Deceitful | Book 3

| T H I R T Y - S I X |

BRUCE

"Man, what the fuck he doing here!?"

    I couldn't believe my eyes. And for a minute, I thought I was hallucinating or some shit. Just hearing that Gabby killed herself was fucking with me real bad and to come out and see this nigga standing in front of me was fucking me up.

    Cheri was looking at me as if she was nervous. The look on my father's face expressed to me that he was maybe wondering the same thing.

    "Look, Bruce...before you—"

    "Naw, fuck that shit. What the fuck is he doing here?" I interrupted Cheri before she could even get started.

    I found it kind of fucked up that she was being all friendly to this nigga when he tried to kill my ass over Tereny. Now she want to act like he didn't shoot my ass and literally tried to kill me. How she could be nice to him was beyond me. I mean, I get that they was once married, but it was too fucking soon. I didn't want this nigga to be nowhere near me. Not yet.

    "I don't want no problems." Martray said with his hands up as if I had a gun in my hand and was aiming it at his ass. It wasn't until at that moment that I really wished that I did have a gun on me so that I could aim it at his ass and pull the trigger. Then, we'll be even.

    "Man, walk away." I say, sternly.

    "Bruce, just calm down. He didn't come here for any of that. You know that he and Tereny share a daughter together and he's only here to make sure she's okay. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have never found Paci." Cheri tried to make shit sound better, but I was too gone with my attitude. It wasn't going to be easy to calm me out of the mood that I was in.

    "The fuck you talking about? You wanna remarry this nigga?" I had to question Cheri to figure out what in the hell was going on with her and why she was being so nice to this fool.

    She sighed and shook her head as she walked over towards me. "Bruce, please. Just act civilized for Tereny's sake."

    "You act civilize like you got some fucking sense because I don't see the sense the good Lord gave you. You siding with this nigga over your own flesh and blood all because you wanna get back with this clown." Cheri looked hurt by my words, but I was even more hurt by hers. "Man, you ain't family no more. Get the fuck on."

    "Look, man...I don't like ya ass either, but at the end of the day, it's all about Tereny." Martray thought to speak to me, but he was wrong for it. I walked up, wanting to start a fight, but my mama blocked me.

    "Come on, son, you just had surgery. You don't need to be doing any physical activities for a while. You cannot fight him, son. Just stop it and calm your nerves." She said as she looked at me with pleading eyes.

    "Please listen to Debbie, Bruce. He's just here to support Tereny. That's all." Cheri was still trying to make peace, but I wasn't with it.

    "Fuck you, Cheri."

    When I said that, her eyes widened and her eyebrows raised. I knew right then that I'd hurt her for saying such strong words, but that's how I felt. How dare she bring this nigga up here knowing what went on? She's supposed to be my sister. The fuck wrong with her?

    "Bruce!" My mama said as she smacked my arm.

    "Son, just calm it down a little. I don't like him as much as you do for the shit that he did. But you will respect your sister." My father said to me.

    "She disrespected me." I say, looking at a hurting Cheri.

    "How did I disrespect you, Bruce? By bringing Martray here? How is tha disrespecting you? He's not here for you. He's here for Tereny." She explained.