Say You Won't Let Go *EDITING*

His Truth ✅✔️

"Girls, thank you for taking me in, for warming me up and just letting me get all this off my chest. It was very nice to have someone to talk to".

"You're always welcome dear, come back soon." Malia walked me out and we each went our separate ways. I took my time leaving the coffee shop but I didn't go back home. I went to the beach, Bakari's beach.

I thought since he went there to think, maybe I can go there to relax and think. I wasn't the type of woman who enjoyed the thought of getting mad and yelling at someone. That was a lot of stress, back in Louisiana I used to go to abandoned parks where there were zero people. Where I could think of everything wrong in my life. Once I got at Bakari's beach I found a pretty good-sized rock.

I sat upon it, curling my knees up, pulling them into my chest. I removed my Uggs setting them to the side and relaxing. I sat there listening to the waves crashing into the shore and other rocks. Occasionally, the water would hit the rock I was sitting on and my toes got wet with the seawater.

I enjoyed the feeling of the cold water hitting my toes.

I think I was sitting there long enough to relax. I did find myself talking out to the sea, knowing I wouldn't get an answer. Somehow I was hoping that the silence would provide an answer.

"I'm sorry Bakari, I really am sorry. I don't know what's wrong with you, or why you've been acting this way, but I hope you can tell me one day".

After I was done talking to nobody, I placed my Uggs back on my feet and started walking back home. Slowly, not really in a rush to get home even though I should have been. I'm basically naked in the streets. His dress shirt was only long enough to cover my thighs and keep my upper body warm.

When I reached the front of the house I was staring at the wide-open door. I walked into the house, closing the door behind me.

"Bakari?" I said in a questioning voice. I didn't know whether he was awake or still asleep.

He ran from the bedroom, his head peaking out from the bedroom door. He took one look at me and ran towards me and lifting me up off the ground. Holding me tightly and firmly.

"Oh my god," he croaked placing me back on the floor, "Baby girl why'd you leave like that? Leaving me not knowing where you were, I was scared out my mind".

I hugged him back, I was still furious. I could yell at him right now. I just wasn't in the mood, he didn't need to hear my yelling right now anyway. Not after all he's been through, I'll be courteous to his needs and feelings. Only because everything isn't about just me, especially not now. Right now was about Bakari, and half of him he didn't tell me about. The part of him he needed to get out that he didn't feel strong enough to tell.

"I went to the coffee shop then the beach to clear my head," I admitted walking away from the hug and going into the kitchen to grab some water.

I opened the bottle and took a swallow of the fresh cold water while walking back to the bedroom and getting underneath the covers. Bakari lifted me off the bed and got under me, letting me rest on him like he was a giant pillow. His arms wrapped around my waist, holding me in place. His arms resembled a seat belt and his body was the chair.

I turned on my side, my right ear is covered by his chest. I could hear his heartbeat, it was slow and steady.

"Jazmine", He blurted gaining all my attention

"Jazmine?" I jolted looking down at him. Hoping he didn't just call me someone else's name.

'My cousin's girlfriend, in senior year we all were hanging out.." he mumbled. I was getting some information I never have before. I was intrigued as well as curious.