All Chapters of In Three Years: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I'm finally returning back home to New York from the US Navy military base in Washington state. I know it’s a little premature since I’m technically on active duty for another four months, but after catching my now ex-girlfriend Tatiana in bed with my commanding officer while his wife is out on maternity leave, he really didn't have a choice but to approve my early leave! I don’t plan on re-enlisting and they don’t plan on dispatching me for another tour, so I'm heading back home. Nothing says it's over like a man putting the entire country between the two of you, right?! I turn my phone back on as soon as I exit the plane and as I’m coming through the terminal at LaGuardia Airport it’s already buzzing in my pocket. It’s a long-time friend of my father’s. I know the man used to do some crooked underground work for my father while he was a cop before he died, that is! I answered the phone, “hey Sy, what can I do for you”? “Jonny, my man”, he says. “Wondering if you’re

It’s early morning at the start of August and it’s already hot and humid outside. Bo, Max, and Rich all meet up at my mother’s house to drive over with me to this building we’ll be guarding as part of the new job we’re all taking. I use my phone to navigate there and we sit in the car’s AC while we wait for Sy and Amory to arrive. When his silver Mercedes pulls into the lot, I kill the engine and we all get out. Sy is in his familiar suit. I don’t understand how he doesn’t sweat to death. Amory looks stunning in a baby blue dress that’s similar to the white one she had on yesterday. Her hair is pulled up in a bun on top of her head. I notice she’s yet to wear makeup, yet she’s still beautiful. Her height is evident today since she doesn’t have heels on, instead, she’s wearing the cleanest pair of white sneakers I think I’ve ever seen! Simon unlocks the warehouse and we head up to the second floor. It’s just a bunch of empty rooms. We’re told the building is being gutted and where we

~JONNY~ Someone is squeezing my thigh pretty close to my morning wood… “Jonny”, I hear an almost angelic voice whisper to me. As I open my eyes and focus, I lock gazes with Amory, who sits next to me on my bed, still in my tee. She has a look of surprise on her face at being awaken and having found me here. Shit, this isn’t good. My brain goes haywire! “Amory, lo siento. No fue mi intención. ¡Me quedé dormido!” (I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to, I fell asleep!) I tried explaining myself to her. “Umm, Jonny… I didn’t understand a thing you just said”, she says to me and starts to laugh. I’m so shocked by her lack of anger that I just stay silent. My bedroom door opens and in walks my mother and youngest brother Liam. “Jonny says he’s sorry and didn’t mean to fall asleep here with you, but I somehow doubt that’s true beautiful”, he says to Amory as a way of explaining my incoherent rambling in Spanish. At the same time, I feel like he’s hitting on her and I just wa

Thankful! That’s what the fuck I am this morning… So thankful I came home so I could throw up in my own toilet first thing in the morning! Pregnancy sucks! I took a cool shower but I clearly still looked ill as I dressed myself in my dark blue bra and matching boy shorts panties. The denim dress I’m wearing has buttons from top to bottom down the front, and even though we are handling business today, I’m wearing it because it looks professional to me when paired with the right heels! It’s just after nine when Simon texts me he is downstairs and has already picked up Charlene from her Queens apartment. She’s twenty-two, recently graduated from Queens College with a degree in business management, and lives in public housing in Jackson Heights with her mother. She was ecstatic to know the job came with great pay and an apartment in the future. It’s almost ten when Simon backs into the now familiar driveway. As soon as Jonny’s mother Nina sees me, she instinctively knows

Thankful again that I’m left to sleep in, sparing me from the embarrassment of vomiting here and raising suspicion that it was more than just nervousness yesterday! Tryna stay on track with my regular workout routine that my OBGYN has approved, I get dressed for a run! Jonny is in disbelief that I willingly want to do such a thing but throws on basketball shorts, a tee, and sneakers then joins me. After the run, we ate breakfast and spent the rest of the day lounging by the pool. Nina, Jonny's mother, who insists I call her mama like everyone else, makes sure there is a fresh batch of guacamole for me daily. I lather it on almost everything I eat to the point that I think I gross everyone but Nina out… I’m pregnant, I want what I want! The next few days feel like my life is being played on a repeat loop. I wake late to find Jonny already up, we run, eat, then lounge by the pool. After dinner, we watched movies until I passed out. The only variation to this is on Thurs