Promise? |DAVE EA$T

III.

I'm thinking bout' getting with you tonight, wifing you up for life

-Lloyd , Caramel

For an entire hour, I was on the phone trying to convince Monty that everything was cool and I had the situation under control. He was HARD to convince. The kids stayed at his house for the rest of the night, and James went out partying at the club with his homies and didn't return, as usual. I'm not worried though, because I'm ready to leave this relationship. As soon as I make the rest of this $4700 , I'm taking my kids and my sister , and we're getting away from here. I can't take this pain anymore. The constant cheating, lying, abuse to my kids , everything!
Its hard to think of a night where he's went to the club and never cheated. So, I try not to think about it.

I couldn't really sleep, so I decided to turn on the tv. I hit the On Demand button on the remote and decided to watch Music Choice interviews. The latest one was Dave East, which is my favorite rapper. I was into Pickup Lines for about 30 seconds before my phone rang for the thousandth time. I declined the call, and decided I was gonna watch the newest interview with Angela Yee on YouTube. The video was going on 43 minutes before I fell asleep.

I was awakened by the smell of lavender and chamomile. As I rose, I began to feel pain shoot down my arms and back. I groaned in agony. Slowly inching out the bed, I began to hear light conversation from behind the door. Something told me Lo, go towards the door. I continued towards the bathroom. There was a bath ran for me, and a note sitting on the vanity. I slowly opened it, cautious of what the contents may be. Last time I opened a laced letter from James' brother and I nearly died.

I had just gotten into an argument with Missy ( his bm) a few days ago. Since then, Messiah has been in and out of the house for no reason at all. It was my birthday. I really thought I was getting a special gift for my birthday, so I stayed out of their way the whole day.

"Hey babe, you want to go somewhere", James asked me.

"Maybe", I responded. I smirked and skipped away to continue with reading my magazine.

"What are you doing man, its 4:30. "

"You didn't tell me what time to be ready, so I came back to continue with what I was doing."

"Babe, we're leaving at 7:15", he stressed.

"Okay, damn James its just 4:30. I can get ready at 5:45. Let me read the rest of this?"

He snatched the magazine out of my hand, and I sat there looking at him like he was stupid. He walked off scoffing. "Fine, go ahead, fuck you."

"You know you love me James", I said in a babyish voice.

He scoffed and walked away, leaving me in my thoughts.

Maybe he wants to take me somewhere else other than out like he says, I contemplated.

I hurried up the stairs. As I searched the bedroom closet for something to wear, I heard the front door open, and then Ryshad and Amina's voice. "Babygirl was still at 'Mega's house", I thought. Then I heard Messiah's voice. He and James started to talk, and then I heard a light argument. I paused what I was doing and lightly crept down the steps.

"Elexiys cheating on you nigga, I don't know why you sit here and act like you know what you doing by taking her out."

"She isn't. She ain't that dumb.", Amina interjected.

"Shut the fuck up bitch ,you irrelevant", Messiah scoffed.