Love Was the Case That They Gave Me 2

by Mz. Lady P

  “I should go bust Dominic shit with this bottle, but he ain’t worth it. Let’s just go.” Shayla looked like she wanted to cry. Her actions alone showed that there was some shit going on in their marriage that we weren’t aware of. At this point, Chloe was now looking in the same direction that we were.

  “Come on y’all. Let’s just go. I need to get home and get the kids.

  “Bullshit! We’re out kicking it. Let them niggas do them, but watch this. Chloe talked to the waitress and handed her some money.

  “What the hell did you just do?” Bella asked with her hand on her hips.

  “I just sent them niggas a bottle and told her to tell them who it was from. Now we can leave. I say we go get us a room and just chill.” Chloe placed her shades on and we all headed out of VIP. Chloe was going to fit in perfectly. She was just what Rashad needed to balance him out. Instead of us booking a hotel, we decided to go over to Bella’s house. We all changed out of our clothes and put on some pajamas that Bella gave us. On the way to her house, we picked up some breakfast from one of the local after hour spots. We were all half drunk and damn near falling asleep as we ate.

  “Can I ask you a question, Bella?” Shayla said as she sat up and wiped her mouth with a napkin.

  “Sure. What’s up?”

  “How did you get the courage to divorce Jayceon?”

  “When he no longer cared about me and my feelings. Why you ask me that?”

  “I’m thinking about divorcing Dominic. I can’t take it anymore. Earlier tonight, I saw him going into the Hilton with the same bitch he was in the club with. I feel like he doesn’t love me anymore and we’re just together for his convenience. I’m not going to sit here and lie and say that I don’t love him because I do. I want us to work, but I don’t think it’s worth fighting for.”

  “If you want to fight for your marriage there is nothing wrong with that. I acted on impulse when I filed for divorce. I didn’t fight for my marriage. Before shit hit the fan, life was good for us. Regardless to whatever Jayceon has going on, I know we got this bond that no nigga or bitch can break. When he got shot up, I knew then I still loved him and wanted him. We’ve had sex a couple of times and it just makes me want him more, but I went through hell being with him.

  I walked away from my parents and lost everything I worked hard for all because I loved him. The lies and the other women is what hurt the most. After seeing him tonight, I know that I want to be with him, but I have to be different. I can’t allow him to walk all over me and think shit is sweet. Being kidnapped and raped has changed me and I don’t know if it’s for the better. What I do know is that we’re working on Bella’s terms and not Jayceon’s. His ass gon’ either get with it or get the fuck lost.”

  “I know that shits right. I hope and pray that things will work out for Rashad and I. I know that we just met, but I feel butterflies in my stomach just thinking about that nigga.”

  “Awwww! They will, Chloe. Just don’t lose yourself trying to love him,” Bella said as she got up and went to the back of the house. Bella was so confused. On one hand she wanted to be with my brother and on the other hand, she didn’t. She really needed to do some soul searching.

  “What about you and Tech?”

  “I played the game with his ass. He didn’t want us to be exclusive so I started fucking with other niggas. That nigga damn near lost his mind and killed me in the process. It was a long, tough road, but we’re still here fighting for us.” This was supposed to be girl’s night, but we managed to make it a damn counseling session. I fell asleep thinking about Tech and our future.

  Chapter 17- Bella

  It had been a week since the last time I saw or heard from Jayceon. He hadn’t even called or texted to check on the kids and that was not like him at all. Today was Angelica’s birthday so I wanted to go to the cemetery and put flowers on her grave. I went out and purchased balloons and a birthday cake. I promised Jayceon that we would celebrate her birthday ever year and I planned on keeping that promise. I had never been to his new house so I had to get the address from Sky. As I drove over to his house, I tried calling him to inform him that I was on my way over. The last thing I wanted was to show up unannounced and he had female company. I know that I couldn’t get mad, but the shit made me feel a certain type of way.

  “Are y’all ready to see Daddy?” They both nodded their heads yes. I took a deep breath as I stood on his doorstep ringing the doorbell. After ringing and knocking on the door for a couple of minutes, Jayceon finally answered the door. He had on his Versace robe with matching boxers and a bottle of Bellaire in his hand. My little kitty began to drip at the sight of his bare chest. The fact that his dick was sitting there looking like a third leg didn’t make the shit any better. I could tell that he wasn’t in the best of moods and that was understandable.

  “We came to spend the day with you.”

  “Hi Daddy,” Jazzy said and she wrapped her little arms around his legs. He picked her up and kissed her on the cheek.

  “What’s up son? Give me dap.” Him and Baby Jay dapped it up and they all went inside the house. I stood there for a minute not really knowing how to react to him overlooking me. I grabbed the rest of the things from the trunk and I carried them inside of the house. The interior was absolutely amazing. Everything was black and gold. The house was so damn big. When I found the kitchen, I fell in love with it. Everything was stainless steel and the countertops were a beautiful white marble finish.

  “Hello, Mrs. Bennett, I’m Celeste. Is there anything I can get for you or the children?”

  “No, we’re fine. I was just about to cook dinner for everybody.” I was surprised that Jayceon had a damn maid in the house. She had on one of those old lady maid uniforms but she was really pretty for her age.

  “Bella! Come and see the rest of the house. Celeste will be preparing dinner for us.” I looked at him for a minute before I walked out of the kitchen with him. I hate when he called my name like that. It was so demanding and authoritative. He grabbed my hand and led me up the winding staircase.

  “Where are the kids?”

  “In the backyard with their nanny.”

  “I don’t want my kids with a nanny, Jayceon. I don’t trust nobody with them.” I tried to go back down the stairs, but he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close to him. His eyes were red and I knew his ass was damn near drunk.

  “Just chill. Let Celeste and Carla do their jobs. The kids know them and are comfortable with them. I’m glad that y’all are here with me. I want you to just relax and put your feet up.” Jayceon’s touch felt so fucking good to me. He placed kisses on my neck as he guided me down the long hallway. Once we made it to one of the rooms, he pushed the door open and I was in awe. It had a Hollywood theme to it. On the walls, were pictures of Dorothy Dandridge, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn. The vanity was huge with big lights all around it. The bed was made just like a huge throne. It was so high up off the floor that you needed a step ladder to climb in the bed. I walked into the huge closet and it was filled to capacity with brand new clothes and shoes.

  “Do you like it?”

  “I love everything about this room, but who is all of this for. I don’t live here.” Jayceon looked at me and shook his head. He sat on the chaise that was in the room and fired up a blunt. I leaned against the dresser staring at him. I was waiting for him to say something, but he continued to smoke on the blunt. I just walked out of the room and down the stairs to check on my kids. I was not about to play games with Jayceon. I was here to celebrate Angelica’s birthday not deal with him and his bullshit.

  As soon as I was headed towards the backyard where the kids were, the front door swung open and it was Tech, Rashad, and Dominic with boxes. I opened the door and looked out and there was a moving truck. I took a closer look and it was all of my shit from my house. I immediately turned around to go curse Jayceon out, but he was coming down the stairs with a smug ass look on his face.

  “Really, Jay
ceon?”

  “I’m done playing games, Bella. I want you and my kids here with me in the house I built for us. This shit is not up for discussion. Now go look in the garage, Daddy bought you a new toy.” He kissed me on the lips and headed over to the bar that was in the dining room. Tech, Rashad, and Dominic followed him and they all poured them a shot. I was so disgusted with Jayceon right now. Of course, I love him and I wanted nothing more than to be back in the house with him, but not like this. I became so pissed that I stormed off and went and grabbed my kids to leave. When I opened the door, Sky, Shayla, Pops, Tina and Chloe were all coming inside.

  “Hey Sis. Where are you going?” Chloe asked as she hugged me.

  “Apparently, nowhere. Come here, Jayceon, I need to talk to you. Right now!” I stormed up the stairs not waiting for him to say shit. If he knew what the fuck was good for him he had better been behind me. I was fed up with his bullshit.”

  “What’s good?” Jayceon walked up on me and tried to hug me, but my anger got the best of me and I slapped the shit out of him. There was so much anger and pent up frustration inside of me that tears were streaming down my face.

  “Ain’t shit good, Jayceon. How could you just move all of my shit out of my house without my permission?”

  “Lower your voice.”

  “No! I will not lower my voice, Jayceon. I have a voice and you don’t get to make decisions like this without consulting me. In case you forgot, we’re not married.”

  “You think I forgot that shit. I’m trying each and every day not to think about that shit. All I want is my fucking family back. Why you got to make shit so hard for me?”

  “Make shit hard for you! The last year of my fucking life has been hard because of you. Why you got to be so fucking selfish, Jayceon?”

  “How the fuck am I selfish, Bella?” I looked at him like he had two heads. How could he not see how selfish he was being towards me?

  “You know what? Never mind.” I walked out of the room and tried to go down the stairs.

  “Bring your ass back here. It’s obvious I’m doing something wrong so just tell me what it is you want me to do and I’ll do it. All I want is to have you back in my life. If you’re done with a nigga completely let me know. I promise I will give up and let you live your life. I’ll do what I have to do for you and the kids financially, but I’ll never bother you again with being back with a nigga. ” Jayceon pulled me into his arms and held onto me tight. I wiped the tears from my eyes before they fell. As soon as I was getting ready to respond, we could hear arguing from downstairs. We came out of the room and looked over the banister. Tech, Rashad, Dominic, and Pops all had their guns drawn on a man who looked Arabian along with six other armed men. Tina, Sky, Shayla, Chloe and the kids were all standing off to the side with fear in their eyes. Jayceon moved me behind him like he was protecting me.

  “What the fuck is going on?” Jayceon said as rushed down the stairs.

  “Long time no see, Mr. Blockka.” His voice was so thick you could barely understand him.

  “What the fuck are you doing at my crib?”

  “I see that you have my granddaughter Jazmine. So, tell me where the fuck is Sahara?” It was then I knew that he was Sahara’s father from Dubai. He walked over towards where Tina was at holding Jazzy, but Pops stepped in his path.

  “Back the fuck up nigga before you be looking at your thoughts on the floor,” Pops said as he put the gun up to his head. At this point, Jayceon had walked back in the room and came out with a big ass assault rifle. I followed closely behind him as he walked down the stairs.

  “Get the fuck out of my crib. That bitch abandoned her motherfucking responsibilities. I hope that bitch somewhere swimming with fishes.”

  “This shit is not over, Blockka. I’ll be seeing you again. By the way, how’s the healing process coming along.” It was then we realized he was the one who had shot Jayceon. Omar and his crew backed out of the door slowly. I didn’t even realize that I was holding onto Jayceon until he snatched away from me and ran out of the door behind him. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of his assault rifle. Tech, Rashad, Dominic, and Pops all ran out of the door behind him and started letting off rounds. I was damn near falling down the stairs trying to get to my babies. They were screaming and hollering from all of the noise.

  Once I made it to the bottom of the stairs, I laid down on the floor next to Shayla, Chloe, Sky, Tina, and the kids. It seemed as if the gunfire would never stop. I was so damn scared for everybody. All of sudden, the gunfire ceased and Jayceon walked into the house with blood all over him.

  “Oh, my God! Are you hit?” Tina said as she jumped up and ran to check him out.

  “I’m cool Ma. Dominic got hit up. They’re getting him to the hospital. I need y’all to get out of here and take the kids to our safe house. I need to get these bodies off my fucking property. That nigga Omar got away, but I know I hit his bitch ass up.” Jayceon was so mad I swear you could see steam coming from his ears. I walked over to him and I rubbed his back trying to calm him down.

  “I have to get to the hospital, Blockka. I’m his wife,” Shayla said as tears streamed down her face.

  “Go with the girls. I promise. I’m going to send someone to scoop you as soon as I can.” The way he hugged her let me know that shit was serious, but he kept his game face on. Shayla walked away and Tina and Chloe hugged her trying to soothe her, but I knew nothing would help until she knew how Dominic was doing. It didn’t matter how much dirt a man can do to a woman when it was a life and death situation, a real woman would set her feelings to the side. There were so many days when I wanted to walk out of that hospital room when Jayceon was fighting for his life, but my heart wouldn’t let me do it.

  “I’m going to make sure Shayla is okay. Make sure you call and let us know what’s going on with Dominic.” I kissed him on the jaw and got ready to walk away, but he pulled me into his embrace. For a minute, we just stared into each other’s eyes. It was like we were reading each other’s soul.

  “I love you, Bella. I need you to know that I love the shit out of you. I’m going to make shit right between us. That’s a promise. I just need a second chance and a better life with my better half.”

  “I love you, too, Jayceon. I know that you will make things okay. Please be safe. The shit that just happened could have turned out even worse than it has. The kids need their daddy.

  “I know they do. What about you? Do you need me?”

  “I used to think I needed you, but now I know that I don’t. However, I want you in my life and I want us to build the life we always talked about. We still have some things we need to sit and talk about, but for now I’ll give you a second chance. Please know that I won’t hesitate to pack me and my kids shit if I even think you’re on bullshit of any kind. I love you and I’ll see you when you make it to the safe house.” I kissed him on the lips and I walked away.

  It was official I was going to be back with Jayceon. Hopefully, this time around he could keep his word and do right by his family. This was our last chance to get shit right. There was no coming back after this. As I drove over to the safe house, I didn’t like the way my heart was feeling and I didn’t like the things that were going through my mind. I had the same feeling inside of me when I found that ring and those damn clothes in my garage when Jayceon left. Some shit was about to pop off and I knew a storm was brewing and we were all about to get caught in it.

  Chapter 18- Shayla

  I was going crazy just sitting around waiting for Blockka or the rest of the crew to come and tell me something about Dominic. I waited until everybody went to sleep and I snuck out of the house. I had no idea what hospital he was in, so I checked all of them until I ended up at the University of Miami. I gave the receptionist my information and she gave me a visiting pass. It was late, but because I was his wife, I was able to get up to his room. Once I made it up to the floor that he was on, I looked down at the pass to see the room number so that I
could get to the correct room. My heart began to beat rapidly as I made my way up to his room door. When I walked in, Blockka, Tech, Rashad, and an unknown woman were standing around his bed.

  “How is he?” I said as I walked over to his bed. I covered my mouth to stifle the loud cry that threatened to escape my body. Dominic had tubes coming from everywhere. If his chest wasn’t moving up and down, I would have thought that he was dead. He was so swollen that he was barely recognizable.

  “He gon’ make it, but his lungs collapsed so they have him in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator until his lungs are better and he can breathe on his own.” I turned around and looked at this bitch who didn’t look like a medical professional telling me my husband’s diagnosis. I got a good look at her and it was the same bitch he was in the hotel and the club with.

  “Get the fuck out!” I grabbed her ass in the collar and tried to drag her ass out.

  “Chill Sis. Not right now!”

  “Chill my ass. Don’t fucking Sis me.” I pushed Blockka off of me as he tried to get in between us. I kept trying to get a good grip on the bitch, but Rashad and Tech joined in and was able to get in between us.

  “I understand he’s your husband and all, but I have as much right to be here as you. I’ve been fucking with Dominic for the last four years and I have a four year old daughter to prove it. Unlike you, I’m able to give him a child. What you lack in, I pick up the slack. So you see we share that nigga.” The bitch pointed at him as she spoke. I had lost hearing when she said that she had a daughter with Dominic.

  “You got to ride up out of here, Mariah. This shit not cool. You know motherfucking well Dominic is going to be pissed about this,” Tech said as he tried to push her towards the door.

  “It’s all good, Tech. She don’t have to leave. I’ll leave, but before I do, let me tell my husband something. I’m sure he can hear me.” I had so much anger and rage that I walked over and yanked all the plugs out of the wall that were needed to keep the machines going.