Love Was the Case That They Gave Me

by Mz. Lady P

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  “What’s wrong baby? You’ve been quiet all night and you haven’t touched your shrimp scampi?” Jayceon had cooked dinner for me and I was too upset to eat it. He knows something is wrong because I love seafood. So, not eating was a definite sign that something was wrong with me.

  “Nothing is wrong. I’m okay.”

  “Bullshit. You better tell me what’s wrong before I get pissed off,” he yelled as he slammed his fists down on the table. There was something about the way his voice boomed when he was upset. That shit made me just start crying.

  “Today I went to my parent’s house to apologize for everything. I just wanted to see if they would have a change of heart about you and me being together. They took my business from me. My father said the only way I can have it back is if I break up with you. I’m not going to do that. I’m not leaving you. I refuse to. They can’t make me.” Jayceon got up, came over to my side of the table, and hugged me so tight.

  “Shhh! Stop crying Ma. You know I hate it when you cry.” I was trying my best to stop crying but this shit with my parents had me all in my feelings. To go from being treated like a princess to being treated like a stepchild, is hard as hell for me. I’m just happy I have Jayceon here with me. I don’t know where I would be without him.

  “Everything is going to be okay. Go put on some clothes; I want to take you for a drive.” Jayceon kissed my forehead and he walked away. I was curious as to why he was so calm. I just knew he was going to snap out after hearing what my parents had done. I threw on a pair of jeans, a cut off t-shirt, and a pair of UGGS. When I came back downstairs, Jayceon was already out in his truck waiting for me. I got inside and he just pulled away. As he drove, I kept looking over at him wondering where we were going. His face had a blank expression like he was in deep thought.

  “Where are we going baby?” I reached out to grab his hand but he moved it away before I could grab it.

  “I love you with all my heart Bella. The last thing I ever want is to be the reason why you cry. I think it’s best if we just walk away from this now. As long as you’re with me you’ll never be happy. Having your own business is your life. I can’t handle knowing you lost all of that to be with me.” I watched as he turned into my parents’ subdivision. It was then I knew what he was about to do.

  “Please don’t do this Jayceon. I love you baby. It’s not your fault that they’re doing this. Let’s go home baby. Please let’s just go home!” I was begging and pleading. I couldn’t believe this shit. Jayceon hopped out of the truck and came around to the passenger side. I tried to hurry up and lock the door but I wasn’t quick enough.

  “Get out the truck Bella!”

  “No! Take me home right now Jayceon. Why are you doing this to me? I love you.” My pleas fell on deaf ears. Jayceon lifted me up and threw me over his shoulder. I was fighting, kicking, and screaming, trying to get him to put me down. As soon as we made it up to the door, it swung open and my parents were standing there.

  “What is the meaning of this Isabella Santos?” My father said.

  “I love Isabella, Mr. Santos. I love her so much that the last thing I want is for her to lose her parents for loving me. It’s over between us. You don’t have to worry about me bothering her anymore.” Jayceon let me down off his shoulder and kissed me so passionately on the lips, and walked away.

  “Please don’t do this Jayceon! I need you so much right now. Come back!” I was trying my best to get away from my parents but they were holding on to me for dear life. I couldn’t believe Jayceon was walking away like it was nothing. What hurt the most was when I was begging and pleading for him not to leave, he never turned around; he just got in the car and pulled away.

  “Get yourself together Isabella Santos. This is for the best. Go inside and clean yourself up. You’re a disgrace to the Santos’ name. Out here on the lawn acting like a lovesick teenager in front of the neighbors,” my mother said as she pushed me inside the house. At that moment it took everything in me not to slap the shit out of her. I walked right out of the back door and to the guest house where I used to live. Everything was still the same as I had left it. I called Jayceon over and over again. He had cut his phone off. Love is not supposed to be like this. How can Jayceon say he loves me so much and just abandon me like this? I laid in bed all cried out. I had no more tears left in me. Here I was a fully-grown ass woman, being shifted between the love of my life and my parents. I made up my mind at the moment I was not staying here at my parent’s house. The way that they have been treating me has changed the way I feel about them. Things changed when they took away all that I had worked for.

  In the time that I have run my division of Santos Realty, I have made a substantial amount of money, not only for myself, but for them as well. Not to mention I have some of the wealthiest clients on my roster. I have a great clientele and I know that I can take them on with me. I’ve decided to start completely over with a realty business not attached to my parent’s name. I know that I will be their competition but that’s the beauty of it. I get to show them that I can do just fine without them backing me. I will always love them but I look at them differently now. As far as Jayceon goes, I’m more in love with him now than I was before. I’ve had time to think about why he did what he did. He did it because I was hurt and he hates to see me hurting or crying. That’s why I’m so in love with him. It doesn’t matter how much he loves me. If breaking up with me will make my relationship better with my parents than that’s what he would do. He didn’t do it because he didn’t love me or didn’t want to be with me anymore. He did it because he loved me and wants me to be happy. This little incident hasn’t done anything but make me want to marry his ass even more. Yes. Jayceon Bennett is definitely a keeper. He doesn’t know it but he’s going have to do more than just drop me off at my parents’ house to get rid of me. Let me get my shit together, I have a jeweler to visit. I need to fuck up some commas for my bae.

  Chapter 11- Jayceon

  Leaving my baby Bella… like, that was the last thing I ever wanted to do. I had no choice though. As a man, I could never walk around our house feeling comfortable knowing that she’s unhappy. Bella tries to act as if the shit doesn’t hurt her when she’s in my presence, so that I won’t feel like it’s my fault for choosing me over them. I love her too fucking much to see her crying the way she was over dinner. Bella prides herself on being independent. Her business is everything to her and the last thing I want is for her to lose all that she has worked so hard far, on the account of trying to be with a menace to society like me. I know she doesn’t see me as that, but it is what it is. After dropping Bella off, I couldn’t even go back to the crib so I headed over to Skylar’s crib. It had been so long since I kicked with her. Lately, her ass has been missing in action. Either that or she’s avoiding me. I know for a fact her and Bella talk everyday, all day. It’s partly my fault because I be so busy that I don’t have time for her like I use to. I have to change that. I don’t care how old she gets, she will always be my little sister. I’ll kill a brick and a motherfucking building for her.

  I didn’t even bother to knock I just went inside with my key I had made.

  “Yo Sky, where you at?” I didn’t get a response so I continued to walk through the house. I knew she was here because her Audi was in the driveway. I didn’t think anything of it so I continued back to her bedroom. I walked in without knocking and my sister was on top of some nigga fucking like she a grown woman.

  “Skylar!”

  “Oh shit Jayceon!” She jumped up and pulled the cover up over her. I pulled my gun from my waist and aimed at the nigga who was still laying there with a now limp ass dick. He looked scared as fuck.

  “You got a minute to get your bitch ass out of here.” I cocked back the hammer and was ready to fire one off into his skull. In here molesting my fucking sister. The nigga jumped up and started grabbing his clothes. He was falling all over the place trying to get the fuck out of dodge.

/>   “I’m sorry Blockka. I didn’t know Sky was your woman. I never would have come at her. You know I got respect for you.”

  “I’m not his damn woman, I’m his sister. This my motherfucking house and you ain’t got to go nowhere. Get your ass out of here Jayceon!”

  “Shut the fuck up Sky before I slap the shit out of you.” As soon as the nigga tried to run out the door I let a round off on his ass.

  “Damn! You shot me in the ass.” I died laughing as he was running out the door holding his bleeding ass.

  “Oh my God! I can’t believe you shot him in the ass. How the fuck could you embarrass me like this. I swear I’m telling Mommy. Get the fuck out of my house, right now!” She started throwing all types of shit off of the dresser at me. I was trying my best to duck and dodge all those damn perfume bottles.

  “I don’t give no fuck about you being mad. Fuck you doing with an Eastside nigga up in here. You lucky all I did was shoot him in the ass. I slammed her bedroom door and walked out before she could say something. All I heard was her throwing shit at the door and cursing her ass off. I swear her mouth has no filter. She lucky I have shit to do or else I would stay and get on her ass some more. I’ve told Skylar numerous times to stop bringing random ass niggas to the spot where she lays her fucking head at. She’s so fucking hardheaded. Before I headed out I checked the safe I keep in a hidden panel in the wall for her. Each month I give her ten thousand dollars. From the looks of it, she hasn’t spent any of the money.

  “I thought I told you to get your ass out of my house,” she said as she walked past me and into the kitchen.

  “And I thought I told your ass to watch your mouth. You know how I feel about random niggas being where you lay your head at.”

  “While you over here in my business you need to go home to Bella. She’s probably up worried about your black ass. I know that you think I’m still a little girl running up behind you and your friend’s kid, but I’m a grown woman and I have needs just like anybody else. I love you Jayceon, but you’re dead wrong for coming here and embarrassing me like this. That shit wasn’t fair to me at all. Don’t ever do no shit like this to me again. I love you with all my heart, but we will fall out behind this shit. Not because you don’t want me to mess around with guys, but because you don’t respect me as a grown woman. No matter who I’m with you’ll always be my big brother. Now get your ass out of my house and lock up when you leave, and don’t think I forgot. I’m still telling Mommy what you did.” Sky kissed me on the jaw and went back to her room. I knew that everything she was saying was true. I just don’t want my sister getting her heart broke. She will always be my baby sister in my eyes. That’s why I give her whatever the fuck she wants. She don’t need a nigga for shit, and as long as I had breath in my body, I was going to go above and beyond to make sure she was straight. Even if she thinks she’s so much of a grown woman that she doesn’t need me.

  The mention of Bella’s name made me start to miss her. I wonder if dropping her off to her parents had been the right thing to do. I should have answered the phone when she was calling. I knew I couldn’t go home now. If I went to that big ass house and she wasn’t there, I would have the right mind to go back to her parents’ house and bring my baby back home, but right now it’s for the best. I laid across the couch and stared at the ceiling for hours wondering what Bella was doing right now.

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  It had been a minute since we all went out and just blew some dough. The majority of our days are spent plotting and strategizing our next heist. It takes months of planning. All hands have to be on deck to ensure that shit goes off without a hitch. I’m coming out with the same niggas I went in with. I have no intention on losing anyone. That’s why it’s all motherfucking work and no play. My nigga, Dominic, was celebrating his birthday at Club Mansion, one of the hottest clubs in Miami. I really didn’t fuck with the club scene. I’m more of a laid back nigga these days. I did all that partying shit back in the day. I’ll leave that shit to the young bucks. It was packed to capacity when I made it inside the club. When I made it up to our V.I.P section, Tech and Rashad were already getting fucked up along with Fatima and her friend Dina.

  “What’s up Blockka? Long time no see,” Dina said as she stood up and gave me a hug. I dapped up my niggas and tried to hug Fatima, but she dismissed me as she started to dance, as if I gave a fuck. It was hard not to watch her fat ass as she swayed her hips to the music. That was one of the things that attracted me to her. Her fucking body was bananas. Even after the birth of our daughter she still had a bad ass shape. She knew I was watching her ass that’s why she was showing out. I couldn’t help but notice my nigga, Rashad was staring as well. Minutes later Dominic walked into V.I.P.

  “Happy Birthday my nigga.” I reached out and hugged Dominic and his wife Shayla. Yes, this nigga had a wife at home and fucked anything moving. I don’t see why he does it when his wife is the total package.

  “Thanks bro. Let’s turn the fuck up.” We all took shots and invited some women into the V.I.P with us. I usually don’t even entertain thirsty bitches, but this red bone bitch kept giving me the eye like she wanted to fuck, but I wasn’t on that with the bitch. However, she could swallow this dick. Any other time I would have been down to have my dick touching a bitch’s tonsils, but my mind was consumed with thoughts of my baby Bella. I decided to shoot her a text.

  Me: You know I love you right?

  Future Wife: Of course I do.

  I was glad that she responded to me. It would make me feel like shit if she wouldn’t have responded. The last thing I want my baby to think is that I didn’t love her. I just can’t handle her losing everything.

  “Nigga, you over here looking like you lost your best friend. I know you didn’t because I’m sitting right here,” Tech said bringing me out of my thoughts. I knocked back a shot of D’usse and poured another shot.

  “I’m good. Just got this shit with Bella on my mind right now.”

  “You really love her, huh?”

  “Hell yeah. She proposed to a nigga and shit. Got me feeling like a real bitch. I ain’t never loved no chick like I love her, not even Fatima. She the type of woman you want to wife and have a house full of babies with.”

  “Man Blockka, that shit is deep. I’ve been knowing you since forever and I’ve never heard you talk about any chick like this. Get your ass out of here and get your girl. Don’t fuck that shit up. If her parents don’t want y’all together, fuck them. Obviously, she don’t care, so why should you? Man, you Blockka. I’m surprised you haven’t offed their old asses.” Tech and I both laughed because I would have been killed them motherfuckers but because I love Bella, I won’t do it unless they leave me no choice.

  “I know nigga, but Bella is a different type of breed. I can’t be Blockka in front her. She only knows me as Jayceon. I don’t even think she’s ever been to the hood before. Her ass grew up around nothing but rich people. Just fucking with a hood nigga like me is a downgrade for a chick like her. That’s why I go so hard to give her the life that she is accustomed to.”

  “I feel you on that shit.” We dapped and knocked back a shot. All of sudden gunshots rang out and I knew it was time for us to get the fuck out of here. We don’t rock with shit like this. The only time we buss our guns is when a motherfucking trying to stop the money flow or if a bitch ass nigga just asking to get got. We don’t have beef unless a nigga asking where the fuck it’s at. Once the club cleared and we were all accounted for, we all went our separate ways, agreeing to get up early for the job we were doing for India. All those shots had a nigga feeling lovely. I fired up a Kush blunt as I drove to my crib. I sat in my car and faced the blunt before going in. I needed to be high as fuck so I could go straight to sleep without thinking of Bella. A nigga had it bad like Usher.

  I walked in my house and ascended the stairs to the bedroom. My eyes became wide as saucers as Bella stood up in the middle of our bed wearing nothing but a diamond body chain I had got f
or her. I got ready to say something, but she put her finger up to her mouth telling me to be quiet. I leaned my body against the doorframe, as I watched her slowly sway to the music she had cut on; the music had a nigga in a zone. My dick was brick hard watching her pointy nipples and her shaved pussy. Her long, flowing hair looked so silky, as she flung it over her shoulder while she danced seductively for me.

  You make it look like its magic

  Cause I see nobody, nobody but you yeah, yeah, yeah

  I’m never confused Hey, Hey

  I’m so used to being used

  So, I love when you call unexpected

  Cause I hate when the moments expected

  So, I’m a care for you, you, you

  I’ma care for you, you, you. Yeahhhh!

  Cause girl you’re perfect

  You’re always worth it

  And you deserve it

  The way you work it

  Cause girl you earned it

  Girl you earned it

  Bella moved her body like a snake to The Weekend’s “Earned It”. I undressed as I walked towards her and lifted her off the bed, and she wrapped her legs around my waist.

  “What are you doing here Ma?” I whispered in her ear as I lifted her up just enough to slide inside of her. I gently lifted her up and down on my dick as we stood in the middle of our bedroom.

  “This is my home and I belong here with you. Would you make love to me Jayceon?”

  “I would love to make love to you but tonight I want to fuck you like I missed you.” I roughly pulled her down off of me and bent her over the bed. I wrapped her hair around both of my hands and used it as if it were reigns on a horse. I pumped in out of her viciously. I had to close my eyes to keep from looking down at her big, round ass. The sight of it jiggling had me on the verge of cumming sooner than I wanted.

  “Oh shit Jayceon! Just like that. Yesssss! Babyyyyy!”