Vows of Deception: Something old, new, borrowed, and BLUE... (17 page)

“What the hell are you doing here? Finally ready to end this charade or did the thug finally put you out. Finally tired of your boring ass?” Lamont sneered.

“You were always good at assuming. Since you like to make an ASS out of yourself let me burst your bubble. I came to get the rest of my things out of this cold place you call home.”

“Still on the ghetto kick, I see. You are pathetic. I can’t believe I wasted all this time trying to train your simple ass. I should of left you to those nobodies you used to hang around with. Obviously you like scum from the looks of who you choose to associate with currently.” Mark made his presents known to Danni but obviously Lamont was on a role and hadn’t figured it out just yet.

“Fuck you Lamont. Your high and mighty ass. You have no clue of what you speak of. You are beneath me and anyone else you have put down.” ‘That a girl,’ Mark thought to himself.

“Beneath you? That’s rich. Sadly you actually believe that shit you are spewing. The best you could do was find some nobody who nine times out of ten only wants a taste of that boring sex of yours. Tell me Danni, does that bastard know that I was your first and only. You never forget your first. That I taught you everything you know. How bad did you have to beg him to touch your fat ass? Did you cry and make him feel pity for you so he would touch you? A pity fuck.” He snorted.

“He probably is disgusted with himself for even going there with you? Who would want you? Be happy I put up with your whiney ass as long as I did. I tried to be the fall guy and let you blame me for everything. The failure of our marriage was not all on me. When are you going to take some of the blame? You were barely good enough to suck…”

“That’s enough!” Mark barked. He was so sick and tired of hearing this bastard bad mouth Danni. All the while she stood there taking every tongue lashing he gave. From the sight of her heavy breathing and rapid tears that flowed from her eyes, she was damn near defeated.

“How dare you bring your fuck buddy into my house?” Lamont yelled at Danni making her flinch away from him. “Have you lost your mind?”

“How dare I do what?” Danni asked starting to fume. “You’re kidding right? I have listened to you berate me for the last time. Lamont you can jump off the nearest bridge with your dump truck load of bull shit and sink to the bottom instantly. You thought I wouldn’t notice the small signs of another woman being in this house. And you are questioning what I am doing?”

“While you’re playing house, being his whore and nanny, someone had to do your job.” Lamont smirked. “Luckily she knows the house so well.”

“You’ve had her here before. You are disgusting.”

“Whatever. Just get your shit and get out.” Suddenly Mark saw a female making her way into the house. He recognized her instantly but didn’t think it was wise that she just showed up during this time. But who was he to stop the inevitable.

“What the hell? Danni who is this and what is going on here?” The woman asked looking between the two heated faces and then Marks curious one.

“This is her fuck buddy and he was just helping her get her shit out. Would you like to lend a hand? You know with you being damn near sisters and all.” Lamont asked with a sinister smirk.

“Danni, you are really going through with this?” The woman asked. Mark was looking at the woman in a disbelieving way. ‘What was really going on,’ he found himself truly confused.

“Nat, you are still on this bullshit I see. You are in cahoots with this bastard after everything he has done to me. He has badmouthed you every chance he’s gotten and yet you stand here like I’m the bad guy.”

“Danni it’s not like that.” The woman now known as Nat tried to defend herself.

“Then what is it like? I am curious.”

“Be careful what you ask for. I don’t think you want to bark up this tree.” Lamont’s smirk grew wider. “Maybe it’s time to skin the cat alive. Curiosity did kill the cat after all.”

“Lamont don’t do this. This is not the time.”

“Why not? The whore she really is has begun to surface. It must run in the family. The loyalty is quite comical if you ask me.”

“Do what? Loyalty, I don’t understand.” Danni looked between those two truly confused. Mark feared this was going to be the breaking point for real. The shit was going to hit the fan for sure. “What is going on?”

“I don’t think this is the appropriate thing to discuss in front of strangers.” Nat had the nerve to look at Mark like he was gum on the bottom of her shoe.

“I think it’s the perfect place. If you ask me.” Lamont shrugged.

“Well I’m asking you and Mark is the least of your worries if someone doesn’t start explaining what I am missing here.”

“Sure thing my dear wife. You see, your dear sister here has been the one keeping house while you’ve been away. Doing god knows what with your little thug boyfriend.”

“LAMONT?!” Nat yelled his name.

“I’m just pointing out how incredibly dumb the
therapist
really is. She did all that research on me only to come up with nothing. When the main ass I have been tapping for some years now was right under her nose the entire time. The one you complained to, Nat was the same one who would tell me about how pitiful you really were as she bounced on my lap. You were often the topic of discussions before, after, and sometimes during our sessions. Isn’t that right?”

“Is that true?” Danni asked looking at no one in particular. Her head was tilted to the side but her eyes were staring off into space.

“Danni…”

“Yes or no?”

“Yes.” Nat whispered. Before anyone could blink Danni had slapped Nat so hard, she rocked the couch when she fell on it. “Danni wait, the baby.” Nat shouted protecting her stomach.

“Baby?!” Lamont was now the one confused. “What baby?”

“Please Nat tell me it’s not his.” Danni was damn near pleading.

“It just happened.”

“Just happened? He was my husband Natalie. MINE.” Danni stomped near her like she was going to stomp her out but thought against it taking a much needed step away. “And your dumb ass was so hell bent on fucking anything with a hole you forgot the number one rule. Strap up or make sure she was heavily boggled down with birth control. Now I know it was just me you took all the necessary precautions as to not knock up. From your reaction it’s evident you never wanted kids.”

“Or the fact that you just weren’t good enough. I didn’t want your ass to get fatter.” Lamont bucked. Danni lunged for him after successfully punching him in his jaw. Mark was quick on his feet grabbing for her before Lamont realized what hit him.

“Calm down baby, it ain’t worth it.” Mark tried to sooth her but it was no use. He knew he was going to have to use some force.

“Bitch! Wait until I get my hands on you.” Lamont shouted. Mark pushed him back before he could get too close to lay a hand on Danni.

“I can’t believe you got her pregnant. I HATE YOU. I’m not good enough? You will rot for this one. I hope she drains you dry you bastard.” She was behind his back trying to get around him.

“Stop!” He shouted and Danni instantly stopped. “Fuck him. Fuck them both. Let’s go.”

“That’s right get out of my house the both of you before I call the police.”

“Danni, I’m sorry. Just let me explain.”

“Go to hell with your explanations. I never want to see you again.”

“But we are family.”

“Supposed to be family. Real family would never do something so despicable.” Danni said sadly. “You two deserve each other.”

~

Upon arriving back at the house, Danni went straight to the basement to get herself together. Mark went to check on Niecee before giving her instructions on ordering dinner and giving them a few minutes to talk alone. He rushed to the basement apartment to find Danni was in the shower with the bathroom steamed up to a point where he could hardly see. Niecee was on the phone with her little friends so he knew she wouldn’t bother them for a bit. He had exactly forty-five minutes before the pizza arrived.

Killing two birds with one stone was how he was going to proceed. Stripping down to nothing he slid into the shower with Danni. She had her back against the shower wall just letting water fall over her head and body. Caging her against the wall is what snapped her out of her daze. The sight of her sad face made his own heart clench. It was breaking his heart to see her like that. He just wanted to make the pain go away if only for a minute.

With no words whatsoever, Mark picked Danni up settling between her thick thighs. No foreplay was needed because he knew her body like his very own. Her cookie was always nice and moist for his sampling. Sliding in with ease had Danni clutching his back, shuddering from the feel of him deep inside of her. Watching her closely to see if she had any objections or was uncomfortable in any way, she only nodded that she was ready. Danni’s head rolled against the wall, shutting her eyes, and relaxed letting Mark chase away all the pain. The stress that held her body captive in a tense rivalry was no match for the massage given to her moist walls.

Slow and easy, he pumped with ease while holding her gently in his arms like she was fine china. Sex wasn’t the cure for everything but it sure lessened the hurt from certain things. Danni’s soft whimpers turned into hearty moans and pleading him not to stop. Mark felt a pull like no other to fill her up to the brim with want to overpower the hateful things that her ex had dealt. Shitty words and insults, his cheating, betrayal, Mark wanted to chase them away.

He wanted to make it all better. But how? He didn’t know how she would react to what he was going to tell her. He had come to realize his mother was absolutely right. He was in love with Danni. That’s why he always wanted to make everything all better. Never wanted to see her cry unless it was from sheer happiness or extreme pleasure. Pleasure that he knew without a doubt he was delivering now.

“Ahh…” She panted with her mouth open with a tears coming from the corner of her eyes. He waited to hear the one thing he knew would flow from her lips . “Mark…” She sighed before biting into her bottom lip. A sure sign that she was cumming hard.

“Baby.” Mark groaned feeling her inner walls grip him like no other. As the previous night, he let his stream go freely into her womb. They never discussed whether she was on birth control or not but he didn’t care. He knew he wanted Danni. Now the question was, did she want him?

Danni was dumbstruck at the events that had occurred in the last months. Just before her anniversary she was happily married with future plans of becoming a mother. They lived in a nice house, pleasant neighborhood, and didn’t want for a thing. Sex life was decent to say the most. Job was simply a paycheck. The full support of family with one being the closest to a sister that she would ever have. With a flick of the wrist it seems all she really had was tainted truths. An abstract perception of what her life truly was surrounded by.

Her husband was a filthy dog that laid with any and every thing with a vagina. For all she knows he could have been a turd burglar as well. Everything and everyone she once thought she knew, now she understands it was all a mirage. Lamont played her like a cello with no sheet music. All the talk of it not being the time to start a family now meant he wasn’t ready to settle down. Maybe he knew his shit was going to hit the fan and blow up the peace they once had. Now she was ecstatic that he wouldn’t agree to start their family. She could just imagine having to go through a divorce having a dependent. A bitter custody battle is no place for a child to be in the middle like a bargaining chip.

The house she once considered as home all because it was what her husband wanted. The head of the household that was to be in charge of insuring things ran smoothly. Kept the bills paid, made his wife feel safe, and do all the things the man of the house is supposed to do. Instead of taking care of home, he screwed it with a diseased cock. A rotted, rusted, no good, and chlamydia diseased penis is what he delivered. With no Vaseline or KY jelly in site for a smooth glide. The home was to be foreclosed on because there is no way she could come up with that much money. There was no way she could even walk into a bank and request a loan or refinance. Lamont had screwed her royally.

No husband. No baby. No house. And to top it off, the only person she had that was as close as a sister was screwing her right along with the bastard. All the time Natalie had listened to Danni cry about her home life. The fears of being left dusted and disgusted by her husband were swept under the rug. Nat would tell her to suck it up and be a woman. Be there for your man. So many other pieces of pointless advice when she was the one banging him all along. Sadly she didn’t even want to know how long. It was disgusting to even think about having shared a man with a chick she was raised with. Terribly enough she just wants to blame herself for being so damned blind to what was going on around her.

“As dumb as this question probably sounds, are you alright?” Mark asked. They were currently sitting in the downstairs den watching movies. Niecee had long retired. It had been an interesting weekend to say the least.

“Just peachy.” Danni retorted.

“…” Mark only regarded her with a serious expression. She had learned in the short time they’d known one another that he despised sarcasm. When it was a serious matter that is.

“Shocked to say the least. So much insight to what I was blind to. I feel like I am having a system overload.”

“Anything I can do?”

“You have done enough. For being my friend and everything else. Thank you for being there for me today. I am surprised you didn’t go running like your underwear was on fire from that mess. You don’t know how much that meant to me. I’m sorry you had to witness that.”

“No need to be sorry. I wanted to bash his head in if I can be honest with you.”

“Why didn’t you let me? If I recall you pulled me away.”

“Because you don’t want that on your record or your conscience. They were definitely going to press charges on you. You were just angry. Rightly so but in the heat of anger people tend to do things before they have time to think straight.”

“I’m sorry he keeps bringing your lifestyle up every chance he gets.” Danni said totally missing the expression on Mark’s face. “That’s one thing I don’t understand. He has bashed Natalie’s way of living. Calling her ghetto but he wasted no time screwing her. And he still got her pregnant. Every guy she brought around be it a thug or not, he would talk bad about them. Now that I think about it, I was never good enough for him. He always criticized my weight. The way I talked. I wasn’t allowed to have friends really. What I chose to wear. What meal I cooked. How to entertain his colleagues. Now let’s see how easy she fits into that category.

“Let me ask you a question Danni seriously.”

“Sure go ahead.”

“Do you think I am a no-good thug? As I have heard so many times that its ridicules, I might add.”

“I mean you told me you were a business man so I just accepted that. You never went into detail.”

“You never asked for details.”

“True. But it’s hard to be serious and ask questions when I am being seduced.”

“So you are saying I seduced you to a point where you couldn’t ask me what you really wanted to know. I don’t really offer information unless it’s inquired about. I don’t feel like I have to justify myself.”

“Then don’t.”

“You aren’t getting it, I see.”

“Getting what? Mark you are saying you don’t feel the need to justify yourself to me and that’s fine. We are only friends. It’s not like we are walking down the aisle. We just met not too long ago. I figured that maybe it’s not my business what you are into. Curiosity killed the cat, remember?”

“Friends huh?”

“Well a little deeper since we…well you know.”

“No, say it. We what?”

“You are going to make me say it.”

“Yep. Speak your mind. If we are friends as you say, why not?”

“So we aren’t friends?”

“Of course we are.”

“Well you said ‘as you say’ like you don’t think so.”

“One, quit changing the subject and two answer the question.”

“Fine. We fuck. Is that what you wanted to hear?”

“Is that all we do?”

“Mark, that’s all we have, is a physical lust. It’s not like we are in love and moving things further. Hell I’m still committed to another on paper. So there isn’t room for another. What we have going on is making me feel guilty enough. I am no better than Lamont and his cheating.”

“Wow. That’s how you feel.”

“It’s the truth. I probably will never trust again. Everything I had was a lie. The dreams I had for my future was an illusion.”

“The life you had with him was a lie but your future is what you make out of it. You are only putting truth to his hateful words by allowing yourself to believe it.”

“Why do you even care? What’s in it for you whether or not I open up to accept anyone else into my life or not? Maybe I am not meant to have the husband, family, and happily ever after I always pictured. When I met him I was reserved and didn’t trust easily then. Guys only tried to talk to me to get in my pants. The one time I let my guard down, I was hoodwinked with Lamont. A wolf in sheep’s clothing. Look where that got me. I gave up my virginity for nothing. Hell I could have at least become a nun.” Danni snorted in mock humor.

“Are you even listening to yourself?” Mark asked with a bad taste in his mouth. “Danni baby, you are beautiful. A wonderful person inside and out. Your heart is so big that the right person would love to cherish it. I know in my heart you are going to be a great mother one day. Hell you already are to my daughter. Why can’t you see you are so much more than what you have heard? From what you have made yourself believe.”

“I love Niecee. I do. I would do anything for her. It’s just that I am content with believing that I may never have my own. Unless I get a surrogate or sperm donor.”

“If that’s the case let me be your sperm donor.”

“Hell no. Mixing friendship with something like that may not work out.”

“Let me get this straight. You would have a baby by a stranger? Help me raise my Niecee? Filling in the motherly role but not have an actual baby with me?”

“I think it would complicate things.”

“So, if I wanted more from you, the answer would be…?”

“Well I know that wouldn’t happen so what’s the point of thinking about it?”

“Humor me.”

“I am damaged goods. There is no way I am good enough for you.”

“You’re kidding right?”

“No. Where is this going? I value our friendship. Besides another friend of mine, you two are the only ones I have in my pitiful existence.” Danni said with a sad smile. “I don’t know what all your business consists of nor do I care. It’s your business. As long as it doesn’t harm Niecee in any way. My insecurities would bring more headache to you than I am willing to bargain with. Plus this was hypothetically speaking so there’s no point in entertaining the notion. You are too good for me. Hell you are too good to me and for that I thank you.”

“I have been thinking lately anyway. Especially after what happened yesterday. I started looking for an apartment. It’s best that I moved out. The temptation to continue doing what we are doing. Plus I am afraid we will be found out by Niecee.”

“So you want to stop ‘fucking’ as you so crudely put it?”

“Why the attitude?”

“Look Danni, I am going to keep it one hundred with you real quick.” Mark sat up and turned to Danni to gain her full attention. “I have evolved from just being your sex partner. I have started to feel you on a deeper level. Hell I think I always have since the very first day I met you. The other night was a testament to that. What started off as doing something nice for you, turned into something else completely. Tell me you didn’t feel a different level of intensity.”

“I did but…”

“But what?” Mark asked. “Did you even feel anything?”

“I did. It was like you were mimicking the act of making love but…”

“Mimicking? No baby that was the real deal. I don’t mimic shit. When I do something, it’s to the fullest believe that. I don’t play games Danni.” Mark stopped talking for a millisecond. “What I am getting at Danni is this. I am falling in love with you. It wasn’t planned, it just happened.”

“…” Danni just stared at him with a surprised expression on her face. She never thought in a million years that what they were doing would turn out like this.

“Nothing. You have nothing to say?”

“What can I say? I mean I am still legally married. We are friends, that’s where I think we should remain. Things would be difficult if they went sour. It would be complicated if we were together. I can’t do that to myself. To Niecee. To you. It’s best if we stay where we are.”

“I basically just told you that I love you and the only thing you can come up with is that we should go back to being just friends.”

“I can’t reciprocate those feelings Mark.”

“…” Mark only chuckled while rubbing his hands together.

“Mark?”

“Nah it’s cool. I am going to go ahead and turn in.”

“Wait…”

“Just let me be Danni. It’s cool. We’re cool. Good night.”

“Good night.” Danni felt like pure shit for squashing his attempt to express his feelings. Now she knew for sure she had to move out. Things were bound to get messy or tense being under the same roof.

****

“Why are you moving out?” Niecee asked.

“Because sweetheart, I am a grownup. As a grownup, I should be able to take care of myself. Here I feel like a leech.”

“Daddy doesn’t see you as a leech. Do you daddy?” Niecee asked Mark. Danni didn’t even know he had walked into the kitchen. Her body had stiffened at the acknowledgement. She hadn’t slept well the last couple of days since their conversation. The tense, awkward moments had begun just that quickly.

“No baby but it’s her prerogative if she wants her independence baby girl. And you shouldn’t make her feel guilty about it either. Do you understand?”

“Yes sir.” Niecee said sadly. “I’m sorry Danni. I didn’t mean to make you feel guilty. It’s just that I won’t see you every day anymore. When you find a place, can I at least still come visit?”

“Of course you can.” Danni said but caught herself. Niecee wasn’t hers to say something like that. “I mean if it’s okay with your dad, that is.”

“Of course baby girl.” Mark kissed Niecee on the forehead. “I need to speak with Danni for a minute. Run along and get your homework done.”

“Yes sir.”

“So you are serious about moving out?”

“Yeah. I thinks it’s best. Don’t you?”

“It’s up to you ba… Danni.”

“See that’s what I mean. I don’t want to make you feel like you have to sensor yourself because we kind of stepped out of the friendship zone.”

“Actually I didn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable by calling you something other than your name.”

“Oh.”

“Look to show there’s no hard feelings. I have a spot that just opened up.”

“You have another apartment.”

“Well actually it’s a condo. The condominium building downtown that’s on the rise is mine. So if you don’t mind some construction going on for a bit, at least until it is finished. I would be willing to rent that out to you.”

“A condominium, a hotel, and a club… what else do you own?”

“The condos I got the idea from being an investor in the hotel, not owner. The club is mine. They all fall under one umbrella so to speak.” Mark said easily evading putting too much emphasis on his business dealings but that was what Danni asked. He was only going along with what she wanted. “So are you interested? I’m giving you the first opportunity before I have it listed.”