Page 57 of Pieces of Us

He scoffed. “You need to be thanking me. Justin is a great father to Megan, and no matter what you say, you can’t convince me that you would have been any different from your fuckedup father. Look at what you just did to me. You call yourself a professional doctor acting this way?”

“You just don’t quit, do you?” I chuckled menacingly. “All of your sins are about to come crashing down on you, and I’m going to have a front row seat of your downfall. If I were a snitch bitch like you, I’d tell Mrs. May how you got another woman in here sucking on your rotten dick.

“But I’m sure she’ll find out everything you’ve been doing in the dark. Keep my name out of your fucked up mouth. I’m sure Morgan is going to find out that I beat your ass, but the good thing is she won’t care, and she still gon’ fuck with me. You can’t stop shit this time, big boy.”

I patted him twice on his cheek then turned to walk away just as Mrs. May entered the office. Tears were streaming down her face. I was sure it was from hearing about her husband’s infidelity and ungodly ways.

“May—” Gio started, but she held up her hand.

“My flight is already booked to go to the Philippines to stay with my mother for a while. I came here to tell you that she was sick and needed me to come down, and this couldn’t have come at a better time. I’m done with you, Gioni. It’s been a long time coming, and it couldn’t have come sooner. I pray that God forgives you for all the wrong you’ve done.”

His eyes fell and face grew solemn. “You can’t leave me, Maylynn. You vowed your life to me.”

“Tuh. Watch me. I wish I would stay married to you after the mess you’ve been doing! I can’t believe you, Gioni. You really are the devil, and you really need help. Goodbye.” She then looked at me. “Thank you, Nehemiah. I’m glad somebody finally beat his ass.” She shook her head. “Go get my daughter. I should have done something a long time ago. You two loved each other no matter what that nasty, evil man said. You were always goodto her, and she loved you dearly. The proof of that is in human form.”

She smiled at me as I gave her a hug then left. My deed was done. I got my ones with his fake ass, and now, I could move on to finally living happily ever after with the woman of my dreams. There was just one more obstacle we had to get through, and I prayed I didn’t have to hurt that nigga too.

Morgan

One Month Later…

The month following my blow up with Justin and reuniting with Nehemiah had been a whirlwind. I tried my best to be reasonable with Justin, but he was being the asshole I knew he would to be. He fought me on everything concerning our divorce.

He wanted the house, my car, and full custody of Mariah, which he was never going to get. We had court next week, and I had been a nervous wreck. Justin stayed too busy with his job and fucking married couples to even care for Mariah like I could.

I still hadn’t faced the Duprees. I assumed Justin told them that I knew about them because they had someone else picking up their son from school. I honestly didn’t give a damn anymore about their trysts. I wasn’t fucking with Justin anymore, and that was a known fact.

Then there was Nehemiah. I knew he was getting fed up with Justin stopping me from completely moving on with him. Even though he never voiced or expressed his feelings about it, I knew him. We had been sneaking around because I couldn’t let Justinhold anything against me when it came to the custody of our daughter. I knew this reminded him of the old days because he voiced his dislike of our situation one night when we were having dinner at his home.

I completely understood that, but I could do nothing until this was over. However, he and Megan had been hanging out almost every weekend. She had finally met her grandfather and aunts, and since then, I barely got to see my baby. They had missed so much time with her, so I didn’t fret whenever they would pick her up during school days to hang out with them. And Megan ate it all up.

I didn’t blame her. She deserved to have everything she had been missing from them. Justin only had his mother and aunt. They were too old to do fun stuff with Mariah, but I still allowed her to be with them…even if it was for a few hours.

I could tell Mariah’s love was different for Josephine than it was with my mom. She didn’t get excited when she would visit Justin’s mom like she would with mine. However, she did love her grandmother, and Josephine was sweet compared to her nefarious son.

Today was the day of the concert and Nehemiah’s birthday. He purchased more tickets so his sisters, cousin, and best friend could attend since he wanted to celebrate with them also. Lawrence ended up declining going to the concert, so I told him to give his ticket to Drue so we could all celebrate together. We were going to meet back up with Lawrence after the concert.

All day, I had been running around trying to get Megan’s pre-birthday items since she was inviting some friends to her father’s house for a pool party and sleepover. I was currently trying to find something to wear while Drue did something to Megan’s wild mane. My baby was so cute in her Balenciaga sneakers withrhinestones on the toe and an airbrushed photo of Chris Brown on the side.

She wore light denim shorts and a white tee shirt with an airbrushed photo of him on it that read team Breezy. She had diamonds in her ears that Nehemiah bought her as a birthday gift and had to cost more than my car payment. My baby was excited, and I loved that for her. I walked out of my closet with a slinky black dress just as Megan stood from the chair.

“Mom, please put that back. You’re going to a concert. Why are you trying to dress like you’re going to a formal dinner?” Megan asked while Drue snickered.

“I have never been to a concert before, Gingerbread. You tell me how I’m supposed to dress.”

“Say less.”

“Oop.” Drue laughed as Megan walked inside of my closet.

“Not your lingo changing! I see your father and his family are rubbing off on you.”

“Hey, not too much on my pops.”

I chuckled and shook my head as Drue laughed harder.

“I love that for you, Meggie pooh!” Drue exclaimed. “They must be getting closer.”

I lowered my voice. “Girl, that’s like her best friend. I kind of feel bad, though.”

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