Toxic

Chapter 20

Now Denver had never claimed to be the smartest woman in any room, but something in the milk wasn't clean. They way this man ran to to Semaj's side, the ghostly look on Semaj's face... something just wasn't right.

"Excuse me what was your name again?" Denver asked as she looked at Reese

With a roll of his eyes, he replied "I'm Reese and you are?"

"The owner of the house you're standin' in love, remind me why you waltz yo' ass up in my shit without my permission again?" If the motherfucker wanted to take it there with her, she was willing to stoop to his level. She was fed up with Semaj and all the shit that surrounded him.

"You know, he always told me his parents were shitty but he never told me they beat his ass like this. I mean my God, I have it in my mind to call the police on all of your asses this is insane! Look at his face"

"Ohhhhh I see what's going on here, you got some sugar in yo' tank dont ya boy" Saint asked Reese

"Fuck you" Reese said

Saint laughed as Denver made her way back down the stairs. "I still didn't catch your name"

"Reese man just get out of here and let me handle this on my own"

"Reese is it? How do you know Semaj?"

Semaj closed his eyes wincing from the pain and the direction of the conversation. He knew at this very moment that all his shit was about to be laid out, and he didn't have one defense play in his book. Shit, he just got his ass whooped so bad he didn't even have the energy to think his way out of it. 

"Semaj? Who the hell is Semaj?" 

With folded arms, Denver looked down at the man she thought she knew for years. For the last few weeks, she realized she didn't know him at all and that hurt. 

"Yeah who is Semaj?" She said to him. "You know what?? Fuck all this, take him and get the fuck out my house"

"Naw naw baby girl, I insist on you hearing this conversation" 

"Stay out of it Saint" Althea said as she stood watching the whole scene unfold

"Well I dont know who the fuck Semaj is, but this is Shaun and we've been together on and off for about 5 years now"

And that was all it took for Denver's feet to come colliding with the back of Semaj's head.

"You bastard!!" She punched, kicked and slapped him repeatedly. He was gay?!! He'd been gay all of these years and she had never put it together. Granted he had a lot of business trips, but she never not once would've thought it was because of infidelity. He had fucked her, in more ways than one and all she seen was red. Right when Reese thought he would jump in and put his hands on her, CJ hauled off and punched him. One punch was all it took for him to back the hell up and stay neutral.

"So while you were proposing to me, fucking me, and living with me you was fucking a man?!! A man?!!!" She punched him again before Saint finally intervened and pulled her off of him.

"You what" Still holding his face, Reese stood there with tears in his eyes. He was hurt, he thought that Semaj's time dealing with women was over. Hell he didn't even know his real name. This entire time his bestfriend was right, and he now regretted the last minute trip to Atlanta. 

"You out here living double lives? See I wasn't gone be a nasty woman, but I see now that I have to show you who the fuck I am. You better take your little boyfriend, and get the fuck out of here because the cops are on the way"

She was so glad that she saved all of the clothing she wore that night, she took pictures of her bruises and broken nose as well. She was doing her best to turn the other cheek, but that wasn't getting her anywhere, this sick motherfucker needed to be caged like the animal he was. He didn't deserve to be out here roaming the streets with the rest of the sane human race.