Page 53 of Saved By A Small Town Country Boy
Chapter 21
Reese Crosswell
Remedi was angry with me, and she had every right to be. I lost her trust. She’d trusted me with information, and I called her mama. Honestly, I thought that was the best thing to do at the time. Too much was going on, and it didn’t seem as if she could handle it alone. I know that she’s been dodging Kadence since she got here, and now I know why.
Kadence has been trying to get Remedi to go home. I’on blame her for not wanting to after what she’d done. Shit, if I were in her shoes, I would’ve done the same shit. Ain’t no way a mufucka think they gon’ get away with killing someone close to me and think shit gon’ be cool. Nah. I would’ve handled them just how Remedi did. Only thing about her, she was a doctor, so she took a slick approach at killing him. She left absolutely no mess. No one knew who killed him outside of us.
Taking someone’s life is heavy. It leaves trauma behind that’s hard to deal with. Remedi thought running away was gon’ solve her issues. It was only a temporary fix.
When the issues came up with Mitchell, I told her that she needed to let Khalif know what was going on. She may didn’t know how, but if she wanted the issue to disappear, he was her best option. After listening to me, she got her feelings hurt andhad been locked up in her room ever since she came home. Sure, Khalif was angry right now, but he damn sure was gon’ make all her problems go away.
“When’s the last time you mopped these floors?” Kadence asked from the kitchen, bringing me back to reality.
“Why are you in there worried about my floors? Don’t you have something better to do?” I squinted my eyes and whispered, “Like go home?”
“What did you say?” With a roll of the eyes, I got up from the sofa.
“It’s obvious that Remedi isn’t going home.”
“Oh, she’s coming back home with me one way or another.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Give me some Pine-Sol.”
“I don’t need you mopping my floors. I clean up just fine around here.”
“I can’t tell.”
“See, this is exactly why I left the city in the first place. All y’all ever do is smother people and try to control everything. I see why Remedi doesn’t want to go back home with you.”
“You do know that Remedi isn’t your child, right? That’s mine.” She poked herself in the chest. “I made her.”
“Okay!” I tossed my hands into the air. She’s really pissing me off right now. Stomping into the kitchen, I snatched my mop away from her. “Get out my kitchen.”
“Remedi!” She padded down the hallway toward Remedi’s bedroom. The girl was grieving a lot. She lost her dog, her normal life, and the guy she likes. She really needs to just let her be for the moment.
“When did Remedi leave here?” she asked when she came back into the kitchen.
“What are you talking about? She’s been in that room all night.”
“She’s gone and so are her things.”
“Are you serious?”
Her eyes expanded. “Does it look like I’m fucking joking?”
Dropping the mop to the floor, I raced past her, pushing her out my way to Remedi’s bedroom. I never would’ve thought that she’d leave here without saying bye to me. Just as Kadence said, all of her things were gone, and her bed was made just as it was before she started using the bedroom.
“You think she went home?” Kadence questioned me.
“I highly doubt it.”
Running back to the living room, I grabbed my phone and dialed Khalif’s number. I got nothing but the voicemail.
“Where do you think she went, then?”
“I don’t know.”
