Tainted Love Reunited

TLR: Chapter II

Day after day, month after month, year after year, Rihanna was continuously hunted by Chris's ghost. She kept seeing him everywhere. Whether it was on stage, in her bedroom, in the bathroom, in her dreams. She couldn't get him out of her mind. Everyday she replayed back the day...the day she had forced Melissa to call into the jail so she can speak to him... she knew it was risky business but she could not help it. She needed to know how he was....

"Virginia prison cells, this is prison guard Henry, where may I direct you?" said the person on the line.

"M.Forde, looking to speak to Christopher Maurice brown", said Melissa while looking at Rihanna.

"password, please?" The prison guard questioned.

"...040506..." said Melissa looking at Rihanna' face paling.

Melissa found out the code through investigation. It was the day that Robyn and Chris became a couple.

"Access granted, please wait while we escort him ma'am" the prison guard replied...

She was put on hold and stared at her best friend. Was this really a good idea? They weren't supposed to communicate, but Robyn had to speak to him. It was the only thing that would bring her peace.

A beep rang through the phone meaning someone had answered but her call was being monitored.

".... Hello?" a scruffy voice said

"Hey bro..." Melissa answered softly.

She did not know how he would react and hearing his voice made her miss him alot. They used to be very close but then this fiasco happened and it seemed like they had been put against each other. . Team Robyn vs Team Chris... &' she was riding for her best friend the whole way.

"FORDE, Why are you calling. ", asked Chris after a brief moment of silence.

"Miss lil sunshine.... "Melissa whispered.

"Where?"... She heard Chris ask after a moment of silence.

Melissa looked at Robyn and handed her the phone. She did not know if this was going to turn out to be a disaster. She had yet to find out why Robyn didn't testify for Chris, but she had not done her full investigation either. Her selfish half wanted Chris to hurt and rot in jail, he had hurt her best friend, her sister... But it was a mistake. A mistake that shouldn't have happened.

"........hello?" chris repeated after hearing breathing on the phone.

"....b...Chris..." Robyn said. She had gotten chocked up and was speechless. She had wanted to speak to him, so why was it so hard for her?

Chris took a deep breath. He did not know how to react to her.

"Why are you calling... you know we're not..." Chris could not finish the sentence because he knew they were being recorded.

"I... i'm sorry," Robyn said and just anxiously waited for Chris' response. She was apologizing for more than just calling him. She was apologizing for everything... for getting to this place with him and breaking the promise she had made to him.

"Sorry... I'm sorry too... I'm sorry that sorry isn't enough" Chris replied, his voice sounding rough after moments of silence.

A tear slipped out of Rihanna's eyes. She knew better than to expect he would forgive her so quickly. An awkward silence followed and she did not know what to say... their time was slowly running out and she just wanted him to know how she truly felt.

"I...love you," She whispered as tears fell from her eyes.

She heard him gulp and take a deep breathe...it was something he always did when he was trying to fight back tears, when he felt defeated, or when he was angry... She did not know which one it was.

"This isn't love... This is angry, and tarnished, and tainted. FUCK ROBYN!" Chris shouted out in frustration. He so badly wanted to say it back but with everything that had happened he did not even feel like he knew the true meaning of love.

Rihanna froze... he had said her name. She hung up and just dropped the phone.Melissa saw her best friend's face pale and didn't know why she hung up so quickly.

"Robyn, Robyn... what happened?" Melissa asked frantically. Her best friend was not responding and she did not know what to do.

"He said my name Mel... Fuck he got so emotional and he said my name. Isn't this being recorded? Will they add on to his sentence? Am I going to go to jail? OMG I've done it again... wha gal am I" Rihanna said frantically with her accent starting to come out.

Rihanna remembered that like it was yesterday. She looked at her self in the mirror and did not even realize she was crying while reminiscing. That was a year ago. The judge made even more restrictions on the both of them so that they could really have no contact with each other. Her team was constantly watching her because she was Rihanna, she could find out how to get in contact with him but they were not willing for her to be in jail. So they booked more shows, interviews, tours, photo shoots but it seemed like his ghost was always around... no matter what she was doing.