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MY HEART

I was devastated when I watched Lameek walk out on me.

I stood gazing at the driveway with tears streaming down my face while I fondled my engagement ring.

Hurricane had caused so much damage. I didn’t know when my fiancé was coming back.

I felt alone, and now that I had to disconnect from the world, I felt empty.

I watched Solace pull in the driveway, assuming Mula told her to come over. When she got out of the car, she had a bitter look on her face, like she already knew what had happened.

“Girl, you know I was eavesdropping on Jayson's conversation on the phone before Mula told me to come over here. I’m so sorry this happened to you.”

I broke down in tears, and she took me into her arms. “I don’t want him to leave me. This is so unfair!”

“He’ll be back, friend, and y'all can pick things back up when he does. You know with the caliber of men we like, this type of shit happens. Just focus on doing what you gotta do to stay safe. You know I got your back and won’t leave your side until he comes back. ” She broke our hug and gazed at me.

“Thank you, friend. I need you to come with me to Prince Valley for a while. You can bring your baby. I need to talk to my momma first, though.”

“You know I’ll go with you wherever. I paid my momma to watch my daughter, but we can pick her up.”

$$$$$

After I told my mother everything, I went to her backyard, behind the shed, with a shovel. After two years, I was finally digging up the money from a lick Coast had hit a few years back and buried it.

“If I ever die, this all yours. Momma gon’ be straight so this for you,” he told me when he tossed the last of the dirt on top of the money.

“Don’t talk about you dying. I don’t ever want to dig this up.”

Now here I was, pulling three million that was still wrapped in plastic from a seven-foot hole. I cried as I pulled the money from the dirt, tossing it into the luggage I got from my mother.

“It’s time to go get your niece so you can drive to Prince Valley tonight,” Tory told me.

I rushed to secure the money and then left for Prince Valley.

When we got back, I didn’t want to mope in the room, so we cooked and made drinks while watching her daughter entertain us. I needed to be surrounded by love and calm vibes. I had a frozen strawberry margarita with extra shots in it.

After her daughter settled down, we sat quietly in the backyard as we listened to R&B over a blunt. I looked at pictures on my phone that I’d taken with Mula in Vegas. It had been ages since I’d smiled and had a good time.

We talked about taking more trips and going back to Vegas often. Now, he was gone, and I didn’t know for how long. I held back tears and closed my phone because looking at him was painful. Solace was tired, so she found a room for her and her daughter in the house, and I went to mine.

I opened the luggage and looked at the money. I was going to slowly deposit it and spend it since it was dirty money. I had a few things in mind I wanted to do fashion-wise to keep me occupied.

As I finally drifted to sleep at two in the morning, I prayed that Mula would come back soon so we could go back to Sable Cove. That was if we were able to.