you sit at home under that bitch?”
“Calm down, and watch your damn mouth,” Deondre scolded. Even though he understood why she was so upset, that still wasn’t enough to let her talk to him crazy.
“How the hell can you tell me to calm down because I’m voicing how I feel? I’m pissed right now and can’t understand why you made plans with me in the first place that you knew you couldn’t keep.”
“Come on now, you act like I just changed my mind. I ran into her at the fucking mall, for goodness sakes. Ain’t no way in hell I could have predicted that,” Deondre explained.
“What the hell ever, Dre. I’m sure you could have figured out something. You do when it’s something that you really want,” Shanice snapped. She was so upset; she wanted to cry. “Where are you now? I know you can’t be around her because you’re calling me.”
“I’m on my way home from the Chinese place.”
“So, let me get this straight,” she started. “You are out grabbing food for y’all’s little family day , yet you brush me off and give me your ass to kiss?”
“Man, come on now, you know it ain’t even like that,” Deondre sighed because he knew it was coming.
Shanice smacked her lips. “I don’t know shit apparently because what I knew was that you and I were supposed to spend a few days together doing us. Now you calling me and telling me that the shit ain’t gone happen. I was looking forward to this, Dre!” She shouted.
“I don’t know how many times I can tell you that I fucked up!” Deondre yelled right back. He took a few breaths and calmed down a bit before he told her, “Look, I’ll make it up to you… I promise.”
“That’s what you always say, Dre. You are always making promises that yo’ ass can’t keep, and I’m getting sick and tired of it.” As hard as Shanice tried to prevent them from doing so, tears dropped from her eyes and slowly ran down her face. “I’m tired of you coming over when it’s convenient for you. Everything is on your terms, Dre. Don’t you think I get tired of sleeping at home alone at night, while you lay up in the bed with her?”
Now in front of his house, Deondre slowed down and pulled into the driveway. “Okay, I get that. You knew the shit wasn’t gone be easy, Nicy.
Deondre took his hands off the steering wheel, brought them up, and cupped his face. His patience was running thin, and he was trying not to flip out on her. Of course, he knew that she had a right to be angry. The plans they made were just for the two of them, and although Shanice didn’t know it, he was looking forward to it just as much as she was. Now, the plans were changed, and at the end of the day, it was what it was. Deondre knew he could have come up with something else to get away, but he really didn’t want to. He and Dominique were now in a happy place, and he didn’t want to chance messing that up. He would deal with Shanice when he was ready, but at that moment, he wasn’t about to go back and forth with her.
“Yeah, I knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but I damn sure didn’t think it would be this hard either! After all this time, I thought that things would at least be a little better,” Shanice explain honestly. “We are about to have two kids together, and I can barely get you to spend the fucking night. You come over and fuck, but be right back out the door like I’m some kind of booty call. How the hell do you think that makes me feel?”
“Come on man, now you tryna play crazy,” Deondre told her. “You can keep acting like a fucking victim if you want to, but you and I both know that shit is far as hell from the truth!” he barked. “You acting like a nigga tricked you or some shit, like you ain’t know Nikki and I were together.”
“I’m not saying I ain’t know, so don’t put fucking words in my mouth! What I’m saying is I’m your baby mother too, yet you treat me like I don’t even matter and I’m tired of this