She says sounding a little worried "Don't worry I will be" I see Dre's car pull up "I have to go, Dre is here" I say as I let go of the hug "Bye" She waves at me as she gets in the car and drives off.

I get in the car and he hands me coffee from the cup holder "Thank you very much" I take a sip of my coffee "No problem" Dre says as he begins to drive "You ever been to Detroit before?" Dre asks breaking the silence "I used to live there" I tell Dre "How come you moved?" He asks me "Ummm, I can't talk about it" I sigh and I see him look over me "Touchy subject?" He asks "You have no idea" I chuckle and take a sip of my coffee "Whose picking us up?" I ask him "Em and Big Proof" Dre informs me "Sounds good" God, help me.

A few hours later we make it to Detroit and now we are looking for Deshaun and Marshall "They should be here" Dre says as he looks around, I don't say anything because I really have nothing to say. I don't know how Marshall will react when he sees me after so many years, I know he will be extremely pissed when he sees me. I see Dre waving at Marshall and Deshaun "I found them, come on" I grab my suitcase and walk over to them with Dre. Marshall glares at me as I get closer, Deshaun just looks shocked to see me back in Detroit "Sup?" Dre gives them both a bro hug "Not much, man, who is she?" Marshall asks pretending not to know me, I glare at him "This is Amanda Vanderwall, she is my new assistant, I brought her along to help you with your new album" Dre tells Marshall "I don't need no fucking chick to help me on my album" Marshall glares at me "Yo doodie, stop it" Deshaun nudges him and Marshall begins to walk away "Marshall always has a stick up his ass" Dre warns me with a chuckle. He is gonna be hard to work with considering the way I left him.

We make it to the hotel and I unpack my things. As I put them in my wardrobe I hear a knock on the door, well, it sounds more like a bang "Hold on" I yell as I shut my wardrobe and walk to the door, I open the door and see a very pissed off Marshall standing outside my room with his arms crossed "What do you want?" I ask him "Why the fuck are you back in Detroit?" Marshall shoves me inside and slams the door shut. Marshall looks very different, he has bleach blonde hair, got tattoos, he has his ears pierced and his wearing a wife beater white tank top and loose grey sweatpants with Nike shoes "I'm here to work" I glare at him "You are not gonna fucking work with me, that's for sure" Marshall crosses his arms "Trust me I won't enjoy it" I glare at him "Then go back to whether you fucking came from, bitch" He raises his voice at me "I would love to go back to LA but I can't for a week" I raise my voice at him

"Then I'll buy you an early flight for tomorrow if it means you get out of my fucking face" Marshall yells at me "I have a job to do whether you like it or not" I yell at him. I see him pick up an empty vase from my dressing table and throw it against the wall "Get out of my room or I'll call security" He scared me when he threw the vase "Yo doodie, leave the girl alone dawg" I hear Deshaun say "No I want to fucking know why this fucking bitch shows her face here after 7 years" Marshall raises his voice at Deshaun "It's none of your business" I glare at him and now I see Deshaun pull Marshall out of my room. Marshall slams my door shut hard and I begin to cry "I'm sorry about him, he is just very angry at you for leaving"

I sit down on the bed and I see Deshaun clean up the shard glasses "You don't have to do that" I say in between my tears "I want to, it wasn't right for how he treated you" Deshaun puts them on the dressing table and now he sits down next to me, I don't dare to look at him "He is right for being angry at me like this" My voice cracks "Amanda, why did you leave Detroit?" Deshaun asks me "Ummm" I look at him "Remember my graduation party?" I ask him "Yeah" Deshaun nods "Well after my graduation party I found Marshall kissing Kim in the kitchen and then he made me promise not to leave him, I had promised not to leave him but later that night my dad's parole officer called me up to tell me that he was being released in the morning so I had no choice but to leave with my sister because my dad had threatened me when I had gone to see him when I was 16" I explain "Fuck" Deshaun sighs and pulls me in for a hug "You have to tell Marshall" He lets go of the hug

"I can't do that" I look down "You are gonna have to because he is just gonna keep treating you like shit" I stand up "I don't care, I don't want him to know why I left" I see Deshaun standing up "Suit yourself, I can't tell you what to do, Amanda, you're a grown woman" Deshaun leaves my room and I start to cry a lot in bed. I can't tell Marshall, I'm not ready to tell him because I don't know how he will react, I don't know what he'll say to me when he finds out.