Independent In Love

Chapter Three

Jade woke up and De'Ante was up and about. As she laid there she thought about how she was going to tell him about her trip to Kershaw. She moved her sore legs off the side of the bed and headed for the shower. Jade knew that her husband had gotten Destinee up and they were downstairs. She grabbed a washcloth from the shelf and moved to the shower turning the water on.

The bathroom filled with steam, fogging the glass. She stepped inside and the water slide down her body. Grabbing her Dove body wash, she lathered her rag and began to wash her body. Her shower was so relaxing. She need this plus a couple of shots to deal with De'Ante and his outrageous temper. After rinsing her body she shut the water off and grabbed a towel from the rack. Wrapping the towel around her body she headed for the sink to brush her teeth.

Forty-five minutes later she was dressed in a wide leg, denim pants with a blouse that tied in the front only showing her navel. She slid into her tan wedge heels and added some nude gloss. After fluffing hair out she put in her gold hoops and Rolex. Feeling like she was looking good she headed downstairs to her husband and daughter.

As she made her way down stairs she could hear De'Ante talking to Destinee and she giggled up a storm. Once she got in the kitchen she had to stop and stare at him. He had on some black 87 jeans with a Gucci shirt with his Gucci belt on full display. His black Atlanta snapback was turned backwards. His black and white Givenchy high-tops had him looking like he was about to do a photoshoot.

De'Ante was fine as hell and he knew it. He was sitting in front of Destinee in her highchair as he feed her some grits and eggs. This was one of those Kodak moments for sure. Destinee was dressed in her khaki shorts. Destinee had on a white tank with a three quarter length blue jean blazer. On her feet were some gold thong sandals with a flower on top. Her gold bracelet was secured around her little wrist and her Destinee pendant was on display.

"Good morning." Jade said as she walked over kissing her husband and daughter on the cheek.

"Good morning baybeh. You look beautiful as always." His eyes scanned her frame.

"Thank you. You looking all debonair and lets not forget sexy. Hell baby girl looking fly."

"You know I ain't gon' have it any otha' way."

Jade leaned against the counter because it was now or never.  "Babe I need to talk to you about something."

"You not gon' eat first." He looked up at her and then back to his daughter.

"Yeah, but what I have to say is important." She said biting down on her lip.

He wiped his hands and then Destinee's. Turning around her gave Jade his undivided attention. He could tell that whatever it was; it had to be something heavy because she had a serious look on her face. For some reason he had a feeling that he wasn't going to like what she was about to say.

"What's up?"

"I have to go out of town the end of the week. I'm going to Kershaw to for a week tattoo session."

"Did you forget that you have a one year old daughter who needs your undivided attention?"

"No De'Ante. Don't make it seem like I will be neglecting my daughter because I always make sure I'm with her and I take care of her so don't insult me." Jade rolled her eyes.

"You shoulda' told me sooner." He stood and grabbed Destinee from her highchair.

"I tried to tell you last night, but digging in my guts was more important than me telling you about my trip. So don't get all mad now."

"You being selfish, Jade."

"How the fu-how in the hell am I being selfish? I think you got it backwards. You are being selfish and totally unreasonable about this."

"Shit has changed now that we have a daughter. You can't just up and leave like you don't have a fucking family."

"Oh my God! You act like I'm leaving and never coming back. This is my career. Did you happen to forget that or is you don't give a damn?"

De'Ante headed upstairs with Jade hot on his heels. She couldn't believe how big of a jackass he was being. He was being so selfish and unfair. If he thought that she was just going to stay at home and not enjoy doing what she love; he obviously had another thought coming. He had her fucked up.

He placed Destinee on her feet and she took off running in her room. De'Ante turned to Jade and leaned up against the wall. The muscle in his jaw was working overtime as he stared at her. "When do you leave?"

"Friday."

"And you return next Friday?"

"Yes."

"Is that why you don't want to have anymore kids because you want to travel around doing tattoos. I mean I know that's what you love to do, but shit is different now that we are married and have a daughter."

"How the hell so? I mean you work sometimes long hours and now that you have all these other restaurants opening I understand that you will be busy, but I know that you won't forget about us."

"Jade I just want to keep you close and protect you. With so much shit that happened I just worry about you. That's why I don't want you working."

She looked up at him and couldn't help but smile. "Baby I understand, but you can't expect me to give up what I love especially when I have been doing this for so long. That's not fair. And as far as having another baby now is not a good time. I mean think about it. You have your businesses to get up and running. Then there is the fact of me doing bigger things with my tattoo artistry."

"I he-"

De'Ante was cut off by Jade's cell phone ringing. She slid her phone from her back pocket and looked at the screen. She seen that it was Blu and wondered what the hell Jayden had done now. "What's up boo?"

"Um Jade you might want to get down here asap." Blu said in a frantic tone.

"Is everything okay?"

"Jade just get your ass down here now!"

"Okay I'm on my way."

"Is everything okay?" De'Ante asked.

"I don't know. That was Blu and she told me to get to the shop asap." Jade walked in her room and grabbed her things so that she could head out.

Jade quickly kissed her husband and went to kiss her daughter before heading out. She didn't know what the hell was going on, but she hoped like hell nobody had done anything stupid. If they did it would surely be their ass for real.

*******

Jade stood there in the middle of her shop not believing the shit that was being said to her. It all had to be a joke or she was being pranked. What was worse her husband was behind it all. That's what hurt the most. She had so many questions roaming around in her head as she listened to what was being said to her.

All her blood sweat and tears was no longer hers.

"Mrs. Rodgers I'm sorry I thought you were aware. Maybe you should talk your husband because all this was planned out months ago and today was the day that everything was finalized.  Mr. Sheppard said looking uncomfortable.

Blu looked on and shook her head. Neither one of them saw this shit coming and sadly De'Ante wasn't gone see Jade coming either because she was on fire and was ready to explode. Mr. Sheppard passed the documents that were signed and finalized to her. Right now she had to stay away from her husband because he had definitely crossed the lines with this bullshit.

De'Ante had fucked up royally and Jade as going to fuck him up even more.....

Excuse Mistakes!