He walked outta the room and walked back in. “I got you some flowers, just because.”
I got up off the bed and wrapped my arms around Love’s neck.
“I am so blessed to have you.”
Love smiled, holding me back. “I am the blessed one, baby, and you know I’ma make sure you are taken care of.”
I nodded. “And you do. I love you for that and so much more.”
Love smiled. And we hopped back into bed. He put on Dead Presidents, and we ate all the food that he bought while talking about TikToks we watched, and the room filled with laughter.
After a while, Amir came.
“Are you okay?” he asked before sitting on the bed.
I nodded through bites. “I am okay. I am sorry if I scared you,” I responded.
He smiled. “As long as you’re okay, I am good.”
The rest of the evening, we all laid in the bed, talking, watching movies until Amir switched it to ESPN to catch basketball highlights while he talked about his game coming up.
“Are you coming to my game?” he asked me.
“I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
I don’t remember falling asleep, but when I woke up, Love was asleep, and Amir was still in our bed but knocked out.
I cleaned up the boxes from dinner and took them to the kitchen, put them in the trash, and then I stood there looking at my mess around the living room and my phone and notebook on the island.
I looked at it all, even the messages I missed from my girls, and I could feel my heart inching up to my throat.
“I don’t know if I can do all of this,” I mumbled to myself.
I knew what I wanted, but at the moment, I didn’t know if I could handle it, knowing that Love would be so understanding. I’ve come too far to turn around now.
After all I went through with Gio, and he was finally leaving me alone, our big peaceful wedding was supposed to be the beginning of mine and Love’s next chapter. Hopefully the stress didn’t take me out first.
Chapter 17
Warning
Iwoke up early to my alarm going off. Islah was still curled up beside me. I didn’t bother her at first, just stared at her, watching her breathe, seeing that her body was still tense.
I kissed on hers shoulder, up to her neck, seeing a smile come across her face.
“Good morning,” I said through kisses.
She rolled over so I could kiss her lips.
“Good morning,” she responded. “How did you sleep?”
“I slept good, mamas. How about you?”
She shrugged a lil’ bit. “I slept good.”
We sat up in bed, both of us checking our phones, messages, the weather, and shit when Amir ran into the room, already ready to go.
“Why are y’all still in bed? It’s game day!” he yelled out.
