Chapter 5
So many things had changed about their relationship. Bobby was still the best lover she had ever known. It had been years since they were intimate with each other. He no longer drove the FedEx truck, he now owned over 100 of them and had over 120 employees.
Fallon no longer worked for H and R Block, but she still did taxes. Only now she owned and operated her own company, Infallible Tax Service where she employed at certain times of the year over 20 employees.
Bobby and Fallon’s connection was always electric and anyone that ever saw them together would swear they were a happy couple and clearly best of friends. No one understood why they just didn’t be a couple but them.
In an intense moment of honesty, they both agreed that there was no way they could be faithful to each other. They valued one another enough to want to maintain their friendship, so they shut the intimacy down and stuck to their creed completely.
There were many things that changed in their individual lives, but how he loved Fallon and Danisha only grew stronger over the years. It was clear that his initial concerns of him being faithful had dissolved.
Fallon really loved Bobby but didn’t trust herself to be faithful. He was the only honest man she had ever known. She had issues that she was aware of when it came to men. She decided years ago to capitalize financial from her issues.
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Fallon snapped out of her flashback of how they met and looked at how lovingly Bobby looked at Danisha. Her daughter was sleep while connected to an insulin drip. Her pancreas was inflamed, and the doctors were doing what they do to get her back to normal. It normally took about two days of treatment.
Fallon took Danisha’s phone so that she would be as uncomfortable as possible during this visit. She just wanted her to know that this wasn’t a joke and that her actions affected other people as well.
Fallon looked at Bobby and said, “Thank you so much for being here.” A tear fell from her eye as she said, “So many people judge me every time she comes here. They look at me and question how I let it get so bad.” Fallon paused as she looked at the floor. “I get so tired of talking. This girl is so smart, so incredibly intelligent. I want to believe her when she tells me that she is tired of coming here.
I have to trust her at some point, how else will she make it in life? I can’t be over her shoulder at all times. I swear people don’t understand that as a parent, I don’t want every conversation with my child to be one of anger, pain and disappointment. Some days I think she may be lying but I accept the smile and laughter she provides.
Most nights I cry myself to sleep because I wonder if she really knows she can die. If I think about it all day we both gonna die because I wouldn’t be able to work or anything.”
“Yeah Fal, people that don’t have children with special needs are quick to judge. I was in the barbershop when I saw this little boy going crazy. I turned and looked at Lou and said, “This dude can’t control his son, he weak as hell.”
Lou put his hand on my shoulder and said, “You know I can’t stand fathers that can’t control their kids but that little boy right there is on the autism spectrum. There are a lot of things going on that is setting him off right now.”
“I felt horrible. I have no idea what that man is dealing with day in and day out. Then I thought about how he must feel when he even knows that he has to take him to the shop and go through all of that.”
Fallon just nodded her head, “Yup.”
“I’ve learned not to be so quick to judge. I talked to one of my drivers about his children that tend to disrespect him. He and his wife are divorced, and she talks about him so bad to them all week. He has them every other weekend. He only has a few days to remind them that he isn’t a horrible person and then they go right back with their mother.”
“I know that’s tough on him.”
Fallon looked down at her phone and closed her eyes. She took deep breath and answered, “I told you I would call you back. What do you want Sir?”