Poisoned Innocence - discontinued.

Chapter 14.

Zonnique. 

"I can't deal with his bullshit anymore, Rhonda." I cried to Rhonda as she handed me another tissue. 

I thanked her and blew my nose into it. I tossed it into the waist basket that was already overflowing with dirty tissues, and missed. I sighed and dropped my head, looking down at my light wash jeans, which my tears were starting to fall upon. 

"You know, you're a really good person when you're not drunk." I furrowed my eyebrows at Rhonda who was rubbing my back. It wasn't making me feel any better, but I guess it makes me feel good that she cares.

She nervously chuckled and rubbed the back of her neck. "Yeah, i'm a different person when I drink." She huffed. "Rocky's gonna help me with that though." 

My eyes went round. "A rehab? No." I shook my head in disbelief after she nodded. "I'm gonna miss having you around." I frowned. 

"Me too, Nique." She beamed. "But now's not the time to talk about me, it's about you." She returned to seriousness. "You and August will work things out I know you will." She assured me. But I didn't believe it. I meant what I said about never wanting to talk to him again, that's for sure. 

"I know." I fibbed, sighing afterwards. "I'm more worried about Asia, though. It's pissing me off that he's too fucking self involved to care about the police catching him. My little sister is in danger and it's nobody's fault but his." My face got hot. "Maybe if he would've let her go, instead of keeping her here, she wouldn't be in this situation. Maybe if he didn't have gang members knowing our location, she would've never gotten shot and she would have her memory. Then maybe she wouldn't have ran the fuck away." I angrily remarked. I balled up my fists and my cheeks were getting even hotter by the second.

Rhonda placed her hand on my shoulder letting me know it was okay. "Do you maybe think you should be saying all this to August?" When she saw that I wasn't having that, she sighed. "He cares about you, Nique. I promise. Don't you think that he's more worried about you getting caught by the police?" She raised an eyebrow.

I never thought of it that way. He could just be trying to put my safety first. But as much as I wanted to try to wrap my mind around that idea, I couldn't.

Augsust hasn't cared about me for months before we got into a relationship. He made me hurt people, prostitute my body, sell drugs, he even raped me a few times. He took advantage of me. Sometimes it's just hard for me to believe that August would ever give two shits about my safety. 

I shook my head in denial. "My sisters safety comes before mine. Always." 

"I know it's gonna take you a while to get used to Asia not being here, but Rocky and August is making sure she's okay. I swear to you." Rhonda rubbed my back. 

I rolled my eyes. "How can they be keeping an eye on her if she's not there?" It sounded impossible to me, but Rhonda seemed absolutely serious. 

"They know a lot of people, Zonnique." 

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. "If they have people watching her, then why can't they get those people to bring her back." I shifted around a little, trying to find a comfortable spot on the bed. 

"It's not that easy. But I really think you should be talking about this with August, not me." 

"I wish I could, but i'm sticking to what I said." I crossed my arms over my chest. "I never want to speak to him again, and that's final." 

"Zo--" She tried to convince me, but I wasn't having it. 

"You can let yourself out." I pursed my lips. "I'm about to take a soak." I exhaled, standing to my feet.