“Oh my God, I had no idea. I mean, I knew she was upset about us not getting along, but I didn’t know all of this.”
He sighed. “I know you didn’t, and that’s okay. But you know now. The question is, how do you plan on working to find a resolution?”
“Denver, you know I never wanted it to come to this. I’ve always wanted to keep things peaceful between Latrell and me. But between his constant attempts to get back together, and the situation with this female, it’s been impossible.”
“Okay, so before I go any further in this conversation, I need to ask you one question and I want you to be honest with me.”
“Yeah,” I replied, a little nervous by whatever he was about to say.
“I know you said that you don’t want to be with him anymore, but are you jealous about he’s involvement with this other chick? I mean, you two do have history and you share a child together, so it’s understandable if you feel some type of way about him moving on.”
“Let’s be clear,” I said, visibly irritated, “Latrell is more than welcome to move on however he sees fit. But, at the same time, he shouldn’t be begging me to be with him, lying about being involved with someone elseandputting the bitch in a position to believe that it’s okay to contact me. If I have an issue about anything, it’s all of that shit, and I think I have a right to feel that way. I don’t have to be jealous in order to have those feelings.”
“You’re right, I just had to ask.”
“Yeah, okay. Next question please.”
“Trust me, I don’t have any more questions. But I do think you need to put your feelings about what went down to the side and figure out how to make things right.”
I sighed.
Here I was again, stuck in a position of being the one to make things right. “Why do I always have to be the bigger person?”
“Because that’s who you are. You’ve always put Layne first. Latrell has always been selfish, but he’s always been a good father. I think the two of you just need to have a real heart to heart and that might mean having a conversation in person. Isn’t he supposed to be in town soon?”
“Yeah, but sitting down to talk to him isn’t something that I want to do.”
“You might not want to, but you need to. Layne needs to see that her parents can settle their differences and still get along. I’m sure if you explain that to Latrell he’ll agree.”
I dropped my head. Mostly because I knew that Denver was right. In order to keep things from getting out of hand any further, I had to put forth and effort to come to some kind of resolution. I couldn’t ignore Latrell’s ass forever. I mean, I could, but it would just cause more tension and make Layne feel like she was stuck in the middle. That definitely wasn’t what I wanted.
“Okay, fine, I’ll talk to him. Hopefully, he and I can finally get on the same page.”
“I hope so too.”
Standing up from my seat, I said, “Damn, I think that lemonade you made ran right through me. I need to pee.”
“Well, hurry up, I don’t need you pissing on my carpet. You know you’ve got a weak bladder.”
“Oh my God, stop saying that.”
“Why? It’s the truth.”
“That shit happened one time and that’s because we were in the middle of nowhere.”
“Yeah, but I told you to use the bathroom when we stopped at that gas station, but you thought your ass was too good to use a gas station bathroom.”
Rolling my eyes, I said, “You know that wasn’t the case. I just didn’t have to go at the time. Besides, had you been driving a little faster, we would have found somewhere before my bladder exploded in the passenger seat.”
“Whatever. You can’t keep blaming me for pissing on yourself, and since we’re on the subject you still owe me some money. I had to pay a big chunk of change to get that pissy smell out of my seat.”
“I’m not giving you a dime. That was months ago.”
“So!”
Waving him off, I hurried to the bathroom and closed the door. Talking about that situation embarrassed me all over again. It was supposed to be a fun trip to Dallas to see a concert, but that little situation definitely put a damper on things for me. Of course, Denver didn't allow me to stay in my feelings for too long. In fact, this was the first time he'd brought it up since then. I guess he figured that enough time had passed, so I should've been good, but I was definitely still on edge about it. If I had to claim anything to be one of my most embarrassing moments, that was definitely it.
After I did what I needed to do, I returned to the living room.
