My Man's Best Friend II by Tresser Henderson

Author:Tresser Henderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2013-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Zacariah

When I woke up I saw that Jaquon was gone. I guessed my state of sorrow sent me into a deep sleep. He was nice enough to put a blanket over me before leaving. I sat up and realized the reason why I woke up was due to a knock at my door. I swore I didn’t feel like answering it. So I screamed, “Go away.”

The person knocked again, causing me to get angry. Did they know I found out I lost my best friend today? When I got to the door, I whipped it open, saying, “Didn’t I tell you to go . . .”

It was Fabian standing there dressed very nicely and holding one rose. He was smiling but I wasn’t. Once he saw I wasn’t exactly dressed, the smile left his face. For some reason tears entered my eyes again and began to run down my cheeks. Fabian pushed his way in, closing the door behind him, and walked me back over to the sofa.

“I’m sorry. I forgot about our dinner,” I said sadly.

“It’s okay. What’s wrong, Zacariah?”

It took me a minute to talk. I felt embarrassed for crying in front of Fabian but the stress of losing Essence was causing my throat to feel like it was closing as I tried to hold back my emotions. I knew in order for my throat to open, I had to release this grief that was taking over me. I began to weep again. I wondered if this weeping would ever stop along with the pain I felt.

Fabian grabbed me and held me in his arms. He didn’t bother to ask me anything else. He leaned back on the sofa and pulled me into his embrace. I had gone from lying with Jaquon to now lying with Fabian and I didn’t even care. It felt good to have someone to be with even if that someone wasn’t Derrick.

“I’m sorry,” I said again.

“Stop apologizing. Whatever is going on has to be serious for you to be in this state.”

More tears streamed because it was definitely something bad.

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. I’m here for you. I can stay with you or I can leave if you want to be alone.”

I shook my head, saying, “I want you to stay.”

He stroked my arm, saying, “Okay.”

“And I want to tell you why I’m upset. I just can’t get it out,” I said sorrowfully.

“It’s okay. Tell me when you are ready.”

I sat up from his embrace and took in a deep breath. I felt my throat open up slightly. Now here was my chance to say what I had been trying to say.

“I found out today my best friend was murdered.”

“What?” he asked, shocked, like he knew her. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s still raw you know.”

“Of course it is. It’s going to be that way for some time. I know exactly how you feel.”

“You do?” I asked, wondering what he meant by that.

“I wish I didn’t. I lost my best friend two years ago.

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