Gold Petals || Dave East (Book 2)

Chapter 41: Love Meant

Bernice
A Week Later

I laid in my bed surrounded by my comfort foods as I watched Love Jones. "Well, they call me brother to the night. And right now I'm the blues in your left thigh... trying to become the funk in your right. Is that all right? Yass, mm mm mm!" I recited snapping along with the movie. I always wanted a relationship like Nina Mosley's and Darius Lovehall's. Let's go to poetry spots and be artsy fartsy, but instead I get rappers, singers and guys in the music industry. I guess that's my own fault.

I unwrapped a mini oatmeal pie stuffing it in my mouth when I heard footsteps coming from down the hall. I rolled my eyes just hearing their voices. I've been ignoring their calls and texts since me and Dominic broke up. I don't want to be bothered. They walked through my bedroom door taking in the scene. Food all in my bed along with a tissue box and dirty, used tissues. "Biiiitch, I know you lyin'! Are you really that upset about the break up?" Brittany said laughing. She's so unsympathetic.

"Yes! Yes, I am!"

"This nigga had you whipped from the beginning. That man had to have had some legendary dick. I'm talking porn star, fuck you with nothing but Timb's on with no mercy type dick. I don't get it. You didn't do all this for Dave and y'all were married," she said sitting on the edge of the bed. Toya laid in the bed like she was at home helping herself to my snacks.

"Dominic didn't cheat on me," I said blowing my nose.

"If you love Dominic so much, why can't you just divorce Dave?" Toya asked. I picked at my nails just shrugging.

"I've been saying divorce his ass since all the nonsense started. Is it really that hard to sign some papers? You two have been living apart for years. Unless you two have been fucking on the low..." Britt said raising her brow.

"No. We haven't had sex since I was pregnant with Ro. I don't even remember what it looks like anymore," I said referring to Dave's third leg.

"Now you're lying! I know you look sometimes wanting him deep up in them guts again," Britt said turning up her lip.

I laughed. "I really don't! Like he fucked that dirty bitch, Cyn. I'm good on that."

"Whateverrr you say!" Toya and Britt said in unison.

"Hey, what are you doing for your birthday next week?"

I shrugged, "I know Aces is hosting a party for me the night after, but that's about it. So I need an outfit, Brittany."

"I got you. But that's it? No dinner or party with just friends and family."

"Naw, I'm good. I was expecting to spend my birthday with Dominic," I said getting sad all over again. I never grew up caring about birthdays until I met Dave. I didn't have my first birthday party until his mom threw it for me when I turned 13. My mom usually forgot or was working. Birthday's have never been a big deal to me. I thought to myself looking back on it. Sometimes I forget how big of a role Dave played in my life.

"But you're turning 30," Toya whined. "The big three-o. Dirty thirty!"

"Just another year closer to death."

"Damn, you're depressing. We came here because we need to go to Dave's."

"Why?"