Warning: This chapter may have some content that may be triggering, please proceed with caution.
Time Skip to 8:30 pm
I'm pulling up to the house that Lay and June called their home. I'm anxious about how things are going to go down. We all agree this needs to happen to protect her, but I'm worried. It took everything inside of me to part ways with Brenda earlier. When she told me everything, I just wanted to say fuck it and work things out. I know that if I stay with B, she will never get the help she needs. I'm always gon' love her, but that season is over. I'm hoping that Lay understands that their season is over too.
Both of the twins are here because I see Keli's men around the house. I send a nod their way to let them know it's a friendly visit. I walk up to the front door and knock. It's only a short minute before Keli opens the door.
"What's good, brother?"
"What's up? How is everyone?"
Kino is going through something, but I'll wait for them to let me in on it.
"As good as can be expected. I'm glad you are here. We wanted to talk to you."
We walk into the front sitting room and Kino is already there with his eyes on his ipad. He looks up briefly before going back to what he was doing, but he speaks.
"What's good, Rome?"
"I'm good, are you good?"
I need them to know that I'll never cross them, even if our children are no longer married. I also want to test the waters to make sure they aren't planning to kill my son. He's an ungrateful mothfucka at times, but he's still my son.
"We are good Rome. I know you are worried about Little Rome just as much as I am worried about my daughter. I don't want to hurt him. I hate that he let things get this far, but we can't ignore the fact that Kehlani loves him.
Once he showed interest, he was good as done. She would have come at him with everything she had to keep him interested. Just like I know she is going to do everything to try to keep him."
We all laugh because it's true. She is one hell of a negotiator and spoiled as hell. She doesn't hear the word no, often.
"You are right about that. I just left the hospital and I told him it's time to man the fuck up. This is gon' be hard for both of them. He's grown, but he's always gon' be my little boy and I know he is terrified of losing her for good. It's crazy to me that you can love someone that much but not be in love with them."
Kino agrees with me, but Keli offers his wisdom.
"Neither of you will ever understand it. Like I said a thousand times before and I'll keep saying it. He is in love with her, he just loves her enough to let her go. In my book, that means he loves her more than the other girl."
They have been referring to Kesh as 'that girl' or 'the other girl' since everything got exposed.
"He says he loves Kesh more."
"That's the lie he has to tell himself. Think about it, if he didn't love Kehlani just as much or more, then why would he even care to divorce her? He's been having the best of both worlds all this time, why not continue?
He's concerned about his son but Kehlani is never out of the conversation. The man is giving up half of everything. He has too many fucking kids to give up that much, but he is. He is in love with her."
That makes all the sense in the world as to why he is giving up half of everything, but for me, I would just keep my wife and put the sidepiece in her fucking place.
YOU ARE READING
Unconditional Love
General Fiction'You can't have a testimony, without a test.' How much heartache can one person have before enough is enough? Layla has had the best and worst experiences a woman can ever imagine. As soon as she thinks she has found peace, her world is turn upsid...
