Lies & Affairs

eighteen

"Then she told me that I've been sorry since she first met me.."

Milani bursted into a fit of laughter which was cut short by Greg side eyeing her.

"What? It was funny. Sapphire is so funny." Milani said. "You know she didn't mean that, right?"

"It felt like she did."

"I know Sapphire doesn't believe any of that mess Nicole said." Greg said. "Nicole is delusional and needs some serious, psychiatric help. I saw it when we were kids."

"Wait, you've been knowing her since yall were kids?" Milani asked.

"Yes. We grew up with Nicole, she was one of those types of people that you can never get rid of no matter how hard you try." Greg said. "Ty'Quan always felt bad for her because of how she was treated at home."

"She didn't have a father did she? It shows through her behavior."

"That, and her mom was crazy too. I guess she just clung to Ty'Quan because he was the only one who was nice to her." Greg said. "I've told him about being friendly to weird people."

"I just couldn't leave her there. She was going through so much at home, so I just invited her to play with us." Ty'Quan said. "I'm seriously regretting it now though. My girlfriend's birthday is in a few hours and she hates me because of her."

"If we're being honest, It's not about what Nicole said at the dinner." Milani said. "It was the build up to it. Sapphire constantly came to you and voiced how she felt about Nicole way from the beginning and you did nothing to make her feel as if you had her side. You could have proved her gut feeling wrong by nipping that shit in the bud, but you didn't. So...it is your fault."

"I can't fix it now. She doesn't want to even look at me let alone talk to me." Ty'Quan said. "I don't know what to do."

"How about you go nip the shit in the bud like you were supposed to a long time ago?" Milani asked. "Just a suggestion, I don't know. Whatever works best for you."

Ty'Quan leaned back against the kitchen island. He knew Milani was right, but he couldn't just fire Nicole because he cared for her too...just not in the way Sapphire thought he did. He didn't want to leave her stranded with no job and wondering where her next meal would come from.

"I can't." Ty'Quan said. "I can fire her once I find her a new job position but—"

"Leave it up to men to try and do stuff nice and gentle. This woman ruined your girlfriend's birthday trip with some lies and you care about how she's going to find her next meal and shit like that; Nicole should've worried about that before she came on this trip being messy." Milani told him.

"She's right." Greg said with a shrug. "Don't let this Nicole situation ruin your relationship."

Ty'Quan sat there at the island in Greg and Milani's villa. He did a deep exhale and picked up his cellphone.

Ty'Quan: Can we meet?

Nicole: Ofc

Ty'Quan: Give me thirty minutes.

Ty'Quan stood up out of the chair and adjusted his shirt and shorts. "I have to go save my marriage."

"Niggas be dramatic as hell." Milani said which made Ty'Quan laugh.

He left their villa and made his way towards the villa he shared with Sapphire. It was quiet for the most part, maybe because it was going on twelve o'clock midnight and everyone was getting ready for bed. There were a few street vendors still out trying to catch a sale and as Ty'Quan walked by he bought a bouquet of flowers.