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Shawnie's POV

Chris and I were walking downstairs in the lobby. We were going to go have a late lunch and probably do some gambling afterwards. I don't know. Whatever Chris wanted to do was fine with me.

As we were walking through, we saw Odell and his people coming in.

I kind of start freaking out because going off of Chris's pass, he kind of flies off the hinges. I know he's been working on his anger and everything but I was still very scared at the situation. I guess we were going to see if he really has his possessive ways in check and see if he has actually taken what I said into consideration, because I am not about to have him fighting nobody in Vegas. I hope this doesn't go left.

"What's up?" Odell says to both of us.

"Hey." I say and I hear Chris say what's up too.

"So is this a thing? Are y'all getting back together. I don't wanna step on anybody's toes.." he says, looking directly at me. 

"You're not trying to step on my toes, but you're gonna step on your boy's toes?" Chris says

Aw shit. Damnit Chris. Shut up.

Odell smiles, "Nah..."

I was gonna stand here and let Odell sweat a little bit, but I don't think it's right for Chris to say anything to him about that and Odell could say something smart, so I speak up. 

"Chris and I are cool, we're just going out to eat."

"Nah, man. We cool." Chris says, chuckling. "She's single."

"Aight." He smiles at me.

"Why don't all y'all come out tonight. We're going to be at Sapphire, and of course, since you have the legend here, you gotta come out too, Chris."

"I'll think about it. You know I'm on tour right now. I'm trying to relax on my day off."

"You got a show tonight?" He asks

"Naw, I'm actually in Arizona. I just flew out for the day."

"Aight cool. I'll let y'all go. I hope to see both of y'all out tonight." Odell gave me a wink before leaving.

"I got a lot of things to say about this." Chris says. "We'll talk later."

That was a little awkward, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. He keeps saying that he's changed and he's actually showing me. I love this.

We walk out and when everyone notices who he is, of course they start screaming and trying to get pictures. His security escorts us to his SUV and we leave. That wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be either.

I should've known Chris was going to go to STK. It seems like every time he's in Vegas he goes and I know it's one of his favorite restaurants but I believe this is one of his favorite locations as well. So every time he comes to Vegas he visits. He even requests Leslie to be his waitress. They already had the private room set up for Chris and everything.

"Thanks Leslie." Chris says after ordering food and drinks for both of us.

"Can I also have an order of parmesan truffle fries, sweet corn pudding, and lobster mac and cheese." I ask

"Sure." She says

"Also, can you bring a bottle of Rosé Dom." I ask and she leaves. "I think it's sad that you come here every time you're in town and you know the wait staff."

He laughs. "I think it's sad that you order a bottle of Dom every time we go out."

"Yes, and you can have some." I laugh. "I came here a while ago and Leslie knew who I was. She spoke highly of you. Said you always tip her well and everything."

"She's great! That's why I request her." He smiles. "Anyway, $100 million?"

"You know something, I don't even want the money...but if I'm awarded the money, I plan on splitting it, and putting most of it in a trust for the kids. I'm thinking 40 million each."

"I think you should. I believe they will always be taken care of because of who their fathers are but I think that's smart of you. So why are you doing it?" He asks

"I'm just doing it because I told him I would embarrass the shit out of him if he refused to work with me. I can understand wanting to work your marriage out and doing whatever you can to fix it but he's saying he wants to fix it but he's not doing any work to try to fix it. So I think he thought if he just signed the papers but not file them that it will prolong the process. I really don't think he thought I would file."

"That's crazy. Has he said anything to you?" He asks

"No. He's tried calling a few times but I have not answered. He's leaving voicemails sounding like he's so sorry, but the text messages are very angry. He doesn't come off like someone who wants to talk so I don't really feel the need to call him back."

He laughs."You're such an asshole but I get it. That's tough for him though." He laughs. "Better him than me. But I wouldn't let you divorce me either, so I understand."

"Of course you do. You're off in the head too."

"I'm just crazy about you." He says and I smile. "Even though you were pretty much over everything, I'm sorry you gotta go through this. I know you're kind of just coasting through all of this right now and you're doing a good job from what I see, but I know you will eventually crack. I just want to stop you before you get to that point. If you know in your heart that you're making the right decision, then don't worry about anything."

"I know. My dad and Joe said the same thing." I say

"They're right. I know you know what you're doing so I'm not gonna talk your head off about it. Plus I know you're tired of talking about it. I just wanna let you know the obvious, I'm here for you whenever you need me. If you want to get away from everybody, you know you can go stay at my house if you want to while I'm out. If you want to go upstairs and just sit in silence, we can do that too."

"You got a room here?" I ask

"Yeah. Do you want to eat and go upstairs?"

"It's a thought." I say

"Let me know." He says taking a sip of his drink.

"Our baby is turning two." I say

"That's crazy." He says

"Are we throwing her a party, what are we gonna do?"

"We can have a party at my house. Her first birthday was technically at your house so we can do it at mine this time and I'll get a party planner and we can start planning."

"I like that idea." I smile at him. "You think Ammika will let Aeko come?"

"I don't know."

"I don't have any beef with her. If she can't put her differences aside, for her son's sister's birthday then I don't know what to tell you. I would like for all of us to be cordial, but she doesn't even give us a chance to talk things out." I say

"I know. She didn't wanna let me take him to Disneyland when we went. He's a little bit older now, and I wish she would just let me take him for a while. It'll give her some free time and I can further bond with my son. He's three. I should be able to have him."

"I agree with you. Have you tried to talk to her about that?"

"I know she's not going to do it. She's still bitter as hell. The last time she was here we talked a little bit and she basically told me she wanted to get back with me."

"Wow."

"Right. I told her she did so much to you that if there was a chance, she killed it. She didn't have to act out the way she did. So, I know she's upset with me about that conversation and I can see her taking it out on me by not letting me get him."

"That's terrible. I'm sorry." I say

"It's whatever. That's what I get for having a kid with her."

"But it's not whatever. I don't like that. One thing I have never done was use our daughter against you. I've never told you you can't see her. That's fucking crazy. One time Aubrey kept my son away from me and he tried to say he didn't. He wasn't answering my calls or texts. I felt horrible during those couple of days so I know how you feel. This shit has been going on for three years." I say

"I'm just dealing with it as best as I can." He says with a shrug.

"I know there's nothing I can do if you're trying to keep things nice. I wish there was something I could do. I would make this situation go away so fast." I say. "I've actually been thinking about becoming a family attorney for situations like this. That is fucked up." I say

"I know you would make this disappear, but like I said, this is just something that I have to deal with because I had a baby with her. You let me keep Gen as much as time allows. Diamond is over all the time with the baby and I'm happy that she was big enough to put all of our differences aside. You and her are great mothers to our daughters."

"And we appreciate you as our daughters father. You're a good father and no one can take that away from you. You love your kids and you take good care of them."

He smiles. "That means a lot coming from you."

"It's the truth. If you ever decide to go through the courts, I will be right there supporting you."

"Thanks. But you need to be worried about Drake's bitch ass trying to keep Atlas away from you. He seems like the type to do some shit like that." He says

"I think he's tried it before but acted as if he didn't get the calls then popped up at my house for my birthday."

"He did that shit on your birthday?"

"Yeah." I shake my head. "I went off."

"I know you did. Watch out for that. But yeah, you told me about you and Joe was going on with you and Odell?"

"Nothing is going on between us. I ran into him when I got here and someone took a picture of it. We were just talking and he invited us to a pool party which we went to and people got pictures of that as well and now, so now we've been dating behind Aubrey's back. That's what everyone wants to think."

"Welcome to my world." He says. "I'm going to take him up on that offer though. We going to Sapphire tonight. I have a friend who works there."

"A friend?"

"Yeah."

"Do I know this friend?" I ask

"Nah, but if you want to, you can." He smiles. "If you want it to be one of those nights, it can be." He says.

"Am I gonna like her?"

He smiles, "She's your type."

"I don't have a type." I roll my eyes.

"We like the same type of bitches. Don't try me." He looks at me like he knows me.

I smile. "Okay..."

"I owe you anyway." He says

"True."

"..... but I did want to say, I think you should talk to him. You can't just file for divorce and not talk to your husband. I think you guys should try to have a conversation over the phone and you need to try to have a conversation face-to-face."

"I just don't feel the need to talk to him. I feel like our lawyers should do the talking. I've talked to him so much and nothing has gotten through to him. I just don't care to hold a conversation with him anymore." I say

"Y'all have a son together, what are you gonna do then? You can't put somebody in the middle of you when it comes to your son."

"I don't know." I say

"You're angry, I get that. I also know that you're hurting. I can see that. But you can't shut him out because that's still your husband. You know I'm not ever on his side and I'm not saying I'm on his side right now but you got to talk to him. At least for a couple of minutes. You can file and disappear."

"Shut up."

"Don't get mad at me because I'm telling you the truth. I'm just telling you what's right. You don't have to change your mind about the divorce. You just need to have a conversation with him. I'm always gonna be behind you for whatever decision you make, and I'm behind you now. I'm your friend... And I'm your man, regardless of what you think."

We both laugh.

"I'm just saying you're gonna have to face this. I know you don't want to. I know it's a lot of shit you can we wish you can get your way out of but you can't and this is something that you're gonna have to go through and you're gonna have to deal with. You got a lot of people around you that love you. I just don't want you to spiral like you have in the past."

"I'm trying to do everything I can to keep from doing that too." I say

"You need to relax." He says. "You wanna take me up on that offer?"

"Upstairs?"

"Yeah. We can smoke, give you a massage and just relax."

"Haven't done that in so long..."

"Well you got married so.... You act like I haven't been tryna eat that. I don't give a Fuck who you wit. You know you mine."

"You have stayed consistent." I laugh

"Exactly. So let's go up to the room and relieve some stress."

I laugh. "Okay."

He smiles. "Aight. Let's hurry up and eat. I'll have somebody go to the store for us to get some snacks, and we're gonna chill."

"I got dressed to go eat and go back to the room." I say

"You look good though."

"I know I do!" I say and he laughs.

He just laughs.

After we got done eating, we went upstairs and he sent one of his security guys to the store to get a bunch of different snacks for us. Chris sat in the living room while I lay down in the bedroom. During this alone time, I was just going over everything that had happened in the past few months. It's been pretty stressful for me. I'm not gonna let that ruin me though. I have been trying to better myself mentally, and I honestly do feel like I'm a better person and I feel like I am making better decisions. I feel like I need to be selfish right now, and not worry about what everyone thinks about me. I honestly think coming to Vegas was a good decision because if I would've stayed at home while all of this was going on, there would probably be people outside of my house, harassing me.

While I'm here in Vegas for these couple of days, I'm just going to relax and try my hardest to shut out all outside negativity. Chris knows me. I cannot deny that and he knows I am not okay on the inside. I'm freaking out and I would like for all of this to be over. Him making me come up to the room and just sit still with my thoughts is something he knows I need to do right now and I can't do that with a hotel suite full of people. I was honestly trying to avoid being by myself, but I know that's what I need.

I laid on the bed for about an hour before Chris made his way into the bedroom. He didn't say anything once he walked in he just handed me a container of pre-rolled cones, and I took one, lit it, and just laid there smoking. He lays next to me smoking one of his own, of course, and it was so pleasant. We haven't done this in so long and even though we weren't saying anything, it was perfect and I missed it.

We relax and talk for a while. It was small talk. It wasn't really anything too intense. We pretty much just talked about how we thought things should be as far as our situation goes, his personal life, my personal life, and of course, our separate love lives that he wanted to bring together. I'm really not trying to be with anybody right now and I expressed that to him and he says he gets it but I don't know if he does or not.

Aubrey's POV

I can't believe this woman has not returned any of my phone calls or anything yet. It's been days. Now I'm starting to get worried. She's never gone this long without talking to me. Even if she was mad, she has never not returned my calls or text messages. I'm hearing all types of rumors right now and I'm seeing all these blogs and stuff on the Internet. First Odell, now Chris. When the fuck did Chris get there? All he's gonna do is make this whole thing worse. She is really trying to make me look bad. No, she IS making me look bad and I know she's doing all of this on purpose.

I should be having fun right now. I have women all around but I'm sitting here stuck in my phone trying to figure out why my wife is doing this to me. I'm losing it and I'm trying to keep my composure because I don't want to flip my shit but it is getting extremely hard not to. I can't just sit here and let all of this shit go on and me not say anything or have any explanation about it. She owes me that.

Chris POV

"Hey, I wanna talk to you about something. And I know this may sound crazy but if you say no I'm probably not gonna be able to do this." I say trying to convince her that I need her to do this for me.

"What?"

"Okay... Hear me out. I'm gonna run this by you and I don't want you to say anything, I just want you to process it because if I ask you a simple question your answer is going to be no. I have to walk you into this and show you the vision." I have to prepare her for this because I know if I just come out and ask her she's going to say no, so I have to kind of ease her into this.

"Oh shit." She rolls her eyes and laughs.

"So, I have an idea that I want you to be a part of. I just want you to know again, if you say no, this can't happen. I can't do this with anyone else. I need you to thoroughly think this through and just go with what I'm about to tell you. Again, this can't happen without you."

"Okay. Get on with it." She says growing a little irritated with me.

"You know I have all these crazy ideas in my head and I like to try to put them in visuals and songs and all types of shit. This idea that I have is for a music video that I'm directing." I say

"What?" She interjects.

"Just listen."

"Okay." She relaxes in her seat.

"We tried to live a private life as much as we could but shit around us was going crazy and a lot of our information got leaked to the media. I would like to use that in the video. Use certain situations, put them in the video. Social media posts, media posts, all types of shit that people were saying about us. Including some shit Drake was saying."

"Go on..."

"Where you come in is I basically only want you to do one thing and that is just lay in a bed and act like you're asleep. That's it."

"There has to be something else to do." She says, looking at me sideways.

"I promise that's all I want you to do. I got the rest."

"I feel like there's a catch to this." She laughs

"It's not, believe me, the vision that I see for this video is simple. Of course I got other shit going on but that's the only part I need you to play." I say

"So you want me to be in a music video?"

"Yeah, basically. I just feel that it is long overdue. I asked you to be in a music video for me a few months after we met and you've never have done that for me. I think that now is the perfect time because of the song."

"Well, what's the song?"

"Sleep at night."

"IIIIIIIIII don't know if I can do that."

"Why? All you're doing is laying there. Your face ain't even gonna be shown until the end." I say

"Because I feel a certain way about that song."

"When have you ever felt any way about any of my songs?

"You're right. I've never felt any type of way about any other song if it was about me or not. I love your craft 100% but I really did feel a way about this song."

"And what way is that?"

"I don't know. Maybe because you were talking shit. It's like I know you were hurt about the whole thing but like that song made me just really realize how hurt you were and I didn't like the way it made me feel." She explains

"So after all of the shit that you've done to me and all of the shit that we went through that song is what makes you actually feel it."

"Yes. Come on Chris, we had this conversation before."

"Okay. Well we can work with that. Let's be real, we care deeply for each other and we are in love with each other. There's no other way of getting around it. You tried to run off with someone and that didn't work for you. I know you regret your decision and I know you know you made a mistake by making that decision but I'm okay with all of that. You're getting divorced. That's done. We both made mistakes, we're human. We live and we learn. What you need to start learning to do is to face your emotions and not run away from them. So if that song made you feel, then that's great. And to me that's all of more reason for you to do it for me."

"For you..."

"Yes, I want you to do it for me." I say

"I'll do it. I'll do it for you and you're right, I owe you. but I don't think this is going to be easy."

"Of course it's not baby, but you know I'm going to take care of you and prepare you and walk you through everything. as I always do." I say with a smile.

"Okay." She says

"I love you."

"I love you too, Chris." She hugged me.

Not gonna lie, I wanted to have sex. I feel like it's the right time to do so. Why the fuck not? She ain't with Drake no more, so there is no point in me stopping myself.

I slid myself over to her side of the bed, I took off her clothes to give her a massage. I really wanted her to feel relaxed, but I think she already knew what was going on. I know she's not gonna stop me either because she wants it and she needs a stress reliever right now. I'm the only one that can make that happen for her, so I'm gonna do it.

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