I needed answers from Kolby because it was clear that he was lying about what happened on his trip, but I also needed to come clean about what happened between me and Niño, even though it was totally innocent it was still foul as fuck and I wasn't the type of person who ran from my fuck ups. I paced around the living room trying to figure out the best setting for this meeting, a public setting was out of the question just in case things got out of hand, so here was the best place to talk with Kolby. It was still pretty early so I decided to take Blue for a walk around my neighborhood, I really loved this dog it was almost fate that he ended up on my doorstep during that thunderstorm... as we walked a bunch of scenarios played throughout my head, what if we worked things out? What if I found out that he did cheat on me? Maybe this was all my fault for jumping into a relationship with him even though I had feelings for Elijah..... maybe I was just better off being single and focusing on my son. Shyt I was twenty-two years old.... and though I had my fun while I was in college and my short time in the league maybe I didn't spend enough time on finding out who I was as a person.
"Jaire?" A voice said from the other side of the street and I was actually surprised to see Duron standing there... although we weren't beefin anymore I still wasn't exactly sure how we felt about each other, I mean Elijah forgave him and everything but I was never his biggest fan but maybe it's because I never really gave him a shot because of my feelings for Elijah.
"Sup Duron...." I said as he walked across the street and Blue started jumping on his leg and licking him, I tried not to roll my eyes as my mom's words played in the back of my head 'children and dogs know when someone is a good person, you just gotta watch how dogs act around them' she used to tell me and given Blue's reaction. "So what brings you to this neighborhood?" I asked looking at him, he was covered in sweat and I figured he was either running or doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing.
"Mateo got a place a couple blocks away and we went out last night, got fucked up and now I'm trying to sweat the alcohol from my system..... but I'm kinda glad that I ran into you. Ummm see I'm thinking about throwing Elijah a huge birthday party and I know he'd really want you and Cash there." Duron said quietly. "I don't have the invite but I figured doing it in person was even better."
"Is your brother going to be there? I mean it's public knowledge that me and Diante don't like each other... hell me and you aren't exactly BFF's and I really don't want any drama fuckin up Elijah's birthday." I said looking into his eyes.
"Nah Diante isn't going to be there... me and him haven't been seeing eye to eye lately and I want Elijah to have an amazing DRAMA-FREE party." Duron said.
"Aight I'll come but please make sure you don't get a chocolate cake this time since last year you almost killed Elijah." I said and Duron blushed before running off. I guess I could give that nigga a chance and who knows maybe one day we'd actually be friends... though I wouldn't hold my breath.
Time seemed to move at a standstill.... I was able to go to the gym, go grocery shopping, wash a couple loads of laundry, take a ride on my motorcycle, take Blue out for yet another walk, have a full conversation with Halo, and go play a pickup game at the park and it still wasn't time for me to meet up with Kolby. Fuck I needed something to distract me so I called over Roy and Elijah hoping that they'd be able to guide me through this.....
"If that nigga is cheating break up with him... look you know I fucks with Cash but Jaire you're too good of a dude to be getting cheated on by anybody and before you start that 'but I kissed Niño' shyt you were drunk and you already told him." Roy said while Elijah sat off to the side quietly.
"What do you think Elijah? I mean you've been pretty quiet." I asked looking at him.
"I think... you and Cash should try to work things out IF he cheated because for all we know he didn't, look Jaire IF he did cheat it's fucked up but what I've learned from this whole situation with Duron is that people make mistakes, but they can grow from those mistakes if given the opportunity." Elijah said quietly.
"My situation is different from you and Duron's.... y'all were together since high school and y'all had history, there was enough there for y'all to build upon the ruins of y'all relationship. Me and Kolby don't have that history or that level of trust for me to be able to forgive him for fuckin another nigga IF he did." I said.
"I mean you sound like you wanna break up with him." Elijah said looking me directly in the eyes.
"To be honest Jaire, you were much more interesting while you were single." Roy said, before I could find out exactly what he meant by interesting there was a knock on the door and I looked at them and they knew that it was time for them to go. "Jaire, you're my bro but you need to ask yourself how much time have you dedicated to learning who you are... I mean you spent the better part of a decade loving one person and when that didn't work out you jumped into a relationship with someone without taking some time to yourself... Look all I'm sayin is that maybe you need to be single." Roy said and I found it crazy that he was saying the exact same thing I was thinking earlier.
From the moment Kolby walked through the door things were awkward as fuck; it's like I knew that he was lying about what he did while him and Khris were gone and he knew that I knew he was lying but neither one of us wanted to be the first to bring it up.
"Kolby who was that nigga you were with when I was face timing Khris?" I asked as we set the table. He stood there looking at me and I could tell he was either thinking of a new lie or going to double down on the old one. "Please don't lie to me." I said quietly.
"It was an old friend... someone from my past that I hadn't seen in a while." He finally relented.
"An old friend... someone from your past that you hadn't seen in a while...." I said quietly. "An old friend like an ex?" I asked and Kolby nodded. "Did y'all fuck?" I asked trying to remain calm.
"Jaire look it was a mistake.... we were drinking and shyt just happened and I......." Kolby said but I was fuming, I flipped the entire table over and Kolby jumped out of fear, I wasn't going to hit him or anything but forreal I was madder at the lies than anything else.
"YOU FUCKED THAT NIGGA!!! FORREAL KOLBY.... LIKE WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST KEEP IT REAL WITH ME FROM THE JUMP!!! YEAH I WOULD'VE BEEN PISSED BUT I WOULD'VE PREFERRED THAT TO YOU LYING TO ME, WE COULD'VE WORKED THROUGH IT BUT NAH YOU WANTED TO PROTECT YOUR SECRET.... IF I HADN'T BROUGHT IT UP WOULD YOU HAVE TOLD ME?!?!?!??" I yelled.
"Probably not.... Jaire look you have to let me explain, Khris is about to graduate and nine times outta ten he's going to some college across the country and I'm going with him.... when we were out in Kansas I was doing a lot of thinking and you got too much going on here for you to come with me." Kolby said quietly.
"So you figured that fuckin your ex was easier than coming to me like an adult and talking about this? Forreal Kolby, I thought you were smarter than that." I said as I began to pick up the broken glass that was on the floor.
"Jaire let's be real things have been different since you found out about Halo, you've been so preoccupied with your son and we haven't been communicating and....." Kolby froze from the look I gave him.
"Wow, you're really trying to put this on a child? Halo didn't effect anything on my end, because while you were out suckin and fuckin other niggas I was trying my hardest to keep the relationship going strong, YOU were the one avoiding my calls and.... hold up, two questions. First is the fact that I have a kid the reason you left and second how many times did you fuck that nigga because you were acting funny before I even caught you?" I asked looking at him and his silence was deafening. "Wow.... you know what I think it's best if you leave because I.... I don't want you stepping on any glass." I said changing what I was going to say. "You can come get your stuff tomorrow and leave the key on the table." I said walking him to the door.
"Jaire I'm sorry...." Kolby said as he walked out on the porch.
"I hear you man... look give me a couple days to calm down and then we can try to have this conversation when I'm not pissed." I said and he nodded... maybe Roy was right, I needed to have some me time, Elijah did it and now he seems like he was in a good space so maybe it'll work for me........................
****** QUESTIONS ******
1) Should Jaire and Cash try to work it out or should they call it splits?
2) Who should get the next two chapters; Duron, Elijah, Luka, or De'Veon?
