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“Ahmad!” she yelled as I walked away.
I sighed heavily as I turned back. “What is it?”
“I-I’m sorry…I’m not trying to hurt you.”
Tears gathered in her eyes, and I tried my best not to let that shit get to me. I understood how she may have felt, and that was okay with me now. I got it. But to play this tit for tat shit was for the birds.
I chuckled lightly. “That’s the thing though, Bunny, you can’t. Because before you do, I’m going to remove my feelings out of it, and go back to how we were before… your kidnapper, my victim. Goodnight, Nala, Lila, or whatever name you are tonight.”
I couldn’t help but take that jab as I walked away from her, mentally telling myself to never expect nothing more from her than what it was. It was fucked up because I was going to miss Rabbit and I was sure she was going to miss me. It was too bad that our common denominator didn’t feel the same.
21
Lila (Nala)
“Come on, Kari, it’s time to go.”
I begrudgingly grabbed our bags and opened the door of the motel. Kari walked out ahead of me as we made our way down to the front desk to return the key. When that was taken care of, we stepped out of the office, and went to the blacked-out Escalade waiting for us. True to his word, Ahmad had put a detail on us. He knocked on the door around ten last night to make himself known.
As we approached the truck, Ty, as he introduced himself as, opened the door and stepped out.
“Good morning, Ms. Lila. Ms. Makari.”
“Good morning.”
He reached for our bags then opened the back passenger door. While we made ourselves comfortable, he placed our bags in the trunk along with my crutch.
“Mommy, are we going back to Mr. Ahmad’s?” Kari asked.
“We are.”
She smiled and I offered one in return. The mention of his name almost made me want to cry. Watching her run to hug him last night made me realize just how attached she was growing to him and he was to her. He didn’t fuss about germs when she showed him affection. It was the most relaxed I’d seen him.
His words rang in my head. Not once have I even thought about never seeing you again. I didn’t mean to hurt him, but I hadn’t thought about seeing him again after this was over. I thought he’d be happy to get rid of us so he could have his life back, especially after being shot because of me. Why would he want that burden?
The entire ride back to his home, I thought of what I was going to say when I saw him. I wasn’t sure if he was expecting us to come back, especially since he sent a suitcase full of our clothes with Ty. Hell, I wasn’t even sure we were welcomed back. Yet still, when we pulled into the yard, he was waiting on the front porch.
Kari’s face lit up when she saw him. He made his way down the front steps. As soon as the car came to a stop, she was unbuckling her seat belt. When he opened her door, she jumped into his arms.
“Mr. Ahmad! I missed you.”
She wrapped her tiny arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.
“I missed you too, Rabbit.” He kissed her cheek and placed her on her feet. He slammed the door so hard that I jumped.
“He’ll cool off eventually,” Ty said, opening his door. “Let me help you.”
I sighed. “Thank you.”
He popped the trunk and got out to open my door. I took hold of the arm he extended to me and eased out. He grabbed my duffel and the suitcase while I grabbed the shopping bags. Ahmad was already inside with Kari. With Ty’s help, I made my way into the house. I could tell I’d overdone it with putting pressure on it yesterday because it was killing me.
Inside, Ahmad had Kari seated at the table with a plate of breakfast food in front of her. She smiled and hummed softly as she tore into whatever he made her. Ty helped me over to the couch to sit down then grabbed a pillow to put under my foot.
“Better?” he asked with a smile.
He was handsome and his smile was beautiful.
“Yes. Thank you.”
