DESTINY
End of Fall Semester
"You know I love you right?"
"I know you love me, so why are you doing this to me Damien?"
"You know why. My mama... My fucking mama Destiny?"
"I didn't mean to Damien, I swear. Everything happened so fa-"
A hard punch landed upon my face with a stream of blood coming from my nose. Damien kept his attention on me as I was tied up to a chair tightly with rope. There was no way of getting out of this situation, even with my best efforts.
"I can't believe yo stupid ass would even think to do some stupid shit like this... you thought I was just gon let yo dumb ass walk away huh?" Damien grated at my ear. His voice sent chills down my spine, knowing anything that came after his words would be a blow to the face or worse.
"Noo... I didn't have a choice, I didn't know. Please!" I begged.
"Everybody got a choice Destiny. Just like me." He said pulling out his gun and placing it at my temple.
"Damien please. I love you I would never do this shit to you on purpose I swear! Don't kill me please." I sobbed now. I looked into his eyes to see there was no emotion there whatsoever.
"Bitch, I don't believe that shit." He stated nonchalantly. He moved close to my ear with the gun directed at my chin now. "But what I do believe, Is that you meant to do exactly what you wanted to do."
Then he shot the gun.
"Baby wake up!"
"Destiny, baby wake up!"
"Tiny!"
I finally woke up, only to find Tyree's worried face hovering over mine as he shook me awake. I quickly sat up in the bed scurrying to the headboard. He slowly made his way to comfort me where he held me close and reassured me he was here and no one else was.
"Baby what the fuck was that? What's wrong?" He asked confused. I'd never had a nightmare around him, this was the first. I only took that as a sign to finally let him know the reasoning behind Damien's attacks.
As he wiped the sweat from my face and neck, I caught my breath. I looked at him with worried eyes and finally decided to confess.
"What's wrong? Talk to me baby." He said as he kissed me softly. I looked down and took a deep breath before finally speaking. I've been running from the truth and reality of things for the longest. It's time to tell him, the one person I trust that I...
"Tyree, I need to talk to you..."
"Okay, what's goin on?"
"Damien ain't doing all this because he want me back or because he just wants you dead because I'm with you." I said now fiddling with my fingers. Goosebumps took over my arms and legs as I was about to confess to him the horrors of the night I'll never forget.
"What you talkin bout?" He questioned now adjusting himself in the bed.
"While we were dating, he was abusive... and would do things to me a boyfriend should never do to their girlfriend. After about 2 years of us dating, his mama became... a big problem." I breathed out in sadness at the memory of my dark past. Everything began to come back to me in a flood and tear after tear began to flow from my eyes.
"Damn, baby I'm sorry..." Tyree said catching my lone tear with his finger. He kissed my cheek and held me closer as I continued to confess.
"His mama was hooked on drugs bad but could cover it well somehow. One night I was over his house and his mama was there with her then boyfriend. Damien supposedly went out to handle his business in the street and just up and left me there in his room alone."
