Obsessed

Chapter 5

Krystal

"I'm so mad right now. Like why would he think it's okay to bring Ava clear across the country? Im not gonna see my child for another 2 days." I complained. "I mean, it's not like he didn't tell you, girl." My sister, Genesis says. I roll my eyes. "Yeah, he did let me know. But still. I'm gonna miss my baby." I said. "It's only 2 days. You'll be aight." Genesis tells me. I sighed.
My name is Krystal Marie Acevedo. I'm 28 years old and I live in Elizabeth, New Jersey. I was born and raised here and I'm most likely gonna die here, too. Anyway, I'm Puerto Rican and Cuban. I have a 3 year old daughter named Ava and she is the love of my life.
My sister, Genesis and I were chilling at my house. It was 4th of July weekend but we didn't celebrate that holiday. Which is why we were in the house. Genesis wanted me to do her lashes, so that's what I was doing. We were bored as a bitch.
"I just feel like Justin does certain things to make me mad." I said. "Krystal, let me ask you something. And I want you to be super honest with me, aight?" Genesis says. "I'm always honest with you. Am I not?" I said. "You are. But I just want you to keep it a buck with me right now." She says. I roll my eyes. "Fine." I said. "Okay. Are you still in love with him?"
The honest answer to that question? Yes. I'm still very much in love with my baby daddy. Justin and I met when we were 16. We were mad young. This may sound corny, but the minute I first saw him I knew. I knew he was the guy I wanted to be with forever. But, a stupid ass rumor ruined what we had.
I looked at my sister with tears in my eyes. "I take that as a yes. Which is probably why you act the way you do towards him." Genesis says, pulling me in for a hug. "Of course I'm still in love with him, Geni. We were engaged at one point. We have a daughter." I said. "It's okay. You know what you have to do, though, right?" My sister says. "What?" I asked, even though I knew. "You have to break up with Felix. You can't continue this relationship knowing you're still in love with your ex. It's not fair to you or him." I sighed. "I hate you." I said.
The next morning, I woke up with a heavy heart. There were so many emotions going through my head. I had to break up with Felix, whom I had been dating for 7 months. I didn't wanna hurt him because he was such a good guy. But Genesis was right. I was only hurting him more by staying with him.
I asked Felix to come over so we could talk. He showed up at my place around 12 pm. For some odd reason, I was sweating bullets. Was I nervous? Nervous was just an emotion I never experienced. I never got nervous. Ever.
"So, what are you saying Krystal? You wanna break up?" Felix asked. I sighed. "I just don't think it's fair to you or myself. I can't continue to be in this relationship and still be in love with my baby daddy." I said. "So you leaving me for that bum ass nigga?!?" Felix fumed. "I didn't say I was leaving you for him, Felix! Calm down." I said. Before I could say anything else, I was punched in the face. I fell to the ground. "Fuck you and that nigga. He can have ya hoe ass!" Felix says, leaving and slamming the door.
"Oh, my God! What happened to your face?!" Genesis says. I held an ice pack to my cheek while on FaceTime with my sister. "I broke up with Felix and he didn't take it so well." I tell her. "THAT NIGGA HIT YOU?!? I'm on my way over there now." My sister says. "Genesis, no. It's okay." I said. "Nah, fuck that! He put his hands on you. That shit ain't cool. I'll see you in 10 minutes." My younger sister says before hanging up.
"He really hit you?! Where his ass at?" Genesis says, as soon as I opened the door. "Genesis, he left. Why would he still be here?" I said. I watched as my sister paced the living room. You'd think she was the one who had just got punched in the face. "I'm so mad right now. I can't believe he hit you." Genesis says, thinking out loud. "Me either. I've never had a man put his hands on me. Ever." I said, taking a seat on the couch.
"Hi, mommy!" Ava says. I smiled at my phone screen. "Hi, baby. I miss you so much!" I said. Ava giggled. "How was your day?" Justin asked me. I was shook. He and I never asked each other how our days were. I mean not since we were together. "Um... good. How about you?" I said.
I was debating whether or not I should tell my baby daddy about the incident between Felix and I. I mean, yeah we weren't together anymore but besides my sister, nobody else cared about me. Justin has made it very clear that he still cared for me. After all, I was the mother of his child. I was also still in love with him. He didn't know that, though. Yet.
"My day was actually good. I took Ava to DisneyLand and she loved it!" Justin says to me. I smiled. Knowing that my baby girl was having fun with her daddy made me happy. "That's so good!" I said. "You good? Why you being so nice right now?" Justin said. I laughed. "I'm fine! It's nothing." I lied. Unfortunately, Justin knew me better than anybody else. So he knew something was wrong. I still wasn't sure if I should tell him or not. "Krystal, you can't lie to me. I know you like the back of my palm. We were engaged. We were in love at one point. You don't think I know when somethings wrong?" My baby daddy says to me.
Justin was right. He always knew when something was wrong. That's one of the reasons why I loved him and why I still loved him to this day. He just knew me. It scared me sometimes.
I sighed. "I broke up with Felix today and he didn't take it so well." I said, looking down at my nails. "What happened?" Justin asked. My heart felt like it was beating outside of my chest. I took a deep breath before finally responding. "He lashed out and... he hit me." I said. "Woah, woah, woah. That nigga hit you?!?" Justin says. "He got mad at the fact that I was breaking up with him and he lost his temper. I'll be fine." I assured him. "This would happen when I'm all the way in Cali. It's aight. When we get home I'm beating his ass." Justin says.
I know this is horrible. However, hearing how angry Justin got over the phone, defending me? It made me smile. That he cared about me, for real. Maybe there was hope?
"Justin, it's not worth it. I told you I'd be fine." I tell him. "Nah, fuck that and that bum ass nigga. He put his hands on you. That ain't right. At the end of the day, you're still the mother of my child and I gotta make sure you good. Always." Justin tells me. I smiled. That definitely made me feel good. "I appreciate that. Thank you, Justin." I said.
I went to bed that night with a smile on my face. Now, I wasn't gonna tell Justin that I was still in love with him. Not yet, of course. I mean, what if he didn't feel the same way? I didn't wanna put my heart on the chopping board. All I knew was that I couldn't wait for Justin to get back from his trip to California.

- So what do we think of Krystal? She isn't that bad, right?