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4 Weeks Later...

I'm currently in the hospital with Trevante. I was extremely frustrated because he hadn't woken up yet. I'm hoping he wakes up soon because I'd be crushed if he died. I stared at him, and those tubes in his mouth were still bothering me. I started crying all over again. I started scrolling through Instagram to take my mind off of it. A couple of the pictures appealed to me.

Then there was this image, which made me smile a little. I came across a photo of my ex-boyfriend with another woman. I'm pleased he's dating someone so he doesn't have to wreck my relationship because he's needy and angry.

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I couldn't stop laughing at the picture, so I decided to like it just to make him mad because he always comments beneath my posts. I continued to like photos on Instagram. I received a direct message from Instagram a few minutes later. It was Nau'Jour texting me, so I clicked to see what he said.

Nau'Jour2x

Wassup? 🤔

Text sent at 12:30pm

The sky. Now what you want?

Text sent at 12:35pm

I see you liking my shit, so I'm tryna see what's up.

Text sent at 12:37pm

I liked the photo because it appeals to me. I had no idea you were the Instagram police 🙄

Text sent at 12:40pm

Is there a relationship between you and that nigga for real? Cause you know damn well yo ass don't love him more than me real shit 😂

Text sent at 12:42pm

How did you figure that out? I truly prefer him over you. He treats me better, and he loves me for who I am. Why are you so concerned when you have a girlfriend? 🥴

Text sent at 12:45pm

I don't really fuck with her for real. I'm simply fucking with her to retaliate against you. You know you want me back in them guts 🤷🏽‍♂️

Text sent at 12:46pm

I'm not sure why you're playing her to make me jealous when it's clearly not working. I don't want you back in shit, so stop contacting me and commenting on my posts, or I'll block yo ass. Period!

Text sent at 12:48pm

Man, you're not going to block me, and even if you do, I'll find a way to text you, so I don't give a fuck 😂

Text sent at 12:50pm

You're so toxic, yo. Please refrain from messaging me 😂😂😂

Text sent at 12:52

I chose to block him once I stopped texting him. I swear he's insane for messing with that girl's emotions in that way. I tuck my phone into my pocket and focus on Trevante. I took his hand in mine and kissed it. I laid it on his side while continuing to hold it. Trevante gripped my hand tightly after a few moments. He then blinking rapidly opening his eyes. I started yelling for the nurses.

He stared at me and tried to pull the tubes out of his mouth, but I grabbed his hand and popped it because I didn't want to damage his throat. Nurses rushed in and began working on him right away. When one of the nurses removed the tubes from his lips, he started coughing.

"You're awake, baby. I'm relieved you're awake." I hugged him strongly and murmured.

He moaned in agony. "I miss you, lil mama, but you're clutching me a little too tightly."

I let go of him and gave him a hesitant smile. "I'm really sorry, babe. I was overjoyed. I feared I'd lost you."

He gave a small smile. "Nah, you know yo man isn't going anywhere."

Before I could say anything else, I was interrupted. The doctor cut me off in the middle of my sentence. Trevante's body was examined by the doctor. The doctor began telling us about Trevante's health.

The doctor was typing away on the computer. "I checked his heart rate, and he is doing fantastic. His lungs are doing quite well, and his liver is performing admirably. I can say he's a tough guy, but he'll have to do some therapy here."

We both nodded, and the doctor kept typing on his computer. After 6 minutes, the doctor completed inputting Trevante's information and grabbed the clipboard. "Well, you'll need to get ready for therapy in a few minutes. I'll give you and your partner some alone time."

The doctor walked out of the room with a smile. I smile as I redirect my attention to Trevante. I climbed into his bed and embraced him. He relaxed his body by wrapping his arm over me.

I began to tinker with his abdominal bandage. "I'm so sorry this occurred to you. It was not my intention for it to happen. I know you're furious with me right now. I was terrified of shooting him."

He started fiddling with my hair. "I hope you stop saying that bullshit because it's not your fault. I understand you're scared, but you must stop giving him such power over you. You must be stronger than he is. Trust me, I'm going to get my revenge on his ass though."

"Aside from that. Was it possible that you heard me talking to you while you were sleeping?" I inquired, my gaze fixed on him.

He proceeded to play with my hair while laughing. "I did hear you. I desperately wanted to respond to you and tell you to stop sobbing. Your cry is very ugly."

I giggled and gently punched him in the chest. "My cry isn't ugly, Babe. Stop playing me, and did you hear your ex-girlfriend walk in here?"

He stopped toying with my hair by squeezing his brows together. "Did Alexis come here? How did she even know I'd been shot?"

I sighed and shrugged. "I suppose the streets are speaking. She came in with a bouquet of flowers. I threw them stank shits right out the window."

He burst out laughing. "Why would you toss them out? You could have at least put them to the side for me."

I sat up and fixed a serious expression on my face. "I should hit you upside your damn head, stop fucking playing with me. You were serious about keeping those flowers from that hoe?"

He burst out laughing and raised his hands. "I was simply joking with you, girl."

I rolled my eyes and leaned back against his chest. "If you keep joking, you'll put your ass back into a coma, and she said those flowers were your favorite. Why didn't you tell me you have a favorite flower?"

He chuckled once more. "What? I don't have a particular favorite flower. I'm a fucking man, not a woman."

I rolled my eyes once again. "Yeah, ok. When you two were dating, you undoubtedly told her your favorite flower."

He laughed at me. He didn't have time to respond because one of the nurses knocked on the door. "Hello, Mr. Rhodes. It's time for you to go to therapy."

I got out of bed and attempted to assist him in getting up. Every time he moved, he moaned. He climbed to the edge of the bed and placed his feet on the floor. He got to his feet and grumbled even louder. I gently guided him towards the nurse with my hand on his back.

He limped all the way towards the nurse. The nurse gently took his hand in hers and led him in the middle of the hallway.

"This is your first practice. You will walk up and down the hallways to strengthen your heart and lungs, as well as your bones, balance, and muscle strength and endurance. I'd like you to work on this for 30 minutes. " The nurse elaborated.

He nodded, and I let the nurse lead Trevante across the hallway by herself. After that, the nurse turned around and escorted him back towards me. The nurse smiled as she glanced at me.

"If you want to, you can assist him. Just keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't fall over." Still beaming at me, the nurse said.

"No problem. I'd be delighted to assist him." I remarked, my hand resting on Trevantes' back and stomach.

Trevante and I started wandering up and down the hallway. His pain was written all over his face, so you could know he was still in a lot of suffering. He continued to leap a little while he walked.

"After this, baby, I'd like you to do me a favor." He smiled as he spoke to me.

The way I stared at him was bewildered. "Sure. For you, I will go to any lengths."

He took a bite out of his lips. "Get on top of me and ride me. My boy is rock hard right now because I've been in that coma for so long."

My eyes widened as I checked to see if the nurse had heard what he had just said. "You really want me to do that while you're in the hospital, Trevante? What if one of the nurses catches me on top of you?"

He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't give a fuck. They can either get the fuck out or just enjoy the show."

"I'm not doing that because, first and foremost, you're still in pain, and I don't want to make things worse. Your hot ass should be thinking about regaining strength so you can return home." In a serious tone, I said.

He drew his lower lip out and began acting like a baby. He can act like a baby all he wants, but I'm not going to do that with him when we're out in public place. We returned to his room once our 30-minute walk was completed. He groaned in anguish as I assisted him into bed. He had an angry look on his face, so I knew he was still mad at me.

I giggled as I rolled my eyes. "Boy, please don't act that way. I'm not going to do that knowing how much pain you're in. Would you like something to drink or eat right now?"

He sucked his teeth. "There's nothing wrong with mixing a little pleasure with a little pain."

I sighed and palmed my face. "I'm not going to play games with you. Is there anything you'd like to drink or eat?

He had a thoughtful expression on his face. "Man, get some ginger ale for me. I just need something to soothe my dry ass throat."

I nodded and exited his room to grab some ginger ale for him. I walked up to the vending machine, inserted some coins, and waited for the ginger ale to appear. It dropped after a few seconds, so I retrieved it and turned around to walk back to Trevante's room. My phone rang just as I was about to step in. I snatched it from my pocket and noticed that it was Manny calling. I replied with a sigh and a roll of my eyes.

"What?" I inquired, my voice irritated.

"You don't answer the phone like that with me. Darling, you need to modify your tone." In a serious tone, he stated.

I take a deep breath in and out to keep my cool because I didn't want to dispute with him.

"Can you tell me what you want? Right now, I'm dealing with something." In a much calmer tone, I said to him.

"I need you to pack your belongings because we're leaving for Mexico tonight."

He just said tonight, didn't he? I won't be able to go tonight since Trevante literally just woke up, and I really want to spend some time with him and stay with him for a longer period of time. I absolutely do not want to go to Mexico.

I stared at the phone, perplexed. "Tonight? I won't be able to go tonight. Trevante has only recently awoken from his coma, and I don't want to abandon him."

In the background, I can hear him chuckling. "I don't care, and I didn't ask. The FBI agent is attempting to get information from you in order to prosecute both me and you. He also has the FEDS on my tail, seeking to apprehend me. You also know he's looking for Miguel. We need to keep a low profile, as you are aware. I won't say it again, go pack your shit and make sure your sister's shit is packed."

He hung up on me, and I gazed at the phone in bewilderment. I don't want to go, but he is pressuring me to. I mean, I hate to say it, but he has a valid point. The FBI agent is desperately trying to get information from me, and he keeps appearing out of nowhere. We have no idea what the FBI agent has up his sleeve. When I entered Trevante's room, he was watching the football game.

I handed the ginger ale to him . "Here you go babe. Instead, I should have gotten your ass some water."

He took a sip of ginger ale and then spit it out. "Yeah, you should've gotten me that instead. This ginger ale contains no caffeine. This shit tastes like cough syrup."

I shook my head and rolled my eyes. "Stop being theatrical, it's not that horrible, and baby, I have to get to the house right away. It's quite significant. I'll be back to tell you everything."

With a puzzled expression on his face, he sipped his drink. "You good baby girl?"

I laughed awkwardly and waved him away. "Oh, don't worry, it's nothing serious. All I need to do is talk to my sister. I'll be back. I love you."

I approached him and tenderly kissed him on the lips. Slowly and passionately, he began kissing me. He snatched my neck and inserted his tongue into my mouth. I also jumped out of my clothing, but I halted him in his tracks.

"Man, go ahead before I have yo ass bend over on this hospital bed, but I love you too lil mama." He murmured this while biting his bottom lip.

I laughed and exited his room. I exited the hospital and made my way to my car. I got into my car, revved it up, and drove out of the parking lot. I started driving towards the house and it didn't take long for me to pull up. I arrived at the house a few minutes later, pulled into the driveway, and noticed that Manny's car was not there, so I was relieved.

However, I see Spooky's car was parked nearby. I hope he and Rubi aren't up to anything nasty. I got out of my car and entered the house. Rubi was nowhere to be seen in the living room area, so she's most likely upstairs. When I entered her room, she and Spooky were both naked and lying next to each other. Disgusted, I rolled my eyes. I should've known I'd be walking in on this.

She turned around and smiled at me. "Hi, sissy. How is Trevante doing?"

I hid my face behind my hands because I didn't want to see them naked. "Actually, he's doing rather well. He's just awoken from his coma, but I need to speak with you."

Spooky waved as he stared at me. "Wassup, hermana? Are you not going to say something to me?"

I waved while sucking my teeth. "Hey, Spooky. Rubi, please put on some clothing so that we can talk."

She sighed and rose to change her clothes. I strolled down the hall to my room, where I was waiting for her. She took two minutes to enter my room. She sat on my bed, staring at me.

She gave me a puzzled look. "So, what's going on? Can you tell me what we need to talk about?"

"We need to pack our belongings because we're leaving for Mexico tonight." In a serious tone, I said to her.

She smiled and began to hop up and down. "What? Is it true that we're traveling to Mexico? I'm overjoyed. I can't wait to go to the beach, swim in the ocean, explore, and sip Margaritas."

I sighed, squeezing my brows together. "This is serious, Rubi. We're heading to Mexico because this FBI agent is attempting to have me and Manny arrested. Every day, he tries to learn something new about Manny. He's heard about Miguel escaping from prison, and he suspects Manny has something to do with it, so we'll have to hide out for a while."

She stopped hopping up and down and her face became more serious. "Is it truly that serious? I don't want you to go to prison, so whatever we need to do, I'll do. I'm going to start packing right now."

She exited the room and returned to her own. I went to my closet, grabbed my luggage, and tossed it on the bed. I returned to my closet and began selecting outfits for my trip to Mexico. To be honest, I'm a little excited that we're going to Mexico since it'll be like a mini-vacation for me. Regardless, Manny will always ruin my mood.

I'm still looking for outfits and bikinis because I'm going to be wearing a lot of them. Because I have so many, I know it will take me a long time to seek for various outfits.

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I was returning to the hospital to inform Trevante about my trip to Mexico. I know he'll be angry with me because he just woke up, and I know he wants me to sit with him all day, but I have to leave for my own good. To grab him some ice cream, I went to Mashti Malone's Ice Cream. I'm not sure if he can have some, but I'm sure he would want something sweet in his mouth.

I walked in and stood in front of the ice cream counter for a few minutes. While I'm sure he like strawberry, I'm going to get him something else. Cherry vanilla ice cream seemed like a good idea, so I bought it for him. I payed for the ice cream and took it from the cashier.

Because I didn't want the ice cream to melt, I jumped in the car and went to the hospital quickly. A few minutes later, I arrived at the hospital. I found a parking spot, parked, and exited my vehicle. I entered the hospital and informed the nurse of my intended destination.

The nurse nodded and I entered Trevante's room. My heart plummeted all the way to my feet when I opened the door. Because of what I witnessed, I spilled the ice cream on the floor.

Alexis and Trevante were kissing one other on the lips. He had taken off his hospital gown and she was naked. He had a shocked expression on his face when he saw me standing there, and Alexis was smirking.

He moved Alexis away from her and raised his hands in the air. "Baby, this isn't what it appears to be. She came to pay me a visit, and she came on to me."

"What the fuck you mean this isn't what it appears to be? You were damn near kissing her face off. When I saw her hoe ass in the mall and when she came in here with those flowers the other day, I should've realized something was up between you two." I said that with a scowl on my face.

He stood up and attempted to cover his nude body. "I didn't mean for this to happen, baby. Because I hadn't had sex in a long time, I couldn't help myself."

Alexis burst out laughing. "Since you didn't want to give him any, I decided to give it to him, and he loved it."

With a furious expression on my face, I gazed at Alexis. I dashed up to her, snatched her hair, and began pounding her in the face. I began tossing her about like a rag doll. Trevante grabbed my arm and yanked me away from her.

I threw Trevante off of me and burst into tears. "Get the fuck off of me. I still can't believe you did this to me. I really loved you and imagined myself being with you for a long time, but I think I was mistaken. You men are all the same. I believed you were unique."