Turning on my side, I felt warm body heat next to me and snuggled up against the hard surface. I felt comfortable and at peace for some strange reason. A hand gently caressed my cheek causing my eyes to pop open. I sat up and saw Kareem in front of me and he was shirtless. I looked down and saw that I was only in some matching purple underwear.
"Good morning, beautiful." "Oh my, what did we do?" I asked, raising my voice just as a sharp pain went through my head, causing me to groan and hold it with both hands. "Nothing, I just gave you a bath and laid you down," he shrugged nonchalantly. "You took my clothes off?" I asked in disbelief and he nodded. "Uh, yeah." He replied.
"No, no, no." I got up with the sheet around my body and started looking around. "Where's my clothes?" I asked. "You threw up all over them before you fell asleep in my truck." He got up and went in the closet then returned with some clothes.
"Just wear this." "I ain't about to wear ya wife clothes. Speaking of your wife, why you was laying in the same bed as me? She coulda walked in and saw us half-naked and thought we fucked." I said. "My wife is out of town," he shrugged.
"Look, where's my clothes from last night?" "I threw them away, just wear this. She wouldn't care,' he handed me the clothes and I took them, going in the bathroom. "You got an extra toothbrush?" I asked. He came in and started looking around, putting things on the counter for me.
I thanked him and he left, leaving me in solitude. Taking care of my hygiene was important to me so I made sure to take advantage of this opportunity. It actually felt nice to sleep on a bed instead of on the hard concrete. I just wish I had a life like Kareem, he seems to be doing alright with himself. His wife is very lucky.
Once I was done with everything, I went in the living room and saw Kareem talking on the phone. He only wore some sweats that was hanging lowly. I saw his print poking through and gulped. He looked at me and smiled before ending his conversation.
"Want some breakfast?" He asked. "No, I just need to go home or something. My head hurt," I mumbled. "I can get you a pain reliever, come on." He said, already walking in the kitchen. I followed him and he gave me a pill and a water bottle.
"You might be trying to drug me." I side-eyed him and he chuckled. "I would never," he said. I took the pill and washed it down with some water. He leaned over the counter, looking at me while biting his bottom lip.
"Stop looking at me like that," I fiddled with my fingers and looked down. "Like what? I'm just admiring how beautiful you are." He said before licking his lips. "Yeah, right. You prolly thinking of ways to take advantage of me. I shoulda never took that pill, did you drug me? I bet you gave me some sleeping medicine and you gonna try and rape me while I'm sleep. Ain't you?" I asked, picking up a knife from the knife rack and gripping it tightly.
"No, I promise you I'm not that type of guy." "You being too nice and Ion trust it. Something is up with you," I aimed the knife at him and threw it just as he ducked.
Picking up more knives, I threw them one by one and he ducked everyone. "Stop throwing knives at me!" He screamed as one grazed his side. "You need to leave me the fuck alone or I'll kill you." I threatened, throwing the last knife. It went clean past his head and landed in the cabinet door.
"Are you done?" He asked from under the counter. I rolled my eyes and walked out. I felt his hand on my wrist and turned around with my fist cocked back. "Why are you so angry? Calm down," he said, holding my fist. "Let me go," I spoke through clenched teeth.
"No, I won't let you go and I'm never letting you go. You want to know why? Because you are my wife and I love you more than anybody can ever imagine. It might sound stupid to you but it's the truth. I love you like how you love Popeye's, football and August Alsina, I love you a million times stronger than that. I can't continue pretending like it's my first time meeting you like the doctor told me to. I need you with me, I'm empty without you and I'm cold as fuck at night without you by my side. I need the love of my life back and I pray every night for your memory to restore. It breaks me down inside when you look at me and don't know that I'm the love of your life. It's all my fault, I should have never pushed you to the edge because I knew you were going to run from your problems. I just didn't think that somebody was out to get you. I promise you I'll find who did it and get revenge for our kids, for our family, for us."
