Best Friends

55

Zahria is looking at her father as if she is seeing a ghost and her father is looking at her like she is filth.

I have never seen so much fear in Zahria like this very moment in time. It's like a prey being head on with it's predator. The intensity of the stare off has me in awe.

You can hear a pin drop to how quiet the living room is.

"Daddy!"

"Don't fucking address me. Sit down and shut up." Trigga looks as if she objects he will snatch her head right from it's body.

She drop her suitcase and move like a slug until she is sitting Infront of Trigga with her head low.

"You girl, sit-down here." Trigga continue with his voice that command the entire room with a roar.

"Hell the fuck no. None of you don't rule me. You can't hurt me either because I'm carrying your son's child." Diamond snap back rubbing her belly while looking at me.

I mean I'm in no position to be angry and judge him, I was a fool and made some terrible decisions which I can never undo.

Her pregnancy must be young for her to not be showing. I won't say my heart did not leap at the mention of her pregnancy and Kahjeel being the father.

The front door open and this time Kahjeel's mother Britney walks in. She is sexy with her shoulder length jet black hair. She has on a simple summer dress but the way she walks and move you can tell she knows she is untouchable.

"I can't believe you both left me in Dubai by myself." She hug her husband and they share a brief kiss then she turn looking around. "Where is my son?"

Kahjeel finally moves out of the corner he had planted himself for the duration of the time we have been in the room and greet his mom. They both embrace each other for a few minutes until she looks over at me.

"Looking at your face and how timid you look right now explain why you were a bitch on the phone. Come let us leave the boys to talk while I get you clean up."

She outstretch her hands to me with a smile and I take both of her hands and allow her to lead me to my previous room.

Inside looks the same as it was before I left. The smell of it when I laid here shivering for my life. The sheet I was under when Alex lift me out of the bed. My hands start sweating and I'm breathing hard.

Britney squeeze my hand and turn me towards her "Listen to me Maria, don't go back to that place. Listen to my voice and breathe, in and out just like this."

"That's it. Now listen to me. When my husband and I got together I was timid and afraid of him and his lifestyle. He married me after knowing me for less than a month and I stood beside him through it all."

"Why are...." I try to say but she stop me.

"Just listen. I saw how he loved me before I loved him and I didn't know that kind of love before but I tried and it was hard and I had to learn a few things. Don't get me wrong I made him mad as hell at one point he crashed his car in a light post because he was mad that I was upset with him."

We both laugh at the same time because I can picture Trigga doing that.

"The point is, I stood beside him as his other half and did as he asked and sometimes more than he asked and not once did that man intentionally hurt me. Yes he has cheated and thinks I don't know but the point is he saved me and loved me through my worse days and made me who I am today."

At this moment I understand everything Britney is saying. "I do love him Britney but I struggle to accept that he loves me especially with that girl being pregnant now."

"Fight for your love Maria. Don't throw it away because you think your not good enough because you are enough."

"Why did he cheat then? Why is Diamond still around? Why....."

She place her index finger over my lip and smile.

"Tell me you don't love him and I'll take you any where in the world away from him and my husband." She says looking in my eyes.

When I have been quiet long enough she chuckle then stand from the bed. "I want you to fight for your family and stand up for yourself. Do that and then we'll talk about something else."

I nod and she rub her hand over my bump smiling. "I can't wait to meet you." She plant a little kiss on my bump then head outside.

The house is quite and I assume they all have left since I took almost an hour to shower and get dressed. I turn around in the mirror to look at my self and rub my hand over my bump.

I walk out the room and notice everyone still sitting in the living room as if waiting on someone.

"Hi" I say shyly to no one in particular.

"We have been waiting on you." Trigga says as he pat the seat next to him and Britney. I sit beside him and he begin to talk.

"Maria does not know this but now she will. I told Busshead years ago that the first girl he gets pregnant he has to get married to."

I look at him then at Kahjeel who has no expression on his face nor looking at me.

" Well that's me because I am 6 months and Maria is probably just four months for one and second how do we know that she is pregnant for Busshead when she was living with a man for over 7 months now?" Diamond says standing.

I look over towards Britney and she nod.

"I'm 27 weeks and don't mention my name in your mouth. I hate even the ground your standing on." I reply rolling my eyes.

"Bap bap, Maria mi like you now." PinPin says laughing.

"Alright Maria and Busshead forward." Trigga says as he walk outside.

I look over at Kahjeel before I stand and walk out before him. We are all standing outside without saying anything at all.

"Listen mi need unuh fi sort out whatever differences so that we can deal with the wedding before she have baby." Trigga says talking more so to Kahjeel than me.

"I'm not getting married."

Trigga continues to talk while Kahjeel nod his head in response to every other word.

"I'm not getting married to Kahjeel. Yes I'm having his baby but I cannot marry him." I snap getting both their attention.

"You feel like mi did a ask you? Kill you fucking dead you have a choice in this. Busshead sort this out before next week." Trigga walk away and head to his car then a few seconds after Britney and PinPin walk out of the house.

Kahjeel and I are left standing in place while they drive out of the compound.

I attempt to walk away when he grab my hand and I wince in pain. He immediately let go of my hand and fear flash across his face.

"Fuck, I'm sorry. You okay?"

"I'm fine, I just need to get to a hotel."

He furrow his brow looking at me "Why?"

"Because I'm not sleeping in this house. Do you know what they did to me? Do you know how they tortured me because of you?"

All the blood from his face drain leaving him looking pale and lost. I know it's not his fault technically but it was because of me loving him.

"I told you time and again to tell me if something is wrong and you lied every time. Why are you complaining now?" He ask.

"Your tempting me to hate you but I refuse to. As I said I don't feel comfortable sleeping in your house so please arrange for me to sleep at a hotel."

"Mi yute a sleep under my roof."

"I said no."

He shake his head and grab the remote for the gate from his pocket and close the gate then head inside leaving me outside.