~LALA~ The remaining six days of our honeymoon breeze by in a whirlwind of shopping, fine dining, water sports, and sexโฆ Lots and lots of sex! The more I have, the more I want, and Spin struggles to deal with my brazen displays of PDA. On our last night on the island, we bought a glass charm necklace with pink sand inside, and I havenโt taken it off since! Weโre now back in the lobby checking out, with the concierge who has a staring problem! โDo we really have to go back home now, Spin?โ I outright begged. He glares back at me as I say, โone more weekโ? โStop that, Loyalty. We have to go back. You have school on Monday, and I have to get back to workโ, he says as he shrugs his arm out of my hold. โUgh! Fineโ, I concede in a child-like manner. โDonโt do that, baby girlโ, he says as he pulls my lip from my teeth with the rough pad of his thumb. โBesides, Gabe says itโs been unseasonably warm. Maybe we can work on teaching you how to ride your motorcycleโ
Why does my little red-headed friend insist on visiting during my points of absolutely the highest levels of stress? I woke up on the first day back to school as a married woman, hemorrhaging heavily! Lucky for me, my husband has already thought of this and has fully stocked the bathroom with everything I could possibly need and wantโฆ The man even bought Midol! He wakes to the sound of me crying from cramps in the shower, โbaby girlโ? He climbs into the shower with his sweatpants still on and brings me to my feet. He increases the heat level and holds me to him as the burning water runs down my back. The tension begins to loosen, and I sigh into his bare chest. He turns the shower off and wraps me in a towel, then leaves the bathroom. I put a tampon in and discard the wrapper before heading into the bedroom. He has a loose-fitted pink tee and black leggings laid out on the bed with my boyshorts panties and a matching sports bra on the bed. I sat down next to it and la
I wake up to what sounds like Loyalty whimpering from the bathroom. I find her curled up on the floor of the tub, bringing back horrid memories of my mother. โBaby girlโ? I step into the tub with her and pull her to her feet, leaning her into me before cranking up the heat of the water. She lets out a deep sigh and her body physically relaxes. After a few minutes and her skin starting to turn pink, I turned the shower off and wrapped a towel around her before heading into the bedroom to get her something comfortable to wear. She sits on the bed next to the clothes and begins to laugh. โWhat?โ I ask her curiously. โJust curious how many girlfriends of Spinโs past it took for you to know what I neededโ, she says. Like anyone before her was worth putting the effort into, โnone! My mother suffered from Dysmenorrhea. She would cry in the tub the same way you were just curled upโ! โWhatโs that?โ, she questions. โItโs when a woman has heavy painful menstrual c
Iโm supposed to go back to school tomorrow, so I do everything in my power, including blowing Spin in the shower, to convince him to take me for my motorcycle permit test! When he finally agreed, I thankfully passed it on my first try! I spent the next several weeks getting him to take me out onto the track to ride my own bike. โAlright, so once she gets her license Iโm pulling the ATV outโ, Gabe tells Spin as they walk up to the track rolling my bike. โTake it slow baby girl, and remember youโre balancing both yours and Gabeโs weight so ease into the turnsโ, Spin tells me as I hop on. โI know, I know! Now let me ride. Come on, G! letโs go, letโs goโ, I squealed. Gabe straddles onto the back of my bike behind me, and I take off slowly to satisfy Spin. Gabe is telling me pointers as we ride the track until they finally agree to let me ride solo with Gabe riding alongside me instead of with me. Thatโs when riding became better than being the pep squad co-captain!
On the last day of Loyalty's suspension, she convinces me to take her for her motorcycle permit test before heading to the shop, and passes it in one goโฆ Show off! As the weather gets warmer she pushes harder for me to take her out on her own bike. โDamn Spin, why such heavyweight tires on her bike?โ, says Gabe as he rolls it out of the garage and up to the track. โBecause the bike is lightweight, with the heavy tires, she can off-track with itโ, I told him and smacked him in the back of the head. โAlright, so once she gets her license Iโm pulling the ATV outโ, he says as he rubs where I smacked him. Loyalty stands in the middle of the track, clapping her hands like a toddler. โTake it slow baby girl, and remember youโre balancing both yours and Gabeโs weight so ease into the turnsโ, I tell her and she rolls her eyes at me. โI know, I know! Now let me rideโ, she squeals before hopping onto the bike. โCome on G, letโs go, letโs goโ! My brother awkwardly climbs onto the bike with he
Itโs morning and Iโm in a room thatโs so familiar yet has also grown to be so unfamiliar at the same time. Opening my eyes to the bare walls of my bedroom at my foster parent's house makes me question if my life for the last few months was just some really odd dream. That is until I look at my hands to see my enormous pink diamond adorning my ring finger. No, not a dreamโฆ More like some really horrific and cruel nightmare!Itโs after ten in the morning and nobody is home. So, after I have a small breakfast, I head back to my bedroom where I curl into a ball and cry myself back to sleep. I literally just wake up for food and the bathroom calls of nature!On day two, I woke up with a purpose! Iโm going to weigh all my options and prepare myself for the next stage of my life. Step one is my adult adoption. I reprint the section that Iโm supposed to fill out, including all of my aliases on this special form that Kevin mentioned yesterday. My name as it is known by the agency is, Loyalty A
The next morning, I woke to a cold and lonely atmosphere. My baby girl is still not back. I drag myself out of bed and shower. When I came out of the bathroom, I noticed a Manila envelope on her bedside table, with her name Loyalty A. Hart printed on it. I opened the envelope to find medical documents, a referral to an OBGYN, and three sonogram images. Iโm not really sure what Iโm looking at in them, and Iโm sure she would tell me if she were hereโฆ But sheโs not! I stuff everything back into the envelope and toss the envelope on top of the dresser before continuing to get dressed. Everyone avoided eye contact with me this morning since they all heard our explosive argument last night. It's one of the downsides of living with so many people. But since there are whole rooms that serve as a buffer between me and the rest of the crew, no one really knows why I'm fighting with Loyalty right now. โDonโt worryโ, says Brenda. โSheโll be back! She loves youโ! I donโt say anything because, at
~GABE~ Itโs still early in the morning, and Iโm tinkering near the garage on the ATV before the Summer heat sets in, trying to find ways to increase the torque so I can keep up with Lala on it. I hear my brother stumbling around in the hallway, and I feel like heโs just been drunk for days since she left. Heโs starting to remind me of our old man, so Iโm just hoping Lala comes to her senses soon before he drinks himself into an early grave. As much as their relationship made me sick, having been in love with Lala since seventh grade, she was good for him. She made Spin a better person, and she never looked at me or anyone else the way she looked at him. It was a hard pill to swallow, but I learned to accept it! Spin finally stumbles into the garage from the hallway, slamming things here and there. โWhat the hell?โ I yell at him as he continues to just toss shit around with no rhyme or reason. โGabe, Loyalty just took off on her bike. Go get her for me please, convince her to come b
Loyalty sobs herself to sleep in Bo and Maxโs hold and her unconscious body is then carried by Bo out of the warehouse, where sheโs loaded into an ambulance and taken to the hospital to be examined. After sheโs released, sheโs taken to Ninaโs house where she barricades herself in Jonnyโs bedroom with Stephany for days! The day before Jonnyโs funeral, she goes with Bo, Max, Rich, all three of his brothers, and his sister to get a tattoo. I donโt understand what possessed her to get such a thing, but sheโs in mourning right now and Iโm still feeling shitty that the one fucking guy I loved to hate was the one who saved my life. But stillโฆ The tattoo bothers me! Right in the center of Loyaltyโs chest is a life-like replica of the back of Jonnyโs left hand. In the middle, it reads Jonny Anthony Knight. It also lists his birthday as Sunrise September thirteenth, and the day he died as Sunset October fourteenth. That wouldnโt be so bad, but on the ring finger of the handprint, it says โAmor
Loyalty and Stephany spend one night with Jonny at his motherโs house before returning to her Brooklyn apartment. She calls me and pleads with me for space, and we agree that sheโll return to the lake house with our daughter on Saturday. Each day becomes more and more miserable without them, and by Friday Iโm losing my fucking mind!Pardon my shock when Jonny calls me and I send it to voicemail the first three times before actually answering, โwhatโ?โAmory is missingโ, he practically whispers.โWhat the fuck did you just say?โ I growled out.โAmory is missingโ, he screamed into the phone. โI need you to get down here. The police want to have a word with youโ!โWhereโs my fucking daughter, Jonny?โ I barked out frantically.He sighs, โsheโs fine! Sheโs upstairs in the apartment. How long until you get here, Spinโ?โAn hourโ, I told him before hanging up.I dial Gabe and he bolts down the stairs like a flash of lightning and weโre out the door in s
I wake up in the bed of my Brooklyn apartment wrapped in Jonnyโs arms, and if we werenโt both completely naked Iโd almost be inclined to believe that the last few months of my life were just some really bad dream. I called Spin last night and pleaded with him for space, and after promising to return to the lake house by Saturday, he reluctantly agreed. I feel sick, although I donโt admit this to Jonny. Instead, I emphasize that my feet hurt, my back hurts, my boobs hurt, my butt even hurts, and Iโm just tired beyond exhaustion. He does what he can to comfort me, but I know the stress of my situation is starting to become daunting to all of us involved. Iโm bored to death with Jonnyโs constant babying of me and when I suggest going down to the club for our last night here in Brooklyn, he agrees yet straight up tries to dress me! Eventually, I got my way. However, I do swap the shoe suggestion for the shorter wedged heels he chose from the stilettos I originally picked.
I attend the date with Spin, only to end up in bed with him in some random room in the colonial. After knowing his history with women not sleeping in his bed, it leaves me feeling queasy that I even let it happen. Itโs been three years, but Iโve come to terms with the fact that Spin just doesnโt do it for me anymore! I took Jonny back down to the lakeside hideout and confessed everything! At first, he was furious. I get it, weโve been like fucking like rabbits with each other, so why would I even have allowed that to happen? I guess I was caught up in a moment and the alcohol sure didnโt help! โMi Amorโ, (my love) Jonny says as I lean against the hood of his car. โWhat is itโ? I sighed before babbling out, โI did something last night that I shouldnโt have. Iโm now sick to my stomach over it and I have to be truthful with you about itโ. โAmory, what is it?โ, he says calmly as he folds his arms over his chest. I can tell he already suspects what Iโm going to s
I wake up still pissed off about Jonnyโs contract and how fluidly both he and Loyalty move with each other. I try not to stress it and switch my focus to doing damage control. I have tonight all planned out, and like with the night of the Broadway show, Iโm putting Loyaltyโs preferences first! I leave for work without so much as a peep from anyone, even Jonny is surprisingly still upstairs in Loyaltyโs private wing of the lake house. All these extra doors are starting to become a nuisanceโฆ Was it necessary to construct a hallway closure barricade in both houses?! Sheโs so peculiar about certain shit to the point it irks me! When I arrive back at the lake house, I head to the shower before I seek Loyalty out. Sheโs in the hammock with Stephany lying over her. Even though our daughter is only almost three, she covers most of Loyaltyโs body. Another testament to just how small she is compared to everyone else around her, even her own child! Courtney joins Loyalty in
Loyalty, Jonny, and I traveled back to Brooklyn for one last week. They spend the week packing up their stuff to be taken to the lake house, while my anger at how close theyโve grown in the last month just seethes and festers within me. I havenโt been able to get more than a full-on-the-mouth kiss out of Loyalty and it aggravates me since she randomly breaks apart from Jonnyโs hold whenever I enter a room theyโre in together. By the time we make it to the courthouse for the DNA hearing, steam is coming out of my ears! It doesnโt help that Stephany throws a tantrum in the parking lot that results in Jonny carrying her like a China doll perched on his arm. I tried, Rich tried, even Loyalty tried, but Stephany refused to stop crying until Jonny took her into his arms. When the case is called before the judge, Loyalty is escorted to the plaintiff's desk with Rich and Jonny, who still has Stephany clinging to his neck. I stood alone at the defendantโs desk. I turned back a
For over a week and during our last weekend trip upstate, tensions between Jonny and Spin continued to escalate. Iโve stepped in between them more times than I care to admit. In the middle of the first week of October when we appeared in court, everyone had just about reached their breaking point! Despite Spin petitioning the court for this appearance, I initiated the divorce, and, therefore, I stand at the plaintiff's desk while Spin is still the defendant in this case. Even with Rich being with me at the podium, Stephany clings to Jonny and refuses to let him go. So we stand before the judge with Jonny between us, momentarily confusing the judge as she steps out to approach her bench. โMs. Williams, nice to finally meet you! Please explain to me what on Earth is going on here and why this divorce case now has a paternity request attached to itโ, she states coldly. I take a deep breath and say, โyes, your honor. So a little over three years ago, when I made the
I stepped out of the tent first thing in the morning to find Loyalty still lying on Jonnyโs chest in the hammock. Heโs holding his phone up over her head and theyโre both clearly laughing. I donโt know what to make of their odd behavior anymore, so when I walk by I push the hammock and make Loyalty squeal at the sudden movement! The next morning at breakfast, Loyalty is explaining that itโs not necessary for them to take their stuff back to Brooklyn since next weekend is the last weekend before the new contracts go into effect and theyโll be at the lake house more than in Brooklyn. Courtney and Jonny agree, so they all load their dirty laundry into the washing machine together. Iโm surprised theyโre all in such agreement about this, but then again, Loyalty has baskets on a rack above her washer and dryer in Brooklyn that are labeled with everyoneโs names on them, so Iโm sure itโs not the first time theyโve all done this. At the lake house, there is shelving on the opposite
I stretch out on the warm firm surface Iโm lying on top of as the familiar smell overwhelms my senses and I rub my face into it. It starts to chuckle when I feel something vibrate from under me. Jonny slides his hand down between us to retrieve his cell phone from his pocket. โAmory, whereโs your phone?โ Jonny asks with his voice still raspy from sleep. I shrugged, โin my room probably. Whyโ? โCharlene has been tryna reach youโ, he says. I sighed, โshe wants approval to do a duet theme night for karaoke this weekโ. โLike couples karaoke?โ I ask him confused, and he nods. โI guess thatโs a cool ideaโ! โWanna do a song with me?โ, he asks with a smile on his face. Itโs not like we havenโt before! โAs long as itโs not Love Liesโ, I said through my giggles and lay my head back down on his chest. Jonny laughs hard and says, โOkay! How about-โ. โHow about you surprise me, but just not Love Liesโ, I tell him, making him laugh harder. โOkay! No Lo