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able to call him my husband, but he wasn't going for that. To him, now was too soon to get married, but I beg to differ. I mean, we've been together for almost ten damn years, how was that too soon? I don't know what it was, but I was kind of feeling like he was distancing himself from me. I tried to pretend as if I wasn't noticing it, but I did. Things haven't been the same with us lately, and I'm wishing like hell that we could get back to our safe place. I'm not trying to lose my man. We've come too far to part ways now. I was going to do whatever it was in my power to keep my man and I had a great way to start things off.
    After getting off the phone with Onijae, I called up my sister, Candice. I had many things to do before Onijae was to come home tonight. I knew damn well that I couldn’t do it all by myself. Therefore, she was the perfect person to come in and help me with this situation. It also helps that she’s a party planner, so this was going to be right up her alley. This was going to be a day well spent.
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    An hour later, I pulled up to North Park Center shopping mall on a mission. I wasted no time finding a parking spot, grabbing my purse and getting out. I was already late and I knew more than likely that my sister was going to be mad as hell with me. I was practically running into the building; I didn’t need her to be bitching. This wasn’t my cup of tea, so I needed her for this.
              “It’s about time your ass got here, because I was just about to leave,” she yelled, the minute she saw me. I rolled my eyes, because I knew that this was only going to be the first of many complaints that I would be getting from her.
    “How long have you been here?” I asked, even though I really wasn’t trying to hear the answer, because I knew she would just try to complain some more.
    “For over an hour and some change, that’s why I was getting my ass up to leave.”
    “Candice, please don’t leave me. I need you to help me. I promise that I’m going to make it worth your while,” I said, begging her. She was lucky that I wanted to do something good for my man, because if I didn’t, her ass could’ve walked right out the fucking door for all I care.
    “Uh huh, you better. Now come on, because I’m going out tonight and I’m not trying to be up in here all day fooling with you,” she said, walking off.
    Instead of responding, I silently sent a prayer to the man upstairs, asking him for strength and patience. I know Candice was my big sister, but sometimes she acted like a bitch. She forever had this attitude as if somebody was to jump every time she said jump. That shit was a bad habit, but I never told her anything about it. Just by her attitude, I knew today was going to be one of those days.
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    Three hours, twelve stores, and twenty-something bags later, we were finally leaving the mall. I was exhausted, tired and in need of a good bath, but unfortunately for me, my night my just getting started and wasn’t about to end any time soon.
    After parting ways with my sister, with plans of hooking up with her next week, I hopped in my car and headed to the grocery store. I needed to pick up a few things, before I made it home. Just thinking about all of the things that I had planned, I got excited. Onijae’s ass was going to be in for a good surprise, the minute he walked through the door. I hope that he likes it. Shit, I skipped a whole day of work to do something special for him, so his ass better like it or else I’ll be cursing his ass out.
    Pulling into the parking lot of the grocery store, I quickly found a spot, grabbed my purse and got out. I made sure to lock my door and turn on my alarm system, because I didn’t trust anybody in Dallas. All people around here do is steal and I couldn’t wait until we moved from around here.
    I was thankful that the store wasn’t packed today. Instead of playing around, I grabbed a basket and went about my business. Since I