You're My Little Secret 3 (9 page)

“You tell
me. What do you want to do?”

 
“You know I never wanted a divorce to begin
with,” she replied.

 
“Tell me what’s going to be different if we
get back together?” I asked.

“What
happened with you and Brooklyn? She must have dropped you, huh?” She asked
ignoring the question that I asked her.

“I didn’t
come here to talk about Brooklyn and I’m sure you didn’t either.”

“No, but
something must have happened within the last few days or you wouldn’t be here.”

 
I just shrugged, but I didn’t reply to what
she was saying.

“I know
for a fact that you’re still taking care of her. The bank statements that I
showed the judge proved that,” she rambled on. I’m so happy that she mentioned
it before I did. She made everything that much easier for me.

“Yeah and
speaking of that, exactly how did you get my company bank statements anyway?” I
asked.

“Wouldn’t
you like to know?” She taunted. When our food
came,
we ate in silence until I mentioned the account information again.

“So how
are we supposed to be getting back together if you’re keeping secrets from me?”

“I’m not
keeping anything from you Dominic.”

“
Yes,
you are. You always keep secrets when it’s
about money. That was one of our biggest problems,” I reminded her.

“No,
Brooklyn was our biggest problem,” she stated.

“Stop
bringing her up. I’m talking about us. And like I said, money was our biggest
problem. If you can’t even answer a simple
question,
I’m wasting my time being here. Nothing has
changed,
and we can’t move forward by telling lies. Call me when you’re ready to stop
playing games,” I said as I reached for my wallet. I’m playing on her
emotions,
and I’m hoping that it works.

“Dominic
wait, don’t leave. It’s not that I’m hiding anything from you. I’m just not
trying to involve anybody else in our mess.”

“So
basically somebody is out to get me and you’re helping them. What makes it
worse is that I know it’s somebody that works for me. I got somebody smiling in
my face that don’t mean me no good and you’re okay with that?” I said
laying
it on thick.

“No, I’m
not baby, but I know you. You’ll be trying to take somebody’s job,” she replied
making me cringe when she called me baby.

 
“I’m about to go. Let me know when you’re
serious about us being together,” I said standing to my feet.

“Wait,
okay I’ll tell you,” she said hurriedly. I sat back down and looked at her
waiting for her to continue.

“Oh okay,
so this is how we’re doing it now Dominic?” A familiar voice said from behind
me. I wanted to die when I turned around and locked eyes with Co-Co.

“What’s up
Co-Co?” I asked nervously. I wanted to tell him what was up, but I’m too close
to getting what I need from Kennedi.

“
Yeah,
whatever nigga. And what’s going on with
this?” He asked while pointing at me and Kennedi.

“We’re
having lunch is what’s going on. You seem to have forgotten that this is my
husband,” Kennedi snapped at him. I really wish that she would have kept her
mouth closed. Co-Co lives for
drama,
and
he’s known for going off at the mouth.

“Was I
talking to this human blow up doll?” He asked looking at me. “Bitch don’t make
me get a stick pen and deflate your artificial ass. Oh, and I don’t want you to
wonder if I’m going to tell my cousin Dominic. I’m letting you know to your
face that I’m going to tell her so don’t act surprised when I do. Now
y’all
enjoy your meals and have a good day,” he
said as he walked away with a group of women. I saw them walk out of the
restaurant,
and I’m grateful for that much.

“So you
and Brooklyn are still together?” Kennedi asked as soon as they left.

“I wouldn’t
be here with you if we were,” I lied. “So finish saying what you were about to
say.”

“And then
what? You go back home to
Brooklyn,
and I
go home alone?” She assumed.

“Man fuck
this, I’m leaving,” I’m wasting my time if she’s not giving up any info. I’m
about to go home and have it out with my girl for nothing. We’re already on bad
terms because of the situation with
Kevin,
and this will only add fuel to an already burning fire.

“It was
Scott,” Kennedi blurted out. I looked at her to see if she would crack a smile,
but she never did. She’s sitting here telling me that my childhood best friend
and most trusted employee had done me wrong. Even though I didn’t want to
believe it, it made perfect sense. That’s how she knew about Brooklyn coming to
the office, the car and everything else, but something still didn’t make sense
to me. Why would Scott help her to hurt me? What’s in it for him?

“Are you
fucking him or something?” I asked.

“What!
Hell no I’m not fucking him. I’m not like
you.
I took my vows very seriously,” she screeched.

“So he’s
helping you just because?” I asked skeptically.

 
“Maybe he didn’t like how you were treating
me. Did you ever think about that?”

“You can miss
me with the sad stories and guilt trips. I’m really not trying to hear that
right now.”

“I would
never do that to you and you know it. I’ve never cheated on you and I never
will,” she promised.

“I really
don’t care what you do. If Scott wants
you,
he can have you.”

“What is
that supposed to mean?” She asked angrily.

“Thanks
for the info, but I need to get home to my girl,” I said standing to my feet
once again.

“Oh, so
she’s
your
girl now? You were just
begging me to take your pathetic ass back a few minutes ago,” she yelled.

“Begging?
You don’t believe that shit yourself. A little over two months left and it’s
officially over. Why would I beg you to take me back? I mark my calendar every
day because I can’t wait to get rid of your ass,” I laughed.

“Fuck you!
I’m happy we’re not together anymore. You like hood
rats,
and that’s why you chose one over me.”

“You be
good and take care of my baby,” I said as I tossed a few bills on the table to
cover the check.

“You’ll
never see it, so don’t worry about my baby,” she yelled after me making people
look at her strange. I went to the lot where I parked my car and got in. As
soon as I pulled off I got a call from David. He’s off today, but I needed to
get up with him soon.

“Yeah bruh,”
I answered.

“Bryce wants
us to come to the house later on to play some spades. You down?” He asked.

 
“Yeah, but I’m on my way to the office to do
some paperwork right now. We need to talk,” I informed him. I know Co-Co hadn’t
called Brooklyn yet because she’s still in school. I’m hoping that he doesn’t
text her so I can at least explain myself first. She knew all about what went
down in
court,
so I hope like hell that
she believes me.

It was a
little after seven when I got home since I stopped to get us some drinks. David
had just pulled up, but he took the drinks and went straight to Bryce’s house.
Brooklyn had to have been home for a while, but I still hadn’t heard from her.
It’s all good since no news is good news to me. When I walked into the
house,
it was dark and quiet. I turned on the
front room light, but nothing seemed out of place.

“Brooklyn,”
I called out while making my way down the hall. I didn’t hear anything, but I
got my answer when I walked into our bedroom. The closet was partially
opened,
and I noticed that most of the things
on Brookly
n’s
side were gone. I went to
DJ’s
room,
and it was the same thing
there. Some of his clothes were missing as well.

“I can’t
catch a fucking break,” I mumbled to myself when I pulled my phone from my
pocket. I was about to call Brookly
n’s
phone when a text came through from David telling me that her and my son were
at Bryce’s house. I didn’t hesitate to lock the door and walk down to Bryce’s
apartment. I rang the bell, but I heard the loud talking before I even entered
the apartment. When Taylor opened the
door,
it looked like one big family reunion. Besides her, Tiana, Co-Co, Candace,
Bryce, and David were all sitting around the living room talking. I didn’t see
Brook or my son, but I knew they were there. Knowing
her,
she’s probably in one of the back rooms.

“Co-Co you
are messy as hell. I can’t believe you did me like that,” I fussed.

“Uh, did I
not tell you that I was telling my cousin? I know you didn’t think I was
playing. I wasn’t about to let you play her,” he argued.

“It wasn’t
even like that,” I replied.

“Well, I
know that now since David explained everything. But hold up, by now everybody
in here should know not to do or say anything
around
me. I’m straight
ratting
your ass
out,
and I’m not hiding the fact that I did it.
And no, I’m not apologizing once it’s done,” Co-Co said honestly. I just let it
go because that’s a losing battle to argue with him.

“My friend
is so mad
at
you,” Tiana said. David is
sitting there shaking his head like he didn’t have anything to do with it.

“What the
fuck are you shaking your head for? Listening to you is what started all this
shit in the first place,” I snapped.

“Nigga don’t
get mad
at
me. I told your stupid ass not
to get caught. It’s not my fault that your dumb ass went to one of the most
popular restaurants in New Orleans,” he replied.

“Man
whatever! Where’s Brooklyn?” I asked.

“She’s in
the room back,” Taylor answered.

“You not
gon’ tell me what happened?” David asked. We still hadn’t discussed what
Kennedi told me and I wasn’t in the mood right now.

“Hell no
and stop talking to me,” I barked as I made my way down the hall. I had to try
and get things straight with my girl before things got too far out of hand.

 
“My daddy,” DJ yelled when I opened the door.
Brooklyn was sitting on the bed playing with her phone. I picked my son up and
sat down next to her. I was just sitting there staring at her for a few minutes,
but she refused to raise her head up to look at me.

“So you just
gon’ sit there and not say nothing to me?” I asked her.

“I don’t
have anything to say except, it’s over,” she replied calmly.

“So you
would leave me just like that? You didn’t even give me a chance to explain
myself. And it ain’t never over so you can get that shit out of your head,” I
said seriously.

“My cousin
just saw you at a restaurant wining and dining your wife and you don’t think it’s
over. You must be crazy.”

“If you
let me explain I can tell you why.”

“There’s
nothing to explain. I told you that I wasn’t going back and forth with you and her.
I’m not letting you play these games with me.”

“What are
you talking about? I told you what happened when we went to court. I was only
trying to find out how she got ahold of all of my company banking information.
I’m not playing with
you,
and you should
know that. I’m sorry for not telling you what I planned to do, but I knew you
wouldn’t have agreed if I did.”

“You don’t
know that so don’t speak for me.”

“Baby I’m
sorry, but we’re not breaking up over something so stupid. That shit didn’t even
mean anything to me. I’m just waiting for this divorce to be finalized. I’m
where I want to
be,
and nothing is going
to change that,” I promised.

“Why
should I believe anything that you say? This is just a pattern with you. You
cheated on Nadia with
Kennedi,
and you
cheated on Kennedi with me. I don’t even know why I’m surprised right now. It
was only a matter of time before you did it to me too,” she replied.

“You’re
sitting here acting like you were innocent in all of this. You didn’t come into
this shit blind. You knew what was up when we first got together. Two babies
later and now you want to start complaining. You should have said all of this
before I fell in love with your ass.” I’m pissed that she’s even sitting here
comparing our relationship to the ones that I had with Nadia and Kennedi. I
love her more than I loved the both of them put together. This is the first
time that I can actually say I’m happy and really mean it.

“You’re
still legally her husband, so I don’t even know why I’m mad.
Y’all
can have each other. Obviously, you like
all that weave and silicon. I hope she makes you happy,” she snapped. I wanted
to laugh at her last comment, but I was too mad.