Wanted By The Boss

Chapter 13

Brianna

Today would have to be the worst day I've had so far. I'm exhausted and I think my son gave me his cold. I called my best friend and told her I was staying in bed today. Not even 10 minutes later Mike is calling and asking if I'm okay. I appreciate the concern but right now I want my phone on DND and just sleep. That's exactly what I did too. I started watching White Collar and went to sleep. I woke up to my doorbell and when I saw it was 5 in the afternoon I panicked. I rushed downstairs to the door where I saw Lamont standing on my doorstep.

Why the hell is he here? He really needs to leave. I am NOT in the mood!

I opened the door and just glared at him.

Aren't you going to invite me in?

Hell no! Lamont what do you want? I am not in the mood for your bullshit today! Why are you here? Again?!

Is that any way to talk to your baby daddy?

It is if you want him to leave you the fuck alone! Now what do you want?

He brushed past me into my house. This nigga done lost his fucking mind! Did he really just walk past me like this was HIS house?

Lamont... I know you did NOT just do that.

Brianna close the door so we can have a civilized conversation.

NO! I don't want to have a conversation right now! I want to take my ass back upstairs and get back in my bed!

OK. We can have this conversation wherever. I just want to talk to the mother of my child okay?

Lamont what is it? What's wrong?

I got to thinking the other night Bri when you let me spend the night. Even though I was in our son's room I wanted to be laying next to you too. I miss how you felt next to me. I'm just missing-

You're missing the old me and she's not here anymore. We're parents and you have to accept the fact that we are not going to get back together. I don't look at you like that anymore. I'm always going to have love for you as my son's father and a friend but that's as far as my love goes. You have a whole girlfriend and whatever fight y'all just had... Y'all need to either work that shit out or move the fuck on. This... though? This can never happen again.

Why can't we try again Bri? Huh? What did I do that was so bad that you don't want to try again? We weren't perfect but we loved each other!

Lamont! I loved YOU! Not only did you disrespect me but when we broke up you left me by myself in my third trimester carrying OUR son! You didn't love me! You had me so close to ending it all just to save face with your friends! You forgot who was there when you didn't have shit! You forgot who stayed and while I wasn't okay with your attitude towards your mom and I told you so but I was there! The second shit gets too real for you to handle you leave me outside in the rain by myself carrying OUR SON! So NO I don't want to try again! I can't trust you to be there when I need you most.

He stood there looking like a wounded puppy while I cried all the anger, pain, frustration, hurt, disappointment, and fear out of my system.

Bri, I'm truly sorry. I never thought about the aftermath of that day. I'm sorry I'm the cause of this pain but I never intended on hurting you this bad. I'm so sorry I made you feel like you had to disappear to protect yourself from ME of all people. We were friends first and I never wanted to ruin that. Can we get back to being friends at least? I'll stop pushing so hard but you are an amazing mother to our son. If you don't believe anything I've said today please believe that.

Lamont, please can you just go? I appreciate you saying that but I have a headache right now and I really just want to go back to bed. I'll call you later okay?

Okay Bri. I'll go but remember what I said okay? I hope you feel better.

He turned and walked to the front door while I followed to lock the door after him. After seeing him walk out the door I could have sworn I saw Mikes' car turn the corner.

Was that... No it couldn't have been? He worked today. I have to call CeCe just to verify. Lord only knows if he was here how much he heard. One battle at a time, Bri. I have to feel better soon. This house is making me stir crazy.

I went to the kitchen to make my grandpa's tangy beef stew and some lemon green tea. Then I took my ass to bed and started binge watching The Haves and Have Nots on Hulu.

Michael

After overhearing that loaded exchange between Brianna and if I had to guess I would bet money it was Mel's father. I had to admit I was a little jealous that he'd spent the night but was more than a little relieved he slept with their son and not her. I heard all the pain and hurt in her voice while she expressed to her ex why they couldn't be together anymore. It took everything in me not to knock on her door and give her a big hug to erase all that pain. I also wanted to knock her ex the fuck out for hurting her like that. No wonder she didn't trust me or any other man for that matter. I wanted to protect her and hold her for however long she would let me. In the meantime, I need to go back to my office and get some work done. I'll talk to her later on tonight. I know she's going to be angry for me eavesdropping on her but I need to convince her that I'm not going to hurt her. Let's hope everything goes alright tonight.

In the meantime, time to get some work done. Plenty of time to kill before 8 tonight. Hopefully CeCe did like I asked and covered for me.

Cece

I love my best friend Bri and after what Mike just told me... I'm convinced he's actually in love with her too. I couldn't be happier for her. Lord knows I didn't want her back with Lamont's shady ass. She deserves so much more than how she was treated when they were together. That's my girl and I think Mike would be perfect for her but so help me God if he hurts her... Celebrity or no celebrity I will kill him. We've been best friends since daycare and even if communication ever lacked I knew my bestie had my back. She might be one of the strongest women I've ever met. I'm not only saying that because she's my bestie but she has overcome some of the hardest battles that were meant to destroy her and she is a fierce black woman. We're both mothers now and raising them up to be close and have each other's backs and protect each other and be as close as their mothers are. We've been through a lot together and while I got my Knight in shining armor I want her to have the same. I just hope she can open up after everything she's been through.