Stronger Than I Was (Eminem Story)

Can't Pretend

"Marshall." Rocky's voice said and I opened my eyes.

"Rochelle?" I asked and she nodded.

"I need to talk to you, do you have a couple of minutes?"

"Yeah, how'd you get in here?"

"Kim let me in, I just spoke to her." She said and I stood up. We walked downstairs and down into my office.

"So what do you need?"

"I'm moving."

"You're leaving your kids again?"

"No, I'm telling you that I'm taking them with me when I go. I'm feeling like being a mom again and going to New York is going to help me."

"Where are you staying?"

"I'm staying with my friend Norman Reedus, his son."

"So I'm supposed to let you take my boys?"

"Yeah, that's exactly what you're going to 'let me do'. I love my boys and I made a mistake by leaving them, Marshall, this is why I'm here. I'm asking you how you wanna do this, you're not going to see the boys only during Summer that's why I'm here."

"What do you mean?"

"We need to work something out. I brought my calendar with dates I'll be gone and I need to see your days off." So I called Paul and he showed up with the dates and decided to crash here.

"So I'll come with them on breaks, except for summer breaks. Every other weekend you will have them, I'll drive them to Michigan, you'll drive them to New York. Only time we'll have them on a plane is when I can't drive and Norman doesn't want a ticket." She said and I laughed.

"Okay, thanks for trying to make this easy."

"I feel like this is good for me and you. I mean you and Kim look great together and Norman and I get along perfectly so I can't imagine what it would be like without having this."

"Feel, my skin is rough." I said and she grabbed my hand,"It can be cleansed."

"And my arms are tough," She said,"but they can be bent. I guess that's love, I can't pretend. Marshall I love you with a passion but we can't be together. No matter how hard we try."

"I love you too."

"I'll see you before we leave tomorrow."