"Can i tell you a secret?",i said hugging him from behind as he cooked breakfast.

"Yea wasup?"

"While you and your family be having conversations, I would go on google translate to see what you guys was talking about." Santiago busted out laughing and turned to look at me.

"Baby if you wanted to know what we was talking about you could've asked me."

"I know but I didn't want to disturb you."

"Cute",he said smiling and shaking his head.

"I know i am thanks. What are you making us?",I said peeking to see what he was cooking.

"Ever had a cheese,egg, and bacon burrito?"

"Uhm no. I've had a regular burrito but that sounds good too."

"Your gonna love it."

"I'm allergic to cheese",I said with a straight face.

"Really?",he said with a concerned look.

"No I'm playing",I said laughing. He shook his head and smiled.

I took plates from the cabinet to set the table for us and took simply lemonade out of the fridge. He put two burritos for us each on a plate while I poured juice for us.

"What time is the Bible study thing?",I asked him.

"7. Why?"

"No reason."

"If you don't wanna go, I'm not here to force you bae. Nor will it make me mad if you don't go."

"I know. I'll go with you."

"Ight",he said biting into his burrito. I bite into mine and it was really good like he said it would be. Just then his phone went off, and I took the liberty of answering it.

"Hello",i said.

"Hi may I speak to Mr. Rodriguez?",the female voice asked.

"May i ask who's calling?"

"It's Marisol."

"Marisol?",i repeated for Santiago to know she was calling him.

"Hi Marisol, it's Santiago's girlfriend Khia. You and I haven't had a real conversation so I'll take the opportunity to do that now. Santiago has moved on and I suggest you do the same. So please do yourself a favor and stop calling my man's phone cause every time you do, he doesn't answer. Stop calling from other numbers and stop being desperate. You had a good man, and you lost him. Just accept it and go find yourself another man because this one is mine."

"Can you pass Santiago the phone please?"

Im not sure if she was trying to be bold by still asking for Santiago or maybe she was stupid.

"Babe lemme handle it", Santiago said reaching for his phone.

"You better. Cause lately You haven't been doing a good job of it",i said handing him his phone.

"Yo",he said on the phone.

"Please Marisol. We already had this conversation and I've heard it all. Okay fine I accept your apology just leave me alone",he said on the line. I looked at him trying to make out what he was thinking.

"No. I don't love you Marisol. Where are you headed with this?"

I got up from the table and went to my room. I left him to deal with his thirsty ex. Turning the channel to whatever was good to watch on tv, I sat in my bed under covers and watched an episode of Braxton family values. I needed something to distract me and calm me down. A couple minutes later, Santiago came into my room and came to me to kiss me but I jerked my face away.

"Baby what i did? I handled her",he said. I got up from my bed and went to the bathroom bypassing whatever he was telling me.

"Babe. The last thing I need right now is for you to get mad at me. I can't take another hit in my life right now so please talk to me",he said standing in the entrance of the doorway to my bathroom.

"I'm just kinda confused why it's taking you this long for you to handle someone. You told me you don't want me talking to trey & I haven't been but you still got Marisol on your dick. Explain that to me",I said facing him and crossing my arms.

"Baby you saw me call her or she called me? I blocked her and she finding other numbers to call me off of. I can only do my part in setting her straight. I can't stop her from calling me."

"So get a new number then. Ever thought of that?"

"I have and I did when her and I broke up, romeo gave my number to her. I don't know what else you want me to do."

"I don't want her calling you."

"Baby your asking me to control something i can't",he said looking at me.

"When's the last time y'all had sex?",I said looking at him.

"Really?"

"Answer the question."

"Two years ago. The night before I caught her in her room with Juan."

"Why is she crazy over you? If y'all haven't had sex in two years."

"Sex isn't the only reason why someone would be crazy. I actually invested my love into her."

"I don't wanna hear that. Invest your love into me."

"Am I not doing that?",he said confused.

"I don't feel like you are."

"How can you? When the joker you was with never showed you love himself. Sex isn't love babygirl."

"He loved me. It wasn't just sex."

"Is that what he told you?"

"That's what I believed. He did love me."

"If he loved you, why he never claimed you Khia?"

"Because we wasn't good for each other."

"Khia I know you a smarter girl than that. I'll take that reason from someone else but not from you. If it wasn't for me, you would've been playing 'sidechick' with the fool."

"And there you have it",i said clapping stepping to him. I slapped him across his face and he pushed me against the wall.

"Oh your that type a nigga. You don't have a fuckin right to call me a sidechick. You don't have a right to think I'm a project you could work on and 'fix'. Get the hell out of my house Rodriguez",I said. He looked me in the eye and kissed me.

"Get out",I said walking away from him.

He pulled me back to him.

"I'm not playing with you. Don't give me a reason to call the cops",I said pulling out my phone with my free hand.

"I'm sorry."

"I don't give a shxt if you are. Get out."

"I'm sorry Khia."

"Please stop. I'm a project. That's what I am to you. Your the popular kid in school, scholars student, how did I not see it? I'm a charity case to you. So lemme guess, when your done 'fixing' me your gonna leave right?"

"Baby please stop. Your not a project to me. And I'd be a fool to leave you."

"Santiago can you please leave? I need time to myself. You out here investing all your love to girls that don't really love you back while I'm here loving you."

"Babe what can I do to show you that I'm investing all my love into you? Please tell me. Whatever it is, I'll do it."

"There's the door Rodriguez",I said showing him that I was about to dial 911.

He slowly took his things and left.