Love Me or Leave Me (Trilogy)

Chapter 54

4 WEEKS LATER

"Damn sus you choked that hoe???" Ellis asked as he turned my head to the side, sewing my hair in for my baby shower today. I sighed. "Yeah I did, Im not proud of it though." He chuckled. "Her dumb ass deserved it, I knew she was up to something." Kerri nodded her head in agreement.

"I did too, I can't believe she's mentally ill." Ellis sucked his teeth. "I can, her ol you stole my man, now ima kill you face ass." We all laughed. "Yeah, I kinda feel bad for her though, after waiting for the past few weeks, the police finally decided where she's going."

Ellis looked at me through the mirror and placed both of his hands on my shoulders. "They locked her crazy ass up, ain't it?" He said in a serious tone. Kerri laughed. "Well, after I filed the report a few weeks ago, she admitted to the police that she was trying to hurt me, so they did an evaluation on her, and finally decided to send her to prison, so she's been there for the past few days."

Ellis shook his head. "Nah, she needs to be in a looney bin, but that's good enough." "They have places for people like her, she doesn't get to live with all the "normal" inmates." Ellis nodded."Good, how long is she in there for?" I shrugged. "Since what she did was premeditated, they charged her with negligent homicide."

"Damn." Kerri mumbled. "I know she got a few years for that." I nodded. "Yeah, August knows how many, but I didn't bother to ask." Ellis shook his head, as he undid the next bundle of hair. "Did they find Hakeem, or whatever his name is?" I smirked. "It's Jahkeem, and yeah, he got arrested for what he did to Ariana, and for what he was trying to do to me.....he got life in prison this time around."

"What?!" Kerri and Ellis exclaimed. I nodded. "Yeah, he's been arrested so many times, they locked him up for good now." "Hallelujah." Kerri said sitting up on my bathroom sink. "Everything's finally over." I took a sigh of relief and smiled. "Yeah it is."

"Enough about them." Ellis started. "Today's your day, so we need to be focused on you, you got your outfit picked out already?" I smiled. "Yeah, it's laying out on the bed....Have people started coming yet?" Kerri chuckled. "Your kidding right? Kelsey is out there, escorting everyone to the back by the pool." I nodded. "Good."

All of a sudden, there was a slight knock at the bathroom door, causing all of us to look up at the mirror. "Oh, hey baby." August smiled slightly. "Can I talk to you a minute?" I nodded. "Yeah, of course." I stood up from my seat and followed him out of our bedroom. "Wassup?" I asked folding my arms across my chest.

He opened his mouth to speak, but then he frowned. "....Your hair ain't done, ain't it?" I lifted my hand up to my hand and touched my braids that were still exposed. "No, it's not." He nodded. "Good." "What did you need to talk about?" I asked changing the subject. He took a deep breath and pulled out something from his back pocket.

"What is that?" I lifted a brow and stared down at the envelope in his hands. "Ariana wrote me." My eyes widened. "She wrote you from prison?" He nodded. "Well what did it say?" He shrugged. "I ain't read it yet, I wanted you to be here when I did." I cracked a small smile. "Okay, well, go ahead." He tore open the envelope and pulled out the paper inside.He unfolded it and began to read.

I watched his eyes scroll the paper, making my more anxious by the second. "What does it say?" He sighed. "She's aplogizing for what happened." "Oh." I mumbled. "The fuck is she talkin about?" He asked confused.

"What? What happened??" He crumbled up the paper and held it in his hand. "What happened?" He shook his head. "She said the baby didn't make it." I placed my hand over my mouth, in shock. "What?" He was silent. "Was it because of the drugs?" He nodded. "Oh my god....Im so sorry baby." He was silent. "You alright?" his eyes was slightly glassy, but he was holding it together.