Kamya's POV
March 18th, 2019
Charlotte, NC
"Kamya." Terri says looking me up and down. Lord this is gonna be hard. Give me strength.
"Misses Terri."
"Miss Terri. No misses." She says, shocking me. Is she indicating what I think she is?
"My apologies," I state, "let's have a seat, shall we?"
She scoots into the booth and I sit on the opposite side.
"So, why is it so important that you talk to me?"
"Because I want my wife to have her bestie back. I know I messed things up between you two and I won't be happy with myself until I've fixed it, or tried to at least." She nods and looks around aimlessly then give me eye contact
"I can respect that. So, did you order your food first? Or you're waiting until we finish talking?"
"Oh, I ordered for sure." I say and she smiles softly. I never paid attention to her face but jeez, face card never declines.
"Good Chile. I wasn't gone eat in ya face but I was gone nibble a bit" the two of us laugh. Maybe this is a good sign. Should I get straight to the point?
"Soo..." I start but she stops me
"I forgive you. Do I think what you did was foul? Absolutely. But that's only because once you found out Byron was married, you didn't stop seeing him. But I talked to Tina, Shawnette and Tish recently- all three of them made valid points. Sweetheart," she takes a quick sip of her agave lemonade, "you we're how old when the affair started?" She asks
"I had just turned Nineteen a day prior"
"Exactly. A baby. How old are you now sweetheart?" She asks again. Wow, she and Janet act so much alike. I can see why this friendship means so much to my Goldie. She also reminds me of my mother, it's weird. But she's so calm, just like mommy.
"I'll be 23 tomorrow." I tell her. She nods
"So for two and a half years this man groomed you," she shakes her head in disgust, "you know what's even crazier, Kamya?"
"What is it?"
"I'm not for sure if you know your sister's friend, Princess, but she's pregnant by him now. He loves young girls and I'm far from that." Her telling me that put a heaviness in my stomach that I can't explain. I'm trying my hardest to hide my emotions but I don't think I'm doing too well, "It's written all over ya face, you don't have to say a word" Terri says and takes another sip of lemonade.
"I- I dont have any words except that I am so sorry-"
she stops me
"Don't be sorry for me. I got my marriage contract. And those assets? Kept. I'm gravy this way. I just want you to know that my issue with Janet has nothing to do with you. You won't be able to fix it. It personal on my end. Principles, ya know?"
"What do you mean?" I asks, a little lost
"I'm big on loyalty. Still to this day, if Janet asked me for something I'd give it to her ten fold. However, I now have to question if she'd do the same. I love my sister with every fiber of my being. But she hurt me the most in this situation. How funny she began acting instead of just being honest from the beginning." I get where she's coming from
"Yeah, I feel you."
"She should've said 'T, the girl picture you saw is Kamya but she don't mess with him no more. It was in the past. She and I fuck around and I love her.' But you know what she did?"
"What she do, girl?" I asks, as if we aren't talking about my wife
"Girl she lied right in my face. Marched her brown ass over to my house like 'Terri I'm so sorry. We're gonna figure this out sista!' Hyping me up." She says chuckling. I can tell it hurts but sometimes we gots to laugh to keep from crying. I laugh along with her
