I looked over at Kileen, waiting for his greeting, but he never gave it. All I could do was smirk and nod for my lawyer to get this shit over with.
“Have you guys had the opportunity to look at what I submitted a few weeks ago?” My lawyer asked.
“Yes, we did,” his lawyer said. “Mr. McGhee agrees except for the house that does not have Mrs. McGhee’s name on it.”
“Well, as I told you over the phone. If we take this to court, more than likely, the judge would agree with Mrs. McGhee. The home was purchased for the mistress. A clear sign of his infidelity.”
We sat in silence, just staring at each other. He knew if I took that house, they had nothing but that little ass one-bedroom he rented to make me think he wasn’t with that girl during ourseparation. That was not my fucking problem. Kileen leaned over and whispered something.
“Are you willing to take the money from the accounts for the house?”
My lawyer already knew my answer. The money in the accounts didn’t add up to the value of the house. I wanted the fucking house. Jah’s money was endless, and money was not what I wanted.
“She’s not willing to take the money. It’s the house or take it before a judge,” my lawyer said with finality.
Again, we had a staring match. He wanted to see the bitch in me; here she was. I wasn’t folding, and he must’ve forgotten who my daddy was. He taught me the importance of not backing down when eye contact is involved. The weakest one would fold first. I wasn’t the weak one today. For over ten years, I was weak for this man. Today, it came to an end. He blinked a few times and leaned in to his lawyer. When our lawyers made eye contact, my lawyer slid the documents over for Kileen to sign.
Kileen picked up the pen and scribbled his name on the paper. It was then passed to me. My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to pass out. I signed my name and put the pen down. I was no longer a McGhee. I was now Tatiyonna Cole again.
“I appreciate the cooperation. I’ll get this filed as soon as we walk out of here,” my lawyer stated.
I didn’t spend another minute in the room with him. I walked out of that courthouse and smiled big as fuck all the way to my car.
“Tati!” Kileen called out.
I kept walking.
“Tati! Hold on, for real. I just need to say this.”
“One minute, Kileen.”
“I…I want to say sorry for hurting you. You didn’t deserve any of this shit. I really didn’t want anything out of this divorce, but do you know how it felt for me to see you getting fucked by a man that shook hands and did business with?”
“It didn’t feel good, did it?” I asked.
“Hell, no, it didn’t feel good.”
“Well, that’s how I felt when I sat in that car and watched you be a father and man to another family. To walk in that house and you got family fucking pictures of you hugging and kissing her belly. Walking in that room and seeing you naked. Washing off your family before you came home to me. That’s how the fuck I felt, Kil.”
“It’s not the same.”
“Oh, it is! The only thing is I didn’t have a baby on you. I had more sense than that.”
“You’re really taking the house from my baby.”
“You want the truth?” I asked.
“Please, this is our moment.”
“Fuck your baby, Kileen McGhee,” I said as I got in my car and pulled off.
I hadn't been to my house since Kileen stripped it of everything. Jah’s house had easily become my home. He never made me feel like I was crowding his space. Now that I was on the way back to him, I was thinking about renting out both of them or selling one and making the other an Airbnb. I was going to run it by him first. If he wanted his space, then I would just move back into my spot, and we would date from two different houses. I pulled in, and Jah was waiting at the door for me. I got out of the car and ran right up to him. He picked me up and spun me in a circle.
“I’m all yours, baby,” I told him as I kissed him.
“That’s all I needed to hear. Come up out of this fucking suit.”
I stripped right at the door, and Jah lifted me on his shoulders and licked my exposed pussy. The man was always full of surprises. He made sure to keep things spicy between us. After he made me cum, he slowly put me down and got down on one of his knees.
