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“No, she doesn’t know.”

“How will you feel when you finally do tell the truth that not only will Remy be upset but your best friend too?”

I looked at my parents again, wondering if coming here was a good idea. Now, I felt even worse than I did before. I decided not to finish the rest of my dinner as I quickly left. I needed to be at home and process my thoughts. During our relationship, things were good between Remy and me. It hurt me as much as it hurt him when I left. I really did go find myself, but I didn’t have the heart to face Remy again when I returned home. Instead, I slowly went back to my routine, hoping I wouldn’t have to think about anything from the night that I’d disappeared.

I walked inside my place and stared at my living room, hoping I could find a solution to make this issue go away. I didn’t want anyone to find out the truth about what happened so, if I could keep the charade going a little longer, I would. But I had a feeling that my secret would eventually come out, with or without my approval.

I sat down and glanced at the wall ahead, thinking maybe I should tell Remy what I’d been hiding. I didn’t leave because I wanted to, it was because I had to. I didn’t know if he’d be able to forgive me for it. If I did wanted to get back with Remy, this could potentially destroy any chance I had.

What should I do?

CHAPTER 11

Remy

A

fter telling Porsha she should quit, I couldn’t stay at work any longer. I needed to get away, which only led me to go to Delgado Industries. At least I knew I wouldn’t have to see her there. After reviewing a few reports, I called it a day. But there was something I had to do before heading home. Although I didn’t want to face Porsha at Oxford, I felt whatever issues we had, we needed to face them head on, and being at Oxford was not going to help the situation. We needed to talk in neutral territory, so I convinced Chandra to give me Porsha’s address. Hopefully, she wouldn’t be too mad when she saw me.

I went to the door and slowly knocked, hoping she was t home. It would be a waste if she weren’t. There wasn’t an answer on the first knock, so I tried again, but still no response.

“She’s not here,” I mumbled. I was about to walk away when the door slowly opened, and Porsha stared at me.

“How do you know where I stay? Let me guess, Chandra.”

“I could have looked at your file at work, but it was Chandra.”

“I have to tell her to stop giving out personal information. But, why are you here?”

“Because we need to talk. I didn’t like how things went earlier, so I came to apologize.”

Porsha looked surprised as she moved for me to come inside. I waited until she closed the door before following her into the living room.

“You have a nice place.”

“Thanks. Hopefully, I can keep up with the rent since I’m not sure if I’ll have a job.”

“Porsha…”

“You’re right, Remy. We were stupid to think we could work together, so I may take your advice and quit. I can find another job somewhere else.”

“I don’t want you to quit, Porsha. We can find a way to work together.”

“How, Remy, when you can’t stand to be around me?”

“Because of what you did personally. That was immature on my part since I can’t separate the personal from being professional.”

“You have every right to be upset with me, Remy. There’re still unresolved issues that we need to face; that’s the only way we’re going to work together.”

“What do you suggest then?”

“We already talked about what happened so, now, we need time to heal from it and possibly find a way to get past it.”

I chuckled. “That’s going to take some time, Porsha. You told me why you left, but it still doesn’t make sense. You could have talked to me about your feelings. Instead, you literally ran away.”

“I know that wasn’t my best moment, but I did find the time to learn and grow from it.”

“Did you, because you would be running away again by quitting?”

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