All Mye Queen's Men, Chronicles of Love - Volume I (23 page)

“
Jade
how
can
I
tell
him
what
’
s
up
when
I
don
’
t
even
know
what
’
s
up
myself?
”

“
Do
you
want
to
be
with
him?
”

“
Yeah,
I
wanted
to,
but
I
don
’
t
think
it
’
s
going
to
work.
He
thinks
I
’
m
playing
games
with
his
heart
and
shit.
 
If
he
doesn
’
t
trust
me
then
we
’
ll
just
be
wasting
each
other
’
s
time.
”

“
Just
go
up
stairs
and
talk
to
the
man.
 
Stop
jumping
to
conclusions.
”

Reluctantly
Queen
goes
upstairs
to
talk
to
Paul.
 
As
she
enters
the
great
room
she
finds
Teddy
watching
the
game.
 
"Bear,
where's
Paul?"

Teddy
scratches
his
balls
and
motions
upstairs
with
the
remote
control.
 
"He's
in
his
room
I
guess."

"Thanks."

"So
what's
up
with
you
and
that
fool?
 
Are
you
still
in
love
with
him
or
what?"

"Can
I
talk
to
Paul
about
that
first?"

"Good
luck
with
that
shit.
 
He's
fuckin
pissed."

"About
what?"

"Talk
to
him
and
find
out."
Teddy
replied
as
he
channel
surfed
during
the
commercials.

"Sounds
to
me
like
he's
not
the
only
one
who
’
s
pissed."
Queen
said
as
she
climbed
the
stairs
to
the
bedroom.

"Whatever.
 
I
would
have
just
beat
that
bitches
ass
if
you
were
mine."
Teddy
grumbled.

Queen
ignores
the
comment
and
continues
upstairs.
 
Uncertain
which
room
Paul
was
in
she
knocked
on
the
first
door
she
came
to.
 
"Paul,
it's
Queen.
 
Can
I
come
in?"

There
was
no
answer
so
she
moved
to
the
next
door.
 
"Paul,
it's
Queen."

To
her
surprise
the
first
door
she
knocked
on
opens
up.
 
She
enters
the
room
to
find
Paul
stretched
out
on
the
king
size
bed
watching
the
same
game
that
Teddy
was
watching.
 
He
continues
to
watch
the
game
and
nurse
a
bottle
of
imported
beer
as
Queen
sits
beside
him
on
the
bed.

"Is
this
a
bad
time
to
talk?
 
I
can
come
back
after
the
game
goes
off
if
you
want
me
to,"
She
offers.

"Depends
on
what
you
want
to
talk
about.
 
What's
up?"
 
He
asked
as
he
puts
down
the
beer
and
cuts
off
the
TV.

"I'm
sorry
about
all
the
confusion
today."

"What
confusion?"

"With
Logic
showing
up
and
stuff."

"Why
are
you
apologizing?
 
You
didn't
do
anything."

"I
didn't
get
a
chance
to
completely
explain
my
situation
before
all
this
went
down.
 
So,
it's
understandable
that
you're
a
little
pissed."

"I'm
not
mad
at
you.
 
I
get
it.
 
Hell
if
you
left
me
without
a
word
I'd
come
looking
for
you
too."

"Believe
me
that's
not
how
it
went
down.
 
A
lot
of
words
were
said.
 
Unfortunately,
Logic
didn't
want
to
hear
or
believe
any
of
them."

"So,
are
you
still
in
love
with
him?"

"Can
I
be
honest
with
you."

"Yeah,
please
do."

"I'm
still
sorting
things
out.
 
I
know
that
I
love
him,
but
I'm
no
longer
sure
if
I'm
in
love
with
him.
 
I
left
my
heart
wide
open
for
him
and
he
stabbed
me
in
it.
 
The
wound's
still
pretty
deep.
 
But,
it's
over
and
I
really
was
looking
forward
to
moving
on
with
you."

"So
what's
stopping
you?"

"Nothing
I
hope."

"So
is
he
the
reason
that
you
wanted
to
keep
things
light?"

"No,
what
he
did
to
me
is
the
reason.
 
It's
not
going
to
be
easy
for
me
to
put
myself
out
there
and
trust
someone
else
right
now.
 
But,
I
made
a
promise
to
you
that
I
wouldn't
hold
back
and
I
plan
to
keep
that
promise.
 
I
just
need
you
to
do
the
same."

"What
do
you
mean?"

"Don't
pull
away
from
me.
 
That's
exactly
what
he
wants."

"Queen
I'm
not
going
to
retreat.
 
I
realize
that
I
have
something
he
wants,
but
he's
not
going
to
get
it.
 
On
the
other
hand
he
has
something
that
I
want
and
I'm
not
going
to
stop
until
I
get
it."