Iyana McKinney didn't come from a rich family. She grew up with her sickly grandmother in a run down apartment building until her grandmother died just after she graduated college and even though they didn't have much, her grandmother made the sacri...
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I sighed in frustration but also fear as I stared at probably the hundredth picture the past week from an unknown number but I had figured out who it was at this point.
Josh.
I didn't rest easy at nights knowing that he was watching me everywhere I went or was standing outside my apartment complex if he hadn't already found away in, waiting for the guys to make a mistake so he could snatch me up.
Or worst.
Zahra.
Shavelle.
Amyra.
Jamila.
And the list had quite a few other names that I didn't want to mention because the ones I did mention were making my heart miss several beats.
"Babe?"
"Hmm." I tore my eyes away from my phone and looked up at him.
"Wah deh pan yuh mind?"
"It's him again." I held up the phone to show him the picture and he kissed his teeth. "When will it end?" I asked with a sigh as I ran my hands down my face.
"Soon."
"How soon is soon?" I got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen.
"As soon as we find him."
"An unnu surely a tek unnu sweet time." I groaned out loud and ran my hands down my face yet again.
"Relax."
"How di hell mi fi relax wen dis man a stalk mi an mi cyaan live inna peace. I am tired Nasir." I walked back into the living room and took my phone from him. "Mi cyaan do dis nuh more."
"Wul on deh." He grabbed my arm when I went to walk past him. "Weh yuh mean yuh cyaan do dis nuh more?"
"Not right now Nasir."
"Stop stressing yourself out."
"Please stop, you're annoying me with your lack of effort in trying to find dis likkle crawsis mad bwoy weh a torment mi mek mi cyaan sleep good a night time."
"Mi tell yuh seh mi a work pan it."
"Well work harder." I kissed my teeth and shook his hand off me. "You said you'd protect me but I honestly am not feeling protected at all."
"Nuh do dat." I rolled my eyes and walked off. "Oye, weh yah guh?"
"Yuh ave all a di energy fi do fuckry but nav none wen it come on to smthn important like protecting me and our daughter."
"You're scared and that's valid suh mi a guh mek dat slide." He shook his head and walked to the front door. He looked back at me before shaking his head and leaving, almost slamming the door behind him.
