Toxic

Chapter 14

"Move" Denver cackled loudly "thats not funny"

Her and CJ were currently in the kitchen preparing a meal together. CJ thought it would be funny to mimic the way she was crying.

"I'm just sayin man, I know a lot of people have a ugly cry but damn"

"I told you why, quit laughing at me" She laughed again throwing a chip at him

It was Friday night and CJ planned a movie night for them once he got off. He was making nachos, while Denver was putting all of the snacks he got from the store on a serving tray. He was doing his best to keep her in good spirits and her mind off of her current situation. Denver was thankful for the day alone at his place, she had time to think about her next move.

Her first night there was terrible, she couldn't get comfortable in his guest bed because of her broken ribs and she could no longer contain her tears. She broke down for the pain, the assault, her relationship, and her misplaced life. CJ had happened to be returning back to his room after getting water from the kitchen when he heard her crying. He asked for permission to come in before entering to calm her down and for that she was thankful.

She couldn't believe she had become this person though. She was staying with a stranger, but somehow the stranger felt closer than Semaj had ever felt. 

"Can we watch B.A.P.S. first please" she sat with one of her feet under her and her plate in her lap. They both got comfortable on the couch as CJ used the remote to navigate through the fire stick's Home Screen.

"Shit anything with Halle Berry in it is a go for me" He smirked as he typed the title in the search bar. 

"What is this app called" She asked looking at the unfamiliar screen

"It's not an app, it's a website and we aint that cool for me to tell ya love" CJ was using one of those free movie websites like he always did, no sense in spending extra money when you don't have to.

She smacked her teeth "Wowww, ok" rolling her eyes playfully she focused on her food while he pulled up the movie.

"Ouuuu this is so good" The chicken nachos were hitting the spot for her, it was definitely better than the junk food she had been consuming.

All of the frozen food she ordered from walmart yesterday had to be thrown away because she left It sitting in the car overnight, unfortunately for her that included her ice cream as well. CJ had noticed the pout on her face and ended up replacing it today while he was in the store. He also noticed the pads in one of the bags she got from her car and came to the conclusion that her cycle was on. He knew how women got when they were menstruating so it was a no brainer to just replace the ice cream and snacks. 

"Chef boy-ar-mf-dee in this bitch" He popped the collar on his shirt 

"Head ass"

"Haters man" He mugged her "mannnn look at her ass scraping that toast" he laughed

It had been only thirty minutes into the movie when Denver's phone begin ringing on the coffee table. The phone lit up with an unsaved number but she knew who it belonged to. After days of no communnication, he was calling her and it had her heart racing at lightning speed. Was he looking for her? Did he find her? Oh God, was he outside this man's house??

She stood up from the sofa and grabbed the phone "Excuse me"

She answered the phone as she made her way inside of the kitchen. "What do you want"

"Babe" He sounded confused "where you at? I get home from the business trip and you're not even here"

She took the phone away from her ear and looked at it with a scowl. Was this nigga serious? Was that his way of trying to lure her back home? Because if so she would never fall for some simple shit like that. She had made up her mind, everything in that house and including the house he could have. She would have to start over from scratch but if it meant saving her life and keeping her out of harm's way she was down with it. She was glad she didn't have money troubles, it was about to cost a pretty penny to rebuild her life.