Page 16 of Beautiful Harmonies

I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why He thought I deserved her though. My rep was the total opposite of hers. She knew that, but here she was… checking on me, showing me affection, and consoling my spirit.

“She needs someone like you to look up to, and I’m grateful that you’re here to be the bright light in her life. I really wish my mama could have stayed a little longer. I know God doesn’t make mistakes, but I questioned His decision to take our mama,repeatedly. I was grown, but Mi was just experiencing her hormones. It was like He took her at the time Mi needed her most.”

Kamari made her way to me and placed her hands on my chest. It was like she could feel my sadness and anguish. She looked up into my eyes and asked, “What happened to Mi? I heard the man that came say something about her being raped.”

I nodded then grabbed her hands and brought her to the table. “She’s been fucking around with FAAFO. She left with him Saturday night after the awards show. I didn’t see her again until this morning, a few hours before our flight was to leave. She was high as hell and somewhat confrontational. My manager called and told me about the video and how it had gone viral. I hadn’t watched it. I already know that I can’t bear to do that without going left.”

She nodded. “So they drugged her?”

“I think so. I’m sure she smoked the spliff on her own. We smoke from time to time together, but I’ve always told her not to smoke with people she didn’t know. I supposed that went in one ear and out the other. Since she had X in her system, I have to think someone laced that weed. She said she didn’t take anything in pill form that she can remember. I’m just thankful that she remembers anything at all.”

“Right. While I’m not familiar with the effects personally, Tiana said that whenever she smokes, she gets paranoid, and she doesn’t remember a lot of what goes down when she’s high.”

“It can affect people differently. When I’m high, I just feel extremely relaxed and chill. I remember everything. However, Ecstasy can have a totally different side effect. Apparently, it wasn’t a huge dose… just enough for her to lose all inhibitions.”

She slowly shook her head. “Did FAAFO do it?”

“Naw. He gave her the joint though. I mean… he had sex with her… so I guess he did do it. He wasn’t the guy in the video though.”

“My God. I feel so bad for her. I’m glad you were able to calm down before talking to her.”

“Me too. While I warned her about him, I never thought something like this would happen. I expected an altercation with another female or some shit like that. Him playing with her feelings or something. You know?” I asked.

She nodded. “I can imagine. I truly hope something can be done.”

“Well, they did find fluids. She took a shower, but she wasn’t in there long. I just hope they can match it with somebody. FAAFO ass is in the system. I just hope she doesn’t get pregnant. I don’t know if she’s on birth control or not.”

“She probably got in the shower simply to sober up. I wouldn’t be in there long either if it was cold water. I hope she’s on birth control too. Did they give her the morning after pill at the hospital?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t ask. I didn’t even think about that.”

“Don’t worry. If they did a rape kit and found fluids, I’m more than sure they offered it.”

“Yeah, but what puzzles me is Mi said she remembered them putting on condoms. You think she just doesn’t remember everything?”

She swallowed hard and looked away for a moment. I grabbed her chin and turned her back to me. “Tell me, Kamari. Please.”

“The little bit of the video I saw, there wasn’t a condom in sight, and Mi looked like she was on the verge of passing out.”

“Shit!” I yelled as I stood from the table. “That video is going to be used as evidence.”

“Did the hospital call the police, baby?” she asked.

When I turned to her, she was completely red. I smiled slightly. Just that quickly, my mind had switched gears. “The police came, but she didn’t want me in the room when she talked to them. My concern has shifted to you though. You okay… baby?”

She smiled slightly as her cheeks reddened even more. “Yeah,” she said softly.

I sat back in my seat and leaned forward to kiss her lips. When she was about to pull away, I held her to me by the back of her neck and eased my tongue to hers. She moaned as I deepened the kiss, causing my dick to really stand up. I pulled away from her slowly, staring into her eyes as I did.

“Kamari, I feel like I need to ask you to be mine again. It feels like it’s inevitable, baby. In only a couple of days, you’ve seen parts of me no one has ever seen, even before this situation with Mi. Let me make you feel things you’ve never felt.”

I slid my hand up her leg to her thigh then back down to her knee. She bit her bottom lip like she was in deep thought then looked back into my eyes and said, “Okay.”

My eyebrows lifted slightly. I fully expected her to say for us to just go with the flow or something similar to that. “Okay?”

“Yeah. Okay.”

Before she could say anything else, I stood and pulled her from her seat, lifting her in my arms like a baby. I cradled her and just stared at the woman that said she was mine. After knowing the type of life I’d been living, she still said okay to my proposal. I owed her the world for that shit.

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