Sighing heavily, she came clean. “I…I told you that I basically have two moms.”
“Right. Your mom and your stepmom.”
“When I’m home, I’m expected to spend the holidays with my dad and his wife, Karen. Even my own mom pressures me to be there and…” she sniffled, wiping the tears sliding down her cheeks. “All I’ve ever wanted was to spend these special times with someone who actually wanted me there because they simply did. Not for a photo op, not by a man’s orders, just because they love me.”
“Baby…” Adair sympathetically stared into the camera.
“It’s fine,” Sabine wiped her eyes. “It’s fine…I’ll call you back,” she hurriedly ended the call slamming her laptop shut. She dropped her head onto the table and cried her heart out.
11:55 PM
Sabine had been ignoring everyone’s calls. Especially her mom and dad’s. Adair was relentless with the texts, but she couldn’t bring herself to respond. She felt pathetic crying over spilled milk. She watched the clock wind down with a glass of wine and spider rolls.
Usually, she and Narri would’ve snuck away by now and held themselves up in a hotel somewhere getting drunk, laughing, making out while talking about all the things they wanted to accomplish.
Adair was calling once again.
“Stop…” she groaned closing her eyes, leaning back into the couch.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Someone was beating her door down. Sabine sat up peeking over towards the front of her apartment when it started again.
“Who is it?!”
“Open this goddamn door!” Adair’s voice roared from the other side.
Sabine covered her mouth slowly getting up. She barely had the door cracked when he barged in kissing her all over.
“What…what are you doing here?”
“I didn’t want you to spend this night alone. I love you and I promise I’m here solely because I want to be with you.”
“You drove five hours for me?”
“I sped four and half hours for you.”
Sabine’s forehead collided with his chest as she digested his words. Her superman had come and saved the day. Adair brought her to the couch putting her in his lap.
“You didn’t need to leave your family for me.”
“No, but you needed me more. If I had time, I would’ve driven us back and we could’ve got drunk as hell with my mom, aunties and cousins.”
“See…now I feel bad, even earlier when we were on video everyone looked like they were having so much fun.”
“Don’t worry about that, just know, starting now, you’ll never have to spend another holiday alone again…” looking at the clock, he turned to her and smiled. “Happy New Year, baby.”
“Happy New Year.”
MAY 17, 2011
Sabine sat with Adair’s family as they watched his name be called, accept his degree pointing it right at his mother while shouting “This for you Pamela!” and she screamed back, “THAT’S MY MUTHAFUCKIN’ BABY!”
Adair had a close relationship with his mother that Sabine wished she could have with hers.
For months they’d been in relationship bliss. Adair was the epitome of best boyfriend ever. They had their moments where she sometimes needed to be put in her place and that was when Sabine learned not to try him too much. He was the nicest person in the world until he wasn’t.
“Look at my law-abiding citizen ass nephew!” his aunt Terri elated as Adair made his way through the crowd towards them. “Don’t let them get me on that assault charge neph.”
“I got you, auntie,” Adair laughed embracing her.