I walked out of Cedric's home without making a sound. I couldn't face him, instead I left a note on the bed informing him I was no longer his responsibility and he was free. I was a coward and ran like a rat into the night. I'm sure he heard my car's engine start, but by the time he came outside, if he even bothered to, I was already gone. I know him, and I will eventually have to discuss it out and come to an understanding if we have any hope of being friends after this, but I can't just yet. I'm now standing on Ana's front porch, knocking soft and crying as I wait for my best friend to open up her door. I didn't want to pull Ana into Cedric and my relationship problems, but I didn't have anywhere else I could go at the moment. “Avery?” Ana asked as she opened the door and rubbed her right eyes. “It's so early. Did something happen? Come inside, it's chilly” “Oh Ana, I hate to ask you this, but can I stay with you for a few days?” I asked her softly as I closed the door behind m

“Seeing you like this? Yeah, babe, I'm enjoying myself,” Cedric smirked and shrugged the woman's hand off him and turned his head towards her. “I advised you three fucking times I had a woman. I even explained where she was in here. Sitting next to my sister, at the bar.” “And yet, you didn't complain that I was talking to you,” the girl grinned, raised her bright purple polished hand and tossed her hair over her shoulder. “And you thought that meant I was interested in you?” Cedric chuckled coldly and narrowed his eyes at her. “I am a cop, I don't make it a habit of shoving women away from me. If my woman hadn't walked her sweet ass over here, I would have made you move if you kept on trying to flirt with me.”Does he think I have a sweet ass?I mean, he has shown me several times that he did, in fact, think I had a sweet booty, but hearing him admit that to a random woman has me holding my head up a little higher.“You can move it along now, sweetie,” I informed her, and grinned.“

“You left our home in the middle of the night and left a note. A fucking note.” He growled. I watched as he took off his shirt. Oops. “I came here straight away wanting my woman, but you ended up talking bullshit that you believe inside her head. You twisted us up,” he walked up behind me and grabbed my hips tight. “I did not mean to twist us up. I just want our relationship to go back to how it was, Cedric.” “You are done speaking. You are going to listen, and you are going to let me do whatever the fuck I choose to do with your body because baby, every inch of you is mine.” Um yeah. “You gave me attitude tonight. Walked around the bar in that sexy as sin dress and those heels,” he stated as the friction from his pants caused a perfect feeling between my legs. “I wanted to kill every motherfucker that looked at you.” He snarled. He pressed harder into me, causing me to raise my hips up, rubbing my needy pussy against him. “Please,” I moan. I'm already desperate for release.

Later that night, Cedric and I were sitting in the tub together. Our date was amazing on so many different levels. We talked about everything. Our childhood, our past relationships, and what we both wanted our lives to be in the future. I told him about my grandma and my parents, and then told him that they would have loved him.And they would have.My grandma definitely would have. She always appreciated a nice-looking young man, she would always say. She also would have made sure to get Cedrics' opinions on all of her sweet yummy desserts. He wouldn't have gotten out of that.I decided mid conversation that I was done staying away from him.Anna was pleased to hear me say I wouldn't be going back to her house after our date. She assured me that it wasn't because she was tired of me or because I wasn't welcomed. She said she knows Cedric and I belong together and was happy we were fighting for us.I got the impression that she was making a comment about the situation she was in with L

I have been on the run for the past two weeks, only stopping when I needed to. The flight I took ended up landing in the state of Georgia. I didn't want to stay there. I was too scared and nervous that somehow Mathis would check the flight logs and find out which one I took. So I ended up taking a bus to South Carolina.I have been living in the local motel for a week, hiding in my room. I only went to the stores that I could get to on foot. I didn't have money to buy a car; I needed a job, and I have yet to find a place hiring. I went to the Corner Grocery on my second day here and picked up a few things to eat and drink for a couple of days. I also picked up hair dye. I decided on dying my hair. I changed from my natural, dirty blonde hair to black. I picked up contacts and threw away my glasses, okay not really threw them away, but I shoved them inside my suitcase. I felt that I needed to change my appearance, just in case Mathis filed a missing person's report about me. I didn't