I snapped my eyes at him and sighed. Something was off about Aubry, he sounded aggressive, but I could tell he was holding back. My intuition told me that his holding back had something to do with his current situation with Ashley.
“I was out, on a date.” I stated, flatly.
I turned fully to him then placed my hand on my hip. The sight of Aubry disgusted me.
“I thought I made it clear that I wouldn’t share you, Truly. You got fucking hicky’s all across your chest and neck! Our daughter got to see her momma being a hoe when you supposed to be missing her!” He yelled.
“Those days are over, I’m sick of you and the games you fuckin’ play with my daughter. When you want access to me, you useLo Lo as leverage when you can’t get what the fuck you want.” I snapped.
“I haven’t seen my daughter in over two fucking weeks! I facetime her tablet, no answer! I call you, no fucking answer. I’m sick of this shit!” I yelled at the top of my lungs.
I was tired of being tired with Aubry. Tired of feeling like I was failing my daughter because of the legal paperwork that forced me to accept Aubry and his wife having her ninety percent of the time.
“Dead whatever it is with whoever it is.” His voice dropped low.
“Aubry, please.” I dropped my head in defeat.
This wasn’t about Bleu. I probably would never hear from the man again. We had no number to reconnect if we wanted to. I took my money and dipped which was immature of me. I eyed my pink fluffy rug and tried to steady my emotions. I was happy Lolani was here with me, but for how long? I could sound sure of myself and tell Aubry how I truly felt. But at the end of that, I had to keep it real with myself. I had to play Aubry’s tune.
He had the upper hand, and for my daughter, I would do whatever it took just to keep her here with me or to even extend our visit together for the day.
“Some people will give you an amazing high, just to leave you feeling incredibly low…”My mom’s words ringed out in my head as my stomach tightened again.
“Dead it, Truly.” He repeated himself.
I refused to look up at the man responsible for breaking my heart. It was crazy how you never knew upfront just how ugly a person could be on the inside until all the damage was done.
“It’s dead, Aubry. I don’t have time to focus on a man right now. I’m trying to get myself together for Lo Lo.” I said truthfully.
“Good because I want to work on us.” He stated smoothly.
It nearly killed me how he said it, like I was supposed to drop down to my knees and thank God that he was finally considering us again.
Too late…
I didn’t have to look up to hear that he was standing to his feet. In seconds his tall frame hoovered over me. My stomach tightened soon as his hand landed on the edge of my chin.
“There’s no us.” I hated how weak I sounded.
“There will always be an us. I made a big mistake choosing Ashley. My parents thought she looked better as my wife, but I never stopped loving you. When it comes to my Lo Lo, I’ll chose her every time.” His eyes burned with fire.
Whenever something had Aubry bothered, he talked in riddles instead of getting to the point. I knew this man almost better than I knew myself. Ashley had done something to my daughter, and I was now determined to get down to the bottom of it.
It had to of been something that pissed Aubry off to the max. I looked down at his dusty brown knuckles and cringed when I saw the purple bruising. He beat Ashley’s ass, but why?What the fuck did that bitch do to my baby?Rage consumed me, I felt my left eye twitch.
I took a step back to place space between Aubry and I for both of our protection. Lolani was downstairs eating cookies and drinking milk with her poppa. I didn’t want to ruin the momentfighting with Aubry. Unlike Ashley, I didn’t mind going toe to toe with Aubry.
He loved our daughter just as much as I did besides his disgusting selfish ways. Lolani was a true daddy’s girl, that was the one thing I could give Aubry. He loved on our baby and put her first even when he kept her from me.
“What the fuck happened?” I said slowly.
“What do you mean?”
“You know exactly what the fuck I mean! You coming here on a Monday after keeping Lo Lo from me for weeks. No business clothes? Lo Lo isn’t at school…tell me what the fuck did that bitch do to my daughter for you to be standing in my room talking about us and divorcing Ashley?!” I gritted each word out.
My heart accelerated, I took in a deep breath and welcomed the comfort that it brought me momentarily.
“First calm down, I handled Ashley…she can’t hurt my baby no more.” He said lowly looking away from me.
