Ms. Masochist

XXIV

"I knew her," the man said to Beyonce.

She simply nodded her head as she sat next to Taraji in her office. She had called up the man finally and she told him who she was and why she called. Surprisingly, he was willing to meet her at her office and answer her questions. She was so happy when he walked through the door today. She was hoping this would be the answer, that this could lead to healing her fiancé's wounds.

"What happened to her? Why did she just disappear?" I asked him.

He shifted around in his seat and looked down at his hands. He began twiddling his fingers and humming softly. She allowed him to do that for a while, assuming he needed a minute before he began to speak again.

"Gloria was a very complicated woman. She wanted to be a super hero but she wasn't and when she realized that she just snapped," he said, while still looking at his hands.

"Why did she want to be a super hero, and how did you know her?"

He sighed and then began looking around the room while bouncing his right leg up and down. She knew Gloria must've been a sensitive topic for him because he became fidgety.

"Why exactly do you want to know all of this ma'am? All you told me was that you were close to one of her relatives. I only assumed you just wanted to know some basic information on her,"

She looked him in his eyes, deciding on whether she should be honest or lie. Something told her to just tell him the truth, it couldn't hurt anything. He was either going to answer her questions or not, at least she can say she tried.

"I'm about to marry her son," she said.

His eyes widened and he sat up more in his seat. His mouth even began to open a bit and he just looked at her in awe.

"You're marrying little Shawny?" he asked.

"Yes, I am. I'm having Gloria's grandchild as well, that's why I need to know as much as I can about her," She blurted out.

Taraji looked at her in shock. Beyonce hadn't told anyone she was pregnant yet. Earlier this morning she kept constantly throwing up, plus she had been feeling so sick and gaining weight no matter how much she worked out. So before Taraji and Niko came to her office, she took a pregnancy test and it came out positive.

"Oh my, this is so much to take in. I can see you're not far along but can I touch your stomach?"

Beyonce looked at him funny but decided to walk over to him anyway. He gently placed his hand on her stomach and smiled.

"Gloria would have been so happy," he said as a tear fell from his eye.

"Can you please tell me about her now," Beyonce said to him softly, reaching over to wipe the tear from his face.

"Okay, but you should sit back down, it is a pretty long story,"

"I have all of the time in the world," she said to him as she went to sit back down.

Gloria's Story

I crawled out of the closet using all of the strength I had. When I finally made it out I looked up to see my baby girl staring at me. She had no emotion in her eyes, she didn't even blink.

"Go to your room baby," I said to her.

She didn't move though, she just watched me as I crawled to the couch and sighed out. My body felt so weak, it was as if I could pass out right here.

"Renee, I told you to go to your room!" I yelled, not wanting her to see me like this. I hadn't seen myself but I knew I looked horrible.

"No!" she yelled back.