Pieces of Me by Pua Ramona (small books to read txt) 📕

her hooker heels. “Because he loved me over you, and told me that my pussy was gold.” Before she can even take a step back I punch her right in the mouth.

“Fucking bitch!” Becca snaps she grabs my hair and pulls. Wrong move heffa, she tries pulling my hair again but I throw another punch and it hits her on the other side of her face. I see Becca’s hand flying towards me, but out of nowhere Michael appears and grabs her. I don’t know why, but seeing him with her even after eight years still turns my stomach.

Michael looks at me and tells me he’s sorry as he turns Becca in his arms and walks away with her. I feel my heart beating through my chest, I feel embarrassed, like the past was being thrown back in my face all over again. The only difference is; everyone is looking at me with pity in their stupid eyes. I hear my sister behind me but I can’t make out what she’s saying. All I can hear is the sound of my heart thundering in my chest and lungs breathing in gulps full of air. I feel tears behind my eyes, but I make sure I hold them in. I can’t catch my breath properly. Shit, am I having another panic attack? Please, please God just give me enough to be able to walk out with my head up. The pain is so strong that it’s almost knocking me off my feet.

“Sina, are you okay?” I hear Reese behind me. I still can’t look at anyone so I just start walking toward the stage like a woman on a mission.

“Sina, do you want me to take you home?” asks Megan as I pass her.

I look at her with tears running down my face “No, I need to do this” I say hugging her.

She looks at me with a proud smile, “You sing your fucking heart out Sister, all that shit that’s breaking your heart, you let that son of a bitch know that you’re done.”

I make my way to the DJ who’s one of Daniel’s good friends. “Hey Isaac, do you have Jessie Ware, Say You Love Me?”

He looks at me and says “Rip him a new asshole babygirl, do it good too because he’s staring at you right now”, as he hands me the mic and winks. I take my time walking on the stage “Alright everyone, for those who don’t know our next performer let me introduce her.” I shake my head at him no but he winks. “Ladies and gentlemen please let’s hear it for Miss Masina Peterson” the whole place goes crazy and I feel myself breathing easy now.

“GET IT GIRL” Mona screams. I look at my table and I see my sister, Leila and Mona holding their glasses up, I see the guys doing the same and I feel myself getting lost in the music. This is for the broken pieces that I gave him and the pieces he stole. I sing with my heart bleeding. They did this.

Chapter Eight

Eli

Leila: Where are you? It’s 10:30pm, let me know if you’re coming or not please? Daniel has a parking spot reserved for you. Ttys. Love you.

Reese: If you’re not going to make it text Leila and let her know. She had one of the guys save you a spot 

Leila: I heard about what happened at the office. That's between you and Reese. I’m not mad at you. I’ll understand if you don’t make it. I love you Eli and your heart. Xo

That was two hours ago. I planned on not going to The Hut, but a huge part of me wanted to see her. After Reese left the office, I worked the rest of the day. I left the office around eight, stopped at Five Guys and grabbed me some dinner then drove to the lake. I didn’t want to be around anyone, or anything. My head and emotions were everywhere and I didn’t know anything anymore. Reese and I have gotten into arguments sure, but never like this. Never to the point where we just started throwing punches, especially over a girl. I was so caught up in my bullshit with Becca, and worried about everything that I thought was about me. It made me feel insecure in some ways, so I questioned my best friend’s loyalty and his heart. I knew one hundred percent that he was all about Lei, I knew she was it for him because I see it every day in how he looks at her, the way he holds her, talks to her, and the way he tells her he loves her. I was too fucking jealous of what he had.

I thought Becca would be the one when I was ready to commit. She knew I wasn’t ready for a relationship, we hit it off so I didn’t stop spending time with her. We got comfortable with each other. Because we spent so much time together she started throwing out hints about us making it official, but I didn’t want to because I knew she wasn’t the one. I mean maybe for another guy, just not me. I was drawn to her looks, and how good she made feel especially when I was having bad days. I had it all fucking wrong. I wanted, no fuck that, I needed Sina in my life, it was her face that I started seeing when I wake up in the morning, and it’s her that I see before I go to sleep. If this makes me sound crazy then that’s fine. But there was something about Sina that made me crave her attention. She made me feel things that I never thought I would feel. She made me want things. Sina made me want to just talk about anything and everything. It’s her that I want to be my person someday, it’s her that I want