It was a bit absurd for me to go to see Helen for the second time in two days. I couldn't help but wonder what the sudden change of heart could have been. The car pulled over and I took in a deep breath and exhaled heavily. I wanted to believe that it had been for the best and nothing else. There was just too much pressure on me at that moment, and Dolph wasn't there to tell me that I would be okay. “You're going to be alright, Tamika…” I had to be my motivation at that point as I was all alone with the door to the next phase of my career right in front of me. I got out of the car with my hats and shades on, to keep myself hidden from casual onlookers. I felt somewhat safe, walking with Dolph's men as they were making sure they had me covered on all sides— all four of them.Soon enough, I was walking through the familiar path that led to the front desk. I saw the same lady who had ushered me in. She had a smile that clearly stated she had been expecting me ever since. “Good day, M
The same nightmare that had gotten me worried all through the morning was the same one that woke me up from the vegetative state I had sunken in. “You’re up, finally…” “Dr. Meyers…” I identified my doctor's voice immediately, as I slowly sat up in bed, with a heavy heart. “What the hell, happened?” My head was hurting badly as well, and that had me feeling uncomfortable sitting up. I was soon lying back down. “I should be asking you that, Dolph.” Dr. Meyers stared back at me with his cold, icy gaze which was nothing short of judgemental. “Did you—”“I didn't relapse. Do you think I would like to go back to that phase after everything I have been through?” I asked, in my defense. “It's probably the stress of everything getting to me.”Dr. Meyers didn't seem convinced by anything I said to him, and that had me wondering what exactly I had done. It felt like I had gotten myself into something without knowing.“Are you sure about that?” Dr. Meyers asked one more time like he was a cop
The kiss took me by surprise, and to my surprise, I wasn't hurriedly pulling away from it. I almost felt like I had been lured into that place for that specific purpose.Despite the many thoughts that kept shooting through my head, I was still there with him, our lips locked on each other's. That kiss felt like it had been a long time coming, but then, it happened anyway.Even in his weakened state, I was wondering how he had found the strength to pull me in for a kiss in a rapid instant. It just went on to show that there were still parts of Dolph I had yet to see. After a while, I was slowly pulling away from him as the moment was simply absurd as much as it was pleasurable— memorable even.The next moments after it was even more absurd, as we exchanged glances and looked away intermittently, almost as if we were asking what had just happened between us. “I'm sorry… I didn't know what came over me…” Dolph let out as he sighed while sitting up in bed. “It was just…”“It was my faul
“Right on time…” Michael teased as he took a glance at his watch while coming down the stairs for the lunch break. He seemed to be always happy whenever he saw me and that was something I could never get tired of. “You know I'm never tardy, unlike some other people are.” I was also feeling the same way. The memories of our time together the previous night were still clear in my head, as it had me wanting more and more of him. “I'm never tardy as well.” Michael protested as he took me by the hand as we made for his car which was in the underground parking lot meant for employees only. “Don't try to make it look like it's done sort of quality unique to women who go by the name Julia.”“Yeah… whatever. What have you been up to?” I asked as we both went into his backseat. “Well…” he said as we shut the doors of the car on both sides. “I've been wrapping up the plans for the tenth-anniversary celebration which is due tomorrow.” “Oh… that's so sudden…” I said as that made me feel a bit
Ihad managed to stay put somehow until Michael had dropped me off at my home office. Inside me, I was almost losing it as I was still trying to come to terms with the fact that I had let Phil overhear the sounds that had come from the session I’d had with Michael. It was quite intriguing how I could have answered that call without knowing it. There were a lot of frightful thoughts buzzing through my head at that point, as I was hoping Phil hadn't recorded the call.“Okay… calm down, Julia…” I said as I was trying to get myself to calm down for a second. “What's the worst that could happen? He probably recorded your voice while you were having the most memorable backseat moment of your life… nothing worse…”He couldn't possibly do anything much with that. There wasn't anything to it, I told myself as I picked up the phone to dial his number. It didn't ring for a second before he picked it up like he had been expecting that call.“Nice stunt you pulled off, Julia…” he sounded really a
“Why am I hearing of the tenth-anniversary celebration just now?” Tamika asked, sounding a bit betrayed by the fact that she had just heard of the event the night before it.“I forgot it as well,” I said, putting my palm to my temple as I felt bad about my forgetfulness over something that important. “The stress and the pressure of everything made me just lose knowledge of it.”“You've got to be kidding me…” Tamika sighed, as she sat on the bed. “I have just tomorrow to get ready for the show, and now I've got to be at the anniversary. You would be stretching me too thin, don't you think?”“I understand your predicament, Tamika…” I took in a deep breath and exhaled heavily. “I would skip it if there was a way to. But I have to be there and you would have to be there as well, just for effects, nothing more. You would be gone after the smiles for the camera.”She stared at me with that gaze that was indirectly accusing me of making up stuff. But then she was well aware that she wasn't l
I had been quiet ever since the kiss from last night, as he had taken me unawares more than anything. There were a lot of things that made me feel like I was in an actual relationship, and I wasn’t sure I wanted that.I didn't know what else I wanted besides getting my career back. Even as I stared at myself in the mirror at that point, I wasn't sure what was going to come next after the massive return of Tamika Fisher.That uncertainty gave me an awful lot of concern as I didn't know what I could do after that had happened. I was trying to take things one step at a time, but it just wasn't working out for me at that point.“You ready?” Dolph brought me back to the moment. I had almost forgotten he had been standing behind me all that while. “I don't think we can ever be completely ready for anything,” I said, sounding like I was in another one of my podcasts as my big day was the next. “But then, I must admit, you've got quite a fashion sense.”“I appreciate your honesty,” Dolph sai
I hated the way Dolph seemed to lose his cool around his older brother and it was happening right there of all places. There would be ugly outcomes if he lost his cool there with Dale in front of everyone who had come for the celebration.But then, I had to admit that Dale could be quite pesky. He had been so annoying from the very first day we had squared off at the impromptu meeting with Dolph's family.“I don't remember sending you an invite. How the heck did you get in here?” Dolph asked as he was getting ready to unleash the flames of his rage right there. I clutched his arm gently with both my hands and I was about to whisper words to him as we both watched him get out the same golden card that all the invitees had.“Don't let him get in your head, Dolph. He's seeing just how well everything is going for you at the moment and he just can't handle it. That's why he's here…” At least I believed so. I just couldn't get why I couldn't help but believe the worst about Dale who had
"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