HEAT OF PASSION

Reality in Numbers

** A MONTH LATER **

Things were finally looking good and coming together. Tiara got a call from Mrs. Davis about Shay's health and it looked like Shay was finally coming around. She still was breathing with the help of the chest cavity because her lung still wasn't strong enough but she fought the hell out of that pneumonia & although there were still some high health risk it still felt good to know that her best friend was coming around and she couldn't wait until she awakened up completely, they had so much to catch up on.

Tiara had been so tied up at the shop getting back into things that she rarely hung out with Bianca anymore, they just spoke on the phone most of the time. They would FaceTime while they both got ready to start their day, utilize their blue tooths on their way to and from work and throughout the day whenever one had a gap between time one would call the other.

Tiara and Sheek were doing good as well, he was around a whole lot more and they made love daily on a weekly basis. He even taken her out twice that month on dates and was planning a getaway for the both of them, she was hoping it was to Abu Dhabi where Sheek was from. She knew he had lots of family there and she wanted to meet them all, she only met his mother but that was very brief and she was no longer in the states so they never had that bond she wished she had.

She hadn't seen or heard from Kilo, but Michael finally reached out and planned for him and Tiara to go out to lunch to talk and catch up, she invited Bianca along too since she wouldn't shut up about her brother but she made sure that she wouldn't show up until an hour later so that she could have as much time with her brother that she needed to talk.

Tiara was looking good and feeling good. She recently cut her long curly hair into a shoulder length blunt cut bob and she was rocking a pair of her favorite Denim high waisted jeans with a floral crop top that made her boobs peak out just a little. Her body chain swayed as her hips twisted while she worked her bird caged pumps into the restaurant to meet her brother who had already reserved a table for three in the very back corner of the restaurant.

She made her way over to him.

"Why you didn't pick a seat by the window?" She questioned setting her bag down in Bianca's seat and sitting down directly across from him.

"You know I like to keep my shit low key, besides .. We need to talk & I need to feel as secure as possible"

She nodded and began to feel a little uneasy "...okay?...so what's up?"

"I missed you sis, we were so close and it hurt me that I left you. You held a nigga down while I was locked but while I was away and couldn't do much for you on the outside I figured out a way to make sure you'll always be good on the outside"

She smiled "I missed you too...you didn't have to worry though because Sheek--"

He shook his head and put his hand up

"$500 thousand dollars, T" he spoke

"What!?...that's a lot of money .. Where--"

"Just listen alright? Don't cut me off" he paused

She nodded

He continued

"You sent me $200 weekly for my canteen for 6-7 years .. I was transferred for my last year so I know whatever else you sent got sent back to you. Anyway .. Like I said to you before, I never spent it. I kept it, the plan was to give it back to you for you to give it back to Sheek...but after seeing you Tiara? After all these years and being around you again...you have to promise me that you won't give that nigga shit, and keep this money for yourself."