After spending years in an abusive and draining relationship, Brittany decides to dedicate all of her time attending to herself and her daughter but what she didn't expect was to meet Jazmine Johnson. 

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"It's you" She announced softly

"So I did do something?" I asked thinking back, trying to figure out what exactly.

"You're doing everything right" She confessed leaving realization to stand in my mind.

"And that scares you?" I asked but it sounded more like a statement, nonetheless, she still gave me a small nod to confirm my words.

"What's your fear when it comes to us?" I asked softly.

"That you'll hurt me, lie, cheat, change" She replied her voice small and I could tell each word she said held a memory.

"I won't, and I know that's hard for you to believe because of past experiences but I'll prove it, we can move at whatever pace you want to,"

Riptide

My body froze as I watched them rush her down the hall and no matter how much my mind begged my legs to move they stayed planted onto the floor. I slowly began feeling disconnected from my surroundings as the sight of her laying there replyed in my mind, each time leaving me feeling even more distraught than before. 


I stood there not sure what to do since my world seemed to be falling apart around me, with nothing or no one to help me catch the pieces. 


“What happened?” Renae asked and I looked up to see Spain not sure when he got this close, the heavy feeling on my chest continued to grow making it somewhat hard to breath as tears threatened to fall. 


“Drive-by,” he announced and I took a step back resting against the receptionist desk as I felt my body growing weaker, the thought of being without her leaving me immobilized. 


My eyes fell landing on the blood on his shirt, the sight inflicting emotional pain onto me. 


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