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ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱɪᴀ ʙᴀʀʀɪɴᴏ
ᴊᴜʟʏ 2, 2020
ʙᴀʀʀɪɴᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ

"interview with ellen– you canceling it again or?"

"no, ill go on. what day?"

"after the fourth."

"is it the fifth, sixth...?"

"fifth."

"okay, ill be there. thank y–" i walked into my office and saw a huge bouquet of red roses sitting on my desk.

"oop, someone's got a secret admirer. what does the note say?"

"plenty of apologies, plenty of kisses. too much love, many beautiful promises, lots of hugs, tender feelings so true
i will do anything to make it up to you. adore, taraji."

"she's so cute for this." i smiled as i smelled the roses.

"now it's time to forgive her. i don't know what she's done, but still. im sure she regrets it now."

"no, not yet, and not that fast. can you put these in water, please?"

"is it really that bad?" tab asked as she took the flowers from my desk.

"worse than bad. it's the most hurtful thing she's ever done, and we'll get past it eventually, but i know for a fact that ill still be hurt about it for a while."

"oh its that bad...."

"yeah, very much. anyway, other than ellen, what else do i have to do?"

"gotta add one more song to the free yourself album so it could be released, and that will be all until the next few years."

"once i drop that album, im going on a hiatus." i leaned back in my chair, sighing.

"i mean, you have been blessings their ears the past six years. there's nothing wrong with taking a break. with this, they'll have something to bop to while you're away."

"shit thirteen songs they better make that last for a while. it is not as easy as they would make it seem. having to write thirteen songs– the time and effort is a lot. oh, and im done writing my last one. i just have to record it. i will admit it brought tears to my eyes– that was around the time maurice... you know...."

"oh God, that name makes me wanna vomit. that was so freaking fucked up. i told myself that if i ever saw him again, i would beat his narrow ass."

"even after all of that, i was still in love with him. i tried so badly to look like the woman he dumped me for and failed miserably. im so happy i found myself again. i found my happiness and my happiness's."

"and im happy for you. absolutely no one could even beat a smile out of your ass before taraji stepped in the picture."

"wait, now, i smiled a lot for you, my mom, and rico."

"shit, barely. the only time you'd smile big was when you had food in front of you."

"i– that's not true! i smiled without the food....too, i think." i scratched my head.

"you think?"

"well, no, i know i smiled big without it"

"shall i go down memory lane cause you know i got everything on camera."

"no, it's fine.." she records everything. wasn't about to clear me.

"mm hm that's what i thought. so, let's get this last song done and roll right into the booth."