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"Stay here." He didn't look back as he headed directly to the front door.

Oh my God! He's back.

I was terrified that that was Joe again. I said they're listening but I didn't hear anything. A couple seconds later the twins walk into the bathroom. I just look at them and shake my head.

"I can't do this. My anxiety is through the roof. I'm so scared."

"Try not to worry about it, we got you." Jon says to me. "What you wanna do?" He looks at Josh.

"I'm ready to kill him." Josh says, "She thinks I should let it go."

"You always wanna kill everybody. Calm down!" Jon says like he's irritated. "You can't jump up ready to kill. This is Joe we're talking about. This ain't some random person, this is family." I see Jey's face and he's looking at Jon like he's crazy. He probably about to hit him for saying that shit. "...But we ain't letting shit go, Hazel."

"I don't want anyone to get hurt. I'm okay...and alive. Just drop it, okay. I feel safe with Josh here. I feel that multiplies when you're here, too. Please guys, let's not make matters worse."

"So I can't go over there, can I call him and see what he has to say for himself?" Jey asks

I just nod my head. I don't think he is gonna let this go, but I can hope. Before I could say anything else, I heard the ringing. This man called him right then and there.

"Hello, Joshua! How is your day going?" Joe answers, speaking as if he's in a good mood.

"Fuck you mean, how's my day going? You put your hands on my girl?"

"Your girl?" He scuffs. "T is fine. She's at home with the kids, where you should be." He says

"Don't worry about my family, or where you think I need to be. You put your hands on my girl and you know I can't let that shit slide."

"You keep saying your girl. I don't know what you're talking about." Joe says

"Stop playing dumb, Joe. You know exactly who I'm talking about." Jey yells

"Ohh, you're talking about that nice, side piece of ass you got over at the penthouse, on Elm. Yeah, I paid her a visit. She needed to know what she was getting into. Clearly you didn't warn her of the dangers of fucking you."

"It's not like that. You know me and T are separated..."

"I don't care about all of that. I'm protecting my family from your childish decisions. Yeah, I choked the bitch. Whatchu gon do about it, Jey? The fam is behind it, they're calling the shots. You've been bailing on meetings, removing trackers, flat out avoiding us, you're separating yourself from the family. They know you're doing outside dealings, trying to go against us. Then we hear you're got some side bitch pregnant...we don't know what to do with you."

"So you come after my girl? This is business. She doesn't have anything to do with that." Josh says.

He laughs, "You're girl? You know she told me you were just her friend. That bitch doesn't even claim you. And yeah, it's business, but she has everything to do with this. Especially when she interferes with business, we got a problem." He says

"She don't have nothing to do with this." Jey repeats

"Your Dad seems to think she's behind this behavior. He wants her gone, and you know I gotta follow through." he says

Jey looks at his brother, and Jon shakes his head seemingly warning him.

"Dawg, you touched my girl." Jey says. I'm looking at him and he was so irritated, so frustrated, and he was just so pissed off. I wasn't sure what he would do if he actually went after him.

"You worried about a side bitch and not the business? What, she sucking your dick better than T or something?" Joe says

"It aint that, I love her, and you tried to kill her."

"Awwww, you love her?" He says, sarcastically. "Fuck that bitch, that bitch is disposable, this business should be your focus." He yells

Jey was getting angrier by the second. I slowly started to see that look he gets when he's pissed. I don't want him to get angry, I want him to calm down and just relax.

He looks at Jon and Jon shakes his head again, then takes the phone from him. Jon puts the phone on mute.

"Pull yourself together. Let me go talk to him." Jon says then Jey snatches the phone back from him.

"NO!" he yells. "This motherfucker is going to pay!"

"He is." Jon reassured him, "But, Dad wants her gone...and you know he's gonna make it happen." Jon looks at me. He had an unsettling look on his face.

"Babe..." I was about to say something but we heard Joe's voice loudly through the speaker.

"If you can't focus on business then we'll take out all other distractions. So count her days." He hangs up.

"I'm going over there." Jey starts to leave the room but Jon puts his arm out in front of him to stop him.

"Don't do it." Jon says, Jey just looks at him confused. "Let me see what's going on. I don't like the way that sounded."

"So I'm just supposed to sit here and do nothing? LOOK AT HER!" He yells

"I'm not saying that, I'm saying let me see what they know or at least see if they're talking. Come on man, you know I'm down for this. I love Hazel too, but we gotta be smart."

Jey just looks at me.

"I have a bad feeling about this. Just like before you left I knew something didn't feel right. Please, don't go." I say

Jey looks back at Jon. "If I don't hear anything from you within the hour, I'm coming for him."

"I got you." Jon says, then hugs his brother. "Do not move until you hear from me." Jey nods his head then watches Jon walk over to me. "Everything is going to be okay. Nothing is going to happen to you." he hugs me, then leaves.

Jey and I locked eyes after Jon left. He didn't say anything although I know he had a lot to say. I've seen him pissed off before, but never to this point. To be honest, it made me feel like there was another whole side of him that I knew nothing about. I know it's not that far-fetched because he really does have another side to him. Maybe this was just another part of that and the fact that I was involved when he cares so deeply for me, it's a trigger for him.

"Come on." he scoops me up and takes me out of the bathroom and into our bedroom. He sits me down on the bed and then he sits next to me. "Try to get some rest. It's late."

"As long as you promise me that you will not leave." I say scooting into my spot.

"I won't." He watches as I get into bed then he gets in as well and wraps his arm around me.

I hate that this happened. It looks like I'm gonna be leaving a little bit early. I don't see these seven days playing well at all and I have to make a decision. I'm not gonna say anything right now, because it's simply not the time, but maybe sometime tomorrow we can talk about it.

Placing kisses my shoulder, his fingers lightly trailed up and down my arm. "I love you." He whispered into my ear.

That was the last thing I heard before I fell asleep.

*********

I woke up to a lot of yelling. I don't know how long I was out, but it was still dark outside, so maybe a couple hours. I could hear Josh going off about something. I'm pretty sure he is still upset with Joe and that's what this was about.

I swing my legs to the side of the bed and slowly slide out and stand on my feet. I was still in pain but at least I could actually stand up.

I slowly made my way towards the door of the bedroom. When I came around the corner, I saw Josh with a gun in his hand. He was going off on Jon for telling him not to react, that things wouldn't work out in his favor. When they saw me they both stopped talking.

"See, I told you you were going to wake her up." He says walking over to me. "Everything's good, baby. Go back to bed."

"Why do you have your gun?"

"No reason—." Jey says then Jon cuts him off.

"He's trying to go to Joe's house." Jon says

"Baby, you promised me you wouldn't leave."

"I got to do something. I can't just sit here and let this motherfucker get away with this shit. I'm tired of his ass. Years and years of him doing shit to me, bullying me. I'm tired of it." Jey snaps

"I understand that, bro. Believe me, I do, but I can't let you hurt our cousin, regardless of what he did, you can't end his life." Jon says.

"He's right." I say. "I hate that I've caused all of this."

"You didn't though."

"I feel like I did. You're trying to go over there and do God know what to your cousin."

"This is years of abuse and manipulation built up."

"And I'm the reason you're snapping like this." I say. "Why don't I just make all of this easier for everyone and I pack my bags—."

"No!" Jey says

"Josh, there's only six days left. You're not gonna get this resolved by then. I think we should just end it now so that way your family is happy and you won't have to deal with this."

"But I will have to deal with this and I'm not gonna be happy if you're not here." Jey says finally putting his gun away.

"I'm not gonna be happy either, but we both knew this day was coming. It's just gonna have to be a little bit earlier. Obviously my life is in danger and I don't want what's going on with me to put you in a worst situation with your family."

Jon speaks up. "She's got a point. Everything wasn't going to fix itself in a week. I know y'all love each other, but I think it's time to call it quits and that doesn't mean it has to be over for real but that's just until you can get all of your shit taken care of with T and the family business. If it works out then it works out." Jon says

He just stood there looking at me shaking his head. His stubbornness was coming out. He didn't want to end things like this and I understood why. I wanted this last week with him as well but it's looking like this is what we gotta do.

"We ain't doing that." Josh says, firmly. "I get what y'all are saying but at least wait a few days until you feel a little bit better."

"If we wait days, that's also days that will be living through this."

"I don't care." Jey says. ".... I'm not ready to let you go yet."

I couldn't do anything but nod my head. I'm not ready either.

I walked up to him and put my arms around him, running my fingers through his hair. I looked him in the eyes and I just stared for a few seconds.

"I feel like I have to say this one more time for you to see how serious I am. Baby, please just let this go. If you react, it'll only get worse and I know you know that. Let's just try to get through these few days together." I say

I know it took a lot for him to get to this point, but he nodded his head.

"I'll leave it alone for now." He says. "But if he comes here—."

"You have my permission to do what you have to do but I don't want you going out looking for revenge." I say

"I agree." Jon says. "I'll be here as much as I can. I'll stay the night tonight if you want me to and maybe tomorrow."

"Now let's go back to bed. Jon, thank you for staying." I say then I grab Jey's hand and take him into the bedroom and we go to sleep.

**********

The next few days were pretty much us just spending time together and trying to forget about the Joe situation. I have to admit I was still on edge the whole time but Jey being there made things easier. Jey made sure I was comfortable though, that was his main priority. I love him for that.

Jey didn't want to see his wife so what he did was just have Jon pick up his nephews and the four of them went out to spend time together and then Jon took them back home. I felt like I made his situation worse. I feel like all he has to do is stop messing with me, then everything will be fine for him and he can talk this out with his family. But I also know this was an issue before I even came into the picture. I just wish for everything to work out with him.

Jey only had 3 days left and we were still kinda laying low. Joe still hasn't been back, and maybe he wasn't coming back and he was just saying that to scare me. It worked because I was definitely terrified that he would make an appearance sooner or later. I still didn't want to chance it.

Jey and I both were laying in bed on our phones when he jumped up.

"What the fuck?" He says, looking at his phone.

"What's wrong?" I ask. He scared the shit out of me.

"BWB, made an announcement that I no longer work for the company."

"Why would they do that?"

"My sister posted it on social fucking media. She runs our socials. I know my dad made her do this." He says

I sigh. "You haven't talked to anyone in days. That could be why. You've been avoiding them. They might feel this is what will get to you."

"FUCK!" He yells. "I gotta talk to them."

"Babe, isn't this what you wanted?" I ask

"Yes, but not like this. I needed to do this on my own terms. That's the only way for this to work."

"For what to work?"

".........Nothing. But I have to go talk to them. You have to let me, babe."

I sigh. "How long is this going to take?"

"Give me one hour and I promise I'll be right back." He pleads.

"Fine. I know this is important to you, so go." I'm not happy I have to be left here but what other option do I have? I don't want to involve my parents in this, even though Jey said they won't hurt them. I can't take any chances.

"Thank you. I love you." He said.

Jey kissed my temple, grabbed his things then left without another word.

Time passed and I tried to ease my mind with a text conversation with Danielle, because if she heard my voice, she'd know something was wrong. I kept a steady conversation going with her and Jon. Jon updated me on what was happening, assuring me that Jey was okay and that I'd be fine because he had eyes on most of his family. Jey had called an emergency meeting, so everyone was there. This brought me relief, because I would probably pass out if Joe walked back into the house.

Hours passed. Jey never texted or called to say he'd be longer than an hour. Thankfully, I was in contact with Jon, so I knew where Jey was and that he was okay. This really got to him, and I didn't fully understand why. He wanted to be separated from his family, and they were giving him that. I didn't get his reaction.

When I finally heard the elevator, it was 3 a.m. I listened and didn't hear anything. I didn't hear him moving around or anything. It was taking him a while to come into the bedroom, and I was impatient. I walked out to see what's taking so long but didn't see him. I looked around and finally spotted him. He was slumped over on the elevator floor.

"Jey!" I yelled and ran over to him.

Falling to my injured knees beside him, I tried to shake him awake but he wasn't moving.

"Are you dead?" I say aloud, lightly slapping him on his cheeks. I feel myself starting to panic but I check to see if he is breathing and he is.

"Thank God!" I say

I don't know what the fuck was going on with him, but it was still scary. Rushed back into the bedroom and grabbed my phone. I called Jon immediately.

"What's up, Hazel?" Jon answers

"Hey, did you just drop your brother off?"

"I didn't drop him off, but I followed him home to make sure he got there safely. Why, what's wrong?" He asks

"In the elevator, I guess he's asleep, I can't wake him up and I'm freaking out."

"Uce is drunk. After the meeting, we went to the bar and had some drinks. He was pretty fucked up, but I didn't think he was THAT drunk. I would've drove him home instead of following him in my car."

"Why didn't you tell me y'all went to the bar? You told me everything else." I ask

"He didn't want you to know that he was pretty much in a bad place."

"What happened?" I ask

"Basically, they let him come back to the company temporarily." Jon says

"I don't understand why he wants to be part of this company when all he's been saying is how he wants to be separate from the family business."

"He wants to leave on his terms. If they let him go, then they're going to completely let him go and he's trying to look out for his family, and you, and the best option is for him to stay in a good graces of the family for as long as possible until he can get things done how he's trying to do it."

"What is he trying to do?" I ask

"That's not for me to discuss with you. That's the conversation that you have to have with him. And truthfully, I don't know all the details." Jon explains

"Well, if he is mentally going through it, I think the better decision for you should have been to not let him drink like this. He's heavy as shit and I can't lift him. I can't do anything with him. I can't move him at all. I can't wake him up. I can't get him to do anything that I need." I say

When I said that, everything hit me like a ton of bricks. This is literally what I'm going through right now with him. I want him to do all of these things, but he won't budge and I can't do anything about it. That shit hurt.

"I'm turning around. I'll be there in a couple minutes to help you."

"Thank you." I said then I ended the call.

I just sat there staring at him. I sat across from him in the elevator, I just shook my head at him. It's crazy that this happened like this. This situation is making me realize what I need to do. I don't think I'm gonna wait out these next couple days, I think I'm just gonna leave. I think that's the best thing. I'm pretty much holding on to something that I know is just gonna run its course and I'm gonna have to leave anyway. What are these next few days gonna do? They're not gonna do anything.

Jon was there within 10 minutes and he picked his brother up and put him in a bed. He helped me remove his clothes and get him situated in bed. I felt bad because I felt like I knew something that he didn't. At this point, I'm pretty much set in knowing that I have to leave. I feel bad about it because he's basically unconscious right now.

"You need me to do anything else?" Jon asks

"No, I'm fine."

"What's going on? Why do you seem down from when I talked to you earlier?"

"Because, when I was talking to you and explained to you what was going on it was like I was describing what was going on with our relationship. I want him to do all of these things. I want him to move. I want him to get a divorce. I want to move forward with him and I feel like I'm just pulling on him and he's not moving. Like he didn't budge at all and it made me feel like it was exactly what was happening with us. I just feel like waiting these last few days is pointless. I know nothing is gonna happen and to be honest with you, I don't wanna wait. I just wanna get this over with as soon as possible." I explain

"I feel you. I understand what you're saying. That's crazy how it happened but I understand. I always understand what you're saying, your feelings are valid and don't feel like you need to stay with him. It's obviously affecting you."

"I've been thinking about him and know how much she cares for me and how much he loves me. I know this isn't gonna be easy for either one of us."

"Yeah, but this is what you gotta do. I was hoping that it would all work out, but it doesn't look that way." He says

"I know I was hoping for the same thing. I doing want to do this."

"So what's your plan?"

"Well, I'll wait until he wakes up and try to have a conversation with him and then I'm just gonna leave. I know it's not gonna go as planned, but I think he'll understand."

"He will." He says

"I hope so."

"Do you want me to stay tonight just in case you may need me again." He asks and I nod.

"Yeah, that would be nice."

"Alright. I'll be in the other room just yell if you need me." I nod as he walks out of the room.

I climb into bed with Jey. He was out cold. I gave him a kiss on the cheek then I laid on his chest and went to sleep.

********

The next morning, I woke up to Jey kissing my neck and shoulder and caressing my thigh.

"Good morning." He says between kisses.

"Good morning." I turn over on my back, reach for his face and pull him to me. He kisses me on my lips and we make out for a couple of minutes.

"What are you doing?" I ask a little breathlessly as he reaches down to unbutton my shorts. "Making love to the best damn woman in the world." He smiles down at me.

I smile back at him. I notice he has fresh clothes on and his hair is still wet I guess from the shower he took.

"Wait." I say

"What?"

"Let's talk for a minute...I need to say something."
His total demeanor changes and he sits up on the bed with a serious expression on his face. He leans against the headboard.

"Yeah, I had a long night. I don't even know how I got here last night."

I sat up next to him. "Well, your brother got you here."

"Jon?"

I nod my head.

"He's here?"

"Yes, he's in the other room. I called him to help me. You were passed out in the elevator and I couldn't wake you up or move you. I needed him to pick you up and put you in bed."

"Oh damn!" He says. "I didn't know I drank that much."

"You were pretty upset, Jon tells me. He stayed with you at the bar and followed you home but I guess you just passed out on the way up."

"Damn. I'm sorry. I don't drink like that often. I'm just stressed about everything going on with the business..."

"But, last night helped me make a decision." He looks at me with an almost scared reaction. "I had a realization when I was trying to wake you and get you up. You weren't budging and it was too similar to real life. I tried and tried to get this to happen and as bad as I want it to, it's not. I can't get you to make it happen for us."

"Baby, I'm trying to." He says.

"Yeah, but here we still are in the same position we were in when we met four months ago." I say. "I don't think we should wait out these next few days, I think I'm just gonna end it now..."

He didn't say anything for a few seconds, then he chuckled a little. "I remember when we first met. I think it was the next day and I took you to this rooftop spot. You were trying to figure me out. You were upset because I was hiding something. You said you could tell I had a crazy side, then you proceeded to call me sweet and dangerous in the same sentence." He smiles, while reminiscing on that night.

I was completely confused as to where this was going. It was kinda out of nowhere. Whatever, I'll go with it.

"..... yeah. I was right too." I laugh

He laughs with me. "You were spot on." He says. "...you know I'm crazy about you. I killed a man for you."

"Yes, I remember." I say. Not sure I wanna remember that part of him. He is a little crazy in that sense. I can't believe I'm with someone like him.

"I say that because.......I can't let you leave me, Hazel."

"What do you mean, you can't?"

"I won't." He says. "After all of this you just expect for me to let you walk out of my life again? I love you." He says.

"I love you too, Jey. But I told you three months and you agreed."

"I know I did..." he shakes his head. "I won't let it happen. I know me. I will kidnap you, change your appearance, and we will leave the country."

"Jey—."

He cuts me off. "I understand what you mean though. If this is what you want I have to give it to you, but I can't be here when you leave because I won't let you go."

I nod my head. I thought this was going in a completely different direction. I'm surprised he said that.

"I'm happy you feel that way. Thank you."

He sighs and runs his hands over his face. "So when are you leaving me?"

"Tomorrow." I say. "Only because I want us to have a proper last day together."

"Well I don't wanna do nothing then." He says. "I just wanna spend time with you, make love to you and look at you. I respect your decision even though I don't agree with it." He gives a weak smile.

"And I'm not changing my mind." I say. He knew I was serious.

He nods his head. He was upset and sad. I could see it all over his face but he should've done something to fix this a long time ago. I gave him a three month chance and he couldn't pull it off. I feel bad but I don't.

That whole day we didn't go out, we spent our last day together. It was like any other day. Jey and I get along so everything went well. Neither one of us wanted to bring up the next day so we didn't. We talked, joked, laughed, cuddled, watched tv, and of course, we had sex a lot of sex. He fucked my brains out. Nothing abnormal there. I'm gonna miss that the most. Just kidding, I'm going to miss the way he makes me feel when he looks at me. The guy is so in love with me and he makes me feel it every day. I'm sad to have to leave him like this. He's going to be heartbroken.

The last thing I remembered before falling asleep was him kissing my temple, then my cheek, then shoulder and telling me he loves me and he thanked me for taking a chance with him and letting him into my life. I was sad and I didn't say anything because I knew if I would've, I would have gone back on everything I said.

I had to let it go, so I did.

*******

When I woke up the next morning, Josh was gone. I just looked over at his side of the bed and sighed to myself. Last night was really the last time I was going to see him. I don't know how ima do this.

We have had a really good run these last three months. Meeting him has literally changed my life and I will never forget all he has done for me or how he made me feel. I'll always love him, but this wasn't our time and that's just the way things are gonna have to be.

I slowly set up in the bed and just looked around the bedroom we've shared for the last three months of my life.

"Today is gonna be a hard day." I say to myself in my head.

I take my phone off of the nightstand and see that I have a text from him.

"Oh god!" I say aloud.

I looked at the time the message was sent and it said 5:23 AM, it's now 9:31.

The text read;

Trying not to wake you up as I slipped out of bed was hard knowing I was going to come back and you were going to be gone. I didn't want to kiss you because I didn't want to risk waking you up. I'm sitting in my car downstairs trying to figure out how I can get through this. I miss you already and I'm sorry I did this to us. I wish it didn't have to come to this but I accept it and I'm going to fix it. And it's weird but I love you more forstanding up for yourself. I know you never opened that little gift I put in the duffle because Joe popped up but I still want you to have it. You're the only woman I want to be with and I'm sorry I couldn't make it happen for us. For me this means going back to being separated from my wife and single. I'm not going back to her. I feel I need to let you know that. I'm not open to meeting anyone either. I'm focused on my divorce and getting out on my terms. I wish you the best of luck. I don't know if you're going back to Atlanta but if you are good luck with that as well. I'm gonna leave this where it's at because I'll keep going. lol I love you so much.

I exhaled a breath I didn't know I was holding as I read that text. I miss him already too. I put the phone down and I pushed myself to get out of bed. I made it up and then I sent a text to my mother, letting her know that I was up and that I will be ready to leave within the next couple of hours. I had already started getting my things together. Josh doesn't want me to leave anything he said he wanted me to take everything with me.

Everything was pretty much already together. There were just a few things that I needed to pack and do around the house.

After I got dressed and ready for the day, I packed up everything in the bathroom that was mine into a box and pushed it to the elevator.

As I was pushing the box, elevator doors open and I kind of froze. Damn, he said he wasn't gonna be back until late tonight. Why would he pull this on me? It's already hard enough for the both of us.

I was surprised to see Jon stepping out of the elevator. Surprised and relieved.

"What's up?" Jon says

"Just getting my shit together. What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help." He says with a smile. "I know it's gonna be hard for you so I wanted to be here for you."

"Did Josh put you up to this?" I ask

"He didn't put me up to it, but he did ask me if I would make sure you were straight. He didn't want you lifting any boxes or anything like that either. At first he said to call, but I just decided to come over."

"That's sweet of both of you."

"So what do you need me to do?" He asks, looking around.

"Jon, do you think I'm making the right decision?"

He looked at me confused at first, but then the confusion dissipated. You could tell he was caught off guard.

"I mean, yeah. This was the only way. She ain't signing nothing and you ain't gonna be with him unless he's divorced so," he shrugs. "Time's up!"

"Okay... because I'm having second thoughts about it. I feel so bad leaving him like his. I know he's heartbroken."

"Would you rather make him or yourself happy?"

"Me of course but..."

"You're making a decision for you." He says

I know he's right. I need to stop this.

"It's funny that I'm the one leaving, but he left me this morning. It's such a mindfuck." I say

"You standing on business. Don't second guess yourself. I'll pick my brother up, don't worry about him." He says. "I just don't know if he's going to let this go though."

"What do you mean?"

"He's hurt. He loves you more than the person he's married to. He ain't gonna let her get away with this. None of them. I just pray for his safety."

I nod my head. I hope he takes care of him. I'm worried about Josh. I knew this would happen. All of this shit is about to come down on him and me leaving is the cherry on top. And again, Jon is right, I would be upset with myself if I went back on my word. I promised myself I would leave no matter what.

"You're right and I need you to really look out for him during this time." I smile at him. "Thank you."

"You know I got him. I wanna know who has you though."

I shrug. "My parents. My best friend. I'll be okay."

"You know you can still call me if you need to. I wouldn't tell him, I would keep it between us if that's what you wanted. I know you don't really have anyone besides them here."

"I appreciate that, and I will." I say

"So it's cool for me to check on you every now and then?"

"Of course."

"Aight. I'll do that." He smiles.

"So, um, I have a little bit more packing to do in the bedroom. Everything not boxed up is staying."

"Aight cool." He says, then walks over to the bar. "But first, a couple of shots!"

I laugh. "My parents will be here shortly to help but since you're here I don't really need them."

"Whatever you wanna do." He says, pouring brown liquor in two shot glasses.

I take a minute to think about how I wanna do this. It's overwhelming. I'm trying not to have second thoughts, but they keep creeping in because I try to imagine tomorrow without Jey and I just can't. It's really getting to me that I am leaving, but I just keep telling myself this is what I have to do. But this is a lot.

I take a deep breath and let it out.

"I can't do this." I say, shaking my head.

"Just have a seat Momma." I do what I'm told and I take a seat on the sofa and he sits next to me, putting the shots on the coffee table. "Tell me what to do." He says rubbing my back.

"There's some boxes in the closet and one in the bathroom. I think there's like 3 in the bedroom."

"Okay and where do you want them?" Just put everything by the door for now. My mom is coming with my dads truck."

"Aight. I can do that. No problem." He reaches for his shot but instead offers it to me.

I take the shot and he takes his. I got to get over this bullshit and just fucking do it. I left someone I was with for many years. I can damn sure leave Jey after three months.

Let me get myself and my shit together so I can move on from this relationship.

"Okay, let's do this."

"You good?" He asks

"Yeah. Let's get this over with." I stand up and walk away to continue packing.

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To be continued...

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