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“Closure? The only closure you need is to kick him outside and close the door,” he said, looking into her eyes. I knew from the look he gave her that he’d been satisfied in more ways than one by her touch. It was a look she’d left on me more than once.
“All I know is the kids don’t need to witness anymore fighting. I need to talk to Jacob civilly, so we’ll be on the same page when I close that door,” Destiny said.
I was tired of their back and forth and furious about all this talk about closing doors. I began walking up the hall, ready to throw Montie out on his face, but I stopped in my tracks. Destiny was right about the kids not needing to see us fighting again, but she was wrong about closing the door to our relationship.
I reluctantly stayed positioned against the wall instead of approaching Montie, but I wasn’t going to give him much longer to pack and leave. I watched as Destiny went into Junior’s room and come back out with Montana in her arms. Junior wasn’t far behind, but he wouldn’t dare look my way.
“Everything was perfect until he got here,” Montie said, glaring down the hall at me.
“Yeah, for you, but I’ve been waiting for Jacob to call or come by. This was inevitable. We need this time to talk.
Do you understand?” Destiny said, as Montana reached over and rubbed her father’s face.
I loathed the way the three of them looked standing there together, and I surely didn’t like the way Destiny’s gaze lingered with Montie’s when she asked for his understanding.
“I don’t understand anything that’s happening,” Montie said, sounding deflated. “I shouldn’t have to take our kids away from their home because he comes over here acting a fool,” Montie added as he took Montana from Destiny’s arms.
“You okay, Daddy?” Montana said inspecting his cheeks before giving him a kiss. She looked at me and there was so much sadness in her little eyes. “Acob hurt you,” she said.
“I’m sorry,” I mouthed to Montana and she dropped her head into her daddy’s arms.
Junior had his overnight bag packed and in his hand. He went to stand beside his father, as well. “Come on, Dad. Let’s go to your house,” he said, scolding me with his intense glare.
Montie looked at his children and then back to Destiny. “So this is how you’re going to handle this?”
“Montie…” Destiny said, stepping closer to him.
He walked away from her and into the living room. “Just remember that a man who leaves his bed to go to another woman is not that in to you. That’s not me trying to win you back. That’s just a real fact.”
He grabbed his briefcase and keys and walked out the front door, with Montana on his hip and Junior by his side, neither of them looking back. I knew he was upset, as he should be. He was fighting a losing battle. My name was imprinted deeply within the woman he loved. Any temporary tattoo he placed on her was about to be washed away, now that we were alone.
I would more than make up for my rowdy behavior to the kids, when the time was right. For the time being, I had to get Destiny back in the right place first – mind, body, and soul.
“He’s wrong, you know?” I asked once the door closed.
“Don’t Jacob.”
“How is your headache?”
“I may have to take some more medicine in a little while, but it’s better,” she said with her arms folded across her chest.
“Come here,” I said, walking to stand beside her in the spot where she stood frozen looking at the front door after it slammed behind Montie.
I observed the hurtful expression she had after her entire family walked out the door. I’d only been gone a short time and Montie had already reclaimed a part of her. I took her hand and guided her to me. “I said come here.”
“Don’t touch me. I don’t want you to ever touch me again,” she said as she moved away from me.
“You don’t mean that.”
“Yes, I do!”
“So, you’re going to stand here and act innocent,” I said, wrapping my arm around her waist and pulling her closer. “You slept with him, didn’t you?”
“After you left me to die in that hospital, you have no right to ask me that,” she said trying to pull away.
I tightened my grip on her waist. “Answer my question. You gave my pussy away, didn’t you?”
“Jacob…” she put her hand up to her head. “If that’s all you want to talk about, you can go. I don’t feel like playing this game again with you.”
