Chapter Four

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I arrived at Heathrow Airport exhausted and hungry. It was a terrible flight. I called Reiss. He was supposed to pick me up from the airport. "Where are you?" I raised my eyebrows. "Where are you?!" I nearly shouted. "I'm at the airport bro. Are you really at Heathrow?" "Yes, I told you. Share your location please." "I'm sharing it now." "I'll walk towards you." I walked towards his location but couldn't see him. "Are you still there? I'm there I don't see you." I was getting frustrated now. "I see you!" Reiss shouted. I could hear him now. "I can hear you." He hung up. I turned around and saw him running towards me. "I'm so happy to see you in real life again. Even if it's for one day." "Yeah me too." We hugged and walked to his car. We were quiet and just listened to our shared Spotify playlist while he drove to his apartment. When we arrived he suddenly started talking about Tanesha again. "Did I tell you T is in London?" I sighed. "You told me on the phone. Yesterday, remember?" He nodded and spoke again. "I kinda don't understand why you stopped talking. It felt really random. She won't tell me anything either." He was irritating me now, I basically landed 5 seconds ago and he's already waffling about T. "Nothing happened, sometimes you just fall out. It's normal." "But you were bare close. Did you do something?" I rolled my eyes and dropped my bag. "I didn't do anything. Why would you assume I did? We just stopped talking. What's the problem Reiss?" I picked up the bag and he shrugged. "Nothing don't be offended. I'm just curious." "Nothing to be curious about. Let's get inside, I'm tired." He opened the door to his apartment and we entered. It was a really nice apartment, decorated nicely aswell. He always had a lot of pictures hanging on his walls. I observed the pictures and saw he added new ones. I saw a recent picture of Tanesha. It was a picture of Reiss, Tanesha and her cousin Lulu in London. They were looking at the Big Ben, I saw another one at Buckingham Palace. And some more pictures of them in Manchester with Raheem and Paige and their kids. It looked like they were having fun. I followed her on instagram and tiktok but I didn't know she and Lulu had been here together. And I didn't know they hung out with Reiss. "They were here last year. In December. They came here for holidays." "I never saw that on her Insta." He raised his eyebrows but continued. "She posted a lot on her snap. You should add her." "I have her snap." I said. "Snap her or text her. You have her number right?" I nodded. "She follows you on insta. Did you post about being in London?" I shook my head. I don't really like posting stuff that's happening anymore. "No, why? Should I?" He shook his head. "No. Just wondering." Eventually we just sat on his couch, the TV was on but we weren't watching. I was mostly scrolling on Insta and X. Then his doorbell rang. "Can you open the door?" I stood up and walked to the door. It was a package. "Who was it?" Reiss asked. "No one. Just a package." I picked my phone up to continue scrolling on Insta but remembered I had to wake up early to go to Manchester tomorrow. "I'm gonna go get some sleep. Good night." I said. "Good night."

I went to Reiss' extra bedroom and laid down on the bed. I was thinking about reaching out to Tanesha. After a while I decided to text her. I missed talking to her and it was my own fault we stopped talking anyway. I kept typing and deleting the message. Eventually i stuck with:

hey, this is Jadon. I heard you're back in London. I hope you're doing well!

I know the message might be a bit dry but I really don't know what else I should say. I don't even know if she still wants to talk to me. Hopefully she won't block me. She does follow me on insta. And she never blocked me on snap. Hopefully that means something. As I put my phone away to sleep it started ringing. I read the contact name on the screen. It said Aleysha. I haven't spoken to my sister in such a long time. Weird that she's calling me. I accepted the call. "Jadon hello it's me. Hoe are you? I need your help." She rambled. "Hello, I'm good. What's the matter?" "I left Jordan with his dad but we're both too busy to actually look after him. And you know mum." I got confused I really didn't understand what she meant. "I'm asking you to look after him. For awhile. Until I get everything sorted out you know." I love my nephew I even picked his name but I don't think I can look after him full time. I'd make a terrible caregiver. "I don't know Lee. I don't think I can take care of him on my own. I'm gonna need bare help." "Tanesha can." I almost choked on air. Why'd everyone suddenly start talking about T. What's the obsession. She's nice and all but this is getting weird. "I don't get what Tanesha can do. What are you talking about?" "She texted me and asked me about Jordan. She hadn't seen him in a long time and wondered how he was doing. I explained to her that Jordans not with me anymore. She wanted to take him out and stuff. If you need any help Tanesha can help you." I sighed. "Jadon I'm begging you. Please help me out here. I don't trust anyone else with my son." "Fine, he's gotta love though Lee. I'm moving to Manchester. Tomorrow actually, I'm staying with Reiss now." "That's fine he'd have to move anyway. Thank you so much, I don't know what I'd do without you. When can I send him to you?" "I don't know, tomorrows fine." She thanked me again and hung up.

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