Honey (A Keith Powers Story)

Chapter 50: Babylove

I sat on the couch worried figuring out where he was. I get why he flipped out on me. I had no business entertaining him but I also had so much built up anger in me that I had to release and I honestly feel better.

My Juju ❤️: 1:09 am: Can you at least let me know that you're safe? 😕

My Juju ❤️: 1:20 am: I'm on my way back but don't wait up.

I sighed putting the phone down. When we got together I didn't imagine us going through so much in a matter of months. I know relationships have ups and downs but I walked in thinking it would be perfect compared to what I was going through. Sometimes I wondered if we made a mistake.

1 month later

I sat in the courtroom waiting for my hearing. Honey was testifying against King and King was testifying against me. It has been a strenuous two months for us. Just a lot of stress and tension. All of it was on my end and I felt extremely bad about it now that she was actually getting detailed about her relationship with King. I blew her a kiss letting her know it would be okay. The both of us were nervous. I was truly scared of the outcome of my career. Would I still be able to fight or would I be doing some time?

"How many times did he hit you, Ms. Daniels? The judge asked.

"About 4" she admitted looking away from me. She told me only two, I didn't know that it has happened more than twice.

"Describe the fights?

She sighed "The fights were mostly about him not having a job. I was successful and he wasn't financially and he felt like I wasn't being supportive. Out of frustration I would say things and it would lead to him grabbing me and then we'd fight back and forth" she explained.

"Tell me about the night you went to Julian's house"

"Uhh"

The bailiff gave her a box of tissue. "It's okay Ms. Daniels take your time"

"He um came to my house apologizing to me for the time he hit me. We got into another argument and I begged him to leave. I just remembered him pushing me on the couch and punching me in my stomach. I fought back as much as I could then I passed out. I woke up and I caught an uber to Julian's house and he took me straight to the hospital" she explained.

"Okay Ms. Daniels you can step down thankyou," she said. The judge took a few minutes writing in her notes.

The jury have you reached the verdict?

"We have your honor. We the jury, in the state of New York versus Julian Maxwell. Find the defendant not guilty for the assault of King Williams"

I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.

"Yes," I said hugging my lawyer.

"We the jury in the state of New York sentence King Williams guilty of assault, battery, and harassment of Honey Daniels. We sentence Mr. Williams to 5 years"

"Thank you Jury for you service today. Court Adjourned" she said hitting the gavel. I hugged all my friends and family. I walked up towards Honey as she watched the officers place him in handcuffs. "You good mama? I asked.

"Something is wrong with him, something just isn't right," she said. It felt like everything was going in slow motion. I mugged King watching him take his last look of freedom for a while.

"Y'all tryna celebrate," Omari said. "Bro ain't guilty and we have a match in two weeks," Omari said hype.

"Let's fucking do it, I'm throwing a party," I said. Honey grabbed her purse storming off. I stood there confused; I thought we were on the same page about this but clearly, we weren't.