What The Business Did To Me

After

      "What did you really want to do, when you saw Dedrick and that girl together, that night?" I asked him. "Too many words to describe how I felt and not enough time, babe," he said.

 "Really?" I asked, surprised and shocked all at the same time. Does he really care about me? Does he really love me? But I feel as though I shouldn't say love, though.

 "Baby, I wanted to take you away with me, but I knew what he would do. He would get jealous and mad. I remember not too long ago, he had a girlfriend just like you, wrapped around his little finger, and babe I mean he really used that girl. Badly," he added.

"How bad?"

"Bad enough to end them both up in jail," he replied.

"In jail?" Wow, he was hiding that from me? Okay, "I see that he was hiding quite a few secrets from me, huh? The funny thing is, is that we were together for at least a year or longer. Now, I hope you're not hiding anything from me?" I wondered.

"No and if I haven't told you anything, yet, I will. And babe if I do have something to tell you, trust me you will be the first to know, alright?"

"Well, what did they get in trouble for?"

"Possession of drugs. He was smoking, while she had it on her and the police walked in on the process."

"I'm so embarrassed to know that I was in a relationship with a guy like that."

"Well, you don't have to worry about it for long."

"Why does he keep bothering with me, then?"

"I really don't know why," I got up and walked over to the window. I stared out into the street, watching a few of cars pass by, "All I want is to have a perfect life, and Kenom I know that's never going to happen."

"If you stay with me, then you will."

"Stop. I'm not going to fall for another one. I'm not a fool, Kenom," I turned back to where I was facing him.

"Come here, Shontelle," he commanded. I came into his prescence and he easily placed me on his lap," Look me in the eyes, Shontelle," I looked him in his eyes with fear of lies, "I love you. Now, I want you to tell me what part of that you don't understand."

"How could you love me when you've only known me for at least a week?"

"I guess love comes easy to those who believe in it." I had tears starting to form in my eyes.