Page 50 of Give Me All Of You

“After we left dinner, I went to Rock’s house, and we had a talk. He apologized for how he brushed me off after Lu died. Even though I understood, I thought we were better than that. We talked about it. We had sex and admitted that we loved each other.” She shrugged.

“Wait. Y’all had sex? Was it good? Didn’t you say he hadn’t had sex in over a year? Was it quick? Hurry up and answer, bitch. Shit.” She was taking too long to respond and while I needed all the details.

“Can you let me answer one question first before you ask another one? Damn.” She playfully rolled her eyes. “But yes, we had sex, and it was off the charts, bitch. That man made love to me so good that the dick had me confessing my love. Then he turned around and fucked me like he hated me. I was in heaven.” She fanned herself.

“Okay, Rock.”

“I think I scared him when I told him that I loved him because he didn’t respond right away, but after our second round, we were lying in the bed and he said it back.”

“So, what? Y’all in a relationship now?” I asked.

“We are. He asked me to be patient with him, though, and I agreed. I agreed that it’s a lot and soon, but you can’t put a time stamp on love.”

“You’re right about that,” I responded.

“You love Haze, don’t you?” she asked me.

Taking a deep breath, I replied, “I do.”

“So, what’s the problem?”

“What if he doesn’t feel the same?” I pondered.

“Bitch, I hate Keith for doing this to you. If you can’t tell that man loves you, then maybe you deserve to be with somebody like Keith who doesn’t give a fuck.” She snapped. “That man married you so that you could keep your daughter,” She explained.

“He also did it for himself, too.” I shrugged.

“Don’t make me slap you, Rue. Does Haze look like the type of man that can be made to do anything that he doesn’t want to do?”

Silence.

“Exactly. Not only did he marry you. He put things in place to make sure you and Finny are good. Granted, it’ll be good if he verbalizes it, but his actions are saying what his words can’t. He loves you, friend, and it’s okay if you love him. You deserve it.”

She was right. I needed to get out of my head, because Hassan hadn’t given me any indication that he didn’t love me. I guess I just needed to hear it. We paid for our food and got ready to leave. On the way out, I was stopped by none of than Kari and I guess the girl with her was her friend.

“You know he doesn’t love you, right? He’ll always be mine. I don’t know why he married a ghetto bitch like you in the first place when I’ve been with him for years,” she goaded.

“Girl, move.” Journei shoved the girl.

“You’ve been that man’s cum rag for years. Meanwhile, I have his last name, access to his money, house, cars and, most importantly, his dick. Don’t approach me again because I won’t be responsible for what myhusbanddoes to you if you do.” Imade sure to shoulder bump her on the way to my G-Wagon. I hit the locks on purpose and turned around to smirk at her. She would spit fire right now if she could.

“Oh, and tell Keith, don’t make my husband pay him a visit. He needs to leave me the fuck alone.” With that, I got in my truck and went back to work. I wasn’t about to let Kari get under my skin today.

When I got back to work, Knight was coming back up front.

“Wassup, Rudy Rue?”

“Hey, Knight. I’m just coming back in from lunch. You need anything before I clock back in?” I asked.

“Yeah. You don’t have to clock back in. As a matter of fact, this is your last day,” he informed me. My heart sank to my feet.

“Wait? Are you firing me? Why? What I did I do?” I was on the verge of tears.

“Calm down. I’m not firing you-” I cut him off.

“Then what’s going on?”

“Ask that nigga.” He pointed toward the door, and Hassan was walking in.

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