White Knight [Editing]

8.

"Mom! Mom! Come look." I heard the girls yell. I ran out my room thinking they hurt or in trouble. That surely wasn't the case.

I walked down the stairs and gasped noticing my entire house was covered in flowers. "Here." Jet said running up to me with a card.

"I apologize. Please talk to me. Bryan."

I grinned and picked up a flower to smell it. It smelled amazing.

"Mom, who sent these and why?" Monroe asked following behind me to the kitchen, which was also drowned in flowers.

"When did the delivery guys come and how long did this take?" I said in awe. This looks like it would've taken hours.

"Not fair, I asked a question first." Monroe said snapping me out my own world. I've never gotten a gift so sweet before so I truly was in awe.

I guess it is time to tell the girls about Bryan. I mean, I don't know if we are still whatever we were because it's been a couple days since the issue at the club, but if it all works out, Monroe and Jet deserve to know.

"Alright, Jet come here, too, lil mama. You both should hear this from me before Auntie Tay or G-Ma start running their mouths."

I waited for Jet, who was stuck in a maze of flowers. "Okay, I have a new guy friend whose name is Bryan. Him and I aren't dating but we might and I don't want you guys to be uncomfortable with it in case we get to that point, so if there's any questions, ask now."

"Where'd you two meet?" Monroe asked.

"At the club a couple months ago."

"What's he like?"

"As you can tell by the flowers, he's very sweet and we care about each other very much."

"Why did he send them?"

"He said something very hurtful to me and he apologized afterwards but I didn't forgive him so he is apologizing again."

Monroe gave me a stank look. I probably shouldn't have told them that he hurt my feelings because they don't like when men take advantage of me or hurt me. Its stems back to our father.

"Is he black?" Jet asked.

"Uh.. yea." I answered confused.

"I like him." She said nonchalantly before running off to look at the flowers.

I looked back to Monroe trying to hide my laughter from Jet's weirdness. "How do you feel, Roe?"

"If he hurts you again, I'll have no choice but to cut his little boy part off and feed to him. But, he sounds good to me as of now." She said nonchalantly as well before joining her sister.

What kind of children am I raising?

I shook it off and decided to look around at all the flowers. There must've been over 200 flowers, maybe 300.

My body was aching wanting to call him but my mind was fighting it. If I call, I lose and I seem like I'll always forgive him for his bullshit.

But, if I don't call, I could lose him.. That's not something I'm willing to test.

Just as I picked up my phone, the doorbell rung. I dropped my phone and ran to the door. "I don't care who is here, thank God for telling you to come." I said to myself before opening the door.

"Hey bitcchhhh!" Tamar said walking in. Never mind.

"Well, girl, who in the hell sent all these damn flowers? They ain't know is allergy season up in this bitch. What the hell." She rambled as she walked all around seeing the shitload of flowers.

"They are from Bryan." I said handing her the card. She slightly looked up and raised an eyebrow.

"What he apologizing for? Do I need to cut his dick off or something?"

And there's where Monroe got that from. "Toni, I'm serious, dawg. I will force feed that negro his ow–"

"Okay, thank you, Tay." I said cutting her off. "He just said some hurtful stuff that he feels bad about and I'm debating on whether or not to forgive him."

"Well... What'd he say?" She asked while pouring us drinks. I thanked her and sat down beside her.

"I was working at the club and there were a lot of guys there for me because it was my first day back after Roe's incident. They were paying me a shitton of money so I entertained them. He felt some kinda way and snapped." I said.

"And he snapped and said what, bitch?"

"Just hurtful stuff that I don't really feel like repeating nor hearing again. He apologized and had a reason, I just.. I felt like I was dealing with my father." I said finally being honest with myself.

There it is. I felt like I was a little girl again being mentally diminished by my father. I do not, in any capacity, want to put myself through what my father put my mother through. Nor do I want the Monroe to relive that or Jet to understand the hurt her sister and I felt back then.

"That's serious, T." She said cooling off on her sass. "Listen, I'm not usually one for forgiving and forgetting, but because he made you feel like that, you should tell him. After you make him aware of that, that is when you make your choice." She advised.

She might be right. He knows he fucked up but I don't think he understands why I'm still harboring on it. I have the right to tell him, too.

"Thanks Tay Tay." I said as we clinked our glasses before taking a sip. I got up and went to call Bryan.

"Oh, and Tay?" I said stopping in my tracks to look back at her. "Stop talking about cutting penises around my kids, please."

She smirked and held her glass up. "If I don't, who will?"

I had no response to that so I just walked off to sit in my office area. I stared at Bryan's name in my phone and just as I went to call it, there was another knock on the door.

"I swear this must be a sign or something. The universe doesn't want me to call him." I mumbled to myself as I went to the front door.

"Hey–" I quickly lost my breath seeing him at the door.

"Wassup, shorty." Bryan said holding a dozen white roses that matched the ones around the house. "Can I come in?"
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