Renee POV:
"Excuse my son", Clinton said extending his hand across the table. "I'm Clinton and This is Joyce".
"Nice to meet you sir", Mark nodded as he shook his hand.
I wanted to bang my head against the table, I completely done fucked up now. Chris still hasn't returned and our food was just now arriving to our table. I should've been told him, this would've never had happened. Wait...how the hell Mark know where we were at? "What are you doing here"? I asked Mark quietly as he looked through the menu.
He chuckled a bit, "Just stopping by, seeing how you were", he smiled. I glanced up and Chris was sitting back in his chair.
"You good bruh"? Michael asked him.
"Yea I'm fine", he responded.
I sighed and removed myself from my chair. "Where you going"? Mark questioned catching my wrist in his hand.
I kissed my teeth. "Getting some fresh air", I said snatching my wrist from him. When I made it outdoors I flopped down at one of tables that they had placed outside. Ughh I hate myself right now. I got on Chris about lying and I'm being a bigger liar than he was. I took off the earrings and the necklace and threw them as far as I could into the parking lot. Fuck Tremaine and Mark they can both go to hell.
"Renee what are you doing"? A familiar voice said from behind.
I looked back in the direction it came from. "Chris", I said getting up.
"Will you come back in, my momma funna give her speech".
"Yea I'm coming", he started to walk away but I quickly walked behind him and grabbed his arm stopping him."Chris I'm so sorry for all this", I began to cry. "I didn't know..-"
"You didn't know what"? He said looking back at me. "That your husband was coming is that it?!"
"Chri-".
"Renee stop making fucking excuses"! He snapped pulling his arm away. "I'm the one who should be apologizing because I wasted your time thinking you were actually gunna leave him for me I'm the idiot".
"Chris let me explain please! I don't want this to end like this, there's nothing going on between me and Mark", I insisted.
"Why he here th---".
"I don't know"!
He started to laugh shaking his head, "I give up Renee. I should've known something was up when you never pressed charges on him. But me being so nice to yo ass and giving you so many opportunities to tell me what's going on and you still won't tell me. So you have one more chance", he folded his arms.
I bit my bottom lip nervously. This is my chance to tell him everything from Tremaine to now. But it wasn't my time to do so. "I wanna tell you but I can't".
"Fine, I can't be with you then". I knew this was coming and I don't blame him. The way he said it wasn't tearing me apart inside it was what he said that did the damage. He brushed the tears away that glided down my face. "You hurting yourself just as much as you're hurting me..
....I love you Renee", he spoke kissing me.
I hated goodbyes especially if it was with Chris. He pulled away, then kissed my lips one last time before letting my hand that he held go. I watched him as he walked away. Keyword watched I didn't run after him or cased him down, I stood there and watched him get away. It never would've been like this but being me, whose being blackmailed, it had to be. He knows I love him and that all that matters. This is exactly why I'm doing this not for me but for him.
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The event was slowly starting to die down the lower the sun got. I looked around the room for Mark but came up empty handed. Tremaine was next to me talking to Monica and August.
"We'll be right back", August said walking away with Trey.
"Okay", Monica and I said.
"So um..." Monica said playing with her straw in her cup. "Chris is my best friend and Im breaking every best friend rule by talking to you", she laughed.
"I know".
"Renee everything was fine about a week ago. So whats going on?"
"Aye Monica", Chris said walking up next to her.
"Yes"?
"Mind helping me with something"? He asked.
"Yea sure", she said, he pulled her away leading her behind him. "See you next week Renee", she called back. I waved bye and grabbed my clutch from the bar counter.
"Hey baby", Tremaine smiled standing next to me.
"Hi", I mumbled.
"Leaving so soon"?
"Yup I have a life",
"I guess I had enough fun with you today. So you can leave", he smiled.
"We're broken up so why are you still doing this??"
"For fun", he smirked.
"Whatever", I scoffed.
"Hold up, before you leave we need to talk about something while I walk you out".
I rolled my eyes following him.
Chris POV:
Coach Mason was really pissing me off up here heeheeh'n and hahah'n like shit was funny....Bitch ass.
"So Chris hasn't been giving you any problems has he"? Dad asked.
"Nope he's a good kid", he responded. "It's just disappointing that he doesn't want to take his talent to the next level and go pro".
"Why is that"?
"I have different dreams pa'".
"Oh", he said. I could tell he was upset, because he always wanted me to go to the NBA but that's his goal for me, not mines. For once I wanted to do something for myself which is art or music and not for somebody else.
"Sometimes things get ruined, like doing something you have no business doing can ruin things. That's just one prime example, so having a back up plan is a good thing", he suggested.
"So your back up plan was to come here tonight"?
"Christopher stop it", Momma said nudging me.
"Its okay Mrs. J, I was never his favorite teacher".
"You know what you need to calm the fuck down", I threatened.
He chuckled getting in my face, "Or what"?
"Now I don't know what's going on but this needs to stop", She said.
He glance over at something that was on the side of us. "I don't have time for you Chris neither does your girlfriend", he laughed pointing over to something.
I looked over in the direction he pointed in. It was Tremaine with some girl....Renee? Kissing? The fuck??
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