Love More (Trilogy To New Flame)

Promise

Chris

"Are you gonna talk, A'Jahnae?" I raised an eyebrow looking at A'Jahnae standing there dumbfounded.

"Look, I did it for you-"

"Did what?!" I snapped angrily. 

"Don't yell at me, you're not the only angry one here!!" A'Jahnae went into the bathroom and slammed it. I sighed going towards the bathroom door noticing she locked it.

"Okay, I'm sorry for yelling, alright? Just tell me where you were."

"I don't want to anymore." I could tell she pouted like a two year old.

"I'll buy you something special if you tell me..."

"Like what?"

"It's a surprise. You have to tell me first." I looked down and waited to hear her say something. She was silent.

"Open the door now."

"No."

"Open it please." I spoke calmly, and in return, A'Jahnae opened the door slowly.  I looked into her eyes and saw guilt.

"Tell me." I breathed watching as she picked with her nails. 

"I kinda got Desire tortured." She looked down as my face heated. 

"For what, A'Jahnae?! You need to stop fucking interacting with her! You always act like a crazy bitch!" I snapped on her.

"A crazy bitch?! I did that shit for you  and your son, how dare you say that?!" I shook my head chuckling.

"So now you're using what happened to my son as a reason to torture some broad? Look, what the hell is wrong with you?"

"You know what? I'm done with this conversation, Chris, move!" I moved out her way as she left the room going into the kitchen. I followed her.

"You ain't done until I say you're done. You keep doing crazy shit. You ain't gonna be satisfied until you get locked up-" A'Jahnae picked up a butcher knife and threw it at the wall.  I watched as anger seeped from her face.

"Do NOT talk to me, alright?! My mother just passed away a fucking day ago, and when I found out Desire had something to do with Jakari getting shot, I finally wanted to do something right. You wanna know why I wanted to do the right thing?! Because if I've been doing the right thing, my mother would still be alive!!" I looked down as A'Jahnae began crying.

"She would! And I just wanted you to be happy. I saw the hurt in your eyes when you looked at Jakari in the hospital, and I just wanted you to smile."  She sniffed loudly.

"Causing pain on someone else does not solve anything."

"That's exactly what you did when Miguel raped me, Chris! You attempted to kill him."

"You being involved in violence is different, I should have handled it!"

"Well, fuck it! I already did!" I huffed walking out the kitchen. 

"You get on my nerves so much!"

"The feeling is mutual." I shrugged sitting on the couch with my head in my hands.  I could not believe Nae would do something like that.

"Get out my house now." A'Jahnae walked into the living room where I was. I looked up at her confused.

"What did you just say?"

"I said get out my house, I wasn't speaking Vietnamese when I said it, so I'm sure you heard it correctly."

"I ain't doin' shit. I bought this house, if anything, you can get out my house."