“No, you listen to me. I get it. You’re torn between your feelings for Justine and me, so I’m making this easy for you.”
“It’s true that I still cared for her, but not the way you think,” he spoke softly after noticing Junior peeking around the corner.
“It’s not what I think, it’s what I know,” I told him.
“What you should know is that I love you, Destiny.”
“I love you too, Jacob, but love is not enough in this situation. If you thought I was hurt by the way you left me when you thought Justine was in trouble, the fact that you’re just showing back up today is far worse. As you can see, Justine is not who you think she is,” I said, pointing to the bruises on my forehead that were not hidden by makeup.
“Oh baby,” he said starting toward me.
“Don’t come near me.” I looked back to see if my kids were listening. Sure enough, Junior was standing near the foyer.
“Go back and sit with your father, Junior,” I told my son, who took off in the other direction. “We’re done, Jacob. I have to think about my children. I could have been killed.”
He froze in place and looked down at the box. “Now you hear me out. I will hire you your own personal security team and have them here before the end of the night. I won’t let anything happen to you or your children, from this day forward. That’s a promise.”
“I can’t take that chance, Jacob.”
“There is no chance to take! I’m going to protect you, Destiny.”
“Jacob, I just can’t.”
“So you’re saying this is it?”
“Yes,” I grabbed onto his hands. “I have to get back to the place where I don’t constantly worry about suddenly being dropped for another woman. I don’t like feeling insecure." He opened his mouth to argue again and I put up a hand to halt him. “After spending a week in the hospital and you not showing up, I’m convinced that when I need you, you will not hop a plane for me like you did for Justine.”
“I most definitely would have been there for you, if it was possible! You have to hear me out about this. It wasn’t my fault!”
I shrugged. “But yet you didn’t let anything I said stop you from going to her. You chose sides.”
“Destiny, listen to me woman,” he urged.
“It’s the best for both of us,” I said as I put my hand on the door and motioned for him to leave.
“Hell no! It’s not what’s best for us. I’m not going to let us end like this,” Jacob said.
“This is your last goodbye,” Montie said stepping up beside me. He’d obviously grown tired of our exchange. “She’s good without you, man. I got this covered,” Montie said as he began to push the door closed.
Jacob’s mood did a one eighty upon hearing Montie. He pushed the door open and stepped all the way inside the house pushing Montie backwards.
“The hell you mean she’s good? Man, if you don’t get out of my face there are going to be problems for you. You have gotten in the way enough, Montie.”
“Get out of here, Jacob!” Montie said, stepping closer to Jacob and pushing him back over the threshold.
“I told ya’ it was Acob!” I heard Montana shout to Junior.
“Yeah, I saw him,” Junior responded in shock over the commotion.
I turned to the stunned children. “Come on kids. Let’s take the movie back to Junior’s room and you can finish watching it there. The grownups have to talk for a second.”
“I wanna see Acob,” Montana said, her eyes growing in size as she looked in Jacob’s direction.
“Hi Montana. I’ll see you in a little while, sweetie,” Jacob said blowing her a kiss. I was certain he was only trying to do more to rub Montie the wrong way.
“You will do no such thing!” Montie said, as I walked the kids back to their room.
“Junior, I’ll be back to check on you two in a little while. Watch your sister,” I said, once I hooked up the movie.