Falling From It Again

Nineteen

CHERYL's POINT OF VIEW

"No, stop. She's gonna be home any minute and I've been gone too long. Inaya needs to go home." I said as I put my hands out towards Shemar and laughed a little bit.

"Give me 30 more minuets. I promise you that Inaya will be fine and Lorah will be fine. She always goes to the store after work anyways because I told her to today." He said as he stumbled out of bed and came over towards me to pull me into his body.

"No. It's already been two hours that's passed and-..." I said but he cut me off by giving me a kiss. I laughed while our lips were connected. I then tapped his chest

"I love you." He said as he broke the kiss and smiled at me.

"I-...I love you too." I said as I blushed a little bit.

"You still got it, you know that?" He said as he looked me up and down.

"I've gotta go." I said as I started to get dressed.

"I know, I know. Just-....call me, Alright?" Shemar said as he looked at me. I nodded my head and rushed to put my shirt on.

"Alright. I'm about to get in the shower." He said as he started to walk towards the bathroom and turned the shower on. I jogged down the hallway and then ran down the stairs. I struggled to put my shoes on and grabbed my purse. I walked passed the kitchen but then I stopped myself. I walked backwards and looked at my wedding ring sitting on the kitchen countertop.

"I can't leave that." I said as I ran over to grab it and threw it in my purse. Next, I left out of the front door and jumped in the car.

AT HOME

Once I arrived home, I saw that Tony was already there. It looked as if Inaya was already gone.

I slowly opened the front door and then closed it.

"Inaya had to leave. I really don't appreciate you leaving our kids with her like that for almost 3 hours, Cheryl. She has a life." Tony said as he looked at me.

"I know. I-...I had to just take a moment. I went to see Shemar and then I just got something to eat. You know...Mommy duties can be overwhelming sometimes, baby." I said as I slight laughed and walked over towards him.

"Well baby, let me know next time. I understand that it can be overwhelming. I apologize." He said as he gave me a hug.

"I will." I said as I broke the hug and he grabbed both of my hands to hold.

"You smell like cologne." He said in a confused tone.

"Oh yeah, you know that Shemar likes to give me hugs and stuff." I said as I smiled and shook my head.

"Awe, Okay. Imma tell him to stop hugging my wife though." Tony said as he winked at me.

"Where's Cai and Ciyle?"  I asked him as I looked behind him.

"Upstairs doing their own thing. I missed you."

"I missed you too." I said as I tried to rush the conversation.

"Last night was wonderful too. I hope you know that you can talk to me too. I know that Shemar is a good listener but your husband is too. I'm always open." He said as he smiled at me. I nodded my head and put my hand on his chest. He looked at my hand.

"Ba-...don't tell me that you lost your wedding ring." He said as he grabbed my left hand and looked at it.

"Huh?" I said as I looked at my hand as well.