Anything For Love

Chapter 22

                                            Kenneth Edmonds

I decided to take Peyton home because I knew I wasn't going to be able to think straight and I don't want her to see me like this. I got home from dropping her off and I just didn't know what to do. Usually, I would be cuddled with Toni or watching a movie with her or something, but now I don't know what to do. I decided to go into the studio because that usually helps me clear my head. I started recording and stepped into the booth, put the headphones on and I just began singing my heart out.🎤💔

Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices
Inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close
Don't patronize
Don't patronize

'Cause I can't make you love me
If you don't
You can't make your heart feel
Something it won't
Here in the dark
In this final hour
Imma lay down my heart
And feel the power if you want
No you won't

Cause I can't make you love me
If you don't
No

I'll close my eyes
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me
Mornin' will come
And I'll do, I'll try
Just give me till then
To give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

'Cause I can't make you love me
If you don't
You can't make your heart feel
Somethin it won't
Here in the dark
In these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And feel the power if you want
No you won't

'Cause I can't make you love me
No
If you don't
Say you ain't gotta love
You ain't gotta love
You ain't gotta love it

I can't make you love me
I can't do it
I tried my best
But you put my heart through the test

Oh I tried
Tried to get through to you girl
Oh can't you see
That I'm crying out to you girl

I can't make you love me
Oh if you don't

Kenny stepped out the booth, with his face covered in tears, and stopped recording and saved the track. He was still unsure about what to do without Toni, but what he did know is he's going to need to muster up all of his strength to get through this meeting tomorrow.

Toni Braxton
As soon as I heard Ken's car speed off, all of my emotions just sort of poured out. I have never cried so hard and so long in my life, but I just can't and don't want to stop. Since I live alone, I am kind of used to the isolation, but this is different. Usually I can call or text Kenny and I don't feel so desolate, but now I can't do that because every time I call him he sends me straight to voicemail. Toni went into the kitchen and grabbed a pint of her all time favorite comfort food, Vanilla Bean ice cream. Toni slowly walked back into her room and laid in bed while watching her all time favorite movie, I Love Lucy. Although she had her favorite things, she was still crying her heart out because she was missing her favorite person in the entire world and his name is Kenneth Brian Edmonds. Toni lie there with a pint full of ice cream, mind full of insecurities, red eyes from the tears and a broken heart from his absence.💔😔