Bloom

Chapter 29

💜Grace💜

I'm in the kitchen cooking breakfast. I couldn't sleep last night. A little bit of everything that happened kept me up. "Good morning.", I heard Troy say.

"Good morning.", I said looking at him then back at the food. He was about to say something but I cut him off. "What happened last night while we were having sex?", I asked turned the stove off and looking at him. He sat down at the table and huffed.

"Grace please not now."

"What you mean not now? When?"

"Whenever I feel like it Grace damn! Stop nagging me.", he said.

"Nobody nagging you Troy! I was almost raped again and you weren't here cause you just freaked out and left! You weren't here to protect me so I deserve to know why! Now why?!", I yelled back.

"Grace I got you a gun for when I'm not here! You're not dumb use it! You're acting like you're weak Grace damn! I'm not Superman! I'm not always gone save the day!"

"I know you not Superman Troy but you're my man! You're supposed to protect me! You weren't here and you don't even wanna tell me why!"

"I'm not your father Grace! I'm not obligated to protect you! I don't owe you shit! I choose to protect you cause you're my woman I don't protect you cause I have to!", he yelled.

"You right Troy you don't owe me shit! Neither do I! I don't owe you shit! I don't owe you fucking cooked meals everyday.", I yelled throwing the food I was cooking. "I don't owe you a clean ass house everyday!", I yelled knocking shit over. "I don't owe you shit!", I yelled looking at him.

"Why the fuck you do this dumb ass shit?! Get the fuck out of my house!" Is this man crazy?

"Nigga I'm not going anywhere! This my shit too!"

"I pay the fucking bills! I put food in this bitch! I got all this furniture! This my shit! I let you stay in in my shit so put some respect on me bitch!", he yelled in my face. I smacked the shit out of him.

"I don't know who the fuck you are but you're not the man I fell in love with. I'm done.", I said pushing pass him.

"Fuck you bitch I don't need you. Get your fat ass out my shit. All you do is complain. Pay a fucking bill you fat ass bitch!" I turned around and ran to him. I started swinging on him. I told him about how insecure I was. I told him about how I hated my body before. Who is this man?

While I was hitting him he pushed me. I slipped and fell on food that was on the grown. "Grace I'll lay yo ass out right now! Do that shit again! Do that shit again fat bitch!", he yelled in my face while I was in the floor.

"Man what are you doing?", I heard Troy's friend Dontre ask as Troy was pulled back from me. It's him. Troy pushes Dontre.

"Get this fat bitch out of my house!", he yelled at Dontre throwing orange juice in me the pointing at me with the cup. He threw it then grabbed his keys and left slamming the door.

Dontre shook his head and came to help me up. "You alright?", he asked. I nodded then started crying. "Don't cry. Don't cry.", he said. He patted my back, then rubbed it, then hugged me.

"I'm done with him. Tell him I'm done. That's not the man I feel in love with.", I said after I got myself together. He let me go.

"I don't know what's going on with him but this ain't him. At all. I know he loves you so for him to do this, something gotta be wrong."

"He doesn't love me. You don't do that to someone you love." I went upstairs and packed my clothes and stuff. Dontre helped me take my stuff to my car. After I got packed up I packed Hazel some clothes and stuff then loaded it up. I left to my momma's house after.

💙Troy💙

I stopped running then screamed. I'm in a trail. It's night, I don't know what time but it's dark out. I fucked up earlier. Big time. I don't mean to do that shit any of it. Last night I don't know if it was a flash back or what but I felt like I was being hurt. I felt weak and I didn't want her to see me like that so I flipped. I didn't mean none of that shit. Let me go home and talk to her.

...

I pulled up but her car wasn't here. Somebody is though. I can't think about who car this is.

I parked then went into the house. I saw Dontre sitting on the stairs. I forgot he was here before she left. He pulled me back.

He stood up as I walked in. "You good now man?", he asked.

"Yeah. Look about earlier-"

"Don't even do it. It's all good." He came and hugged me, I hugged him back. Dontre must've came cause I told him what happened last night. "I cleaned up the mess in the kitchen. I got my boys sleeping in the living room, they got dropped off."

"Is she gone?", I asked. He just looked at me. I know that means yeah. I ran upstairs to our room and opened the closet. It's only my side here. I went to Hazel's room and some of her clothes are gone. She left me.

I went and grabbed my phone from my room and called her. She didn't answer. I sat on my bed and kept calling.

After her not answering 23 times I started texting her.

Me:Grace I'm so sorry, come home
Me:Come home baby please
Me:I'm sorry I fucked up
Me:Can I at least see Hazel please
Me:Please let me see our daughter
Grace:It's late you can pick her up from my moms tomorrow in the am
Me:I'll be there at 9 can we talk

She didn't look at it. I fucked up big time.