Beyond The Broken Glass3: Finally Mended [complete]

13.) The Plan

"Will you keep in touch?"

"Mhmm." He hummed as he neatly packed his things away in his luggage. My heart hammered with each item that he placed in his bag. He didn't say we were moving again, he just said this was temporary and that he'd be back. 

I know before I was going on with all my rah rah about how I wanted to break up with him and leave to live a normal life. But now that I know that we're going through with separating my anxiety was getting bad again. Not to mention we've both been on edge since we heard gunshots in the area a few days ago.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going back to Miami. You however are going to Cali. I got y'all set up nicely so don't worry about survivin'."

"Wait what? Brandon, that was never in the plans."

He had to be out of his mind. When I said separate I meant different houses not different sides of the country. I didn't even know anything about living in California.

"It was in my plan." He said as he stopped packing to glare at me. "You wanted to leave right? Here's yo chance. I got three one-way tickets to Cali for you,Mimi, and Ky."

"We are not going all the way to the other side of the United States."

"Yes, you are."

"Who's gonna protect us?"

"I got family out there still."

"Brandon, please don't do this." I began to whine. He stopped and folded his arms. His eyebrows knitted together as his chest rose and fell rapidly.

"First you wanna separate, now yo ass screaming don't do this? This is exactly why I can't keep puttin' up with yo slow ass. You too indecisive." He argued. "Go to Cali and live yo best life, Bri."

"What happened to you looking out for me, protecting Mimi, and raising Ky?" I refreshed his memory. "What about that? Don't tell me you had a change of heart?"

"I did actually. You think I'm the danger right? So Imma make it easy. I'm gone remove myself. Problem solved. No me. No danger. Right?"

I can't believe this. It was literally like watching Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. One day he wants his family and he wants us to work and then a switch inside of him flips and he wants us to go far away from him. And let's not forget that he told me he hated me.

He had Ky asking me why his daddy didn't love me anymore and that truly broke my heart. Because I couldn't give him an answer that he would understand. I couldn't explain to him why our lives were so complicated or why things were the way they were. I had no answers to give him because I simply didn't know either.

"Why can't we just stay here?"

"Why would you want to?"

"Because we got accustomed to this house."

"Get accustomed to the new house. You got experience with moving from place to place. Don't act brand new."

"We want to stay here."

"No."

That was all he said to me as he went back to packing, not just his bag but my bags as well. I just watched him in anguish as he really prepared us to separate once again. I walked away into the bedroom to Mimi playing with a doll we had bought her. She stroked the hair softly and kissed her doll's cheek. Ky lay on the bed with his dinosaur tucked in his arm.

"Hi," I mumbled as I crawled onto the full-sized bed. They both glanced my way and sat up. I guess I had to tell them. "Guess what!" 

Despite this being a sad occasion I had to make them think it was a good thing. Since I honestly had no choice but to go through with it. I mustered up the best smile that I could as I reached for Ky to climb into my arms. He did so happily. "You guys wanna get on a plane?"