CheckMate 4: Winner Takes All by Tiece Page B

said feeling the heat. He didn’t expect things to turn out this way. He’d had his way for a long time and surely he’d dogged Candy more than a few times, but she wasn’t having that shit anymore.
     
    “I’ll go where ever the hell I wanna go.” She snapped. “You wanted MiKayla, so go be with MiKayla. I’m done being a doormat for your whorish ass.” And with that, she walked off.
     
    “Candy,” Monty called out to try to stop her. “Candy!” He called out again, but to no avail she kept it moving. He stood in the office doorway as he watched her walk down the stairs and straight out the door. Not once did she look back. For the first time ever, he felt that she was truly going to get over him; if she hadn’t already.
     
    “Damn,” he said just above a whisper. “I’ve really fucked up this time.” Instantly, thoughts of MiKayla surfaced in his mind. He actually felt hatred towards her for fucking him over and ruining his relationship. He still wasn’t willing to take full responsibility for his actions, but little did he know that wasn’t going to get him very far and especially nowhere with Candy. 
     
    ***
     
     Meanwhile, not far away, MiKayla was just walking inside of her condominium. She was outdone with the way things had played out when she’d gone to see Monty at his office. With her eyes still teary, she headed into the kitchen to fix herself a glass of wine.
     
    She sat her Coach bag on the granite countertop and somberly opened the kitchen cabinet reaching for a glass. She then stepped over by the wine cooler and opened it, grabbing a bottle of red wine to sip on. The minute she started pouring herself a glass of wine, Chad entered the kitchen. She turned to face him with a disappointed expression on her face.
     
    “I take it that things didn’t go well with you and your man?” He questioned with an uncaring tone.
     
    “That’s none of your business,” she said walking past him like he wasn’t standing there.
     
    “Oh, it is every bit of my business.” He said as he followed her into the living room.
     
    MiKayla sat down on the sofa and picked up the remote off of the end table next to her. Instantly, she started flipping through the channels as Chad stood there watching her. “You can leave now,” she told him.
     
    “What if I don’t want to leave?” He questioned.
     
    “What if you have no choice?” She questioned back.
     
    Chad frowned. “You’ve become someone else in the time that I’ve been gone.”
     
    “What, was I supposed to stay the same? I fucking lost my fiancé and my baby in a matter of months. I had to pick myself back up and carry on.” She said feeling the pain in her heart from the loss of their baby boy.
     
    Chad stood there staring. For the first time, his eyes filled with water. He knew that he’d hurt and not once had he even mentioned the loss of their son since he’d been back. The only reason why he didn’t was because he was also hurt by it and he knew that mentioning it would destroy her.
     
    “Baby, I’m sorry that happened. I lost a son, too.” He said trying to help relieve some of her pain.
     
    MiKayla stood up and angrily faced him with mixed emotions. “YOU AIN’T LOST A DAMN THANG! YOU WEREN’T HERE, REMEMBER! WHERE THE FUCK WAS YOU?! YOU’VE YET TO ANSWER THAT SHIT! ALL I KEEP HEARING IS THAT YOU’RE BACK AND YOU WANT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.   BUT TELL ME, CHAD; WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS?”
     
    Chad stood there feeling numb. He knew that he’d hurt her and he felt bad for it, but the last thing he wanted was for the shit to go down like it did between them. He did love her and he did want to marry her, but things didn’t go as he’d planned and there was no way that he could reveal his reason for disappearing. She’d never trust him again nor would she ever allow him back into her life.
     
    “Baby please,” he said trying to hold his composure. “All that matters is that