Aura

Chapter Twenty- Eight

Prince's Point Of View

I tried to explain my relationship with Laylani to Kaymari in the best way he could understand. I knew he didn't really get it but it was okay he was still young. 

Kaymari and Laylani got acquainted and he seemed to like her a lot. I watched her as he sat on her lap and played with her hair while Laylani was engaged in the television watching Frozen. She was such a big little kid as we put the show on for Kaymari and she was the only one really watching it.

"I should go home." Laylani said abruptly after checking her phone and yawning. She had spent the whole day with us and I knew her father had probably texted her asking where she was at. Laylani had told me about the hostility in her house and to my surprise it was Erin who had told her about Kaymari. When it was being explained to me I couldn't help but think about how the whole thing was a coincidence but it was almost like it was meant to happen. That just really goes to show what happens in the dark comes out in the light. 

I was so glad that me and Laylani were past that now though. I just really hoped that she could accept Kaymari and try and accept it. It wouldn't be any different from her having little sisters, it wasn't like Kaymari didn't already have a mother. 

A few hours later after Laylani left Pria had came to pick up Kaymari. She had gotten back from her cruise that same day a few hours earlier. Her natural light almost white dominican skin was now a vibrant brown and her hair also looked darker from the sun. She gave me the attempt at a warm smile she always did and I tried to muster one back but we both knew it wasn't genuine. 

"MOMMY!" Kaymari came running into the room and jumped into his mothers arms. She grabbed him excitedly and kissed him all over his cheeks in an affectionate way. 

"MY baby!" She squeezed him tight and he returned the hug laughing at her kisses. "I missed you so much. What have you been doing?" 

"Daddy took me to da movies... we went shopping... he showed me his new house, it's so nice mommy!" She nodded her head as Kaymari expressed his week. "And he introduced me to his girlfwiend." He said mispronouncing the word. Pria looked at me in a hurt way and she tried to suppress the pain that I knew was stinging her heart. 

"Girlfriend?" She asked me in a surprised way in an attempt to mask the sadness. 

"Yeah." I said shortly. I didn't owe her an explanation that was for sure. 

"Kaymari, mommy needs to talk to daddy for a minute so go get your stuff ready so we can go okay?" She asked him kneeling down to let him sit and he nodded in eagerness and left the room. 

"Prince, are you really never going to forgive me?" She asked. I sighed as I knew how this conversation that I had heard a million times was going to go. 

"Forgive you?" I scoffed. "You slept with somebody who I considered a brother Pria. I gave you everything... love, care, attention everything in me, and you cheated on me? And not just with anyone but with my best friend." I could feel the anger rise within me but I tried to keep it at a minimum. 

"Prince, people make mistakes! I will forget that for the rest of my life and you will never understand." Her voice became thick and I could tell she was on the verge of tears. "I love you so much till this day. That day Jamal came over I was just feeling so alone and sad. I thought you didn't love me anymore because I was fat. Prince, I was feeling weak and he took advantage of that. I know I hurt you.." Tears fell down her eyes and I couldn't help but feel Sympathy towards her. 

I had known Pria a while and she was genuinely my first love. During high school, her and I were inseparable. She wasn't just my girlfriend but she was my best friend too. That's why when I found out she cheated I really felt like someone was stabbing me in my chest. I loved her. I always would. But honestly, nothing she could say would result in us getting back together. I probably could forgive her, but I couldn't imagine being with her again. I understood her motives but in my mind the betrayal was just do deep. 

"Pria, don't cry." I pulled her into a hug and it was weird how natural it felt. A common nostalgia came over me and I almost missed her hugs. The smell of her hair was so familiar and the way her head fit in my chest just made my stomach tighten at the memories. I tried to push them out of my head as I remembered Laylani. I knew that I could think my feelings back into my head and I would never want to do that to Lay. 

I loved Pria in a "mother of my child" , "first love is always the deepest kind of way". But, I wasn't in love with her anymore. I was in love with Laylani. 

"I forgive you okay." I grabbed her chin so that her eyes were rested on mine and she wiped her tears. She was just as beautiful as the day I met her. However, when I look into her eyes now all I see is how much she's hurt me. "I forgive you, but I can't be with you. I love you and to some extent I always will. But I don't think we are right for each other. I want you to find somebody who genuinely makes you happy Pri." 

She smiled at me and without saying anything pulled me in for another hug. I think it was finally sinking into her head that our relationship days were over.