A Real Love: Memphis & Baby’s Story by Porscha Sterling

Author:Porscha Sterling [Sterling, Porscha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-946789-32-7

Unable to sleep, Baby was lying in her bed staring at the ceiling as Sade sung in the background about how love was stronger than pride, thinking about the day she met Semaj.

She’d been on her way to class when she got a text from Mona asking if she could skip her next class because there was something huge that she had to tell her. Baby wasn’t the type to skip class and hated even considering it but did it anyways since Mona insisted. But as soon as she heard what the ‘something huge’ was that Mona just had to share, she regretted it.

“Look!” Mona gushed, waving her hand in the air while making sure to give an extra wiggle to her ring finger. “Memphis popped the question, and I said YES! Isn’t my ring gorgeous?”

It felt like the hardest thing she’d ever attempted for Baby, to keep a neutral face and fake her happiness for her best friend.

“Yes, it’s… amazing!” she pushed out with a tongue that felt as heavy as a ton of bricks.

Baby smiled and tried to swallow down the lump in her throat, while Mona continued chatting away excitedly over the details of his proposal, but the lump only seemed to grow. Ever since the first time she’d laid eyes on Memphis, she couldn’t get him out of her mind. However, she kept her distance because Mona was clear about wanting him, and Baby never wanted a man to come between them. Even with that, it still felt like she died a little every time Mona mentioned how she’d seen him or gone out with him… and it definitely killed her to hear the details of when they’d made love. But now, she had to endure this? He was marrying Mona?

“And that’s not just it…” Mona started, her lips spreading into a wide grin as she hesitated for dramatic effect. “I’m pregnant!”

She was crushed. She’d fought through Mona’s tales of their whirlwind romance, telling herself that at some point he’d moved on because he couldn’t really like her… couldn’t possibly. But now there was no avoiding it. They were engaged and having a baby. The man she’d crushed on, nearly obsessively, since the moment she saw him, was going to marry her best friend. It felt like God’s cruelest joke.

Her heart was beneath her feet as she walked home with her head hanging nearly between her shoulders. The piercing pain going through her heart didn’t lessen any since she’d first heard Mona’s good news.

“Aye, ma, why you lookin’ so down?”

Normally, Baby would’ve ignored him, but she was feeling so low, any bit of kindness was welcomed. Looking up, she was greeted by a gentle smile and kind eyes. Upon further scrutiny, she noticed the tattoos on his arms and his street swag. Although he was dressed neatly in a pair of dress pants and a lightweight, long-sleeved sweater with the sleeves pulled up to his elbows, it was obvious that he wasn’t the typical businessman.

“I just had a pretty disappointing day,” Baby shared, not sure exactly why she was opening up.

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