Page 25 of We Could Be Better

“Bae, I wish I could’ve gotten here sooner, but traffic a bitch.”

“Don’t fucking bae her! The fuck is wrong with you Mina? Why are you letting him hit you?”

“Dreka, calm down I told you already it’s not his fault he really love me.”

I know Chaz was mad because of the look he had given me once I said that. He told me before that if I had told anyone about him laying hands on me he would kill me and then kill himself. But I knew Dreka wouldn’t tell anyone she respected me too much to open her mouth and saying anything.

“Bitch you really fucking crazy!”

“Dreka exactly how am I crazy and I saw for myself how you let Keem choke your ass up?”

“Excuse me ladies but if you guys keep up the noise I will have to ask someone to leave.”

“She was just leaving ma’am”

“What’s going on Bae?” Keem said as him and Cash walked in the room.

I looked at Dreka with pleading eyes begging her not to say anything. But I knew she wouldn’t be able to hold it in especially after how I had just handled her in front of Chaz.

“Come on yall lets go Mina put me out of her room because I found out that her punk ass boyfriend been beating on her ass. But if she likes that shit then I fucking love. Don’t call me when shit go bad.”

“Bitch who the fuck you calling a punk?”

“Never address my lady!”

Before I knew it Keem flew off the handle and started beating the fuck out of Chaz. I tried to get out the bed and stop them but the pain from my side was too bad. It felt like my whole damn body was numb; I looked at Cash with pleading eyes but he just turned his head away and continued to let them fight.

“Finally!” I screamed as the hospital security rolled in

“See this is why I didn’t want you hanging with them hoes and their thug ass boyfriends.”

Dreka looked back at me as if she felt sorry for me and then left out of the room. I couldn’t believe her though how couldn’t she judge my relationship when hers wasn’t perfect. I have been there on many occasions when keem flew the coop on her ass. If she was going to act sour towards me behind me only protecting my man then fuck her ass.

“Bitch soon as they discharge you I’m going on beat the fuck out of you. I told you to not run you fucking mouth. I fucking hate you dumb ass i’m only still with you because I feelsorry for you, it’s about time I leave you and move with my lady and kids.”

When he said his lady and kids I felt like my heart was ripped from my body. Here I was protecting him thinking he loved me and he was only trying to get rid of me. I wanted to speak but my tongue was caught in my throat; I felt like I had nothing to live for. I had wanted kids for so love but every time I had gotten pregnant he would beat the baby out of me claiming he didn’t want any kids right now. Even through all of that I still loved him.

I was out the hospital and at home but I was still feeling bad about what happened. Pushed Dreka away and Chaz hadn’t been by since he what went down at the hospital. I guess he was with his other family; I just couldn’t sit around while he was laid up with another woman and her kids I had to find him and find out what was going on. I gave this man every part of me; I tried giving me kids. I couldn’t understand why he would want kids with someone else and not me.

I got up and put on some seats Kyra shot me in my arm so I wasn’t bad off but I was going to make her pay for what she had done by driving me around. She needed to get out of the house anyways I hated to see her so down. Cash had no right treating her that way, but who am I to speak when I had gone trough to fucking fire and still hadn’t found love. My nigga didn’t love me even with my face down and ass up; I just figured maybe I was ugly.

“Girl, where are you trying to go when you should be resting?”

“I’m fine it was nothing but an arm shot.” I said giving Kyra the address to take me

I turned the music up and leaned back in my seat I really didn’t want to talk much. I had a lot of my mind and I was trying to brace myself for what I was going to see once I pulled up to the address I had given Kyra. I didn’t know what I would or what I would say once I got there, but I needed to know why. Why did you beat me every night and pick a fuss instead of just leaving. I started to wonder if the girl knew about me or not.

When we pulled up to the house it was simply beautiful; I just lowered my head. I did hair so I had more than enough money to get whatever I wanted but every time I tried to move he would come up with an excuse. He had me tucked away in a little one bedroom apartment while he and his family were living like royalty. They alone made me cry.

“What’s wrong and who house we at?”

“This is where Chaz and his family lives.”

“What you mean when you say family?”

“His fiancé and his kids.”

“How is it possible all this happened when yall have been together since yall were kids?”

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