Quest for Love

Chapter 4

Hearing gunshots, I jumped up panicking, looking around at an unfamiliar room. I felt arms around my waist, so when I looked back, I saw Drew fast asleep. I tried waking him up but he wasn't budging so I grabbed my phone calling Sean. When he didn't answer, I started to get worried hitting Drew making him wake up. He stirred in his sleep, then turned his back on me. I started pushing him thinking that maybe if he falls on the floor, he would most definitely wake up.

"Drew, wake up!"

"What, Giovanni. What?" He said in his sleepy voice.

"Where am I? Where is Sean? What happened?

Turning on his back, he sat up. "Sean is okay, probably sleeping on the couch out there. We are in Chattanooga in a hotel room. They bugged my car when we were at the gym and when they found out you weren't in their possession, they blew my car up. You was knocked out from the impact so Sean grabbed you while I drove here. Tomorrow you might have to go to the doctor to see if you got any internal damage tho."

"What is happening?" I whispered mostly to myself. "I'm getting in the shower."

"You okay?" he asked in his sleepy voice.

"Yea, I thought I heard gunshots but it was probably in my dream. I'm going to check on Sean before I get in the shower."

"Okay, I'll grab you some water for when you get out." he asked walking behind me out the room.

Seeing Sean sound asleep on the couch, I looked to see that his phone was on vibrate, hence the reason he couldn't hear my phone call or me hearing his phone ring. I pulled the blanket over him and went back in the room to take my shower. With everything happening at the gym, I never got in the shower so I was all smelly and sweaty sitting in the car and being sleep for I don't know how long. As I closed the door, I stripped out of my clothes turning on the water. Sitting on the toilet, I took a minute and prayed to God, thanking him for keeping me safe and asked for forgiveness. Feeling water drops on my thigh, I opened my eyes seeing they were clouded with tears. This past month has been really stressing me out. I got in the shower hoping to drown my sniffles but then there was a knock on the door.

"Hey G, you good in there?"

"Yea, I'm good," I choked out sounding normal as possible. I then heard the shower door open and arms around my waist.

"You know you don't have to be strong all the time. This is not healthy for you."

"I just hate putting people in danger. It's like if it's not one thing, it's another, I just can't chill. I'm always in the spotlight, at awards shows, around people I don't like or care about knowing. I have to listen to people plan my life out for me not even caring what I want. And then people wanting to take my spot. I never been the type to flash what I have. Yes, I have nice cars, a condo, and businesses but I worked for that. I wasn't naked. I didn't scam a nigga to get shit for me. Now this, over a nigga I don't want. He is in jail for murder, nothing to do with me. I'm just tired dealing with this shit.I'm trying to live the best life I can but it's never enough." I cried while Drew washed my body thoroughly. After getting out the shower, he laid me in the bed and held on to me. Turning on the TV, I saw Waist Deep was playing so I turned it on but set the volume low.

"Giovanni, you wanna put some clothes on because laying in this bed naked like this isn't doing me good." Turning around to face him, I looked him in his eyes.

"Would you betray me again?"

"No, I would never. I value your friendship too much to go against you. I want to be there for you and do right by you. I like you too much." He said rubbing my back.