Rekindled Devotion (Completed)

Eighteen

Cairo

Two Months Later

Friday Morning

I stare up the ceiling as I take a deep breath. I turn on my side as I grab my phone. I look over the text I received from Jai a few days ago.

Hey Cairo. I hope all is well. I really miss you. But I just wanted to reach out to ask if you would join me in a therapy session on Friday afternoon. It's at 4 pm. I've been in therapy for seven weeks now, twice a week. The therapist would like to meet with both of us. Please let me know if you are willing I would really love to do this with you.

I sigh heavily as I run a hand down my face as I also look over the location pin below the text. I'm not scheduled to go back to Atlanta for another week, so I do have the time. But me and Jai haven't talked since that blow up at her house two months ago. But shit is just crazy. I'm still hurt by what happened, but this time around I have not had the nerve to block Jai, I've just been ignoring her. She has texted me every single day, but I have never responded. She has called and called on FaceTime, but I just ignore it every time. I don't even know what to say to Jai. I really don't. My mind and my feelings are all over the place. I don't like at all that Jai reached out to Alex. That shit is messing with me. I really want to know if she did anything with him, but it's not my business and I am afraid of her response.

I am disrupted from my thoughts by Jai calling me. Fuck man. It's like she always knows when she is in my thoughts. She always calls or texts when I am thinking about her. I just watch the screen until the call goes to voicemail. I place my phone on do not disturb as I set it down. I have some serious thinking to do.

I throw the covers off of me as I slowly sit up in the bed. I throw my feet over the side of the bed and I stretch a bit. I stand up and head into the bathroom. I brush my teeth, enjoy a shower, and then do my skin care routine. I lotion my body, spray on a bit of cologne and then I get dressed. I then get my phone and head out to my first destination of the day.

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"Cairo...thanks for meeting with me today," Lina said sweetly. I smile as I nod my head as we talk in stride together in the mall.

"It's no problem. How you been Lina?," I asked.

"I've been good I can't complain how about you Cairo?," Lina asked.

"I've been cool. You know everything in Atlanta is really picking up. It's a little stressful but me and Cam are doing the best we can."

"I know you two are. But you two make me so proud. I've seen you two work so hard and it's really paying off now."

"Yeah you are right about that."

"....So?"

"So?," I said while raising my eyebrows. Lina gives me a look and I roll my eyes playfully.

"I haven't talked to Jai if you're wondering," I said.

"Do you want to?," Lina asked.

"I don't know."

"Do you still love her Cairo?"

"....I'll always love her," I said softly.

"...Talk to me Cairo. You know you are my friend too. You and Jai have been through so much." I sigh as I run a hand across my waves.

"Yeah....Lina I don't know man. She hid certain things for me and I can't lie that shit really hurts. The baby....that shit will hurt me forever, but I have accepted that. I've accepted the fact that she was sexually assaulted. I hate she had to go through that alone when I was right there. The bullshit with Drea....I'm happy that Jai knows the truth. But....this shit with Alex. Why did she have to reach out to him?"