Salvation ( Completed..editing)

- Chapter Seven -

"Now my madness is the only love I let myself embrace."

- The Weeknd

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Ant

A month later...

"She won't even look at me the same way man" 

I was checking on the renovations of my tattoo shop. In the month that I've been home my main focus was getting financially stable. Had Marcel not helped me I would be looking for a simple nine to five and praying that someone would let me work for them being I was a convict.

"You put your hands on her. What did you expect?" I asked signing some documents from the contractor.

"Ion know. I let my temper get the best of me."

"You ain't the only one" I mumbled pointing to the wall I wanted to knock out for the contractor.

"I'm not comfortable with you fucking my lil sister" I had a feeling he knew prior but I never said anything.

"You ain't got to worry about that man" I joined him at the front.

"Kill the bullshit Ant. Every time I visited your ass in the five years you were locked up all I heard about was her. Even though she used a different name don't mean shit in my book. You gone really try and act like you don't have feelings for her?"

"Man ion want to talk about this shit no more. Just drop it." I was tired of talking about the same shit. At the moment Dawn is the least of my worries.

"You hurt my sister I'm gone fuck you up Ant" Marcel threatened as Kellena walked in.

"So I had to hear through the grapevine that you're out?" She asked walking over to hug me.

Kellena was just a fling and that's it. We fucked on and off for years and nothing came of it. At the time we were just content with each others company. She up and disappeared on me when Maria and I got serious. This was the first time I've seen her in almost nine years. I must say she still fine as hell.

"I been busy but the hell you doing here ma?" I asked as our hug broke. I had to return my attention to the renovations to stop from looking at her body.

"Came by to make sure the rumor wasn't a lie. How are you?" She asked.

"Aye I'm out. I'll see you at the crib." Marcel said before leaving. I was still staying with them until I got things handled. Shit was hard because of Dawn popping up left and right. I nodded so that he knew I heard him.

"I'm good just getting my shit together you know but what's up. I had to go, and get out of jail for you to hit me up?" Her smile faded and she started to play with her fingers. Which she only did when she was ashamed.

"Nah I want to apologize for ending things the way I did back then. I was so mad that you got with that Maria bitch and I just decided to end things."

I nodded while rubbing my chin hair. "Mad at what? What we had going on had nothing to do with what me and Maria had."

"That's the thing. For a while I was content with what we had. Just chilling no strings attached. I grew feelings for you and by that time I realized, you and Maria was getting serious. I didn't want to go through being rejected so I cut off all communication."

"That makes sense." I nodded nonchalant. "Shit you should've said something though. I probably wouldn't of been in jail."

"What do you mean? Maria had something to do with you being locked up?"