Free Kailani & Bishop: A Case of the Exes by B. Love Page B

on your mind?” he asked before taking another bite.
    “Nothing, Bishop.”
    “No lies… remember?”
    Damn. He was right. I had to clear my mind before I replied so it wouldn’t be a lie.
    “I’m not lying, Baby. There’s nothing on my mind.”
    “There’s literally nothing on your mind, Kailani?”
    I sensed his slight irritation so I knew I had to come half-clean at least.
    “Not anymore. I didn’t want to think about what I was thinking about so I started clearing my mind. It’s nothing, Babe. I just… I don’t know… today was a lot. I’m not trying to distance myself from you or anything. I just wanted to take you in, I guess.”
    “You messed up about, Courtney? You gone resent me for that, aren’t you?”
    I didn’t want to tense up but hearing him say his name did something to me.
    “No, Bishop. I’m not going to resent you. I guess I just need to take some time to get my own mental together. I need to talk to him. I need to see him; get this out my system.”
    He nodded as if he understood. “I tell you what…” He sat his plate down and turned to face me. “I tell you that I need you, you cater to me, and then you flip and tell me that you need to talk to this nigga. See this nigga. I’m not gone fight for you. I’m not gone play with you. So, I’m going to make this easy for you. Get the fuck out my house. Go find that nigga since you need him so bad.”
    Surprised by his immediate change of attitude, I sat there for a second before replying.
    “Bishop…”
    “Just leave, Kailani. Take the Charger. I’ll pick it up at some point tomorrow.”
    “I don’t want to leave. You act like I said I wanted to be with the nigga or sumthin’.”
    “You didn’t have to say it with your mouth. You said it with what you didn’t say.”
    “The hell does that even mean?”
    “Just get out, Kai. If you don’t see it, then there’s no point in me wasting my time trying to explain it to you. Just get whatever it is taken care of with him that you need to take care of.”
    I felt like shit. I didn’t want him to feel like I didn’t want him. I just felt like Courtney and I had some unfinished business.
    “I’m sorry if I hurt you or disrespected you, Bishop,” I mumbled, standing to my feet.
    He didn’t say anything, just picked up his plate and continued to eat.
    “You not gone accept my apology?” I asked with tears forming in my eyes.
    He still didn’t look at me or say anything.
    “Bishop…”
    “Go Kai. Please.”
    “Why fight so hard to get me if you didn’t plan on doing shit to keep me?” I asked as I turned to leave his bedroom.
    “I’d do everything to keep you. Yo ass just don’t want to be kept, at least not by me. You were never mine to have, Kai. I was just a temporary slot filler.”
    “Bishop… that’s not true… I…”
    “Just go, Kai. Swear I’m not tryna have this conversation with you.”
    I nodded and left. This time without saying another word.

Bishop
     
    I’m not gone try and make it seem like I wasn’t messed up about what happened between Kai and me. I wanted her — more than she knew. I just refused to be an option. If she wanted me, she was going to have to make me a priority. I shouldn’t have, but I called Ashley and she came running of course, but now that she was here, in my face, I just wanted my Kai more.
    Ash was laying her head on my lap, staring up at a nigga like she couldn’t get enough of me. I was running my fingers through her hair, flipping through the TV. Three in the morning and a nigga wasn’t nowhere near sleepy. Out of nowhere, she lifted her head and pulled my dick out of my boxers. I wasn’t hard, but when I felt her hand against my skin, that changed. I stopped her and she looked at me like I was crazy.
    “What you doing, Ashley?”
    “Trying to please my man.”
    “I ain’t your man and I ain’t having sex with you.”
    “Fine. Just let me make you feel better.”
    “Aight. No kissing. No feelings.