Dirtiest Revenge by Cha'Bella Don Page B

of town, Kendra couldn’t make up her mind. She didn’t know if she wanted to stay or leave. She was so confused, and it hurt her deeply. Everything that she loved was gone from her life, but she knew she had to put her negative thoughts aside. Deep down, she knew that everyone deserved a second chance. Besides, her bags were already packed, waiting inside the car. Kendra didn’t bother to call Trent. She just wanted to surprise him when she arrived. I hope I’m doing the right thing , Kendra thought as she pulled into the driveway of the condo that she shared with Trent. After stepping out the car, she took a look around before opening the front door. She could smell the aroma from the meal Trent had prepared. Kendra’s stomach rumbled hungrily. She licked her lips and hurriedly made a dash into the kitchen. She was surprised at the lengths Trent had gone to so that her return would be perfect. Kendra made herself a hefty plate. She hadn’t had a real home cooked meal in a good while.
    Walking back into the kitchen, Trent cleared his throat to get Kendra’s attention. “I’m not good enough for a phone call? You could’ve, at least, called to say you had changed your mind,” Trent said with concern.
    Kendra was already seated at the table, preparing to take her first bite.
    “ I just made up my mind fifteen minutes ago. Why? You want me to leave?” she said, pushing her plate away and moving away from the table.
    “ Calm down, ma. You’re always overreacting. I’m glad you’re back,” Trent said, kissing her on the forehead.
    “ Can you get my bags out the car?” Kendra asked with a mouthful of food. “Baby, you did your thing.”
     
    *****
     
    After dinner, they talked a bit. “I’m taking some time off from school. Instead of graduating this summer, I’ll graduate next spring,” Kendra informed Trent.
    Trent sat back and listened. He was thankful to have his wifey back in his life.
    “ Baby, I just want to say that I apologize from the bottom of my heart for causing you pain,” Trent said, looking deeply in her eyes.
    Kendra’s eyes drifted away. She didn’t want to reveal the pain that was still inside of her. “Babe, I accept your apology. I just want to move forward and stop dwelling on the past. Can we do that?” Kendra asked.
    Trent nodded his head in agreement as they kissed again. With everything back on track, Trent stayed in the house the majority of the time. Kendra thought he was showing a new side of himself. Truth of the matter, Trent was keeping a low profile. He wasn’t ready to catch a case, so he left the hustling to his protégé Marquise, while he and Marcos stayed at the trap house. Trent was cool with how the situation had turned out. It just gave him more time to be at home and more time to stay in trouble with Nicole. Now that Kendra was back, Trent planned to keep dwelling in his love triangle.
    Since she had not been at work in over a month, Kendra had a lot of catching up to do on her first day back. She was swamped with messages and files. Within her first hour, she was in need of a break, and she needed one fast. The secretary buzzed through the intercom and said, “Ms. LaSalle, you have a call on line two, and Mrs. Harrison asked to see you.”
    “ Thank you, Morgan. You can transfer the call through,” Kendra answered.
    When she picked up the phone, the caller asked, “Hey, baby girl. Are you available to meet me for lunch?”
    Kendra was stunned as she spoke in the receiver. “Wiz, is that you? How do you know where I work?”
    “ I told you. I’m a man who gets what he wants, so how about lunch?” Wiz asked again.
    Kendra agreed to meet up with Wiz only because she was curious to know just how much he knew about her. A part of her thought he was a stalker, but the thrill made it just that more exciting. She watched the clock carefully on the wall. “Ten more minutes. Ten more minutes,” Kendra kept saying to herself until it was her lunch time.