Rekindled Devotion (Completed)

Five

Cairo

Two Weeks, Three Days Later

Tuesday Afternoon

I keep checking my phone for a message from Jai, but of course, nothing. I was absolutely ecstatic when she unblocked me over two weeks ago. We had that brief conversation but I haven't heard from her since. I know she hasn't blocked me again, but she definitely has not responded. I've tried numerous texts and even a few calls, but just radio silence. I sigh as I run a hand over my waves. I set down my phone and look back at my laptop. I am currently looking over a few invoices for the business. At the age of 32, I co-own a very successful home construction business with Camden. After college, we both decided this is the career we wanted to pursue. While in college, we would work construction and carpenter jobs on the weekends and in the evenings, while pursuing our business degrees. We are both actually skilled in this area of expertise. When we started business right out of college, it was really rough. We weren't getting jobs and if we were, they were pretty low paying. However, as the years have gone on, we have secured multiple multi million contracts. Our area of specialty is building homes. Not those cookie cutter bullshit developments either. Each home we construct is extremely unique, so no one home is the same. The houses we construct aim anywhere from 250k to the millions. It just all depends on the customer. We like that we can provide to a range of budgets. Also we like to spread out our developments as well. We don't want neighbors on top of each other, so most properties are 1-2 acres of land. I have absolutely loved the journey of running a business. It was not always easy, but it has always been worth it. I've mad millions and I am beyond grateful for that. I was able to build and pay for my home, without a mortgage, and I can afford absolutely anything I want. I don't take any of that for granted. I just...want more. I want Jai. 

These three years without her, have been hell. Every day got easier but that first day...when I went to see her like I did so many nights and found her apartment cleared out, I didn't know what to do or think. I called her over and over, but the calls always went to voicemail. Texted her also and those all went unanswered. I didn't know what the hell happened. I went looking for her all over the city, at our usual spots. But Jai was nowhere to be found. After just hours, I reported her missing to the police, only to be told that it was too soon to report her missing as it hadn't been 48 hours. But I was freaking the fuck out. It wasn't like her to just cut off all contact. Days after that, I just couldn't do anything. I didn't leave my house for almost 2 months. Barely slept, or ate. Just called Jai over and over, all day and texted her, just hoping to hear something. If I wasn't doing that, I was just staring into space. No one could get through to me. Not my parents, other family, my best friend Camden, no one. I just wanted Jai back. About three months after she left, that is when Lina told me that she took the job in New York. A job she talked about, but said she would never consider because she didn't want to leave me. But she did. She left me. Left me because of a lie that her sick cousin Drea told her. I still to this day know I did not fuck Drea. I've never been attracted to her and I know I would never hurt Jai like that.

 I'll never forget that night. It was the day after Jai's birthday, and a bunch of us were celebrating downtown. There were three rooms that we had at the Thomson Houston Hotel we were staying out, one for me and Camden, one for Jai and Lina, and one for Drea since she insisted on her own. Since we were celebrating my baby, of course we were all drunk. I went up first to Jai's room because honestly me and Jai were trying to sneak in some one on one time. But I knew I had just a bit too much to drink. I remember going into my room and just stripping and laying in the bed. I remember knocking out. Not sure how much later, but since I'm a light sleeper, even when I'm drunk, I felt someone get into bed with me. I opened my eyes and saw Drea naked, and instantly told her to get out. She just laughed and began to kiss my neck, and I pushed her away. That didn't stop Drea and she climbed on top of me, straddled me, and went to kiss me. I instantly pushed her off, but I heard a gasp and saw Jai looking at us in horror. I am sure that the sight of seeing her cousin on top of me, both of us naked, had Jai thinking I fucked Drea, but I did not. I hate that I didn't even hear Jai come into the room. What she saw is all that happened!.I believe Drea took Jai's room key on purpose just to set me up. It was all just bullshit. Even in my drunken state, I knew that wasn't Jai laying next to me. But that was the moment. That was the moment I broke Jai's heart, even though that was never my intention. As far as the condoms go, I believe Drea staged that shit as well. I wish there was proof to prove all of this, but there just isn't. That's what I hate. I know I'm innocent, but I can't prove that to Jai anyway.