In My Mind

Secret III

Kelly POV

I was shocked to see Shawn and Tim standing at the door. Thank God Bey had picked up the strap and we had taken the sheets off the bed. They came in and looked at the room. Our clothes were scattered everywhere. It looked like we just took them off as we got into bed, nothing out of the ordinary. I looked at Beyoncé's stance knowing she was just as uncomfortable as me. It was strange seeing our husbands together as they were never really friends and only associated because of Bey and I. Tim looked at me with an expression I couldn't quite understand. Shawn looked at Bey and realized there was a hickey on her collarbone. Shit, there's no trying to cover it now.

"Yo Bey, what the fuck is that? Who been kissing on you?"

"Nobody. I burned myself." Good try Beyoncé, I thought.

"Bey I ain't stupid. I know the difference between a burn and a hickey."

"Don't worry about Shawn."

"Naw, I need to know who been kissing on my wife so I can beat his ass." If only he knew, was all I could think. As he spoke he had been walking closer to Bey and eventually ended up nose to nose with her.

She looked so calm, like him being mad no longer affected her and it didn't. After all the times he's cheated on her now he wants to lay claim to her as his wife? I'm like really? He looked in her eyes and no longer saw the love she once had for him. From the angle I was standing at I saw that the light she used to have in eyes for him was gone. Maybe she'd finally made her choice. I was hoping with my whole heart that she finally chose me. The hard part is going to be that I'll break Tim's heart. He knows I don't love him but that doesn't minimize the love he has for me. It will definitely be hard on our son. But I love and want the woman standing in front of me.

Bey and Shawn stared at each other so long I thought that they were about to fight. Shawn finally realized that he could no longer manipulate her because she no longer loved him. I swear I saw tears form in his eyes but he quickly blinked them away.

"Aight Bey, Tim and I wanted to take yall to brunch. See you downstairs in ten minutes." He said walking away realizing that Beyoncé was done putting up with his mess.

His posture showed his annoyance and disappointment. He had to know at some point Bey would stop putting up with the things he was doing. Tim cleared his throat, I had almost forgotten he was here. Both Beyoncé and I looked at him.

"Now will yall tell me what the hell went down between you two that yall stopped speaking for two years."

"Tim again you asked at the wrong time," Bey said.

"Naw man, brunch can wait. I need some damn answers." He said with such anger in his voice.

Beyoncé walked over to me, grabbed my hand, looked in my eyes for approval and kissed me. She kissed me but I allowed it, forgetting all about Tim being less than five feet from us. One minute I was kissing Bey and the next I felt Tim's hand around my throat as he held me against the wall. Bey was trying to get him off as I was slowly losing consciousness. I blinked hard trying not to. All I remember is hearing yelling and what sounded like furniture being thrown before falling into a deep dark place. I had never seen this much anger in Tim in the entire time we've been married.

As I gained consciousness I opened my eyes to a room full of people. Bey was pacing back and forth, it's something she does when she's angry. Solange was removing the cold towel from my head, Momma T had just returned with a glass of water and what looked like some Advil. She handed the glass and medication to me. There was also this unknown woman whom I had never seen a day in my life. I'm guessing by the stethoscope around her neck she's some kind of doctor or nurse. I sat up and looked around the room noticing it was destroyed. That's when Beyoncé turned and I saw the palm print on her cheek. It made me angry, who the fuck hit my woman? I guess she saw the question in my eyes and answered.