GUILT

Chapter 11

      Chantelle woke up with a text message on her phone from JT. I would love to treat you to lunch later on today if that's fine with you, the text message read. Chantelle smiled and texted back, I would really appreciate that. She got up from the bed and went into the bathroom to shower. She looked in her drawers for an outfit that she could throw together. She pulled out a dark green pencil skirt and a beige tank to match her beige heeled sandals. Then she walked around her apartment until it was time for her to get ready for her date.

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   Shay picked up her phone to call Devin. "Hey, can you please tell me some details because I talk to Chantelle lastnight and she wants to claim that she's over Trae."

"Over Trae? Hell nah, she just hurting," he scoffed into the phone.

"I don't know, she started talking to her ex."

"Ex? Who's her ex?"

"Somebody that broke her heart during her senior year in high school. His name is JT."

"JT?" Devin sat down at his desk in his house to gather the information in his mind. "Is that his real name or does that stand for something?"

"I really don't know, why? Are you on some stalker type shit or something?" Shay laughed.

"No, I'm really trying to see if Trae was ever connected to a JT. I can't remember him ever talking about one but I do remember him saying something about someone who's name started with a 'J' before."

"Well, what did he say?"

"Back during Trae's high school years, Trae told me that he hung with a crowd that was nothing but trouble. And there was one dude he said that stood out the most because he sold drugs and tried to influence Trae to do the same thing. But neither one of them went to the same school. Trae was an athlete, he played basketball and football in high school and continued playing basketball in college. So the only time they could hang was either after a practice or game. The boy was jealous of everything Trae had. Girls, money, family support, and real friends. He wanted Trae to fall into that life so it could mess him up, and it did. Trae got caught with drug possession and had to sit out of basketball for a year his junior year in high school. It almost messed up his scholarship opportunities. But Trae swore from that day that he wouldn't fall back into that lifestyle."  

"Damn, that's some deep shit. But I think his name is Jarvis."

"Jarvis Taylor?! That's the guy! He works somewhere downtown in an office. Is he tall and dark skinned?"

"Yeah, that's JT."

"He's dating Joi! I saw him and her walking out of the office building where he works sometime last week and the two of them got into his car. Something's got to be up and Chantelle's about to be caught up in the middle of all of it."

"So that slick ass motherfucker trying to play my sister too?! Hell no. But why you think something's up?" Shay was getting heated all over again.

"C'mon put two and two together. Joi is Cayren's sister, Cayren is Trae's ex. Joi likes Trae, but is dating JT. Chantelle and Trae were in a strong dating stage. JT dated Chantelle and wants to date her again but is still dating Joi. I really think they trying to set her up in some kind of way. I don't know how but we can't let it happen."

"Hell no, I need to call her and let her know something's up before she makes the wrong decision."

"You do that and I'll give you a call later because this is just too much right now." Devin hung up the phone and went into his bedroom to lay back down. All of sudden, he received a text from Trae.