Page 3 of Marriage Ever After
“Daddy’s coming to pick us up. I’m ready, are you?”
I wanted to scream because I couldn’t even get a day without seeing Kash. I just wanted to sleep and think about all the things that were going on with us. I wanted one good night sleep without worrying about my damn husband. I covered my face and muffled my scream as best as I could hoping that Jordan was away from the door. I felt the fresh tears as they marked my face once more. I wiped my tears gaining composure again then I made my way out of the bathroom catching Jordan as she grabbed the stuffed turtle that Kash got her, she already had her sweater on over her pajamas and I don’t know when she went to go get her shoes but everything including her little backpack was ready to go.
“Can we go wait for him outside, mama?”
Her eyes were full of joy when at this time of the night or rather the morning, she shouldn’t be this excited.
“We can’t wait outside right now Jordy, but we can wait downstairs. Let me just go tell Rissa that we’re leaving, okay? Wait right in here for me.”
I walked out of the room leaving the door ajar so that I could make sure Jordan didn’t sneak downstairs just because she was this excited to see her dad. I made it down the hall to Larissa and Channing’s room, I felt bad for having to wake them up at this time but I’d rather they know, or else Larissa would be knocking down doors to find out where we disappeared to in the middle of the night.
I softly knocked,
“Rissa…” I whispered hoping that I was low enough but loud enough that she heard me.
She was not going to like me if Lela woke up. I heard footsteps then Channing opened the door.
“Hey, everything okay, Mils?”
I gave him what I thought was a reassuring smile and from the look in his eyes, he wasn’t convinced.
“Kash is coming to get us. Jordy started balling and she wanted to go home. Thank you for having us over. Tell Rissa, I’ll see her at work, okay?”
Channing Montgomery was one of Kash’s best friends besides Gregory Grant since I could last remember. They were friends in high school, they both went to law school then when Kash opened up his own practice, Channing was the first to say he believed in him and would work under him. He was about the same height as Kash, with blonde-like features as well. His eyes were blinding blue, his hair was cropped short close to his scalp, courtesy of a military father, and he had the most adorable smile I had ever seen. I knew that’s what got Larissa's attention the first time she met Channing.
“You sure?” His voice was filled with concern for me. He saw the crestfallen expression I had on my face when the party ended, and my husband was nowhere to be found. “I know that asshole is my best friend, but it doesn’t make it okay, I’ll talk to him. I promise.”
I weakly chuckled,
“Thanks, Channing. Just make sure Rissa has her coffee before she hears of this. You know she’ll bite Kash’s head off even more than she already was going to do when he didn’t show up,” I laughed at the thought. “I’ll text when we leave.”
He shook his head.
“Nah, hold on. I’ll come downstairs and wait with you.”
He shut his bedroom door and not a minute later, he came out accompanying me to get Jordan and then we went downstairs to wait for Kash.
Chapter Two
Kash
When I showed up, my best friend Channing was glaring at me and giving me a stern look the moment he opened the door. I furrowed my brows at him,
“dude…”
Channing narrowed his eyes at me.
“You’re a fucking idiot.”
I sighed, not really in the mood to sit here and have Channing give me a lecture.
“Not the time man, not the fucking time. Where’s my wife and kid?”
Channing shook his head.
“Mils is getting Jordy; she fell asleep again. She tried calling you and telling you to forget it, but she couldn’t reach you.”
I averted eye contact for a second as we stood in his foyer.
