Chapter 10.

                                    

                                          
~Julia~
                          
Jamal stuck around my whole shift and when it ended, we went to the food court to catch up.
                          
"So how have you been, Julia?" He asks, biting his lip at me.
                          
Lord Jesus, that still gets me.
                          
"Fine. I got a new man now." I say, looking him straight in the eyes.
                          
He smiles and laughs.
                          
"Oh you do? That's too bad." He winks.
                          
Keep it together Julia.
                          
"Yeah so, how long has it been? Two years?" I say, changing the subject.
                          
"Seems longer though." He nods. "How is Sasha?"
                          
"Oh you mean after you cheated and left her?Just fine." I cross my arms.
                          
Jamal sighs.
                          
"Look, that's why I'm here." He looks at me. "I want to apologize.What I did to her was fucked up but I'm tryna make up for that. Plus, she was a good, faithful girl and I lost her over some dumb shit." He asks. "Can you just talk to her please? I really need to apologize."
                          
I look at him, trying to see if he's telling the truth.
                          
I sigh and say, "Fine. I'll text her later. But just know, you break her heart again, I'm chopping yo dick off." I make scissors with my fingers.
                          
He laughs loudly and I join him, causing many people to glare at us.
                          
"It was nice seeing you again, J." Jamal stands up with his arms out.
                          
I smile and hug him, damn he smells good. 
                          
He pulls me tighter. "Aye now," I laugh, "we ain't that close.
                          
Jamal laughs and slowly releases me.
                          
We stare into each other's eyes and he licks his lips slowly.
                          
Wow...
                          
Just then my phone rings.
                          
It's Damion.
                          
Oh thank god! Saved by the damn bell.
                          
I hold a finger up to Jamal and answer it.
                          
"Hey babe." Damion says in his sleepy voice. "When you coming back?"
                          
I knew his ass was sleep.
                          
"Hey baby, I'll be home soon." I reply, watching Jamal stand there watching me.
                          
"Where'd you go?"  He asks, suspicion in his voice.
                          
"We'll talk about it when I get home, babe. I love you." I say eager to get home and see my baby daddy.
                          
"Yeah, love you too."He mumbles and hangs up.
                          
I roll my eyes.
                          
What the hell was his damn problem?
                          
Jamal smirks, "Trouble in paradise?"
                          
I shrug. 
                          
"It was nice seeing you Jamal." I try to walk past him, but he pulls me back down on the bench.
                          
"Nah, what's wrong?"
                          
I look up into his caring eyes and just break down.
                          
I tell him everything: from how he was in the beginning and then after our first day together he started acting weird and more clingy and that I think he might be cheating on me and he's always snapping at me or ignores me sometimes.