His response made me look at the phone with disgust.
“Who the fuck do you think you talkin’ to, Bully?! Did you forget who the fuck I am?!”
“Mannnn, Gio…what the fuck do you want?”
That nigga sounded too irritated with me.
“Y’all really gonna leave a nigga out back like that? That nigga got the whole ATL lookin’ for me, so he said.”
Bully laughed into the phone. “Damn, Gio, you sound scared.”
“On my mama, nigga, I’m on whatever he’s on.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, listen up, you ain’t really talkin’ bout shit. I got somebody on the line who wants to talk to you.”
“Nigga, who? It bet not be Kronic bitch ass!”
He didn’t respond, then my heart dropped when I heard…
“Gio?”
“Islah?” I responded quickly, my voice shaking and shit.
“Yeah, I want to meet up so we can talk,” she said, her voice soft.
“And just cause I don’t trust yo’ ass, Gio,” Bully said, cutting in. “I’ma fly in to chaperone, because she don’t want HER NIGGA to kill you.”
“Man, shut up!” I muttered, trying not to let my excitement show in my voice. “When you want to do this, baby girl?” I said, responding to Islah.
She sighed. “Bully, when you get in town, hit me. We will do it then.”
“10-4,” Bully responded, and then I didn’t hear her anymore.
“Well, look,” that dumb ass nigga said. “You done scared her off.”
I sucked my teeth. “Nigga, hurry up and get yo’ ass here so I can get my girl back.”
Chapter 4
Wanting Peace
Instead of rolling over into my fiancé’s arms, I opened my eyes to an empty side of the bed.
I sat up slow, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, already knowing something felt off before I even looked.
Love notes always came with flowers. He never just left me a note.
I picked it up and opened it slowly.
At the gym, call me when you get on the road. –Ya Man
I stared at it for a second longer than I should have, like the words on the paper were going to change to something else.
I sat the note back down, jaw a little tight as I looked around the room like I could still feel his presence even though he was gone.
But there was something about it, and I knew not to ignore that feeling—not after everything he said about Gio.
That name hit me, and my body instantly tensed for two reasons. One, because I was over him, two, because I was scared for him.
