Chapter Forty-One

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The next day Jameson and Renee both wake up and head to the bathroom to brush their teeth and get dressed, but only one of them has a change of clothes. Renee sits on the bed in her hotel room in the bath robe that was hanging in the bathroom and calls room service for some breakfast. She tells herself that she’s just going to take things one step at a time. Looking over at her phone, she remembers that she turned it off so she wouldn’t hear the phone ringing all night knowing that her friends would blow her phone up trying to get in touch with her and find out what happened and where she was. She didn’t want to deal with all of that last night. All she could think about was that video and how he’d lied to her over and over when she asked if something was going on between him and her. Now there was proof that couldn’t be explained away and she didn’t know what she was going to do. Could she leave him? Should she leave him or give him another chance? She turns her phone back on and sees that she has five voicemails and a few text messages all from Jameson. First she reads the texts and they all pretty much say the same thing, that he loves her and can explain everything if she just talks to him. Then she calls her voicemail and puts in her code and begins to listen to the messages. After she’s done listening she breaks down into tears. Hearing his voice breaks her heart. How can he say that he loves her after he slept with that woman? Does he even know what love is or how much he has hurt her? She puts down the phone and lays on the bed while crying into her pillow.
Jameson gets dressed and grabs his phone and car keys off the nightstand then heads out the door and into his car. He pulls out of the driveway and heads in the direction of the hotel when his phone rings. He puts the phone on speaker when he sees that it is Daniel calling.
“Good morning Captain. How are you and did you find her?”
“Good morning. Yeah I found her and I am not doing well. I’m nervous as hell because what if she doesn’t let me explain or believe me? I can’t lose her Daniel. She’s my life.”
“I know, believe me. I’ve never seen you happier than you are with her. I think that she’ll forgive you even if it takes time. Be positive.”
“I’m going to try but you know her. She’s stubborn and it’s even worse when she’s mad.”
“Well you’re going to have to figure out how to calm her down enough to where she’ll be receptive to what you’re telling her. You know that if you need us we’re here to help, just let us know.”
“Thanks Daniel. Well I’m pulling up to the valet now so wish me luck. Hopefully I’ll have good news for you all later. I have a feeling this will take a while.”
“You don’t need luck when you have truth on your side but good luck bro. Tell her we all said hi.”
Jameson hangs up after they both say goodbye and he gets out handing the valet his keys and the valet hands him a stub and then he walks into the hotel. Once inside, he heads to the front desk and asks for the room number of Renee Chevis and the attendant looks up the room number after asking how he knows her. He tells him that he is her boyfriend and is planning a surprise for her. He asks him to help him set something up by getting a room right next to hers with champagne and strawberries and some rose petals. Once he has the room key and everything is all set, he makes his way up the elevator and to his own room first before going to her room and hopefully winning her back. After getting situated in his own room he straightens himself up and grabs the bag that he packed for her and heads to her room. Now standing in front of the door he’s starting to feel very nervous and a little scared that she won’t talk to him and let him explain. Taking a deep breath for courage, he raises his hand and knocks on the door. “Here goes nothing.”
She finally gets up from crying and sits on the foot of the bed thinking about the video that she saw and feeling hurt. Why would he lie to her like that? How could he do that and when did he have time? He comes home smelling like he’s been working and his clothes certainly show that he’s been working, so how did he manage to fit screwing that bitch into his work day schedule and why didn’t Daniel or one of the others warn her?
Feeling like an even bigger idiot for trusting any of them, she finally gets off of the bed and walks into the bathroom staring at herself in the mirror. Her eyes are all red and puffy and her cheeks are flushed. She doesn’t look too well and feels even worse. Her heart is broken and she doesn’t know when or how it will ever heal from the betrayal that she’s feeling not just from him but from his friends as well. They all just let her happily go along with her life like nothing was going on between their friend and another woman. The only person she can trust in their little group would be Stephanie but that’s only if she hasn’t turned to Daniel’s side. Now all she’ll have is her work to keep her busy and she’ll have to find a new place to live too. So many thoughts go through her head and many of them sad, as she thought that she’d end up married to him at some point with a family like they talked about in the past. Nothing seemed to be going as they had planned anymore. First a miscarriage and now to find out that the man she loves is cheating on her. The hurt is so deep that she almost doubles over from the pain of it all but manages to keep it together and splashes water on her face. As she’s wiping the water off she hears a knock on her door and heads to answer it.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I’m at the sink in the bathroom cleaning my face from all the crying when I hear a knock at the door. It’s about time my food gets here. I am starving for some reason this morning and I don’t know why because I did eat last night. Maybe it’s because of all the alcohol I consumed since food does soak up some alcohol which is why you’re told to eat before drinking. As I make my way to the door, I wonder what Jameson is doing right now. Actually I wonder if he’s thinking about me or if he’s even up. Then again I know that he’s up since he goes for a run every morning.
Once I get to the door, I open it assuming it was my food since nobody knows that I’m here, but I was wrong because standing in front of me when I open the door is Jameson. I stare at him and he stands there looking nervous. He actually looks kind of cute when he’s nervous but I’m not gonna fall for any of his cuteness. He slept with that tramp and I don’t have anything to say to him.
I start to slam the door but he catches it and pushes it open. I try to close it but he’s stronger than me so I give up and leave it open. I’m really not in the mood for this today.
“What do you want Jameson? I only opened the door because I thought it was my breakfast.”
“I was wondering if we could talk. I saw the video and what you saw wasn’t really what you saw.” What the hell does he mean by that? I know what the hell I saw and it was my man screwing another woman. The same woman that he told me time and time again that he wasn’t screwing.
“I know what I saw Jameson. Don’t try to treat me like I’m an idiot. I’m not blind.” I feel the anger starting to rise and take over the hurt which is kind of a welcome change.
“That’s not what I mean Doll. Can we sit down and talk? I can explain everything I swear. Please?” The way he’s looking at me is making me feel sorry for him. I’m hurt and pissed but if he can explain what I saw then I should let him. Right? I sigh and step out of the way gesturing for him to come in and before I close the door my food arrives. After my food is brought in and the door is closed again, I sit on one end of the sofa while he sits on the other end. I take the lid off of my breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast while he takes several deep breaths. He really is nervous.
“So, tell me what you mean by me not really seeing what I saw or whatever you said.”
“Okay. The video you saw was of me and her together but not recently.”
“What? I’m supposed to believe that because it wasn’t yesterday or the day before that it wasn’t cheating? Is that what you mean?”
“No. Okay let me explain further.”
“I’m listening.” I take a bite of my toast and some eggs while he takes more deep breaths.
“The video is from the time I told you about already. We had that one date and sex like I told you. I didn’t know it at the time but apparently she video taped the act. I never would have consented to that and Micah is working on finding out if I can do anything about that but that’s not as important to me at the moment.”
“And what is important to you at the moment?”
“You. Always you Doll. I hate that you’re hurting and that she showed you that video. I wanted to kill her. I told her that if she ever harasses you again all bets are off though. I don’t care what I have to do, I'm going to make this better for you baby girl.”