His Love

Deception

I sat on my couch facing Mano trying to figure out the best way to bring up the topic. I know what y’all thinking, I really don’t owe his ass no kind of explanation, but after him calling and texting so much I caved in and told him we could talk (AGAIN). It seems like that’s all we do is talk, talk, talk to be honest i’m getting talked out on people. Khi and I still haven’t talked she’s really mad that I have another appointment in two weeks and I informed her that she was still uninvited. I don’t know why she thought I wasn’t gone stick to my word.

“Yazmine!” Mano said literally snapping me out of my thoughts.

“What Mano dang.” I said pushing his hand out my face.

“You just said you had something to ask me and then you went off into space. ¿Qué pasa?”

“Who took your phone to the shop?” I asked trying to at least get to the point.

“Maya did. I was late for work and hungover since I was still drinking the day after the club so she offered to take it for me.”

“And who did you say brought you your phone back?”

“Maya did. What’s the point?”

“I’m getting there Mano. Just bare with me. I called a shop that fixes phones and they said it doesn’t take two weeks to fix a cracked screen. They said it barely takes two days. Is it possible that Maya kept your phone after it was fixed and only brought it back when you started asking about it?”

He looked at me crazy before answering. “I know you and Maya don’t like each other but you taking it too far. Why would Maya try to sabotage us when we were broken up?”

“Because she knew that with me being pregnant we would end up right back together.”

He stood up. “I know you don’t like her Yazmine but mi hermana wouldn’t do that no matter how much she dislikes you, she amores me more.”

I picked up my phone and scrolled through my text messages. “How would somebody at a phone shop know all of this about me if your messages on your phone are locked Mano? I mean unless it was you this whole time saying that foul and fucked up shit to me.” I said handing him my phone.

“Nobody but you and Maya knew that you thought I cheated on you Mano. Which for the record I never did.”

He wasn’t responding as he scrolled through all the messages. When he finally came to the realization that I was right he just about threw my phone across the room. It was stuff in those messages that only him and Maya knew.

“Why would she do that? When she knew how I felt about you?”

I shrugged. “Only Maya knows the answers to your questions.”

“How did you know?”

I stared at him in confusion.

“How did you know that it wasn’t me texting or calling you?”

I shifted from foot to foot kinda ashamed to answer. “I didn’t. I was content to keep you out of me and my childs life until James actually mentioned it. He brought up that if you were texting and going off for a whole two weeks why all of a sudden would your attitude towards the situation do another 360.”

“Is that why you haven’t been talking to me? Cause you thought I would say that to you.”

I stomped my foot and pointed my finger at him. “When I first told you about this baby you said he wasn’t yours. So how was I -"

“I was drinking!” He shouted making me flinch just a little. “Do you honestly think if I wasn’t drunk I would’ve said that.”
“The truth comes out when you’re drunk.” I said simply.