Living For Tomorrow

Chapter 2 • The Difference

Syven's POV

I should've been upset, I should've followed him out the door the moment I heard him getting up to leave me for her. There were millions of different scenarios playing through my mind at once yet I did nothing. I let him leave me pregnant with his child for another woman, was I pathetic or was I a woman in denial? Here I was in a two year relationship, six months pregnant, and my man was in love with his best friend.

Sitting at the dining room table I let the salty liquid fall from my eyes as I tried to understand how I wasn't woman enough for the love of my life to want me. Not once could Tanajai accuse me of cheating or even paying another man dust; because he and Mahkayla were my only two focuses in life. Without TJai there was no me and here I was slowly but surely losing him to a woman who already had a fair shot at him. Was I not pretty enough compared to her, did I not care enough like she did?

Questioning myself as a prideful woman hurt but losing your man right in front of you hurt even more when he didn't care enough to at least pretend there was nothing going on. Many nights after none-stop road trips and consistent traveling, TJai wouldn't even come home, the first person he would go see being Nuriel.

When we were first introduced I never knew I would have to worry about her taking the one person, afar from my family, I truly cared for. I mean she was in a healthy relationship to my acknowledgements and still was to this day. She had her man and I had TJai, or so I thought as I looked at the location of TJai's phone.

Sitting in plain evidence on my own screen was Tanajai's location on the Find My iPhone app. He had been gone from home almost four hours now making it at least 8 O'clock in the morning. What did she have that I didn't, how could she keep my man when I catered to his every beck and call?

As my tears of sadness began to burn out tears of rage formed. I was woman enough to know that TJai had everything he needed at home and the consistent disrespect he allowed between him and Nuriel's relationship would stop before my daughter was ever born to see her mother not be loved by the only man who had her heart.

Standing from my morning cup of hot chocolate, I threw the mug as it landed in shards of broken clay. "Ms. Aortez is everything okay?" Kenya, one of the housekeepers, rushed to ask as she began cleaning the mess I had made in a fit of rage.

"Tell Chauncey to get me a car from the garage out, I have business to handle." Walking out of the large dining room I held my head high as I set foot into a different direction.

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Pulling up to the nice house, it was only approximately ten miles from the one Tanajai and I shared I was livid when I saw the matching cars in the driveway sitting so happily as if they were together. TJai was here and couldn't make up any excuses for this one. Here I was six months pregnant and he was living lavishly with the best friend.

He had to be out his damn mind! There was no other explanation, Tanajai Stewart had lost every working brain cell from his mind. Walking up the long pavement to the front door, I thought about taking a rock from the flower bed closest the cars and fucking up both Porsche's. Two years I'd given Tanajai of myself and did we have matching cars, or even matching outfits? The nerve of him and this bitch. I chuckled as my knuckles slammed down on the oak door in front of me, this nigga had another thing coming if he thought this little game him and Nuriel were playing was going to continue after today.

The door had been snatched open as I was stuck in a stupor state of mind. In all his glory in only a pair of Nike elite basketball shorts, TJai held the door open in shock. Taking my closed fist, I threw it at his face catching him off guard and continued my assault. The pain I felt-- I only hoped it could've been transferred through the hits I connected to his face.

After realizing I wasn't going to stop, Tanajai began trying to block my hands and soon Nuriel joined us. "Wow what the fuck!! Syven get off him you're six months pregnant, stop. You could the baby." Landing another vicious right hook I took my focus from TJai and went for Nuriel.

"Don't mention my child bitch." Shouting as I tried to lounge at Nuriel, TJai caught me.

"Syven what the fuck man! How you even know where she live? Stop trying to fight everyone before you hurt Mahkayla!" How did I know where the girl lived? How was I managing on not killing him would've been a better question.

My heart was broke and no longer did I live in denial, my man was in love with another bitch. "You can have him Nuriel, don't come home Tanajai. Not like you do anyways unless it's for Mahkayla, we'll be good without because it seems we already don't have you. This slut can keep you."

Turning to walk away Nuriel began to laugh as TJai stepped out closing the door to the big house. "Man Syven what? You surprised me coming over here, me and Nuriel ain't shit but friends and you know this. The whole two years of our relationship me and that girl ain't did shit together, that's my sister if anything. Stop it and talk to me please, yeah I was wrong for leaving this morning but I was coming back."

Snatching my arm from his hand I looked into his eyes, "yeah when? After she gave you permission to leave? I can't doing this Najai, I gotta do what's best for me and my baby, stressing over you and where you be for the next three months ain't gone work." I continued my way to the car as Tanajai stood there watching with a calculating look in his eyes.

(Tip #2. If you see something falling at least pretend to move and catch it - Tanajai Stewart)