•Quincy's Point of View•

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"You just finna go over there" Jalen asked.

"Yeah fuck it" I shrugged my shoulders as I grabbed a hoodie out my suitcase.

"Her and her friend Michelle was lit as hell last night. You seen they instagram story?"

"Nah" I replied spraying on some cologne.

"I told you we should've went to the party but no yo ass wanted to go to sleep"

"Nigga I was fucking tired" I laughed "The flight landed at 1am you didn't even let a nigga take a nap"

We were only here for the day because we were invited to this showcase. I couldn't be in her city and not go see her. I haven't talked to her all month but I still missed her. There was still a lot of unanswered questions that needed to be addressed.

"It's noon, they ass somewhere hungover. She don't fuck with yo ass no more. She ain't text you not one time since y'all broke up. She probably fucked some nigga last night" Jalen laughed shaking his head.

"I ain't worried about none of that." I replied. I couldn't even be mad or jealous about what she's been doing while she was single knowing I fucked my ex.

I looked at my phone and saw that my Uber was 3 minutes away.

"Alright I'll be back"

"The showcase is at 4 nigga so don't take forever. I'm finna hit the streets for a minute too"

"Cool. I'll text you when I'm on my way back" I grabbed one of the spare hotel keys and headed downstairs.

I hopped into the uber and rested my head on the headrest. I had no idea what I was about to say. We needed to have an adult conversation about everything. About her being on Onlyfans, about me and Sydney and about the state of our relationship.

Once I made it to the apartment I realized I should've brought some flowers or something. I was here now though and if I turned around I knew I would convince myself not to come back here.

I got onto the elevator and went up to the 8th floor where her apartment was. I still had the extra key she had gave me when I came to visit but I decided not to be a weirdo and just walk in her apartment. I knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. I stood there rocking back and forth on my heels.

The door opened and it was Michelle. She had on a dress and I figured this was what she had on last night. Her eyes were red and puffy, she just looked rough.

"Long night huh?" I laughed looking her up and down.

"What're you doing out here?" She frowned at me.

"Paris home? I need to talk to her" I asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah she's here but-"

"Oh she brought somebody home. I gotchu" I nodded my head and turned to leave.

"What? No." She stepped outside the door and closed it. "Look it's been a long night we're just now getting back from the hospital. She's not talking to me but she might talk to you. She needs somebody right now more than ever"

"What're you talking about?" I scrunched up my face at her, confused.

"It's not my place to say. Just go talk to her and I swear to God if you bring up the Onlyfans shit I will slit your fucking throat" Michelle tells me.

Damn somebody must have died. I hope it wasn't one of her parents or siblings, I know how super close she is to them.

I nodded my head and followed Michelle into the apartment. I walked over to Paris' bedroom door and slowly opened it. I peaked my head inside but didn't see her. I walked inside the room and closed the door behind me. I could hear the sink running so I just sat down on the bed and waited for her to come out.

"Hey" I said as she appeared in the doorway. She jumped and clenched her chest. "My fault" I said with a slight laugh.

She just stood there staring at me, emotionless. She definitely didn't look as bad as Michelle. She had on a oversized t shirt and sweats. Lack of sleep was evident but that was it.

"You good?" I questioned.

Paris nods her head yes slowly. I could see the tears welling up in her eyes. Just by the way her bottom lip began to quiver I knew she had been holding in her tears and was on the verge of breaking down. I quickly got up and wrapped my arms around her before she hit the ground.

She sobbed loudly into my chest so I held her tighter. I tried to stand her upright but her body was practically limp so I slowly sat down. I put one hand on the back of her head and the other around her body and just held her closely against my body. Her cries only grew louder and louder, she was really hurting.

I've never seen her cry before and I never wanted to see her like this again. It hurt me to see her hurt like this.

I rubbed my hand up and down her back just trying to soothe her. I didn't want to ask her what happened or say anything. I just wanted her to cry for as long as she needed to. She pushed me away and sat up.

"What're you doing here? Did Michelle call you?" She sniffled. Her voice was completely hoarse and I could see the discomfort on her face as she spoke.

I shook my head no. She started to wipe her face and I noticed the hospital bracelet around her wrist. If she was only visiting someone that was in the hospital, they wouldn't give her a bracelet with all her information on it.

"What happened?" I asked looking at the bracelet and back at her. She put her hand down and I caught a glimpse of bruising around her neck. "What happened to your neck Paris?"

She opened her mouth to speak but began crying again. I pulled her back into me and just held her. I tried to not let my mind wander so I wouldn't make myself mad. But judging off of Michelle and how she looked like she'd been crying all night and how hard Paris is crying and all bruised up. I knew some foul shit went down.

I closed my eyes and just started counting to ten forwards and backwards trying to keep myself calm. I was ready to kill somebody but I knew Paris needed me to be her peace right now.

Her cries eventually began to fade as she cried herself to sleep in my arms. I picked her up and laid her down on the bed. I grabbed her blanket and covered her body with it before walking out the bedroom.

I knocked on Michelle's door and invited myself inside before she could even respond.

"What the fuck happened last night"

"Everything happened so fucking quick" Michelle said wiping her face. "One minute we were all having a good time the next she's on the bathroom floor"

"The fuck does that mean? I need details"

"She went to the bathroom and our friend Jacobi noticed it was taking her a while to come back so he went to check on her and there was this guy. He was-" Michelle began to cry.

"Who was it?!"

"I don't know. Nobody at the party recognized him. And she couldn't talk. The doctor said if Jacobi didn't get there when he did the dude would've completely crushed her windpipe"

I wanted to point blame but I could already see that she felt guilty enough as is. Why the fuck would she let her go to the bathroom alone?

I went back to Paris' room to check on her. One part of me wanted to leave and go kill a muhfucka the other part of me knew I needed to stay and monitor her breathing while she slept. I kicked off my shoes and climbed into bed next to her. I sat up with my back against the headboard and positioned her closer to me so her head was laying on my lap. I started to rub her head and just watched her as she slept.

I felt so fucking guilty. If I would've just put my pride aside last night and went to the party none of this shit would've happened. I didn't know if I was ready to fix things or if I even wanted to so I just stayed in the hotel to collect my thoughts. She needed me the most last night and I was too caught up over her damn Onlyfans account

I didn't want to move because she seemed so comfortable so I pulled out my phone and just watched something on Netflix. Before I knew it, it was passed 3pm and Jalen was calling my phone.

"Nigga where you at?"

"Aye I'm not gonna be able to make it" I whispered so I wouldn't wake Paris.

"Why not? We need this exposure bro"

"I know but she going through some shit I can't just leave her like this."

"So what we just don't show up? Fuck am I supposed to tell them?"

"Say we're sick or something ion know" I shrugged "I'm not gonna make that flight tonight either"

"Damn is she good? Y'all need anything?"

"Nah she not" I replied looking down at her as she slept. "Can you bring my stuff over here whenever you get the chance?"

"I gotchu"