The Love Of A 12

C H A P T E R : 6

TLOA12 | 6 : Be Mine?

{ William Bishop Mathis }

I hopped out of my car and walking up the stone path that led to the front door of my brother's spacious house. I rang the doorbell and waited patiently for someone to open it. I had a key to their house but didn't like to use it if it wasn't for an emergency. After about half a minute of waiting the door opened to reveal Paula with Nessa in her arms.

"Hey Will." She said before I kissed her on the cheek in greeting.

"Wassup Paula?" I asked before scooping Nessa out of her arms and stepping into the foyer.

"I'm finishing up dinner, you're staying?" I shrugged as I buried my face into Nessa's neck acting as though I was gonna eat her. "Boy it's a yes or no question." She said with her hand on her small hip.

"Yes." I said after receiving a fit of giggles from Vanessa that broadcasted her dimples out to everyone.

"Your brother is in the den." She said taking Vanessa from me before walking away towards the kitchen. I headed in the opposite direction to the den where I found Que shirtless and waiting reruns of The Walking Dead.

"Que you was right." I said not bothering to greet him. The entire drive over here after dropping Anyela home was consumed of the conversation that we had a few weeks ago. Back then I fought all the signs of me growing attached to Nye but now that's the only thing that have been on my mind.

"I'm always right. What was I right about this time?" He asked with his eyes still glued to the TV screen.

"About Nye. I never really realized it until today but everything you said was true I was just throwing it under the bush to not think about it but I can't help it anymore." I rambled on causing him to pause his show so he wouldn't miss anything important. I said beside him on the chair and ran my hand over my head.

"You know this could actually help you with the case." I scrunched my brows together and looked at him in confusion.

"This shit isn't gonna help with the damn case Que! I'm gonna lose my damn job because of this." Two and a half years would be going down the drain because I'm not even going to associate with Anyela anymore. The best way to get her out of my mind is to cut ties with her and never talk to her again. It may be a punk ass move but as long as I keep my job then that's all that truly matters.

"Do you ever think? You knew this girl for what? Three months and you still haven't met her dad? Look if you're in a relationship with her she'll open up to you more and after you get the evidence that you need to make the arrest and the case will be closed with her dad behind bars." I looked at him like he was high. I could've sworn he stopped smoking back when Nessa was born.

"After I arrest her dad she's gonna hate me."

"When you ignore her she's gonna start to hate you anyway. At least if you arrest her dad she's gonna hate you and you'll have a hefty bonus to your salary."

"Man, I don't know what to do." I ran my hands down my face and threw my head over the back of the sofa.

"Will, you always say you don't want a relationship and what not so this is a simple plan that could get you finished up with case." Que said trying to persuade me to go along with his plan.

"She has a boyfriend and Chief gave me a deadline for the case that's up in three months. I can't get any evidence in three months." I said trying to back out of the plan that Que had provided me with. It was a good plan without a doubt but I wasn't sure if I could go through with it.