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“Give ain Do you understand me?”

“Sure, baby,” she said “You have a good day now”

She closed the door in my face and I left I hated her soondealers, and now she was trying to ruin my relationship with Laney That damn bitch

I got indown the road quickly I had to get away froret I was hoping she’d let et so that Well, unless I wanted to get frisky with her It would be a cold day in hell before that would ever happen How had I cared about her once? She’d been different Or I’d just fallen for it That was the scary thing about falling in love You never really knew if you were falling in love with the genuine article Everyone was so busy putting their best foot forward and telling you what they wanted you to see and know and hiding so much of themselves away that it was just impossible to ever really say you knew someone

I thought I knew Laney I felt she was the right one But she could have been the worst kind of woman for all I knew I’d been fooled before

“Get that shit out of your head,” I said out loud

I was feeling a bit weird about things This was one of the reasons I’d waited so long to get involved with anyone else I was afraid I would be dealing with the Devil again

But I had to trust I had to believe I couldn’t live my life in that type of a prison I had to justin this world and I’d found it with Laney I loved her soto protect her and to protect e had I wasn’t going to let it be affected by Tiffany

When I got back ho on some music when I stopped by the house I decided to take the rest of the day off I was tired and it had been a bit of a week She was surprised to see me

“Hey, everything ok?” Laney asked

“Yeah That phone call… it was Tiffany”