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“Thank you.”
“Let me be here for you.”
“I will, Ti.”
“I want to be here.”
“I need you here.”
“Don’t shut me out again.”
He shook his head.
“I won’t. This shit is just hard, baby. I can’t front.”
“I know.”
“It hurts.”
“I know.”
“I’ve taken time off from work.”
“August–”
“Not because I needed to. But, because I want to make up for the time we’ve lost. Right my wrongs. Hug you when I want to. Kiss you when I want to. Lay in your bed every night so that you know for sure that I will never leave you lonely again.”
“Thank you.”
“I missed you.”
“I missed you, too. So much that it hurt.”
“I’m sorry.”
“I haven’t been the same since you left.”
“Let me make it up to you.”
I nodded, “Okay. Just no more broken promises.”
“No more.”
“Good, now turn around.”
“Ti, Ion need you washing my ass until I can’t wash it for myself. I got it, baby.”
Chuckling, I handed him the towel.
“Childish. I’d let you wipe mine.”
“I eat that motherfucker, so I’m sure you would.”
“You have a point there.”
I soaped up another towel and began cleansing my body. Together, we stood underneath the showerhead and allowed the water to wash away the suds.
My hands connected behind August’s head. My body swayed slowly to Sade. Everything about the moment felt justified. Right. True. Real.
