Temptation (August Alsina) (Editing Process)

54. Finish Line

(Kiara's P.O.V.)

"So that's all that happened? You told him off and he left?"

"I guess so." I nodded while wiping the dishes clean.

"Kay if there's something you wanna talk about you know you could tell us right? We're all still your best friends."

I turned around looking back at Christina, Camary, and Passion who were all seated in the living room facing me.

"Why does everyone think I need to "talk" I'm fine, I promise you I am...This is the first time I'm seeing my brother in about six years, wow big deal."

"Okay but we know about your past, and it's affected you a lot."

"And all I wanna do is move on. Just because I'm not ready to have a regular conversation with Kenneth again doesn't mean anything...I just need to allow myself to forgive and right now I can't because every time I look at him it just reminds me of everything that's happened. I honestly just wanna figure this out on my own, and I don't need anyone's input on how to do so. So with that being said let's drop this and talk about something else."

I looked at all the girls carefully to see their expression change. I knew that they wanted me to express how I felt at the moment and not keep it all bottled up but I am telling the truth when I told them I didn't want to talk about it.

"So Cam our babygirl should be here in a month almost...how do you feel?" It was now the ending of October and Cams baby would be due sometime early in November.

"I feel good, I'm just excited and super anxious for her to get here. I'm surprised Chris let me out the house today."

"Yea that nigga has been eyeing your every move like a damn hawk." Passion stated before throwing down a few more chips into her mouth.

I watched her carefully, she never ate like this to be honest.

"Yea but I can understand why. Our baby is almost here and he doesn't want anything to interfere with it so he's being super protective, plus paparazzi has been following me around like crazy."

"Why?"

"Ever since we started dating and they found out I was pregnant with his baby they've been trying to get a word out of me. I've also been getting calls from radio stations to do interviews with them but I'm not really up for it."

"Girl you should do it...get your business out there." Christina encouraged.

"And that's the problem it's not really "out there" yet. I mean I found the place and its the perfect size, nothing small and nothing too big. I've already planned out where my office is gonna be, how I want everything set up but I have yet to put down a payment."

"Why is that?" I looked at her oddly the Camary I know wouldn't waste time to do something like this.

"I mean I want to so badly but y'all know I have one baby on the way and another to still take care of and plus Chris and I are trying to find a place to move into together and I don't want him to pay for everything and I feel selfish just paying for my shop and not investing the rest of my money on things that I need to focus on now. So for now I will have to put my dream on hold and hopefully after everything is starting to settle down I can focus on my boutique and my designs."

"How much is the first payment?"

"Ten thousand."

"Damn."

She nodded picking at her nails..."Yea it's a lot but soon enough I'll be able to pay for it depending on how long the woman who was looking for the shops for me will be able to hold it down."