The Other Side of Love

More Than I Can Bare.

Jhene Aiko as A'Kaia Ny'Elle Rodriguez.

Kendall has been blowing up my phone. Trying to talk after what happened at Gracie's. I just don't want to talk to her. Or anyone. I drove out to the spot where I last had my baby. It's a old abandoned beach. Nothing is wrong with it. I guess everyone just like the new one better. I sat on the bench and watched the waves crash against the rocks. I thought to myself are the rocks stronger than the waves? Which one am I? The waves or the rocks? Both are strong forces, but neither are really doing anything. Nothing major happened at Gracie's. Just my Mom and Dad had an argument. And Kendall and this girl got in to it. I don't know what for. I should be the embarrassed one. My momma brought up the obvious in front of everyone. Talking about "You dating your husband's wife. Bullshit bullshit."

I wish I could go back in time and just divorce Will ass when I found out about him and Kendall. I wish I had sense enough to leave his ass alone when I was a teenager. I wish I knew where my baby Kyis was. I miss her so much. I was 17 when I had her. I wanted to do the right thing and raise her. Willis wanted me to get an abortion. We came to an agreement of a illegal adoption settlement. I didn't know who it was. I still didn't. But his mother said it was a family friend. I was young and dumb so I just had to take her word for it. I had Kyis all up until she turned 3. Kay came and got her after the party and I never seen her again.
I guess it's true about being haunted by the past. Because Will and I never had another child. It's like God closed my womb. We never use protection and he never pulls out. I just can't get pregnant.

I walked over and sat in the sand with my feet in the water. I felt the wind blowing strongly against my body. I have thoughts about just ending it all. I've tried. But I'm still here. I wish I had something to just show me that I was going to be okay. To show me that I'm not a mistake. To show me that I can get through this.

Grant Pov: "Yes Will I deposited the money and now I'm on my way to Atkins to pick up the shipment. No you go ahead and fish.. I'll swing by the lake before I leave."
We ended our call and I turned my car off. I was waiting for Charles. He told me he had some good news to share with me. After I spent the day with my beautiful wife I took her and my kids back home. Charles has been blowing my phone up. So I hope whatever he has to say is worth it. He came out his house looking real good. No matter how hard I try. I can't seem to leave him alone.  He got in my car and he leaned over for a kiss. I sighed and pushed him back in the seat. "What do you need to tell me Charles?" He breathed deeply."You always act this way after you've been with that bitch!" I slapped him. *POP* "I told you about talking about Tasha that way! Now what do you have to say before I leave your ass again!" I watched as tears filled his eyes as he tried to compose himself. "Just put this address in." I typed in the address he told me and headed there. I reached over and held his hand. "Are you still going to Atkins with me?" I seen a smile creep on his face as he nodded yes.

Tiara Pov: I heard my phone go off. I had a text from Nick he told me to get up so I can unlock the door for me. I was about to ask him where he went, but I scrolled up and he said he went to go pick up more weed from the South side. I replied and said okay. Since I was up I decided to shower and straighten up the house. I knocked on Ashley door and she was up watching tv. "Hey you want to catch a shower while I clean up?" She nodded her head and smiled at me. "I know you better tie your hair up. Hell you mean?" I laughed. "I forgot girl I fell asleep." We walked to the bathroom and I handed her son towels and a change of clothes out the hallway closet. "Um just leave your dirty clothes in that green basket and I'll get them when you done." She nodded and went in to the bathroom. Out of all the girls that's been here I like her most. She actually was capable of having a conversation and she didn't say anything to me out the way. She didn't judge me. She was easy to talk to and she understood me. It's like I've known her my whole life. Most of the women that come here are prostitutes who owed money or strippers who got roofied. Some girls were really kidnapped. Some even were sold to Dripz by their families. It's really sad and I hate this shit. Nicky is the leader of the DKz it started of as a clique of people he rapped with then he started dropping licks for money he needed for studio time. After he fetched his first body the Drip Kingz had a name for themselves. People started wanting to join and the music part just faded. I love Nicolas I really do. I'm just so damn tired of this street life. I want something different. I want something that makes me feel like I'm going to be okay. I sighed as I finished the last of the dishes. I looked over at the living room and got frustrated these nigahs come over here get drunk and high and then I have to clean the shit up. I ain't Mimi hell. I'm nobody's maid. I got a trash bag from under the sink then headed to the living to clean it. I seen Nick pull up and I unlocked the door. As I was cleaning off the table he walked in "Bae don't worry about that shit I got it. Here." He handed me a bag from my favorite store Fantasy.
"I got you like 30 of them hoes they was on sell so." It was bath bombs and all types of scented soaps and body sprays. I jumped on him and kissed him all over his face. "Thank you thank you thank you!!" He gave me a real kiss. Not that peck shit we usually do. He started biting on my bottom lip. "Go head I got this bae. You hungry?" "Yes I am and okay." I went in the bathroom in his room and turned the water in the tub on. This is just what I needed.

Charles Pov: We pulled up in front on Nick's house. Grant asked me a million questions on our way here. I just told him that everything will be explained when we got there. We walked up on the porch and I knocked on the door. I wasn't sure if Jamil was still here or not. I rang the doorbell once more and then the front door flung open and I was greeted by the barrel of a shotgun. "Who the fuck is you?" I was afraid because I know how Nicky gets down. People go missing all the time here on the South side and no one looks or someone gets murdered and nobody gets booked. "Um it's Mil's uncle Charles. We did business--" I got quiet when he cocked the gun. "Who this you got with you?" "That's my associate another deacon of Will's, his name is Grant."
He lowered the gun and stepped over so we can walk in. "What you doing here so late in the evening? Shouldn't you be home with your wives?" Grant and I looked at each other and began stammering over our words. I spoke first. "Um I just wanted to show Grant the business transaction we made." Nick sat on his counter and lit a blunt. He nodded. "You gone have to come back I'm not doing business for free right now." I sighed and reached in my back pocket to grab my wallet. I pulled out three one hundred dollar bills.  And set them on his coffee table. He jumped off the counter and told us to follow him. He knocked on a room with a pink T on it. I heard a female voice say yes and he unlocked the door.

Grant Pov: "What the fuck?!!!" "You took Ashley?! Willis is gonna fucking kill all of us!!" I looked over at Ashley she just was watching tv like she didn't even see us. "She can't hear you nigah. It's soundproof.  And y'all should have thought about that shit before y'all did the shit." "Who is yall?? Charles you know about this?!!" "I did this for us! For you!" He rubbed his head through his waves in his perfectly trimmed haircut. "I don't have shit to do with this. This is too much." He walked out the house. Nick just kept smoking. "Bruh you got two more days and you gotta get this girl out my spot. Let yourself out."
He locked the wooden door back and I let myself out. When I got outside Grant was in his car on the passenger side smoking a cigarette. I got in and just pulled off. "Go to Atkins." I nodded my head and headed in that direction. "I'm just trying to do what's best for us Grant." "I know and I love you for that."

The next day
Kendall Pov: Kris and Landon were coming over for breakfast. Kaia didn't come home last night. I miss her so much. This is the third night I had to sleep alone. I had just put Kenis in the tub when the doorbell rang. I went downstairs and looked in the peephole. "Hey baby." "Uh hey. What's up? It's not your day to get the kids." "I came to see my wife." Will grabbed me and pulled me close to him. "Willis let me go! I told you that part of our relationship is over between us!!" He had been drinking. "Shut the fuck up! You belong to me!" He slapped me and pushed me in the floor. I tried to crawl away, but he yanked me by my ankle and held me down by my throat. I tried to stay quiet because I didn't want my kids to see this. I heard him unbuckle his belt and I felt him shove himself inside me. He was kissing my neck and telling me he loved me. I was confused because I wasn't sure if I wanted it or not. But then I just thought about all the other times he did this. Manipulating me with sex making me think we would be a family. I knew then I was really done and I didn't want this. I didn't want him.
It was too late. I had to live with the consequences.

Jahking Guillory as Daniel Rodriguez.

I was getting dressed with I heard my Dad then I heard loud noises and screaming. I didn't know what to do. I grabbed my mom's cellphone and called Ky. At first it went to voicemail then she called right back "Hello? What's up babe?" "Ky it's me Daniel. My dad is downstairs hurting my mom. Please help us!" "I'm almost there stay on the phone. What is he doing?"  I told her to hold on while I quietly walked to the end of the hallway. "He is on top of Mom with his pants down." I was crying because I didn't know what else to do. He was raping my mom. In front of me. Again. "Stay right there I'm pulling up now. Do not hang up!"

Kaia Pov: I swerved on top the lawn and jumped out the car after I put it in park. I kicked the door in and pulled Willis off of her. "Will I'm gonna fucking kill you!!"  I pushed him against the wall and punched him in the face. I used to take martial art classes and I did a little female cage fighting back in the day. I had him leaning until he grabbed me and started choking me out. I was pushing up and scratching his eyes until I heard a loud crash and he fell over.  I looked up and Kendall had a gun. I jumped up and hugged her. "Ca- call the police baby. It's gonna be okay I promise."