Fall Knee-Deep In It by Monica Walters

Author:Monica Walters [Walters, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: B. Love Publications
Published: 2020-10-14T18:30:00+00:00

“So, what have you been up to, son? How’s work? Life in general?”

“Everything’s cool. Work is work and life is life.”

I was tired as hell. There had been some kind of glitch in the timing of the traffic lights near the interstate and it had caused a wreck that the city would most likely be responsible for. We’d been working on repairs in the hot ass sun all day. I wasn’t so lucky to supervise this repair. My expertise was needed because it had the newbies and some of the veterans stomped. I’d earned my paycheck today. It had taken a total of twelve hours to get that shit fixed and if I had to repair another traffic signal next month, that would be too soon.

My dad had called as I was on my way home for the weekend. I hadn’t talked to either of my parents in almost two weeks, but that was somewhat normal for us. We loved one another, but we weren’t really that close-knit of a family. I hadn’t spoken to my sister in almost two months. “Maverick, you sound bothered. What’s going on?”

“It’s just been a really long day, Pop. I just wanna shower, eat, and go to bed.”

“Mav don’t insult my intelligence. Your voice sounds emotionless. I know that sound. Is there a woman involved?”

“Not one that I wanna talk about right now.”

“Okay. If there comes a time that you do, I’m here. We’re about to go to dinner ourselves. We love you, son and we’ll talk to you soon.”

“I love y’all, too. Be careful.”

“We will.”

I ended the call and was grateful for silence. It had been an entire week since I’d spoken to Yuri and I was depressed. So much so until I couldn’t stand to listen to the music I loved. My car rides had been filled with silence. My massage appointment was tomorrow, but I’d called the office and canceled it without rescheduling. I was doing my best to just get her out of my system, convincing myself that Yuri had the man she wanted.

I’d been eating out all week and had gone out for drinks with Cameron a couple of times. He’d peeped game immediately. The entire two weeks that Yuri and I had been up under one another, I hadn’t tried to spend any time with him. We only saw one another at work, and he’d made fun of me in passing, calling me a sucker. Those two weeks, Yuri and I had been inseparable. We’d only been apart to go to work. She was practically living at my house, only going to her mom’s a couple of late nights to re-up on clothes. We couldn’t get enough of one another.

This shit was the devil. I couldn’t drink it away and like Solange, I tried to put one in the air. Nothing helped. I prayed but that didn’t even feel sincere. To ask God to take her away from me… out of my spirit, was crazy as hell. I felt like the Lord gave me the side-eye.

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