Chapter 94If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV: Continued “Fuck!” Shawn said getting up pacing the floor. Essence laughed. “Nah you should say, I fucked up, instead.” Essence said chuckling. She knew Syncere was staring at her, but she didn't want to deal with him either. “Shawn Haynes, you're up next.” Officer Duncan said, coming in. “Where is my friend?” Essence asked when Kiki didn't come back into the room. “She said she needed some air, and will meet us back in the conference room.” Officer Duncan said, as Shawn's shoulders slumped knowing she just didn't want to be near him. After the Officer and Shawn left it was just Essence and Syncere left in the now tiny ass room with no window. Essence got up and went to the far side of the room to act like she was reading what was on the bulletin board. “Essence, I'm sorry.” Syncere said as he came up behind her, pulling her close, bending down so their faces were close together, he needed to feel her warmth. He now
Chapter 95If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV: Continued “Now I hope that you not trying to attack my daughter, in front of the police.” A man said as he walked into the conference room as everyone stopped to see who had interrupted their meeting. “Who the hell are you?” Mrs. Taylor asked. “DADDY!” Kiki said in shock then turned to Essence. “You called my daddy?” “Yes, because I knew you lied, when I asked did you call. “Yes, she called and I am glad she did.” Kiki's dad said walking into the room confidently. “Well that makes one of us who's glad because apparently my daughter didn't think she should have called her mother to let her know she had been attacked.” As Essence's mom walked into the room followed by three tall country-built men walking in behind her. “MOMMA! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BRING THEM!” Essence said pointing at her brothers who all held a playful smile that Essence knew wasn't playful at all. “Oh god, momma why did you let Big C bring Betsy?” Ess
Chapter 96If them hospital Wall could gossip! POV: Continued “Officer there is no need to go through all that we found both men a couple hours ago. Crazy thing is once we found them they were beaten pretty bad. They volunteered to tell you everything that happened last night, if we gave them a ride to the hospital to get checked out. We agreed but they had to ride in the back of my truck with Trina, and they had an accident on the way here. I have a sign saying don't play with the turtle. Apparently, they didn't take it seriously and one ended up losing his trigger finger and the other lost a hand. We have them in a bag for you to get their prints I'm sure it will match the prints on the gun we have as well as the hand will match the one that was wrapped around Kiki’s throat last night.” Big C said as he held up a baggy with a hand and a finger in it . Everyone gasped in shock, accept Kymoni and Essence who just held their heads in their hands in embarrassment.
Chapter 97Syncere's POV: I don't know what the hell was going on. Everything happened so fast that I couldn't even process it. As soon as we walked out of the conference room, we found out what room Leah and Jazz were in and went to their shared suite. Dr. Taylor pulled some strings and got them a private suite that they are sharing. As soon as the parents entered the room they ran to the girls; the mothers were all crying, hugging, and fussing over them making sure they were comfortable. The girls loved the attention, they relished in it, me and Shawn stayed back watching the scene. I knew I was still reeling from the meeting in the conference room. The look on Shawn’s face told me that he was probably thinking the same thing. Hearing Essence and Kymoni's name brought me out of my thoughts. “I am so sorry that we couldn't make sure that everyone that was responsible for this wasn't charged. But I promise that I will make sure that they are not allowed to go back to that
Chapter 98Syncere's POV: Continued “What the hell does that have to do with me and my dinner? I didn't say anything to those young ladies, because I didn't think for a minute that they had anything to do with what happen to Jazz and Leah. I care about those young ladies as well, but I will not blame innocent girls of a crime that I don't feel like they had a part in. Especially after I saw the state they were in and the fact that they stayed behind and helped our girls. I will be saying thank you to them and not interfering with the police doing their jobs and I will expect you to stay out of it as well is that clear?” My dad said to my mother, he didn't pull any punches, especially when my mother cross the line. He usually allows her to speak freely, and because he didn't like to get into women business. But when mother questioned him, he would speak his mind bluntly, my mother knew it and cross the line. So when he made his decision clear, she simply bowed her he
Chapter 99Friday:Essence Kymoni, and family: “Momma why did you invite Syncere, Shawn, Unique, and Anthony to Sunday dinner? How do you know we have enough food to feed everybody, you always be inviting the entire world to eat at our house.” Essence said as they finally left the hospital. She was still reeling from everything that happened earlier, she was glad her brothers showed up and caught von and his friend. Her and Kiki said that they wanted to be adults and not have to call home to our family for help, but they had to admit that they needed it. They weren't rich well known like Syncere and his girlfriend and friends’ parents, but they weren't poor like Mrs. Taylor thought she was. She was in that college on scholarship, not because she was poor and couldn't pay, if need be, but why pay for college when I could go for free. Once they had finally settled everything and cleared their names. Syncere's father came in and apologized to them and thanked her an
Chapter 100Syncere's POV: Continued “Are you going with your dad tomorrow?” Shawn asked me while I was deep in thought. “Yea, I really want to eat some of that southern home cooking. You see what we have to eat around here, and you remember how Jazz’s food tasted. I hate to even say this but I am glad that we don't have to sit and eat none of that food she was going to ruin, burn, and not season.” I said, as Shawn grimace then laughed when I described all the ways my baby was going to ruin any food she tried to cook. “Well I am going to go and try to talk to Kymoni even though I don't think she will want anything to do with me. I am going to at least tell her how sorry I am about how I reacted to her, and how I fucked up. Essence was right I fucked up, I should have never thought Kymoni would do anything like that. The girls I use to fuck and dump were the type of girls that would do that, but she was different and I should have known that.” Shawn said, seriou
Chapter 101Sunday Morning: 9amEssence's PV: “Momma we been up all-night prepping all the food, baking pies and cakes. Did you even sleep last night?” I asked as me and Kiki groaned, crawling into the kitchen. Yall my momma had woke us up this morning with gospel music so loud, I wondered why my neighbors hadn't called the cops. Then I remembered that momma had introduced and hug every neighbor that spoke to me. To her that made them family automatically and she treated them as such.. By the time she walked away from them, they were calling her momma Nelson, that southern charm is lethal. “Yes, I had a good night sleep I don't know why yall needs ten hours of sleep. Back in my day.” My momma said and we groaned, rolling our eyes not wanting to hear another story about how my grandparents head them up at four a.m. every morning to do chores before school and then came home to go to the fields and pick fruits and vegetables for extra money and didn't get to sleep until two
Chapter 166Let the games began: “ALRIGHT FOLKS, AS I SAID WE WILL BE PLAYING A GAME OF BASKETBALL. THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE WOMEN ON EACH TEAM ARE GOING TO BE THE ONE TO GET THEIR TEAM THEIR POINTS! SHE WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SHOOT AS MANY SHOTS AS SHE CAN! EVERY SHOT IS WORTH ONE POINT FOR THE TEAM. IF SHE MAKES A SHOT FROM THE THREE POINT LINE, THEN THAT WILL BE THREE POINTS! NOW THE DEFENDERS WELL BE THE MEN FROM A RANDOM TEAM. WE HAVE ALL THE NAMES IN A BOX THAT MY ASSISTANT WILL DRAW FROM. NOW THE RULES FOR THE MEN, YOU WILL HAVE ON A BELT WITH THREE FLAGS ON THEM. YOUR JOB IS TO DEFEND YOUR BASKET, BY TRYING TO BLOCK THE WOMEN FROM MAKING SHOTS! BUT IT WILL NOT BE EASY! BECAUSE YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WOMAN'S TEAMMATE DOESN'T TAKE YOUR FLAGS! NOW YOU ARE SAFE AS LONG AS YOU STAY IN THE PAINT, BUT ONCE YOU STEP OUT OF THE PAINT, THAT WILL GIVE THE MAN FROM THE OTHER TEAM THE GREEN LIGHT TO HUNT AND TAKE YOUR FLAG. NOW FOR THE GUYS WHO
Chapter 165In the Gymnasium: Continued Thursday 5:30pm His wife eyes widen at the use of her maiden name, he only calls her that when he is truly pissed at her. The last time he did they slept in different rooms for almost a month and had to go to counseling. She was shocked at his audacity to speak to her in that manner in front of their child and his friend. Her anger was boiling now, but she knew better then to provoke him in front of everyone so she simply smiled and nodded. “Yes, I apologize my intentions weren’t to hurt you in anyway, you won't have to worry about me saying anything about it again, ok?” Sharon said, holding Jazz by her shoulders. “It's ok mother Jamison. It is hard to hear him say that we aren't together, but I understand why you're trying to speak up for me. I really appreciate you for trying, but I will be ok.” Jazz said wiping the tear that escaped her eyes. Sharon pulled her into a tight hug. “Don't you worry about anything, I will
Chapter 164Campus Gym: Thursday 5pmone hour before the competition “This brings back so many memories for us, we had so much to look forward too. Things were just as lively as it is now, but more fun, of course we had better clothes and didn't need to show our bodies the way these young girls do now.” Syncere's mom said as they walked into the Gym. The president had asked her and her husband to be the judges of one of the competitions that day. They couldn't judge the competition their son was in but the others they could be the judge of. They would sit in the crowd when it was their son's turn to compete. “Oh I do remember those days; I was a year behind you guys but when I came to this school it changed my life and it was where I met my wonderful husband. I wish he could be here to see Shawn compete today, we are used to seeing him play basketball but we have never seen him do any other sport, so this should be fun. His father should be here on Sunday for th
Chapter 163 The Dormitory parking lot in Syncere's Truck: Syncere and Jazz: “Thanks for the ride, Syn, I really appreciate it. I know you didn't want to hang out with me today, but it was fun it was kinda like a walk down memory lane.” Jazz said, as Syn pulled his truck into the parking lot of the dorm. “Jazz, I already told you I have nothing against you. I treated you like a friend, so there is no thanks needed for me dropping you off.” “Ok, so friend, are you seeing anyone now?” Jazz asked trying to smile, but Syn knew the last thing she wanted to here was that I was seeing someone. Especially if that someone was Essence, she would blow a gasket. “We may be friends but our friendship isn't on a level that I can tell you who I was dating, which I am not.” Syncere said, shaking his head. Jazz frown like she didn't believe him. If he was telling the truth, then it confuses her on why he broke up with her in the first place. She was lost in thought when she
Chapter 162Homecoming WeekThursday: 1pmBriana and Shawn: “I swear this place is so amazing and lively. It’s way more exciting being here then looking a pictures and the videos online.” Briana said as they made their way back to the Pitt for lunch. Shawn was grateful that Syn was with him because he knew that if they were alone, Briana would want to talk about them and their future, and he really didn't want to get into that right now. He frown at her mention of looking online at the school. “What made you look up the school?” Shawn asked curiously. “Oh, I am planning on going to college since the military will be paying for it, and when your mother told me where you were going to school, I decided I would look into it. While I was stranded and then held hostage, I had a lot of time to reflect on my decision, and I regretted leaving you like I did. We should have both picked a college together and started out lives. But I choose to follow in my mother’s footste
Chapter 161 The Pitt continued: Syncere and Shawn's table continued: Sharon's eyes widen at the idea, especially because she wasn't the one who came up with it. There is no way that Syncere could blame her for this. “That's sounds like fun, I have missed almost three years. It would be great to pick your brain on about who Shawn is now.” Briana said to Syncere “I don't think it's a good idea, I wouldn't want to intrude of your time with Shawn.” Syncere said, and Shawn's eyes widen at Syncere throwing him under the bus. It would be better for them to hang out as a group, so he wouldn't have to be alone with Briana. He had to admit that he was happy that she wasn't dead, he never wanted her to join the military, but she wanted to follow in her mother's footsteps. So she joined the marines and shortly after she was deployed overseas and then her plane was shot down. We were told there was no survivors, they even presented her parents with her dog tags wh
Chapter 160The Pitt: Syncere and Shawn's table:“Hey mother Jamison, I am so sorry I'm late my criminal justice class ran over today I hope you guys haven't ordered yet.” Jazz said smiling, not noticing the tension at the table. Syncere looked up at a smiling Jazz then turned to the left of him finally noticing the empty seat, then turned to his guilty looking mother. He glanced over at the table Essence and Kymoni was sitting hoping that they had left, but as soon as he looked over her way their eyes locked on each other. “Fuck!” he said to himself. “No sweetie we haven't ordered yet, you're just in time, there is an empty seat over there right next to Syncere.” Sharon said, with a smile. She had invited Jazz hoping that they would all be able to talk to find a way to fix this mess her son had made. She didn't know what Thomas's problem was, he had never talked to her in that way. He knew how important becoming Mayor was for her, she had put her career on hold at first
Chapter 159The Pitt: Continued: “Son, what are you doing, we found a table for all of us over there. Why are you disturbing these people’s breakfast, don't be rude.” Syncere's mother said shattering the moment. Syncere rolled his eyes, in anger. He already didn't want to do this breakfast and now his mom is making it worse. “I was speaking to my…my friends, yall can go ahead to the table and I will be over in a few.” Syncere said getting comfortable in the booth moving closer to Essence. “What's up Kymoni?” Shawn said, looking like he was sick, from wanting to be with Kymoni. Kymoni had her head down so low, Essence was sure she could count the grains in her grits. “I'm good, just trying to have breakfast and get to my next class.” Kymoni responded not even looking up. “Oh, I wanted to talk to you about something, after my eleven o’clock class.” “Shawn you can't meet anyone after class, you promised Briana that you would show her around campus. I'm sure that
Chapter 158Thursday Morning: 8 am Syncere and Shawn's apartment: “Mother why are you at my house so earlier, we just got back from our five-a.m. practice, we are just trying to get some sleep before our first class at eleven.” Syncere groaned answering the phone, to his mother telling him that everyone was at their apartment waiting for them to come down so they could all go to breakfast. “Oh please son when we were your age, we could work a full day party until dawn and take a two-hour nap and repeat it all again the next day. Now you and Shawn hurry so we can get the rest of our day started, we have a lot of things we have to get done for Sunday’s Luncheon for Briana and Shawn.” His mother said before hanging up. Syncere groaned and rolled his eyes, he looked at his phone to check the time and groan when he saw that it was eight o’clock. Shawn knocked on his door and stuck his head in. “I take it your mother called you to, I swear I am regretting even answeri