Man Of The Year: Secrets & Lies

Chapter Twenty One: In One Word

A total of three days of taking care of the kids and sleeping in separate rooms, both Aja and Kyrie were anxious to meet Dr. Devon Morris for the first time. He'd been highly recommended for just about everything there was on repairing broken relationships and/or marriage. Kyrie had filled him in on a few things about their troubled marriage just so, he'd know how to approach it. Dr. Morris reassured that the problem was going to take some time and effort on both ends.

There were going to be tears, doubts and heartbreak through the process. Dr. Morris informed Kyrie that it was going to be extremely beneficial in the end but only if they were willing to work for it.

"Dr. Morris will be with you both shortly, he finishing up with a someone now, but while you wait, is there anything I can get for either of you?" The young gentlemen asked who'd looked to be a complete replica of Dr. Morris.

"No I'm good. Babe, do you want anything?" Kyrie asked Aja while she looked at the marble floor.

"No, Thank you I'm fine." She said finally looking up.

"Okay, I'll make sure he remembers you both are here." They gave him a simple nod before he closed the door.

Aja sighed. "You think it would have been appropriate to ask for a drink?" Kyrie chuckled at Aja's nerves. "I'm serious the last time I had to do this was when-I was alone."

"You are not by yourself this time, Aja. I'm here with you every step of the way. Even if you want to kick my ass afterwards I'm still here." He kissed her forehead.

She nodded quietly as the door opened. " I hope I didn't have you two waiting long," They both stood awaiting to formally meet.

"It was no problem at all nice to finally see you in person, Dr. Morris." Kyrie shook his hand.

"You as well, and this must be Aja. I've heard wonderful things about you from your husband."

"I'm sorry. My hands are really sweaty." He nodded gesturing them to take their seats.

"That's quite alright, you both can take a seat." They did as they were told while he placed he reading glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Before we start our session, I want you both to know that during our time here I'll be taking notes and breaking down the necessary steps to fix this relationship. I am not electronically filming or recording anything, this is completely private." He added in.

"There will be points where it will ask a series of questions about issues as far as interaction during intimate moments such as conversing with one another, the relationship with your children and God. I wanted to added that in no way am I judging you, this is a judgment free zone." Dr. Morris unbuttoned his blazer and took his seat across from them.

They both nodded quietly as he continued to fill them in on how the session was going to be done. "Now, that we have that out of the way, besides being nervous, how are you doing, Aja?" He asked.

"I'm feeling like I'm going to be sick," Aja covered her mouth and ran out of the room leaving Kyrie and Dr. Morris.

"I need to go make sure she's okay." Kyrie said making his way out of the door.

After calming her nerves and get some to ease her stomach, the pair sat back in front of Dr. Morris as he wrote down a few notes. He looked up from the notepad and folded his hands.

"I'm glad you are okay, I had my son bring you some tea." He pointed over at the steaming cup of tea.

"Thank you." Aja spoke quietly.

"No problem. Now, I want to start off from the beginning. Your childhood. I've learned in previous sessions in the past is that our childhood plays a big part on how we act in relationships or in this case, marriage because we're all looking for something to fill that void. So, I want you both to use one word to describe your childhood, we'll start with you, Kyrie."