Falling From The Floor

Sweet Let Go's 🤗

CHERYL's POINT OF VIEW

After Tony and I had that small frustrating conversation- I just went upstairs to take a nap. I was supposed to take Cai somewhere but I told her that we would go tomorrow after she gets out of school. My emotions were everywhere and I felt like I should call Shemar to talk to him about what happened after my nap.

"Hello?" Shemar said as he picked up the phone. "Hey....I wanted to talk to you about something important." I told him as I sat up in bed to get into my focus mode. I wanted to get straight to the point and get it all over with right here and right now. I pushed the covers down towards my waist and pushed my hair out of my face. I then took a deep breath as I heard his soft voice ask me what I needed to talk about. I was still in love with him and I don't think that I actually never stopped being in love with him....ever. I wanted to put what was right before my own feelings though. That was the best thing for me to do. "I don't think that we can be best friends anymore." I suddenly said. "Huh?..." He said. "I apologize, Shemar. It's just what's right and you're hurting my marriage." I told him as I tried not to get into my feelings but I couldn't help it at the moment. "Cheryl....What? We can't be friends?" He asked again and I could hear in his voice that he was hurt. "Yes, Shemar. We can't." I suddenly said. He was then silent on the phone. "Go and find you someone who makes you happy. Somebody who isn't married or pregnant...." I told him. "But you make me happy. Without you....I won't be happy. I don't want anybody else, baby girl." He said. I then put my head down and closed my eyes. This was hurting me but I knew that I was doing what was best. "Goodbye, Shemar." I said as I was about to hang up. "Wait! Wait!" He yelled. "What?" I said. "...I love you." He suddenly said. "....I love you too but I-....I gotta go." I then said. I could hear that he was heartbroken at the fact that there would never be an us. Even though we both wanted that- it can't happen. I then hung up the phone and just sat there in bed thinking to myself. That hurt. It really did because we've been best friends for more than twenty years. Letting go of a friendship for that long made my heart ache but It was harming everything around me. It made my baby confused and it made my husband want to question everything about me. I wanted a change and I chose just that. Taking him out of the picture- made me feel correct in my own self.

I then dragged myself out of bed and I suddenly heard the doorbell ring. I heard Tony say that he got it from downstairs and he went to go open it. I heard some voices downstairs and I knew that it was a woman. I then stuck my head out of our bedroom door and listened to what was being said. I then started to go downstairs slowly because of the baby. I then walked around the corner and the biggest surprise was standing in my living room. "Pepssss!" My Twinster said as she ran over to hug my neck. "Inaya!" I yelled as I hugged her back. "Oh my gosh! When are you gonna have this baby of yours? Is it a girl or a boy?" She asked as she touched my belly. "It's a boy." I said as I smiled really big. She then looked back at Tony. "I don't think that your man knows who I am?..." She said as she looked back at me. "Tony....this is my literal best friend, Inaya Day. This sistah can sing I tell you." I said as I grabbed her hand and shook it in the air. Inaya giggled a little. "Inaya...this is my husband, Tony." I said. They both said hey and shook each other's hands. Inaya then gasped air and put her hand over her mouth. "Where's Cai?!" She said as she got excited. "Aw, my baby girls upstairs. She might be asleep or drawing. One of the two." I said as I pointed upstairs. "I Uhmmm....I remember you Inaya. This is our first time meeting but I'm aware that you've meet Cai before." Tony said. "Oh yeah! Cai is such a sweet heart. I missed her birthday, didn't I?" She asked us both. "Yeah. My baby girl is now 6 years old. She's growing up." I said as I started to fake cry. "Stop that, Cheryl." She said as she laughed. "Let that baby grow. Also, did you two pick a name for the baby?" She asked us both. "Yes, Ciyle." I said. "Caiya and Ciyle....Beautiful. Tony....you excited about having a baby boy?" She asked him. "Yes, ma'am." He said as he looked at me. Our eyes met but I hurried to look away because I was still upset about earlier. It was then silent. "Alright, Uhmmm....you wanna go see Cai?" I asked her. "Yeah!" She said as she smiled at me. We both then made our way upstairs. "Baby. Inaya is here." I said as I walked into her room. "She probably doesn't even remember me." Inaya said as she walked in behind me. As Inaya moved to where she could see Cai, she smiled really big. "She looks just like you and Tony. My gosh." She said. I smiled. "Yeah." I said. "Hi." Cai said as she stood up and gave Inaya a hug. "Hey, sweetheart." She said as she leaned down to hug her. Inaya then looked around Cai's room and saw the paintings and drawings that were handing. "Wow. She is a little artist. Only 6 years old? Wow." Inaya said as she looked at the walls amazed. "Yeah, she's always drawing something." I then said.

THEY THEN WENT BACK DOWNSTAIRS....

"Tony. How have you been?" Inaya asked Tony as her and I sat down on the couch. "I've been good." He said as he put his hands in his pockets and stood a few feet away from us. I looked at Tony and then back at Inaya. "Well, I'll let you two ladies talk and catch up." He said as he smiled and walked up. We waited for him to leave and then started talking about the real stuff. "....what's going on between you and your man?" She asked me as she turned towards me and raised her eyebrow. "We just had an argument earlier. We are fine." I said as I softly rolled my eyes and swiped my hand to give the impression that it doesn't matter. "I know that it's hurting you. What was it about?" She asked me. "....Shemar." I said as I bit my lip and made a guilty facial expression. "You-....you talkin' about Shemar Moore?" She asked me as she touched my arm. "Yes." I said. She smiled really big. "What did he do?" She asked. "Don't smile and....he's just been disrespectful lately and it's making Cai confused." I said. ".....still lost." She said as she raised her eyebrows. "Shemar said some comments a few days ago and now we aren't even friends anymore." I told her. "Comments like what?" She asked as she looked at me sideways. "Uhm....sexual comments about me." I said as I whispered. Her mouth dropped. "Why though? Like, you don't want him and you two aren't sexually....you know." She said. I looked away and shook my head. "Three times." I said as I closed my eyes. Iyana was silent and thought to herself about what I was saying. "You have got to be kidding me......before or after the baby?" She asked me. "After....and the only reason I'm tellin' you all of this is because I trust you. He doesn't know." I said as I tried to keep my voice down. "You know that I won't tell but Cheryl....that's good that you cut it off and stopped." Iyana said as she made a worried facial expression. "I know, I know. It won't happen again. The bad thing is....I still love him." I told her. "Cheryl....no, no. That's your best friend. You've already let him hit it three times." She said. "You're right but I cut him off. I didn't want to mess up my married and Shemar was getting hooked on me. Just like I was getting hooked on him. We both looked at each other and I knew that if Tony found out....everything would probably be over.

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