Nothing Lasts Forever

Chapter Thirty-One

"Congratulations. Maybe you two can get it right this time," she looked over at August and her statement caught his attention, "And get to walk down the aisle this time."

"That's the plan," he told his mom looking at me an I agreed with him, "The sooner the better."

"I guess in that case then when we come back we can start planning," I told her.

"Who has to wait that long," she stood up from her seat, "I saw a magazine shop not to far from here."

Before we could tell her anything she got up and walked up. I was happy that she was going to be helping me out with this wedding because I didn't know a thing about planning a wedding.

"Are you excited that mommy is going to be daddy's wife," August asked Kaliyah but was looking at me.

"But I thought you were already daddy's wife. That's what he calls you when hes on the phone to uncle Trey."

I smiled at this bit of information as August further explained it to her.

"I call her that yes but after the wedding she will really be my wife."

"And daddy will be your husband," she looked at me.

"Yes he will. When we come back from our trip were going to have the wedding and then mommy and daddy will be married and living together."

"In one house together?"

"Yeah and were going to live in a house to. A big house like grandma's."

"A house," she smiled, "That means we can have a backyard and I can play back there?"

"Yes and we'll have a lot more space to do lots of things."

She was excited about the news and I was glad. We made small talk and when Ms. Sheila came back she had about four magazines all wedding related. She didn't even get a chance to sit down before the announcer came on announcing it was time for us to board our plane.

We all stood up and I was last because I was procrastinating. Kaliyah who was excited hugged her dad with a big smile on her face because she was oblivious to what was going on. Next he hugged and said goodbye to his mom and she kissed him on the cheek and then it was my turn. Instead of waiting for me to walk the short distance to him he closed the distance between us and wrapped his arms around me.

We stood wrapped in each others arms for what felt like hours but in reality was only probably a minute. I didn't want to let go but I had to so after they announced that our flight was boarding again I pulled away from him.

"Stop pouting."

"I'm not pouting," I told him but I probably was.

"I love you," he smiled at me.

"I love you too," I smiled back at him. He leaned in and kissed me and hugged me again and after we pulled away this time we boarded the plane and as we all waved goodbye to him I only hoped that we wouldn't be away from each other to long.

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After the first flight to California, August had hired a private plane service to fly us to Jamaica. When we got to the airport we were met by a driver who took us to the house we would be staying at while we were here. When we got to the house I pulled out the keys that August gave me the day before and inside of a truck stepped out two huge linebacker sized guys.

I was immediately on edge until I realized that they were hired by August as our security, just as a precaution. They weren't serious and uptight, they were down to earth and nice but I could tell that if anything went down we could depend on on them. But I honestly thought they we were going to be good. We arrived late at night so after checking in with August and eating some dinner we all went to bed.

The next morning after getting up I woke up later than I thought I would. Ms. Sheila already got Kaliyah up for the day so I got myself ready for the day. Now that it was daylight outside I got a chance to better explore the house. The house looked like something out of a magazine and the backyard was had a pool, jacuzzi and a small beach house. After exploring the house I figured August went all out because he wanted us to enjoy ourselves and relax but I couldn't. Not until I knew that all of this was over.

After spending a day in the pool with Kaliyah and Ms. Sheila we all planned to go out to dinner tonight and do some exploring. After taking a shower I went through Kaliyah's suitcase to pick her out an outfit and found a large envelope in one of the front slots with my name on it.

From the writing I immediately knew that it belonged to August and wondered why if the envelope was for me did how did it end up in Kaliyah's bag. I sat on her bed and dumped out the contents. The first thing that caught my attention was a letter that he had hand wrote and for some reason I just knew that I wasn't going to like whatever I was about to read.

He started off by saying that he put the envelope in Kaliyah's bag so I wouldn't find it so quickly. The net thing he wrote was tell me that the plan to move on Mace was in two days. He hoped that Mace wouldn't be a problem anymore but the next thing I read set me on edge. He went on by saying that he didn't know what might happen but he wanted me, Kaliyah and his mom to be taken care of. He told me if things went bad then to get in contact with his lawyer who had further instructions on what to do if he didn't make it. He ended the letter on a somber note telling me how much he loved me and Kaliyah.

Once I was done reading the letter I sat on the bed in a state of shock. I didn't understand how he could do this to me. Propose to me and talk about getting married as soon as possible when he knew that there was a possibility that he wouldn't be here.

I didn't' waste any time grabbing my cell phone and calling him but I only felt worse when there was no answer. I called back to back but there was still no answer. By this point I was in a slight panic. After I calmed myself down I realized exactly what it was I needed to do.