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IV.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚜 ❌

𝚃𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙳𝚎𝚌 𝟸𝟷 - 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛

𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒊

"Malakai Davis!" The nurse called out.

My father battling cancer, pushed me to take my health more serious. I cleaned up my diet, drank tons of water and even gotten myself a gym membership. Not saying any of this will stop me from getting the harsh disease but it still motivated me to healthier.

"I'm Maya I will be your nurse for the duration of your time here. I'll try my best not to be too hard on you today." She giggled.

I've never looked at another woman other than Zola, however I must admit Maya was quite stunning. "Before I have you change into a hospital gown, I'd like to go over a few questions with you, as well as your family history."

The questions my nurse asked were simple enough to get us through fast enough to get me the hell out of here. I hated hospitals, I hated them long before I saw my father's thin body lying in that bed hooked up to every machine possible. Something about them didn't sit well with me, I would always hear stories about black men walking into hospitals and never walking back out.

"Alright that's all the questions I have for you, do you have any for me?" She smiled innocently. Maya's sweet demeanor allowed me to be more relaxed than when I came in.

Nodding my head no, the nurse exited the cold room and allowed me to change into my hospital gown. My stomach was growling like crazy as I was told not to eat or drink anything for twelve hours prior to getting tested. They wanted to have clear visualization of everything and didn't want any faulty data.

"Hey, you look nice." Maya chuckled causing us both to burst out into laughter. I knew it was part of her job to make her patients feel at ease when going through something like this. It made all the difference I must say and it also made me miss how much Zola and I used to get along.

Hooking me up to monitors and putting weird stickers all over my body made me feel like I was a guinea pig in some sort of science experiment. My eyes couldn't help but to watch Maya's every move as she had a look of seriousness written across her face, she took her job serious.

"You know all this information about me, tell me something about you? What's going on in your life?" I asked attempting to kill the silence that settled between us.

I mean hell she knew my whole backstory and all I knew about her was she put stickers on people and hook them up to loud ass monitors.

"Hmm let's see, if it makes you feel any better. I recently filed for divorce from my abusive soon to be ex husband. Moved out while he was away cheating with his soon to be baby mama, Zola. And—."

I stopped her.

"Zola? You know how she looks?" I asked. My mind was racing at a hundred right now. It wasn't too many pregnant people by the name Zola walking around New York. Could it be? Would she betray me like this? I couldn't imagine her hurting me like this. After all we've been through together over the years. My hopes were high for us two. I asked for her hand in marriage, I gave her a life where she would never have to worry about anything. Not my Zola, not the only woman I've ever love. This couldn't be, Maya must have a name mix up or something.

"I don't know, all I saw were text messages being exchanged between them. By the time I saw those texts, I done already mentally checked out. However I do know she mentioned she couldn't leave her fiance for him. Whoever he is, I feel sorry for him. No one deserves to get cheated on, it sucks and it hurts." Maya fought back tears.

Continuing to do her job, Maya sat behind a glass window and monitored a computer screen closely. This couldn't be life, not for me. Everything Maya said made sense somehow. The strange behavior, the going missing at odd times during the day. It was all coming to me now, Zola was indeed cheating on me.

Deep down inside I knew it was my fault. I've neglected her, made her feel alone and didn't show up at times. Though she was the one who stepped out, I was the one to blame for leaving her alone. I pushed her into the arms of another man. As a man who took pride in his own actions, I must admit the part I played in this.

A tear escaped the corner of my eyes as the possibility of the unborn child I loved so dearly could potentially not be mine, shattered my heart. A feeling that could make a grown man fall to his knees. My heart ached with unbearable pain and sadness. Everything around me seems to be falling apart and here I was alone, left to pick up the pieces.

"Alright Malakai, that's it for today. You did great, now you can go get yourself something to eat. I heard your stomach growling through the speaker. Oh no, everything okay?" She asked as I attempted to hide the salty tears that ran down my warm cheeks.

I felt weak, I didn't feel like a man at this moment. I caught myself crying more than usual. Life just really felt like shit right now. The one thing I thought would bring me happiness also turned out to be one big lie.

"I'm good, just dealing with a lot of shit." I admitted.

Maya was kind, she was passionate enough to ask and cared enough to listen.

"Hey Malakai,  it's okay to cry. Let that shit out, excuse my language. Hell, I fought back tears telling you about my crazy life. Expressing your emotions doesn't make you any less of a man, it just means you're human. Whatever it is pray about it and if it's something that makes you feel like you're not worthy. Walk away from it, I promise you it's okay to start over. I did it and now I only have to make lasagna for one person, well technically two still because I'm greedy." Maya laughed as I joined her.

We said our goodbyes and I went on about my day. Suddenly deciding to take the rest of the day off, I decided to drive to Maryland to visit my mother. Clear my mind for a couple of days before I could react to the news I just received.

I couldn't afford to allow my anger to get the best of me. As for me, I had way too much to lose. Though I loved Zola deeply, I love myself more. So many questions were unanswered at this point. How long has this been going on? Did my busy work schedule cause her to fall out of love with me? Did she have this man in our bed? My mind couldn't comprehend what was happening. Everything went downhill in the matter of weeks time.

One thing for certain, I was going to get to the bottom of this.

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Maya & Malakai finally met, it's giving home girl and home boy.

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