Beyond

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*Zion

I was heading home to get some clothes from my house so I could come back to Cameron and Lalani's house. I was staying there so I could be close to the hospital.

After like 20 minutes, I pulled up in my drive way and I seen Treasure was still here. There wasn't anymore cars in the driveway or it was just her. I walked in and she was sitting on the couch. I walked past her and went straight to my room. I went in my closet to get clothes.

"Zion I'm sorry for what happened to Milan..." I heard her say which made me stop what I was doing

I stepped out the closet and looked at her.

"How you know something happened to her??" I asked her with my eyes squinting

"You told me when we were on the phone..." she said

"No I didn't. I talked to you before. I haven't talked to you since..." I said

I walked up to her and she backed back.

"How the fuck do you know something happened to her??" I asked as her back hit the wall

She opened her mouth. I grabbed her neck with one hand as her eyes widened.

"I'm going to ask you one more time, how do you know something happened to her??" I asked for the very last time

She didn't say anything so my grip tightened as she scratched my hand to let her go.

"Titus..." she said softly cuz the grip I had on her

"Titus??" I asked and she quickly nodded

"He did that to her??" I asked and she nodded

I looked at her for a few seconds.

"What you do??" I asked and she shook her head
"Don't lie to me..."

I loosened my hand to let her go. I removed my hand from her neck. She started coughing and gasping for air. I looked at her as she looked up at me.

"Treasure what did you do??" I asked again stepping closer to her

She fell against the wall with her hands up. I wasn't actually going to punch her, I wouldn't dare.

"I was just telling him what she doing..." she said shaky

"Which was??" I asked

"Zio—..." she started

"I DON'T WANNA HEAR SHIT BUT THE TRUTH TREASURE!!" I yelled getting down to her level

"How she was hugged up with that stud at the club and that she spent the night with her the night before last..." she said looking up at me with scared all over her face

"Why??" I asked

"Because she's a man snatcher and she is disloyal..." she said

I let out a chuckle.

"So you decided to tell on her and get her beat??" I asked

"I didn't get her beat this time..." she said before she knew it

"The fuck you mean this time??" I said

It was quiet.

"Treasure I swear to God..." I said after taking a deep breath

"This wasn't his first time hitting her, but I wasn't the cause of it this time. He found out that she got pregnant..." she said

"He didn't know she got pregnant??" I asked

"How she got pregnant if they wasn't doing anything. Obviously she got pregnant by somebody else..." She said

So she was pregnant by me. That was my baby.

"Treasure how do you know all this??" I asked her

"I talk to Titus..." she said lowly

"So y'all in cahoots with each other against her..." I said and she shrugged her shoulder

"Y'all are some sad individuals..." I said shaking my head

I got up while still looking at her.

"And you butt dialed me and I hear your conversation with your friends. Get your shit and get out. If I catch you or Titus anywhere near Milan, choking isn't the only thing you gone get and he got his coming. So since you wanna run some shit, tell him that..." I said before going back into my closet

I grabbed my stuff and by the time I was done she was gone. I locked up my house, took my spare key cuz she know where it be at, and I left. I headed straight to Lalani's apartment. I made it and went up. I walked in, put my things up in the guest room, and went straight to the balcony.

I was looking through my phone when I ran upon a picture of Milan and I. We were so happy and drama free. I really fucked up. I've just been hurt by so many women that when I found about Titus and heard what he said, my mind ran with it. I have very bad trust issues and it's hard on me. I have to work on it.

"You love her..." I heard making me look up

I seen Cameron and Lalani standing beside me.

"You love her, don't you??" Cameron asked again

"You've been looking at that picture for about 45 minutes..." Lalani said

"I just fucked up, really really bad..." I said sitting back in the chair

"Mind telling us what's going on??" Cameron asked

I let out a sigh.

"While I was staying there Milan and I built something more than a friendship. We started to become something, we didn't put a label on it cuz we were chilling. Then the night of the party her mom threw. I seen she didn't have on her dress which was weird, but I was like whatever. Then I overheard Titus telling his boys that he ripped her dress while they were fucking. So I asked her about the dress and she said it was ripped so I thought what Titus said was true. So I left and I ended up quitting..." I started

"So that's why you quit??" Cameron asked

"Yeah, you know what women have done to me and I refused to go through that again..." I said looking at Cameron and she nodded

"And after I left, she called back one night and asked me to come fixed the sink again. I stayed and we end up fooling around. And a couple weeks later, she came and told me she was pregnant. Then—..." I continued but Lalani stopped me

"PREGNANT!!" She yelled

"BABY!!" Cameron yelled looking at her

"What??" Lani asked

"Wait..." Cameron said

"She's pregnant??" They both asked looking at me

"Was pregnant..." I said

"What you mean was??" Lalani asked

"Because I believed that she was fucking with Titus. When she told me she was pregnant, I thought it wasn't mine. So, I didn't contact her for a month. That's when she left, then she came back. But when she came back, she told me she had an abortion..." I said looking back down at the picture

"ZION!!" Lalani whispered yelled

"How could you do that??" Cameron asked

"I thought the baby wasn't mine..." I said

"You know when 2 people have sex, it can lead to a baby. So, you shouldn't have denied the baby. You could've easily got a DNA test..." Cameron said
"Zion what the fuck..."

Lalani was shaking her head.