Nadine

59. Banking

I get down to Tre's office and the door is shut.

Dipak wraps his arms around me and tries to slow me down. "Sweetheart."

I blow the door down with an orb.

"Or we can go in that way."

I step in over the rubble and Tre runs to me. He drops to his knees and wraps his arms around my waist. "I'm so sorry." He starts sobbing and holding me as tight as he can.

I run my hands through his hair and glare at our moms. "What purpose does this serve?"

Asa crosses her arms. "He need to understand what he has done."

"He understands. Stop yelling at him."

Mom rolls her eyes. "He needs to be sorry for it."

"Look at him momma. He is sorry. Now move on."

Asa stands up. "The bond is so messed up between you two."

"And how is yelling at him, and making him like this, going to help the bond at all?"

Momma shrugs her shoulders. "Well you got us there my child. We will stop. We'll start working on the vacations." She looks at Asa. "She's right. We can't change the past. We can only help them moving forward. But if he does anything stupid again, I will never stop yelling."

"Me either Aurelia."

I look at Dipak and he smiles at me. "Take him to the sitting room. At least it will be empty and you'll have a door."

"Yea doors are nice." I start lifting on Tre. "Come on. Let's go calm down. Mary more cucumbers."

I get him to the sitting room and shut the door. Then I sit us on the couch. He looks at me for a second. I think he might try to say something. Then he lays on the couch with his head in my lap and sobs. He turns so his face is in my stomach. He wraps an arm around my back and holds me tight. He cries for so long.

I rub his head and his back. I don't know what to say, but I know I don't like seeing him like this. It's so sad.

Mary comes in and puts the packets on the table by the door. Then she turns around and leaves.

"I wish I knew what to say."

He shakes his head and holds me tighter.

After a half hour he finally seems calm. I keep rubbing his hair and his back.

"I messed everything up so much. I was so close to having everything I ever wanted and I lied to you." He starts sobbing again. After a couple minutes he calms down. "I'm so sorry. Mary said we were sleeping together. I didn't know how you would react to having having everyone know I was in your bed. It was private between us. I didn't want to tell you everyone knew and hurt you. I didn't want you to be hurt. I didn't want your private life getting spread around. It wasn't right. Dipak started the fight. Because he didn't like me in your bed. He gave me the night duty to keep me out of it. I was so stupid to lie. I'm surprised you didn't kill me."

"I pulled Dipak to my office and asked him what happened. He told me everything. He thought I was going to kill him. Really I was relieved someone told me the truth. Mary came in and said 'I'm really really surprised you didn't kill him.' I said 'I really really thought about it.' Dipak was white as a ghost. He really thought he was about to die. Then I said 'But I kept Dipak here to keep him alive.' ... Really, I just wanted to end things with you. I wasn't going to do anything. I wanted out. But then Mary stabbed you. She always had no patience. But then my anger came out and I ended up throwing you all over. Dipak did his job though. He kept you alive."