Forever and a Day - By Jasmine Barber Page 0,69

in my face. You think I don’t feel like shit knowing that my best friend is in the hospital because of me.”

“Well obviously you don’t feel bad enough. You can’t even sit here and explain to me why the hell you couldn’t tell me. Here I am thinking we were better than that, but the truth always comes out sooner than later. You don’t care about nobody but yourself. You need to stop and stare in the mirror because you’re not who you thought you were. You don’t know shit about loyalty.” And with that he walked out of her room and her house.

After Kiyan left, Brielle felt terrible. She knew deep inside that everything Kiyan said was true. She said the same thing to herself. But it sounded worse hearing it out loud and coming from someone she loved. She knew that tonight could have ended way worse than it did. Danielle could have been dead because of her and she felt terrible.

Brielle grabbed her phone off her nightstand and dialed Kiyan’s number. After the third ring, she knew he wouldn’t pick up the phone. When he left her house, he was in a really bad mood and he had every right to be. She decided to send him a text.

Brielle: Babe, I’m sorry. Everything you said is true. Can you please come back?

After waiting twenty minutes for him to return her text, Brielle drifted off to sleep. She hoped that tomorrow Kiyan would return her phone call, but she wasn’t a hundred percent sure that he would.

~~~~~

Kiyan was pissed. The one thing he asked Brielle for in the beginning of not only their relationship, but also their friendship was for her to trust him. She didn’t even trust him enough to let him know that her life was being threatened.

He had seen her calling, but he didn’t answer her because he knew that it would only end in an argument that he wasn’t trying to have. Brielle was wrong and if she thought that they were going to kiss and makeup then she would be disappointed. He drove in the direction of the bar. He needed a drink. All Brielle’s extra bullshit had him in a mood that he wanted nothing to do with. He saw the text message Brielle sent him, but just turned his phone off. He definitely didn’t want to be bothered with any more drama tonight.

~~~~~

Danielle sat up in the bed drinking the grape soda that Shanice had bought her before the girls left. Cam had left to check on things at the studio. She hated being in the hospital; she might have hated it a lot less had she not been left alone. She just wanted to go home. She had mixed emotions on a lot of things and she felt she could handle them a lot better if she was in the comfort of her own house and bed.

Cam and the girls had told her about the details after her attack. She was shocked when they informed her about Brielle’s letters. She refused to feel any type of way about the situation. She knew there were always two sides of every story. She had heard Cam and the girls’ side and now all she needed was Brielle’s side.

“Hey,” Brielle smiled as she walked into Danielle’s hospital room with a huge teddy bear and balloons that read “Get Well Soon” on it.

“Hey mama, you just missed the girls” Danielle gave a small smile back.

“Awe really? You look pretty,” Brielle encouraged.

“That’s a damn lie. I look busted. I already saw how I look when I woke up.” Danielle said thinking about the black eye she had.

“You still look pretty. Black eye and everything.”

“I guess. This isn’t anything, it was worse yesterday. That’s why I asked for no visitors yesterday.” Danielle smiled.

“Oh I thought you just didn’t want me to come visit.” Brielle put her hand down.

Brielle wanted to come see Danielle yesterday, but she was stopped from visiting when she received a text from Danielle asking that she not come. Brielle thought that Danielle just didn’t want her around. She felt a little better knowing that Danielle stopped everyone from coming seeing here except Cam.

“So you thought I was pissed about the letters,” Danielle said bringing up the conversation Brielle was avoiding.

“Danni, I’m sorry.” Brielle started to tear up.

“Bri, just answer this. Why didn’t you tell any of us about the letters?”

“I was scared. They just kept coming. At first I thought they were