II. Industry

Chapter 19: 2 Truths, One Lie

Tamara.

I fluttered my eyes open to see Tony staring at me with wide eyes. I smiled then sat up and scooped him up into my arms. I looked up and Rashad was leaning against the door frame with Ant craddled in his arms.

"Now that I know you're in a good mood, can we talk?" His voice sounded shaky.

I nodded then stood up while holding Tony on my hip.

"Let's lay them down first," He suggested.

"Okay. But is it that crucial?" I asked while sighing.

He nodded while walking toward their baby room with me trailing behind him. I laid Tony into his crib while Rashad did the same with Anthony. I sighed then walked down the stairs with Rashad tagging behind me. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I noticed his laptop was sitting on the table in the living room and then a pregnancy test was sitting beside it.

"What-What is all of this," I panicked.

He rubbed his hands down his face. "I-I don't know how to explain this. Just watch that," He pointed toward his laptop then turned his back toward me.

"Rashad, just tell me. I wanna know from you, not something else," I said on the verge of tears.

He sighed then turned toward me with his hands covering his face. "Tinashe drugged me and I," He paused then sighed. "I slept with her,"

My heart shattered from hearing those words leave his lips. "Look at me," I croaked out due to the lump forming in my throat.

"I can't. I said I'd never do this to you again and I did. I failed you and I failed the kids," He turned back around, but I walked over to him and grabbed his arm then snatched him around to look at me.

"We will make this work. This is exactly what she wants. I love you and I know the last time I said that if you were to cheat on then that was it. We were done, but the fact that she drugged you, we have to stay strong," I said as tears spilled from my eyes.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have even been going over there. I just hate it happened how it did. Ian never wanna betray your trust. I didn't even wanna sleep with her at all, but I also don't because of you. You keep a nigga going everyday and I am so sorry to put you through the bullshit that I do," He sighed while trying to hold back the tears threatening to fall.

"It's okay. We're still young, so we'll make mistakes. I'm not saying go fuck every groupie out there and I'm not giving you a ok either. Just prepare yourself for all of the media and I guess she's pregnant due to that test over there,"

"Yeah, but as soon as she has it, I'm getting a damn DNA test,"

"Why not one now?"

"That cost too much damn money. I can wait,"

I shook my head. "What if it is yours?" I looked up at him.

He sighed then shrugged. "Ion know. I really don't," He shook his head.

Rashad.

After watching the full tape with Tamara, I didn't know how to feel about Tinashe or myself. Like, I feel guilty as hell and Ian wanna feel like this again, but here I am. Tamara didn't cry, but she is pacing the room right now. Suddenly, our doorbell went off.

Tamara stormed toward it then snatched it open and I was trailing behind her. Tinashe stood there and Tamara began punching her in the face repeatedly. I thought about breaking it up, but her ass deserved this. I saw a piece weave fly up into the air then I rushed over to Tamara then picked her up by her waist and pulled her back. She dangled in my arms trying to get loose.