Hey guys sorry its been awhile since ch4 went up so here's ch5.
He was drunk. He lunged at the woman I was in love with. Big mistake.
"What the hell Mike!" I stepped in front of Lena to protect her. "You don't get the right to be mad at her. Much less take a swing at her."
"She doesn't need to know what in the hell I do." He was getting mad.
"If you insult me the way you have since I told you she does." I wasn't going to let him make this feel wrong. "We're going Lena." I grabbed her hand and got out of the building fast enough without actually dragging Lena behind me.
"Stef calm down and...slow down. OW! What's the rush?" I could tell she was worried.
"I'm sorry it's just Mike, he really knows how to push me over the edge. I didn't want you to get hurt." She pulled me into a hug.
"Stef listen to me. I'm not the one he's hurting okay. It's you." She was right. I was so worried about what Mike might do to Lena that I couldn't see what he had been doing to me all these years.
"You're right." We stayed that way a few more minutes. "Maybe I should just leave him alone till the whole situation is over."
"Maybe." She looked at me and smiled. It's been over a week since Mike nearly hit Lena. The house that once belonged to me and Mike now belongs to me and Lena. It took some convincing but I finally got her to move in. Brandon was happy to have three people in the again. I was happy because Lena was actually living here. I got home from work one night to find a car with Florida tags in the drive.
"Lena, B. I'm home!" I yelled. Odd usually Lena meets me at the door.
"Hey. How was work?" She came out of the kitchen and gave me a hug. That means someone she didn't know that well was here, which in turn meant it was probably my mother. We walked into the kitchen and there she was.
"Well it's about time you got home. I swear if this is the girl you keep calling me about then you leave her alone to much."
"Hi Mom." I stopped short of the table. "What are you doing here?"
"To visit my daughter." She responded innocently.
"Ms. Elkin would you like something to drink?"
"Please call me Sharon and tea please." Lena handed her a mug full.
"Okay Mom now that you've answered with something you'd think I'd like to hear. Tell me why you're actually here."