The Assistant: 3

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billie pov

"ruby, do you have any white tulips?" i ask her like i didn't just hang up on my wife

"yes right over here! follow me" she smiles before leading the way in her big ass flower garden

i follow her until we reach the white tulips. "perfect" i say grabbing four of them before we head into the house. i think that's all i need.

after a long day at work i decided to head to one of the women who cleans the building, home because she grows her own flowers for people to pick and make their own bouquets.

i wanted to get some flowers for my baby even though, as you can see she's being very...harsh?

i'm trying to figure out why she was looking at my location. she never looks at my location unless....

i pull my phone out quickly and i google my name. the first thing that pops up is a an article by tmz. i hate them.

i open it and i scrunch my face up in disgust. no way they think i'm fucking a woman that's old enough to be my grandma?!?!

i was helping the poor lady to not get pics took by paparazzi and she forgot her pain pills for her back so i held her hand to help her walk.

so that's why she was calling me and threatened to kill me. i honestly didn't wanna hear all that so i hung up.

suddenly the door to the house slams open and sierra walks in.

"what's going on here?" she asks

"chill, i'm getting aaliyah flowers. it's none of that weird stuff that tmz made it seem like. this is the lady"

"oh" she say

the fact that she sent sierra is crazy. it's like she wants me to die! sierra would kill me without giving second thought to it, i remember that day she jumped me and almost choked me out. i did deserve that though.

"well why were you all up on her like that?"

"i'm sorry, what?" ruby asks

"i was helping her to her car. as you can see she's old enough to be our grandmas and she forgot to take pain pills this morning before work also she didn't want her face in paparazzi"

"why did you hang up on aaliyah?" she asks crossing her arms

"it was an accident" i lie knowing if i told the truth she would cuss me out

"why didn't you call back?"

"i was finishing picking out her flowers" i shrug "plus if i was doing something suspicious i wouldn't have answered the phone"

"hmm i guess" she say "anyways im leaving"

she leaves out the front door and i let out a sigh before pulling out my phone. i don't see any missed texts or calls from aaliyah before i decide to call her.

"hi baby" i say when i hear she answered

"what?"

"i'm sorry i hung up on you like that and i'm sorry for lying to you. i just have a surprise for you" i tell her

"why didn't you just say that at first?"

"i don't know! and i'm sorry. i have a lot of brain farts but i'll make it up to you i promise. i'll be home in like twenty minutes, for real this time"

"what were you doing all these hours?"

"i was at work, a lot of stuff happened. i'll tell you about it when i get home. i love you"