Walking in the city park, I looked at my phone hoping Santiago didn't notice I woke up early for a morning walk. I was getting tired of him and his trust issues.

"Funny I'd find you here beautiful",a voice said behind me. I turned around and speak of the devil.

"Are you stalking me?",I asked Santiago who was dressed in basketball shorts and his nike fitted shirt.

"Do I have a reason to?",he asked with a raised eyebrow. I sighed and sat at a nearby bench and flipped my hair on the other side of my face.

"You losing interest in me or somethin?",he asked.

"I think we need some space."

"Space? Why?"

"Cause your trust issues are irritating me."

"My trust issues? You wanna go to ebony house, then go."

"You wasn't sayin that a week ago."

"At this point I'll say anything to not have space from you. Wasup? Let's talk about it."

"I'm done talking about it. I'm tired of telling you that I'm not responsible for your trust issues."

"Ight put yourself in my shoes. Marisol not even around me anymore cause I dead that since DR."

"I dead it with trey a while ago too."

"So what's the problem?"

"you. Your the problem. Like I said, I need space."

His face changed and he backed up off me.

"You can't have space in a marriage",he said looking at me.

"I know that",i told him.

"What am I doing wrong? Talk to me."

"Your trust issues are irritating to me",I blurted out.

"Your cheating is irritating but I didn't ask for space when I found out."

He had a point and I felt bad for even saying what I said to him because I knew it wasn't his fault.

"Im sorry. I'm just stressed out",i told him.

"Stressed out about what babe?"

"School, my mom and my new job. I failed my last two test."

"Why i thought you was doin good in school."

"I'm doing the opposite."

"Study harder. What can I do to help?"

"Stop being so dang fine walking around the house with no shirt on",I said causing us both to laugh.

"I don't think I have the power to do that babe", He said looking around the noisy park.

"You still want space?",he asked me.

"I think I'm good."

"Ight let's go home."

Santiago

I looked at my phone and I got a text from an unsaved number. I called the number and it was a female voice. "Is this tiago?"

"Santiago Yeah Who This?",I said taking the call outside the house. Khia was asleep.

"Hey It's eb."

"Oh why you calling me from a different number? Thought you was one of my crazy exes",i said chuckling.

"I left my phone at work so I'm using the house phone to call you. I need your help."

"Ok wasup?",i said leaning on the back of the door.

"I slept with trey last night by accident."

"Why you tellin me this shxt? I could wake up Khia for you."

"No that's the last thing I want you to do. I had sex with him and we didn't use protection so I'm scared that ima be pregnant or something & if Khia finds out, she's gonna murder me."

"With reason. Why you messin with this cat again? He the main reason why Khia hated you in the first place."

"I know it was a accident though. And he's my ex too so she shouldn't get mad that I went back to him. She used to go back to him all the time so she should understand."

"Ebony you trippin. So ima ask you again, why you calling me?"

"I don't know what to do. I need some advice. I would talk to Khia but she'd kill me."

"If you pregnant, she gone kill you either way. Don't worry about anything unless you have to. If you ain't throwing up or feeling weird, then you good. You could take a test later if you want."

"Okay but promise me you won't tell her."

"Don't bring this shxt around my girl cause she got enough on her plate right now."

"I won't if you won't."

"Ight",i said and hung up. I looked to the ceiling and breathed steady. This world literally revolves around Khia. Everything got her name in it so I know what she sayin when she feels stressed and I had to keep her away from this bs. The door opened behind me and Khia said, "what are you doing out here?"

"Just needed some fresh air."

"You can't just go out the house without letting me know. I thought you was laying next to me",she said with a groggily voice.

"I thought you needed space."

"Not anymore",she said pulling me into the house.

"Don't leave me",she said hugging me.

"I won't babe."

I looked at the time on my phone and it was getting a lil late. Driving to the nearest bar to meet up with Marcus, I got there and parked the car.

"Sup man",i said dappin Marcus.

"Whats good? Surprised you ain't bring shorty with you",he said laughing

"Nah she home chillin. Had to get away from her for a min."

"Damn trouble in paradise?"

"Not exactly. I'm in her world now so whatever involved her involves me."

"Yeah i feel you. She good?"

"Yeah she good."

"When y'all gonna settle down?"

"Why everybody askin me that?",i said laughing and telling the bartender to get me a drink.

"Y'all been going for a good lil minute. It's makin people speculate why y'all not tying the knot."

"People don't get married for many reasons. Could be financial reasons, counseling, timing."

"Well we know it ain't the financial reason cause we all know you got that on lock",he said causing us both to laugh.

"Nah ain't that."

"Well you know if she the one for you?"

"Yeah. She the for me it's just everytime I think the timing is right for me to take it to the next level, she does somethin to make me look at her sideways."

"You talkin about the Trey dude."

"Ol boy still in her life some way shape or form it's crazy."

"Well you know they used to be best friends so it's gonna be hard."

"She got eb as a best friend and even her I can't trust around my girl cause she messin with trey still."

"Damn. Well only way to dead all that is to cut the friendship between eb and Khia."

"I have a feeling it's bout to be over anyways. I'm just sittin tight at this point. Feel like it's my fault cause I pushed her and eb to talk again."

"You know that ebony girl messy right? I wouldn't trust her around my girl for a sec",he said.

"Yeah big mistake i made. Through eb Trey gone try to get Khia from up under me."

"I think you thinkin about this too hard man. You already got the girl so why you scared he gone take her from you."

"Cause I stole her from him. He think it's a game. He don't really want her, he just tryna prove a point to me."

"Khia a grown woman. If she wanted to leave you for him, she would've. Cause ain't nothing stopping her. All I know is, she didn't so stop trippin over it."

"You know eb talkin shxt to her about me behind my back right? She influences Khia. This girl tellin Khia that her ex want her back and can't get her out his mind or some shxt. She tellin Khia I'm controlling makin up things so Khia could leave."

"How you know?"

"Khia leaked it out while we was arguing."

"Then i think it's bout time to cut eb off."

"I can't do that cause then ima seem 'controlling' and eb gonna prove her point to Khia about me."

"This crazy."

"Yeah that's why I need this drink",i said with a chuckle.