Dangerously In Love

Chapter Nine

9: 27 p.m. --Malik Residence
La Gorce, Miami, Florida

Lani laughs hiding her face from the camera, "Stop Caion I just saw you." She blushes covering her face with a pillow.

"Wow," He drags out, "You ain't miss yo nigga? You flaw. As fuck. I miss you bad shorty."

Lani can't help the giggle that comes out her mouth as butterflies fill her stomach. It's later that night and Lani is now laying in bed, caked up on the phone with Cai.

She put the incident from earlier that day to the back of her mind. She told herself that it was a one time thing and that it wouldn't happen again. Hopefully.

"I miss you too." She whispers back starring at him through the camera. She feels herself becoming mesmerized by his eyes and she loves the feeling. Lani is falling hard and fast and she can only pray he'll speed up to catch her.

Just as he goes to reply the front door to his dad apartments swings open.

"Where you been-? Why you look like that?" He questions. The person ignores him, walking straight pass him to the bathroom.

Lani remains quiet on the other line as Caion peels himself off the couch and goes to the bathroom, lightly knocking on the door. "Aye." Getting no response he tries to twist the knob open, only finding that it's locked. "Mace open the door."

The only response is the whirling of the A.C. inside the apartment. Cai starts to get worried. His brother walked in the door after being gone all day looking like someone shot his dog.

"Aight don't answer the door, I'ma snitch and tell pops you had his car unless you open the door." He threatens. Realizing he isn't going to get Mace to open the door, Cai decides to open it himself.

He walks into the kitchen and grabs a butter knife from the sink. He goes back to the bathroom and slides the knife in between the door and the door frame. After a few seconds the knife pushes against the doors bolt allowing him to push open the door.

When he gets in the bathroom he sees Mace sitting on the closed toilet with his head in his hand. Momentarily forgetting he's on the phone, he places his phone down on the sink. 

"You good? What happened?" Cai asks frantically trying to figure out what's wrong. Although the two clash heads a lot, that's his younger brother. He'd go to war about Mace if he had to. And vice versa.

Mace continues to ignore his brother not wanting to talk. He wishes Caion would realize and give him the time alone he wants.

Caion rests his hand on Mace's shoulder, "Dawg what is wrong? You got a nigga worried and shit. Some happened? Everything was good earlier, something happened with Aaliyah's mom?"

After getting more questions thrown at him, Mace finally lifts his head up. Cai can finally see that Mace's eyes are bloodshot red and his cheeks are stained with tears.