It had been about a week that I was livin in my own place. I had already paid for two months in the apartment and I had my own furniture, bedroom set, kitchen items, fridged stocked with my favorites- It was great. I thought about payin for the entire six months lease but I didn't wanna get my hopes up. I might wanna move back in with Shawn after a while but for now I didn't see that happenin. I was seein clearly now and knowin that i had my own spot brought a smile to my face that nothin could take away.
I was layin on my bed starin at the ceilin thinkin again about everythin that I had gone thru and the places that it took me. I thought about my GED and how I failed the test by one damn point. Science was not my favorite subject and some of that shit they was talkin about, had my mind twisted up and around the c#rner but like the man said, I could come back in eight months and take it over again and i was for sure goin to because I wanted to be a painter. Speakin of that, I bought some more materials and set up a nice spot in my livin room to paint. I would have the freedom and power to do so even in the middle of the night.
I finally got up and went into MY kitchen- MY KITCHEN...it has a ring to it- I went into my kitchen and went into the fridge to make myself a sandwich. When I was about half way done in the middle of puttin on the cheese, my cell began to ring. I thought that it was Shawn because, we had just been talkin over the phone lately. The day that we came over to look at this place, I moved out and I hadn't seen him since then. It was really my choice than his. He had tried many of times to come over but I wanted him to understand that I wasn't kiddin with him about f#ckin with Tony and Tip. I knew the hood like the back of my hand and it was real.
When I picked up my phone that was still on the charger, I saw that it was Tyler. I let out a deep sigh and took the phone off the jack. "Yep..."
"U were right," he said waitin for me to jump on him but I had nothin bad to say.
"What u talkin about Tyler?"
"Richardson...He was cheatin on me well...he was cheatin with me on his wife. He told me two days ago and the funny thing is....he took half of the money I had saved up and the money that I got from my mom's insurance."
"What?"
"I had some money saved up and I told his ass about it thinkin he had money and shit but really he didn't have anythin. His wife did all the work while he stayed at home doin shit and he stole my money."
I knew that it was wrong but I had a smile on my face and I was shakin my head at the same time because I tried to tell his ass this info but he ain't wanna listen and i wasn't even tryna give him no sympathy because he was ready to just cut me off for this dude that he barely knew. "Now I can't even pay my rent for this month and they tryna kick me out." I just stood silent on the phone and waited for him to continue. "I'm so shocked right now and I don't even know what to say...I don't even know where I'ma stay and when I tried to call him like I want my money back that n!gga cussed me out and his wife got on the phone talkin shit. Both of them stupid, I sware to God this is so f#cked up......U ain't got nothin to say to me."
"What do u want me to say," I said with a little chuckle.
"Say somethin...anythin. Cuss me out, tell me I told u so, somethin."
"I'm not sayin that."
"Why? Ain't u happy?"
"Why would I be?.....U sat up here this entire time puttin me off for some n!gga who don't know who he wanna f#ck- men, women, cat, dogs- and u expect me to be on yo ass like 'oooh boo I'm so sorry'? No! Tough got damn noodles. I don't have shit to say to u because u hurt me when u dissed me off that shit. I ain't neva turned my back on u for some n!gga. Never! And u only callin me cause u finna get put out and u need somewhere to stay."
