Page 79 of The Love of Priest 2

He went on to the next photo. Once again, it was a photo of Britain.

She was all smiles as she rested her head on her ex-boyfriend's chest. Just like the last time, his face never came into the frame of the shot, leaving his appearance a mystery.

Over the course of Britain and Priest's relationship, Britain never delved into the depths of her relationship with her ex.

He couldn't blame her since he didn't really go into great detail about his own relationship with Paula.

What she did tell Priest, though, rubbed him the wrong way.

Britain was a sweetheart, and the things her ex put her through just didn't seem warranted.

It was evident that she was really in love with him, but sadly, it wasn't reciprocated.

Clicking the next thumbnail, he was met with a video.

He watched as the camera panned around a bedroom set up.

It wasn't similar to Britain's apartment back in New York, so Priest was oblivious to the location of the video.

In the frame was her ex as he stood with his back facing the camera.

Before him was an array of gifts that were nicely wrapped and ready for him to tear into.

"Happy one year anniversary, Cam," Britain's sweet voice sounded off from behind the camera.

"I really hope you like everything. Well, you better like everything because your life depends on it," she jokingly teased before letting some laughter ease out of her.

Priest could hear him in the midst of the video as he went on to open the gifts she had gotten him for their anniversary.

It was almost as if Britain made sure to never catch his face in the camera, like it was second nature.

She drifted the view of the camera down as she made her way toward him to catch a close up of all the gifts she got him.

"You like them?" she asked with excitement exuding out of her words.

"Of course, baby," he responded to Britain as he admired the sneakers she had gifted him.

"Great! Now where's my gift?" she jokingly rushed him.

In response to her question, the video caught the sigh Cam let out. "Look, I didn't have time to actually get you any gifts, but this should make up for it." Priest watched as Cam sat four thick stacks of money onto Britain's lap.

She angled the camera down to the money before drifting it back up to him, making sure not to catch his face in the shot. "Cameron, what the fuck? This is not a gift," Priest heard Britain complain in disappointment before the video abruptly cut off.

Priest couldn't help but be amused by the fact that Britain was indeed the same. Priest knew if he tried his hand at pulling what Cameron had, Britain would’ve given him the same reaction.

She appreciated effort and thought more than money, especially after she had dedicated so much to getting him gifts that he actually wanted.

Priest went on to click through the photos.

The majority consisted of Britain in all smiles as she captured moments from various dates she had with Cameron or the quality time they shared with each other.

In all the photos Priest had seen thus far, he never caught sight of Cameron's face, which was odd.

He didn't want to compare the relationship he shared with Britain to what she had with her ex, but it was definitely different.

With Priest, Britain couldn't keep the camera off him, even while he slept.

With Cameron, it was like she was hiding who he was.

After a multitude of pictures, Priest landed on yet another video.

This time, the video didn't showcase much aside from a vase that decorated the table the camera rested on.

"Why are you even tripping out so bad? What I have going on with my phone shouldn't concern you, Britain," the video began, causing Priest to furrow his thick brows.

"Are you serious?! Are you really trying to deflect the fact you fucked this bitch by saying I shouldn't have gone through your phone?!" Britain's voice sounded shattered and broken as the video played.

Priest could hear Cameron loudly smack his lips. "‘Cause it's facts. You shouldn't be going through my shit because I don't go through yours," he argued.

Priest didn't understand why Britain opted to record the disagreement between them.

Britain had always taken interest in documenting her relationship with Cameron because he was the first guy to ever sweep her off her feet.

When things hit a decline in their relationship, she always tried to forget about the big blowups they had, but that often led to her forgiving him for the insanely disrespectful things he did.

Toward the end of what they had, Britain really fought hard to begin the process of letting him go.

This sparked the tendency to record each and every one of their disagreements and cheating scandals.

Not only was Britain holding Cameron accountable, but she was also holding herself so she would no longer tolerate disrespect.

Often times, she would do this without Cameron's knowledge.

The video showed Britain grabbing ahold of the phone that was next to the camera.

A second later, there was a loud clash, which led to Priest assuming that she had pitched the phone right into the wall.

"I hate you so much! All you ever do is cheat and come up with elaborate excuses for yourself to make it seem like I'm crazy!

Fuck you, Cameron!" Britain jeered through tears.

"I'm tired of you constantly putting me through this bullshit! "

"Yo, you're fucking crazy," Cameron spoke up. "You breaking my phone won't change what you saw, Britain. You went searching for it, and now you're distraught? Get the fuck out of here," he smacked his lips once more.

Britain's sobs channeled through Priest's ears, causing his stomach to churn.

Despite this situation being in Britain's past, it was still unsettling for him to know someone had put her through that much pain.

Priest tapped the space bar on the keyboard, halting the video only a quarter through it.

Overwhelmed by what he had heard in the video, he let out a heavy breath as he eased back in his seat.

This was what Britain was referring to when she told him she wouldn't be able to recognize the woman she once was in her past. She had grown tremendously.

Priest was sure that if he tried anything that Cameron had done to her in her past, she wouldn't even think twice about calling an end to what they had.

Priest had absolutely no leeway when it came to many things in their relationship simply because Cameron had put her through the ringer.

He exited the video and went on to the next photo.

What displayed in the computer screen caused his jaw to constrict in anger.

Britain had documented every stage of her and Cameron's relationship, the lowest stage included.

The photo was of her busted lip and bruised cheek.

Priest wasn't the least bit surprised by the fact that Cameron had put his hands on her.

From the videos, Priest could tell the respect wasn't there on Cameron's part.

Priest had witnessed and endured some pretty graphic and horrific things, but he just couldn't stomach the sight of Britain bruised and beaten. The photos of Britain’s injuries that consisted of bruising from her face down to her legs went on for about seven slides.

He halted from tapping the forward button abruptly once he caught sight ofa different type of picture.

This time, on the screen were two positive pregnancy tests on the countertop of her bathroom sink.

The next photo confirmed the fact that she had gotten pregnant with four additional positive pregnancy tests.

After the photos of the tests, a video appeared on the screen.

Once he pressed play, he was surprised to see that Britain managed to skip so much time.

It made sense, though, since she had told him how severely depressed she was within her first trimester.

In the video, she sat down on the floor of her bedroom with her legs crossed.

By now, her rounded stomach was pretty big as she cupped it with both of her hands.

"Never thought I would be doing this alone, but it is what it is," she said as she shrugged her shoulders. "I'm assembling your crib by myself. If you fall through it when you get here because I did it wrong, Mommy's sorry. I'm kidding,” she jested with a laugh.

She began extracting different pieces of the crib from the box before she came across the instruction manual.

The video caught her staring down at the manual with deep confusion as she tried to read it over.

"How in the hell am I supposed to understand this?

I don't even speak Spanish, let alone read it.

" She smacked her lips before flipping the manual over.

Priest chuckled at the look of realization that etched her face.

She couldn't contain her laughter once she found the English version of the manual on the other side.

"Girl, you have the rest of your life with me. Hopefully you can make up for my stupidity," she continued to laugh, finding the silver lining in her situation.