𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐋𝐔𝐕|𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐋|𝐌𝐉

𝐄𝐗-𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑

warning, this chapter contains conversations of miscarriage and child death, please proceed with caution.

this chapter also includes slight sexual content
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NOVEMBER 17, 2015
NEW YORK CITY - NY
LAKES RESIDENCE
16:21
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"How was the event?"

Briana asked, once her and Aavya finally settled down in her home with their signature items. Drinks, food, and their mouths - to talk shit. Aavya sipped on her cocktail, while she fisted through some Queso cheese dip and tortilla chips. Briana was sipping a mock tail, her feet in a hot water massage tub, and she rubbed her belly. Nearing the end of her term, Briana only had the energy to sit in her home, and relax. This was a more intense pregnancy for her mentally and physically.

Aavya hadn't told Briana about the kiss, and quite frankly she didn't plan on it. She was too embarrassed to admit what happened solely because of Michael's marriage, and she knew Briana would chew her ass out. Aavya finished the bit of chip in her mouth, before answering.

"It was cool," she answered, quickly. Briana frowned, and rolled her eyes.

"Did anything happened?" Briana asked, and to which Aavya just shrugged. Both of them knew there was something up, but Aavya couldn't even admit it to her best friend.

Their friendship ran deeper than just friends. They were sisters. Essentially the same person, and obviously they called each other out on their BS. But because of this, it's why Aavya refused to even mention the kiss because she knew Briana would be on her ass.

That kiss, Aavya held so much regret for. She knew it was wrong, and she felt like she wronged herself, Michael, Aia, and Sayir in the process. She felt selfish. She felt disgusting. She hadn't spoken to Michael at all, it was something that she wished she had done. She wished she reached out afterwards. She wished she could apologize to him for doing it. She wished she could tell Briana.

She wished for so much.

But she was an adult, and had to be an adult about the situation. This wasn't high school, Aavya was forty-three years old - she knew she needed to grow the fuck up. She planned on writing an email to Michael, or even calling him, to simply apologize for crossing that boundary. But since she was very nervous to talk to him, in case Aia would answer instead, she didn't. Aavya wasn't scared of Aia, not at all. She just couldn't face the woman whose husband she kissed.

Or made out with.

"V!" Briana snapped, and Aavya quickly blinked looking to her. "Girl, did you zone out?"

Aavya nodded, and waved it off. "It must be the cocktail hitting me!" She faked a laugh, and set it down on the table. Briana frowned at her, and crossed her arms.

"So, nothing at all happened at the event?"

Before Aavya could answer, Mei ran up to her with tears in her eyes. Nia and Markus quickly followed behind and the three of them began yelling to Briana and Aavya.

Briana and Aavya exchanged looks, before they both yelled 'hush!' to get the bunch from yelling. Finally, once things calmed down, Aavya put all her attention on Mei who was trying to crawl into her lap.

"What's wrong, baby?" Aavya asked, helping Mei onto her lap, who still had tears in her eyes. The kids were spending the night over Briana's place the night prior, and Aavya came to pick them up, and decided to have some drinks with Briana to catch up.