“You're making me nervous with all of that…” I said as I disliked the questions Dolph had been asking as a teaser for what I could expect from Helen who seemed to be out for me in that interview show. “Just give me a break…”The car ride was getting uncomfortable as I was realising just how unprepared I was got the moment that was about to put me back in the spotlight. I felt bad that is had taken it so flippantly. I wished I had left the casino the first time I had gotten the chance to. There were a lot of things on my mind as I was trying to make it through that moment.“Calm down, Tamika…” Dolph said as he glanced at Julia who was seated in front beside the driver. “All you have got to do is to be yourself right now…”“Be myself? I haven't been myself ever since I woke up after the long night with you and your—”“Let's not bring that up right now…” Dolph cut me short as he didn't want to be made to look like he was the cause of everything that was going wrong. “We don't want to br
Was that moment happening to me there? I kept wondering to myself as the moment was about to happen to me in slow motion. There were a lot of things about to go wrong on the day of my grand reappearance. Randy tried to put his lips on mine while every single person was watching, and the was beginning to look like an intentional effort to sabotage every single thing I had been working on so far. But then, in the nick of time, Dolph was able to get in the middle of everything before it could happen. All eyes were on us without a doubt. But for some reason, Dolph didn't seem nervous as he pushed Randy away from me. There was just too much tension in the air for the next couple of moments. Randy looked a bit confused as Dolph motioned for security to have him thrown out. There were just too many things on my mind as I was trying to figure out what to do next from there. “You pervert… what the heck are you doing here…?” I barked at Randy, as I was simply annoyed by his relentless effor
It was hard not to feel free of tension in the building. The sound of the crowd was making my knees weak. I was short of words as I began making my way behind the curtains. It was just me and myself against that vicious crowd, with Helen of course. “Welcome to the stage, Tamika Fisher…”That was my cue to get going. I had never calculated my steps as much as I had done at that point. There were just too many on me for me to do anything wrong at that point. There was loud applause and cheers. But for some reason, my ears were sharp enough to catch the slight boos in the background. Amid my avid supporters, there were always bound to be haters. I was sure enough to smile for the cameras and to wave at the people cheering me on. There were a lot of goosebumps popping up on my skin. I felt like I was living the most memorable moment of my life. “Welcome, Tamika…” Helen said with all formality, as we had never spoken to each other in our lives. I was trying my best to play along, but t
“Well… about my ex…” I said as I had never had to think through my words so carefully in such little time. “Things happened so suddenly and I realized that with all my years of experience in relationships, I still had a lot to learn.”Laughter erupted in the hall and that made me feel like getting a clip of the whole interview and playing it over every single morning. The people looked like they were having the time of their lives.I could only imagine just how good a laugh Dolph was shaving back there in the back. He was probably proud of the fact that I was giving them a good show while I was clearing my name. Helen cleared her throat, signaling that it was time to get serious again. “You were quite a mess after the phone call that ruined your whole career if not your life…”“Well, it ruined my career but not my life. And I think we should never give anyone the power to ruin our lives. That's just too much power for just one person.” I said, giving them all a dose of my therapy ses
“And that's a wrap, guys…” Helen said to the camera with an excited smile as she brought the show to an end. “Thank you, Tamika, for being part of the show. It was such an honor having you here.”We hugged each other and that gave her the chance to whisper something into my ears.“And I mean it…” she whispered as she was about to let go of me while she was about to let go of me. “You killed it.”After I had cleared the air about everything that had been happening so far, there was nothing left to look forward to besides my normal life as Tamika Fisher. I couldn't wait to step out of there and meet up with Dolph who had probably been waiting for me ever since. After shaking hands with all the people I was supposed to, I was well on my way to the backstage section where Dolph had been waiting with his mother. “Tamika…” time seemed like it had paused dramatically at the point he had called out my name. Dolph's arms were wide open for me to come fit myself into them. “You did amazing…”
“Surprise…!” all of the maids and butlers shouted out to me with an excitement that nearly had me jumping out of my skin. There was just too much on my mind as I was trying to keep myself from falling backward.“What's going on?” I asked as I had almost lost my breath from the sudden rush of excitement that had been so intense to the point that I was scared. “I asked for a little house party to be thrown for you…” Dolph said from behind as he was looking the most excited I had ever seen him in a while. “You deserve it, Tamika…”Oh yes, I did. I had gone against unimaginable odds that had me wondering how exactly I had made it through. Everything seemed to have been against me until the moment when I heard the crowds cheer for me.But then, all of that was over and I was about to enter a long time of activity as I was trying to resuscitate my career once again. “Julia and Michael will be over here to celebrate with us at any time from now. I wanted us to celebrate specially and there
“Tamika Fisher is back in business baby…” Julia let out as we all raised a toast with our glasses of red wine clinking together.I just couldn't get enough of that moment as we all seemed to be in peace and with no need to pursue anything, at least for the time being. I was just wishing that moment would last for a while before something else would pop up. “You were stunning in the show, Tamika. Many people say you changed, some said you learned tire lesson…” Julia teased as laughter followed from all four of us seated there. “They can assume whichever one they please…” I said as I just didn't have the mental fortitude to think about what people were going to say to me. I had made me return perfectly and nothing was going to change it no matter what.“So… did you both bring any food along with you on your way here…?” I asked, staring at their confusion. “Are you kidding me?”“Well, the thing is…” Julia said as she had suddenly become the spokesman for the couple. “We were thinking
“All right, the moment of truth is finally here for everyone…” Julia hit me with a suspicious glance as it was time for the dishes to be tasted. “Too bad we don't have any external judges to judge on our behalf. Some people might choose to rate their basic dishes ten out of ten.” I let out, looking at her in the same way she looked at me. “And just for the record, we are the winning couple…”“Enough of that, please… you could have possibly made trash while speeding up…” Julia teased back. “This… doesn't look like trash…” I said pointing at our seafood pasta which had my mouth watering already. “Ladies… calm down. I can make provisions for external judges who would come and settle these scores for good…” Dolph was suddenly speaking up at the last time I had expected him to. “And who are the judges you would be using for this?” I asked, wondering if Dolph was going to pay the best culinary wizards in town to come be the judges. He was rich and he could do almost anything. “They're
"And yeah... I'm going to pay him a surprise visit..." I decided that as I was on the phone with Julia while trying to get out of bed. "That would spice things up as we would get to make out in his office...""You are naughtier than you sound on the radio..." Julia remarked as she was laughing hard over the phone with some music playing in the background. Soon enough, I was in the car on my way to the office. I was sure that Dolph was bound to be happy if he saw me showing up there. I was happy that I was going to be putting a smile on his face at that point. The air was simply cool all around me and it felt real good, much cooler than it would feel on a normal day. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was about to have a great day as I was about to make it all happen right there and then. I wanted to recreate the memory of the night that we had in his office on the night of the anniversary. There were just too many things that had me feeling like that moment in hi
"Hey, Dolphy..." I said as I was soon walking towards him with a walk that I made as seductive as possible. It seemed like I was about to face one of the most unimaginable moments that I would ever be in. Dolph was looking like a helpless prey in my hands at that point, as he was reeling from the effects of the drug he used to be so hung on. That moment had me wondering what exactly I would be up against in the next couple of moments as I was soon seeing the desires that were burning up in his eyes as he seemed to be sizing me up right at that moment. "What… are you doing here?" He sounded like he was out of breath like he was being eaten up slowly by a disease for which the only antidote to it was my body. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was about to be eaten whole. "Are you all right, Dolph...?" I asked, knowing that he was far from all right as he was looking to get his hands on me. "You don't look all right to me... you're looking like you are about to l
"Hello, Tamika's husband…" Michael reminded me of the title my mom had given me back then as I was driving to my office. It was bad that I had been called that by my mother, but then I wasn't going to tolerate that at all from Michael. "Call me that again and you're fired…" I said jokingly as I soon had the casino in view. I didn't know what it was that made everything seem much more beautiful after I had gotten married. That was my first time stepping out of the house after I had gotten married, and it was feeling quite awesome. The look of that ring on my finger was quite exhilarating each time my eyes came to where the steering was. It was almost hard for me to understand how I had been able to get it all to work out to the point where I got married to Tamika. There had been a lot of hindrances, but somehow we were able to get out of everything. "So, what's up? How's the newer couple in town holding up?" Michael asked as he was sounding like he had just woken from a long, event
"Are you sure it's that important?" I just didn't know what it was that made me feel cynical about Dolph's decision to go along with the visit to the office. He had just gotten married two days ago and there he was, suddenly trying to head back to the office when he was meant to be in bed with his wife. "It's not like important important, but I won't take long, I promise. Just need to get some files and I will be back with you, hun…" Dolph said as he went on with dressing up. He was dressing casually to the office in a bid to convince me that he wasn't going to stay long. But I still wasn't convinced by any of it. There were just too many things that had me feeling like I couldn't make it past those few moments without him by my side. It was hard for me to understand what exactly I would be doing all alone in those few moments that I would be all alone in there. "Tamika…" he said, as he put his arms around me after turning away from the mirror that time around. "You know I'll miss
I couldn't deny how lonely it felt, having to watch everything happen from the confines of my solitude which was eating me up slowly as I was almost losing it from watching the clips of Tamika's wedding online. It was quite a hard sight to behold but it ailed me greatly as I believed that all of this was meant to have happened between me and Ava. But that bastard Dolph had taken my place by her side and it was simply the hardest thing to watch. I just couldn't stand the sight of it. The jealousy had me burning up badly like I was having a fever. At first, I wanted to act cool and pretend that I was happy for her and all of that. But the pretentious act wasn't working as I had thought she wouldn't be happy with anyone else besides me. There were a lot of things that had me feeling like I was being mocked and made fun of with all those pictures and videos of them floating all through the net. It felt like she was trying to show me how capable she was to find happiness in the arms of
"But they just got married… how could you possibly be thinking of doing something that would cause them to split immediately? That's simply unfair." Amelia's words sounded like mere lip service to me as she almost sounded like she was just trying to show that she still had a conscience which was alive and breathing. Like she didn't want the same thing. "Quit acting like you were so happy with seeing that my brother had you replaced with her," I said, hitting her hard in places that I knew she wouldn't recover easily from. She was quite an egotistic one and I knew it was going to take way more than talk to get her to believe that the plan would be in her best interest as well. That would take a lot from me, but I didn't mind if that would be the case as long as she would end up agreeing to my request. It was hard for me to think of what I would be able to do at that point. "I understand, but still…" she paused a bit before restarting. "Are you going to make yourself come in betwee
It had been a refreshing moment being in the shower with Dolph, up until the moment he had made mention of the way we had met. It had me feeling awkward and it ended up ruining the entire moment for me. I wondered just how long all of that would go on. It was almost beginning to look like things would never get back to normal ever again. From that moment, I decided that I would be staying away from my phone and every external connection, as that had been mainly what had caused all of that. If I would stay away from Dale and all of his lies and frame-ups then I would surely regain the sanity I once had before have took it all away from me. "Let's just be happy…" I whispered to myself as I was about to leave the mirror which I had been staring at for the past couple of moments. I was feeling my confidence as it waned with each passing moment. It was bound to be another moment of putting up fake smiles for the cameras. It was almost like I would be airing on a show where I had to
I stood there in the shower, as I was breathing heavily as I had just dodged a major bullet from all that had just happened to me at that point. A lot was going on in my head as I was trying to figure my way out of that mess. It was hard to stay put that time around as I was realising that the effects of that drug in my system were about to cost me my marriage.That moment had me feeling impatient to go and find out what I had to do from Dr. Meyers. It almost felt like I couldn't do anything from that point onwards. It almost felt like my predicament was the most hopeless of all. There just weren't any means of identifying how I could be able to stay away from misbehaving until we had a lasting solution to that. There were no words to describe just how miserable I felt at that moment. All that our union was hanging on to at that point was Tamika's trust in me. I felt the desperate need to get her to trust me all over again, as the trust she had for me seemed to be wavering with each
It felt like my world had suddenly stopped and restarted hurriedly as I stood there staring at my screen. What was that I was looking at? It was almost impossible for me to keep a straight focus at that point, as I wanted to believe that what I was looking at was some sort of strange, unreal reality.I could bet that Dale was giggling victoriously wherever he was at the moment. There were just too many things that had me feeling like I was about to lose my mind from just watching the video. I turned off the screen at once as I was looking to keep myself from falling apart right there and then. Why was everything popping up right there and then?For the next couple of moments, I forgot that Dolph was in the room and it made me feel like I was about to lose my mind from the pressure that was coming on me slowly. The words he was saying to his mother over the phone were simply breezing past me as I was simply trying to get my mind off the video I saw. That one hit differently as I had s