Exhale

5 ♕ The next step.

Sat in front of Dr.Meers was Sha'la and Terrence. Listening to the heated argument, she took notes. "Shae could you just shut up and listen to me to me for a second!"Shae scoffs, then laughs. Everything Terrence say don't adds up.She leaned up forward, putting her hand on her knees, eyeing Terrence down. "Im listening" He looks over to Dr.Meers only to see her nodding him to speak. He sighed, then look towards the wall to avoid his fiancé stare.

"Okay", he started. He leaned back into the sofa, and relaxed his intense shoulders. "I asked Sasha too meet me at The Waffle House only because I was going to end it with her. But when I did, she started to flip out on me in public. So I asked could we still be friends. She kissed me, and Yes I kissed back." When Sha'la heard that, her irritation level was on a new high.

Doing it behind her back is one thing, but him telling her the exact details is a whole different route. It's almost as if he telling her he don't care.She shook her head, as a great feeling came upon her stomach. She's broken. She's slowly breaking apart.She asked for the truth, and now she can hardly take it. Sha'la pinched the bridge of her nose as she held her head down. No wonder Sasha went all crazy. Terrence gave her a reason too. "But why Mr.Howard?,Janet asked. Sha'la kept quiet.

Terrence licked his lips,"To be honest Doc. It's something about her. I love my fiancé , don't get me wrong but- "But what Terrence?",Shae voiced out. Terrence looks over to her, only to see the hurt in her eyes. Her brown eyes, which are now black glistened with tears. Stunned. Sad. Disappointed. Angry. Sha'la felt that all at once. Janet heart aches as she watched the couple stare each other down. It's obvious that the couple love each other, but do they need to stick it out? That's one thing Janet has to find out.

Sitting at his desk, Terrence focused on his paperwork that sat in front of him. Bills, bills, bills, and more bills. Terrence has been behind on his light payments. He's been paying Sha'la bills including his, and plus counseling. Terrence and Shae no longer sleeps in the same bedroom. Shae claims she don't want to ruin him and Sasha relationship. Whatever that is.

Terrence propped his face on his hand, while he stared at the bill. $250.55

The more he stared at it, the more angry he gotten. His company hasn't done anything big since the fashion show in London. Which was months ago. The models once was getting photo shoots after photo shoots. But once Terrence fired Sasha,things begin to take a turn. His second best model Veronica had gotten pregnant, but she moved over to another company. Now she's doing pregnancy campaigns all over. At the sight of his business success, Terrence slowly begins to regret firing Sasha.

A knock soon hits the door taking Terrence out of his deep thought. He gathered all of his papers, and dropped them into his desk draw. "Come on in?" Entering the office, Re'Nae smiled. Taking in her choice of bright colors, T bobs his brows. "Good afternoon Nae" Her bright magenta button down shirt was tucked into her navy blue slacks, complementing her caramel skin. "Hey Terrence. I heard that you needed me" He scoffs,"Yeah I do actually. I need you to find more jobs for the models"

Re'Nae brows raised. "But why? That's your job?" Terrence spun side by side in his rolling chair. "I know Nae, but I'm kinda stuck in the middle of something" She made an facial expression but changed it before Terrence could even noticed it. It's obvious that him and Sha'la is still having problems. She shifts positions in her chair,"Alright T",she said calling him by his nickname. Terrence smiled, showing a goofy grin, only to make Re'nae laugh. "I swear you are such a clown.But did you get the Life magazine?",Re'Nae questioned him.

He frowned,"No,why?" Nae sighed,and reached into her Michael Kors bag. She then pulled out a magazine, that had Veronica face plastered on it. "Model Motherhood", we're written across the front page. Veronica was posing naked holding her now huge stomach, with her eyes closed,having a black background. She honestly looks great. Terrence wiped around his mouth, as if he gads crumbs around it. "Woow", he mumbled. Re'nae nods her head. "Mhm Vee seems to be doing pretty good"

A hint of jealousy hits Terrence as he gave Nae back her magazine. More like a toss though. "Man shit been going slow around here Nae" He loosens his tie, and slumps deeper into his chair, forgetting that he's at work. Re'Nae kept quit while she looked at her now distressed friend. Bags were slowly appearing under his eyes, his eyes no longer seems to be a bright green. It's more like a grey color now. She stared off to the open blinds that's behind Terrence , and looked at the tall buildings that reached the sky. "Am I'm the one who caused all of this?",she wondered. "Me trying to help my friend not only backfired on me,but it end up ruining the company,and my other friend happiness"

Shaking the thought out of her head, she finally said something. "We'll T, now that I'm on top of things, the girls and boys would be taking pictures next Saturday morning" Terrence looked confused. "How you gonna do that?",he asked. The same smile Re'Nae came in with, reappeared on her face. Terrence curiosity was there. He wanted to know what got his friend smiling like this. "Okay Re'Nae." Terrence sat his pen on his desk,and pulled his chair closer to it. "Girl what's going on?" He leaned in forward as if he was a gossiping teen.

Without hesitation, Re'nae told him. "It's Michael Burrs." All of the sudden, Terrence interest soon went down the drain. He don't like Michael at all. His accent, his hair, the way he dress,he just don't like him period. "Nae but he works for us. You know that's not going to work" Re'Nae sighed as Terrence continued to lecture her. Clearly he's saying these things because of what happened to him and Sha'la. But Re'Nae is single,so she has no one to be faithful to, unlike him.

"Alright Howard",she says calling him by his last name. "I mean it Nae. Stay away from ole dude. It's bad for business" Re'nae sighed as she stood up. "Is their anything else you need? Like your own television show Dr.Howard?" He smirks,"Matter of fact I do" One of Re'Nae brows raised, while Terrence told her what he needed. This right here is a task of a lifetime for their company, or at least for Terrence himself.