A Heart Full of Lies by Nique Luarks

watched her as she watched television, in awe at the Goddess he was looking down at. Her oversized t-shirt covered most of her legs but he could still make out her shape. He admired her lips, skin, and hair. He traced the tattoos on her soft skin and licked his lips. Nails, and feet done to perfection, he felt his dick getting hard.
                  He didn’t want to come on too strong, but Erin wasn’t making it easy. He could tell she had been hurt, but he was willing to take the necessary steps to break down her walls, all of them. He rubbed her arm and looked back up at the tv, just as his phone started ringing. Erin sighed and he reached for his phone. Seeing that it was Amina he hit ignore.
                  Erin rolled her eyes and sat up straight. “You gotta go?”
              Tone fixed his dick in his sweats. “Naw, I was gone chill with you for the night. That cool with you?”
                  Erin looked at his phone as it was ringing again. “Your girl wondering where the fuck you are.” She stood up and crossed her arms, not fully understanding why she even cared in the first place. She wasn’t even feeling him like that.
                  Tone picked up his phone and answered it. “Wassup ma?” He looked at Erin and grabbed her when she started walking away. “Amina, wassup? Naw, I’m in for the night. Naw, I’m busy. You can’t be calling me all late and shit, I’m with my girl.”
                  Erin heard whoever it was yelling, shook her head, and snatched away from Tone. “You need to leave Santonio.”
                  Tone hung up the phone. “Why?  We chillin’, don’t trip off that shit, you see I shut it down.”
                  “Obviously you’re still involved with somebody else, and I don’t do drama. Thank you for the meal and your time, but I’m just not interested.” She made her way to the door and stood by it. “You should go, I’m getting sleepy.”
                  Tone rubbed his hands over his face. “Aight, it’s cool. I’ll call you when you wake up.” He grabbed his jacket and stood in front of her. “I just need you to know one thing though.”
                  Erin stared into his light brown eyes. “And what’s that?”
                  “I don’t give up.”
                 
     
                  Jeanette clocked in for work at the Swope Park Medical Center and set up her nurse’s station to start assisting the patients that were already in the waiting room. She was running late and the last thing she needed was to hear her boss’s mouth again. This week alone she’d been late six times counting lunch and it was only Thursday. She tried to avoid being tardy as much as possible but with Kory not having a car, he always had hers. She removed her jacket and sat down.
                 
                  Amina, her co-worker was on her phone when Jeanette turned on her computer. “Hey Amina, I’m sorry I’m late girl, Kory’s ass was taking forever to get ready.”
                  Amina popped the gum that was in her mouth and rolled her eyes. “Don’t he always. Girl I told yo’ ass to leave him alone.”
                  Jeanette logged into her computer ignoring Amina’s comment. “You hear that storm last night. My lights were out this morning. Yours?”
                  Amina didn’t take the hint. “Don’t let him cost you your job.” she warned Jeanette.
                  Jeanette grabbed the clipboard and looked over the names on the list. “I hear you. So what’s new with you and ole boy, what’s his name … Tone?” Jeanette laughed to herself. Amina went through men quicker than she went through drawers. Every other week she had a different story to tell, about somebody new.
                  Amina