Chris' POV

After I got off the phone with Shawnie, I went back to sleep. I probably slept for a couple of hours and so my phone started going off. I thought it was my alarm but it'll vibrate and then stop. It kept doing that until I finally just checked it. If I wasn't awake, after I read this headline, I was.

DRAKE'S $100 MILLION DIVORCE

"$100 million? What? This has to be cap." I say sitting up in bed.

"Shawnie Roberts is pulling the plug on her marriage... filing for divorce from her husband of a little over a year, Drake." I read out loud. "According to legal documents obtained by Hollywood Unlocked, the lawyer filed documents in Los Angeles on Monday morning, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason."

I go on to read the article and it says, Shawnie specified for immediate separation, claiming the couple have been separated for months and living in different homes. She asked for joint physical and legal custody of their son. She is asking for one hundred million, on top of spousal and child support. She's also asking for their Hidden Hills home, ownership of the Toronto hockey team, and a private plane. Stating she feels it's a security breach for her to fly commercial. To add insult to injury, she's suing him for pain and suffering, saying she's received a substantial amount of rough treatment.

I understand the private jet part, but if she's getting 100 million, she can buy a private jet but I see what she's doing. And what does she mean by "rough treatment"?

I'm happy this shit ain't me. Damn. She ain't playing around.

I just got off the phone with her a couple of hours ago and she didn't tell me anything about this. I knew she said she was filing for divorce, but she didn't tell me she was filing the shit out of them papers. I was under the impression that she just wanted to be done with everything. I'm trying to figure out how does she go from just sign the papers, to $100 million.

The article goes on to say how she had asked him numerous times to sign divorce documents and file them, but he refused to. The article talks about numerous attempts to fix their marriage and she feels they cannot reconcile. One of the very last things said, in the article before they started getting into me, and the history of their relationship, then they talk about how there is no prenup.

I can tell this is all information from the divorce documents. If she opened her mouth, there would be a lot more detail to this. I guess I can say I'm happy she didn't open her mouth, and she did it the right way this time.

I completely forgot that they didn't have a prenup, so everything she's asking for, she just might get. I feel sorry for the brother, but I'm also kinda laughing, because I know all of this could've been avoided. I know Shawnie, she gave him a bunch of chances. She will never do anything dramatic until she's almost forced to.

I scroll down and I see there was another article. This one talked about how she called the police to remove him from her property. It says they got into an argument with him, and he and her bodyguard got into a physical altercation. I'm dying to know what happened.

I felt like I needed to call her to get down to the bottom of it but in a way I feel like it's not my place. I do need to know details because it's somewhat concerning my daughter, but I'm not gonna come to her as soon as this information has been released. I know I'm gonna talk to her. I know she's gonna tell me what's going on, so I'm not gonna say anything.

I get on my Instagram and the first thing that pops up is her.

Instagram

Shawniemarie

Shawniemarie He said he wanna work it out.

*********

I laugh to myself, yeah she did that shit.

Shawnie's POV

"Bitch what? $100 million?" Mercedes yells stepping onto the private jet. "Why didn't you tell me you were doing this?"

"It wasn't planned." I say sipping my champagne, then sitting it on the table. "He came by the house and just started acting crazy... and I told my attorney to file the papers I had drawn up. I warned him. I told him too many times to sign the papers. I told him exactly what I was going to do if he kept refusing. He brought me the signed papers, but then he flipped it on me again and he said he wasn't filing and he wasn't gonna do anything, so I feel like I did what I had to do." I explained nervously.

"Why do you sound nervous?" She asks

"I didn't wanna do this. I practically begged him to just sign the papers. He wouldn't do it."

"It's his fault. He's running around raising bitches and you feel bad? Bitch please." She shrugs.

Dori walks over and sits down next to Mercedes. She doesn't say anything, she just listens.

"I knew about them, I got rid of them. People are just now finding out about them but I believe it's because they're running out of money and they're selling their own stories. I wonder what he's gonna do now."

"Put them bitches back on the payroll. He needs his ego stroked and you're not going to be there to do it anymore. Now, he's really gonna learn his lesson. Because I know how you get when you're pissed off. A one hundred million dollar divorce? And no prenup? You're going to get every fucking thing you asked for. You know why?"

"Why is that?" I ask

"Because you asked for it. You put up with his lying, manipulative, narcissistic, cheating ass for longer than you should've. Oh and because he loves you. That sorry ass nigga loves the shit out of you. His dumbass will give you whatever you want." Mercedes says

"I know."

"What's wrong?" Dori asks

"Everyone is hearing about this as we speak. Do you know how big this is going to be? This is huge. I don't think I can deal with this."

"Do you think you're making the right decision? Just second-guessing shit now."

"I kind of think my decision was impulsive. But yes, I think it might've been a mistake even though that's what I want. I feel like maybe I needed just a little bit more time to think this through, or when about this another way. I know it's the right decision. I'm just second-guessing it. This is the exact reason I took so long because I wanted to do this the best way possible for both of us. But he forced me. I had to. I don't want to be married to him anymore." I explain

"I understand all of that, but there is no right way to go about this. People are going to talk, regardless of how you decide to file or announce it. You're gonna have to deal with it no matter what the outcome is. You married Drake. This comes with the territory. You decided you want to get divorced from him, so this is what you have to go through. This is gonna happen regardless of how you see it. This is the only way to get out. This shit is not gonna last forever. Give it a couple months and everything will die down." Mercedes says

"I know. I'm just trying to mentally prepare for all of this. I'm just nervous. This is something that I want and this is something that I have to do. I just have developed so many fears about being in a relationship with him. I'm legit scared to go against him. Like it's sad that I am scared to be in public most of the time. The media frenzy all of this involves is just ridiculous to me."

"Well, this is the beginning of the end for all of that. Pretty soon you won't have to deal with the media asking all those stupid question you avoid, or random bitches, or people calling to try to get an interview out of you."

"I'm excited for that part." I say

We laugh

"I know you are." Dori says. "And that's what this trip is for. To forget about all of the bullshit and just live in the moment. We're celebrating your divorce. You're free." She says

"Almost." Joe says walking past us and taking a seat towards the back of the aircraft. "I know this is going to be a hard time for you regardless if you were mad at him or not. Is there something that you always wanted to do, or go?"

"I don't know." I say

"That's something to think about. It'll be a good distraction while all of this is going on. Get back into your profession, start a business. Do something." Dori says.

"That's exactly where I was going with that." Joe says

"I know shit is spreading like wildfire right now. I just want to relax on this short flight. When we land, I'm all yours." I say as I get up and lay on the sofa. "Just give me some times to process."

*********

After the hour long flight, I sat in the back of the plane and called my Dad.

"What's up, daughter?" He answers

"I know you've probably heard but I filed for divorce. I should've called you before I did it but I'm still kind of processing. I just landed in Vegas and I'm still sitting on the plan. I just wanted to call you and let you know."

"All I'm going to say about it......... If you're doing what's best for you and your family, meaning the kids, then that's all that matters. Are you okay?"

"This is a little traumatic for me, daddy. I'm not gonna lie." I try to swallow my emotions. I can't break down right now. "I know everyone's looking at me like I'm crazy because of all the problems that we had. I feel like everyone's judging me because he's done so many things to me and I'm still having a hard time letting go of my marriage."

"It's a major life change. You were married to him. It wasn't a casual thing, it was a marriage. I'm sure you did everything you could do, and marriage is hard."

"I really loved him. And I did, I tried to give him many chances, but he didn't even try to meet me halfway. At least Chris tried. He was messing around but he tried to fix our relationship...and he was only a boyfriend."

"That's the difference between the two." He says. "Is there anything you want me to do?"

"No....but I was thinking maybe you could come out here for a while."

"Whatever my baby girl wants. How long?"

"I want you to move here." I say

"Move?"

"Yes. I just think it'll be better if you moved here. I want you close to me. You can move in with me. I have the room. Plus, you could further your beer business company."

He laughs, "Let's take it one step at a time. I'll come and stay for a week or two and we'll go from there. You're moving a little too fast for me. I have a house and a girlfriend." He says

"I know and she can come too. I just want my family around. I want to buy a house with maybe 7 or 8 bedrooms and we all can live together..."

"I love you're trying to fix our distance and communication problems, but you can't fix everything. Grieve your marriage, take some time for yourself. I know you want to be surrounded by people you love but you need your private time too."

"No. I need to be distracted. I need to stay busy so I don't think about it."

"Schedule a session. Talk to your doctor."

"My doctor is in Toronto." I say

"Do it through zoom. I can tell you're having a hard time." He says

"Okay. I'll make the appointment." I say. "But I just landed in Vegas and I have everyone waiting for me so I'll try to call you when I get back home."

"Okay, baby girl. I love you." He says

"I love you too, daddy." We end the call. I get off the plane and we go check into our hotel.

Normally, when I come to Vegas, I stay at the Bellagio, so I rented out the presidential suite. It had enough room for all of us to stay in and I figured that was good because I wanted people around me right now. I really didn't wanna be by myself.

After we got to our suite, we were sitting around just relaxing and discussing what we were going to do. Joe walks in with two men. Two fine men at that. Twins!

"Shawnie, these are my cousins, Joshua and Jonathan."

"Hey!" I say with a smile.

"What's up! You can call me Josh." One twin says, extending his hand to me. I shake it, then give it to Jonathan and he swats my hand away.

"I don't do handshakes, I do hugs." He takes hold of me and pulls me into him, hugging me tightly. "Call me Jon."

I laugh as I pull away. That took me by surprise.

"It's nice to meet someone from Joe's life, especially family." I say

"It's nice to meet you too, the person he's been spending all of his time with." Jon says

"Yeah, the reason he says he can't come home." Josh adds

"Ah, yeah..." he clears his throat. "And this is Mercedes, Shawnie's cousin and her best friend, Dorian."

"You guys can call me Dori." She says flirting with both of them, while Mercedes waves at them.

"So, this is my security detail this weekend." I look at the three of them. "I like it." I say.

"I like it too!" Dori says. "Y'all are fine!"

The twins laugh.

"You'll get used to Dori hitting on you. She's harmless." Joe says

"Unless you want me to be." She says

I watch Josh smile and wink his eye at her.

"I'm married. He's the single one." Jon says and points to Josh. I see Dori's eyes shoot over to Josh. Josh is staring at her.

Oh here we go. She'll have him wrapped around her finger in no time.

********

We decided that we were just gonna go and do a little gambling and have lunch. I was kind of trying to keep a low profile, but I knew it was going to be a circus eventually. I was actually kind of happy that Joe decided to bring his cousins to help security wise because I just don't know how this weekend is going to go. I know people are gonna hate me way more than they did before I have pissed off Chris Brown's fans, and I'm gonna piss off all of Drake's fans, including his friends.

Me filing for divorce is probably a huge upset to a lot of people because from what they see we have a perfect marriage and that's how Aubrey wanted it to look. There's nothing wrong with him wanting it to look that way, but this is going to be a surprise for everyone. I know I'm going to look like the bad guy, but then again people don't file for divorce for no reason. I'm just gonna see how everything goes and then I will decide what I'm gonna do next.

After we ate lunch, we were just doing a little gambling. I'm not a big gambler. Aubrey's gambling addiction has completely turned me off from it. So I was just doing what the girls wanted to do, pretty much just watching. They actually kind of ventured off a little bit. I was standing at a poker table watching the game and I heard someone say something to me.

"What up, Mrs. Graham—Opps! I mean Ms. Roberts." I hear from behind me. I don't know the voice, so I assume it's a fan or media of some sort. I turn around and I see Odell Beckham Jr. standing there.

"Oh my goodness! Hey!" We hug and I see Joe smiling at me from a few feet away.

"What you doing in Vegas?" He asks

"Trying to destress." I say

"You filed for real? That's a surprise to me."

"Is it though?" I ask

"Nah..." He laughs.

"It's a surprise to a lot of people. Everyone thinks our marriage is perfect. But you saw the arguing at the shoot that day."

"I did." He says

"Your friend is crazy. I couldn't deal with it anymore." I say and he laughs.

"We all go a little mad sometimes." He laughs

"Shit, you're probably crazy too."

"Hello, Mr. OBJ!" My cousin walks over. I don't even know where she appeared from.

"Odell, this is my cousin, Mercedes."

"How you doing?" He smiles and shakes her hand.

"I'm good!" She smiles and looks at me. We're going over to the blackjack tables."

"I'll be over shortly."

"Okay." She turns to Odell. "Nice meeting you. I'm a big fan."

"You wanna take a picture?" He asks

"Yes." She takes out her phone and they take a picture, then I take a picture of both of them and she leaves.

"Thank you for that." I say

"She's fam, it's all good. I gotta catch up with my people. Give me your number. Let's hang out. What you doing later?" He asks

"Minding my business." I say, jokingly.

"Damn! Rude." He says

"All I'm saying is you're pretty good friends with my soon to be ex husband, and I'm trying to make his life hell right now. I will fuck your fine ass and tell him I did, just to hurt him." I say with a straight face.

He laughs. "Damn! You cold blooded."

I just shrug then laugh.

He laughs again. "I don't know about all that.." he takes my phone out of my hand and holds it up to my face so it unlocks. "Ima give it to you anyway. For whatever reason you decide."

Huh?

He smiles while typing it in and saving it. He hands it back to me and winks his eyes.

"You can hit me up while you're here. We can party." He says

"Okay..."

"Pool party at Drai's at 4. Bring your cousin. I'll tell them you're coming." He smiles and I just laugh.

"But I didn't agree to it..."

"I better see you there." He says then leaves.

"He knew who I was." Joe says, walking up to me. "He said what's up to me and asked if he could talk to you."

I laugh at how he's fanning out right now. "Did you get a picture with him?"

"No."

"Well, he invited me to a pool party so you may have an opportunity to do so."

"A pool party, that sounds like fun." He says

"Yeah, but I feel like I need you to keep a shirt on because I don't have time for you fighting off bitches them trying to fuck you." I say

He laughs. "You know I'm not going for any of that."

"You gotta have a little fun, Joe." I say and he steps closer to me.

"I'll have my fun later." He smiles

I push him back. Come on, the girls are playing blackjack."

I walk off and he follows.

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