Story - Made To Be Together

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“I mean I’m getting paid to protect her. As long as she safe and nobody tryna cause her no harm I ain’t got nothing to do with what Shanell do wit her body.”
“So that’s a no?”
“Nah I ain’t gonna say anything. I mean if she wants to surprise him then that’s her right.”
“Wow! I thought you would’ve told.”
“Put it this way I’m not gonna lie either. If he ask me where she at then I’ma have to say something because he’s trusting me to be wit her but I won’t volunteer any information.”
“I guess I can live wit that.”
“So how you been? I ain’t seen you since we were in Atlanta…whippen that girls ass like that.”
laughs “I only fight when I have to. That was a have to moment.”
“You should be a bodyguard.”
“No thank you. Not taking applications.”
“Girl you funny. So how long this gonna take? Do you know?”
“About an hour, hour and a half.”
“Oh ok. That’s not bad.”
“I’ve gotten use to seeing her wit the scar it’s gonna feel weird looking at her again without it.”
“Yeah that is gonna be different. Well I‘ve only seen her wit it, aside from old photos.”

3 hours later

Aleen decides to walk up to the desk to see what’s going on. A different person was there.
“Excuse me but do you know if Shanell Weiss is out of surgery?”
“Are you a relative?”
“Yes.”
“Hold on one minute.” The nurse gets up and walks in the back. When she returns she’s with a doctor.
“Hi I’m Dr. Shaw the one who performed the surgery on Shanell. I was able to get the procedure done but we believe Shanell is having a reaction to the anesthesia. She’s not responding and waking up as she should in recovery. We’re actually about to have her transported to the hospital.”
“Oh my god!”
“This is really strange because usually if there was going to be any kind of reaction, it would’ve happened immediately and there were no known allergies. I’ve never seen this happen before.”
“So she’s not conscious?”

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I decided to get on the phone and make some calls. I was trying to see about getting this plastic surgery done. Everything had to be mapped out very well. I had to be on the road to recovery by the time Trey returned. I noticed one of the tour dates was in Texas at the Toyota Center once I had a chance to really look at the schedule. That was perfect. I knew I could see him then, without it being a problem as far as scheduling my surgery. It’s early enough where I could have the surgery done afterwards and still surprise him with it. I scheduled several consultations with different doctors so I could weigh my options. The next few weeks were going to be very busy for me.

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“So Shanell will be having some surgery done huh. On a bed of roses your casket will lie. Can’t wait for your surgery that day you will die…hahaha…Don’t worry Trey I‘m here for you baby.”

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Trey was so happy that I listened and did as he asked about letting him know when I was going to catch a show. I was surprised it meant so much but it worked out perfectly. I told him I would catch the show at the Toyota Center in Texas. That show was off the chain. Everybody was on fire. I loved seeing him perform. It was such a turn on. I went back to the hotel with Trey that night and we made love all night. I think him being around all those women compiled with the fact that’s it’s been awhile for us had him extra horny. He wasn’t the only one though. Not having sex until our wedding night was not going to work for us.Our hunger for one another was an insatiable one. One I never knew existed in me until I met him. That’s when I knew what real love from a man was.

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2 weeks later

I’m a little nervous because today is the day that I’m scheduled to have my surgery. My cousin Aleen is here. Marcus is about to take us to a plastic surgeon that I was referred to by Val. I didn’t let him or Evan know what was going on.

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“Ight I gotta go warm up. Everything gonna be alright. I love you.”
“Love you too.”

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Marcus didn’t end up coming back to the house at all that day. I couldn’t even get in touch with him. I asked Evan if he heard from him and he told me something came up and Marcus needed him to fill in for the rest of the day and to tell me he’d see me in the morning. I couldn’t wait to see him in the morning either. He never even let me know anything about my car.

Then next morning by the time I got up it was almost noon. I looked out the window to see if maybe my car was in the driveway. It wasn’t. Then I decided to go downstairs and check and see if it was in the garage. It was and my windshield was even replaced. I was so happy it was fixed. I got on the phone and called Marcus. I asked him to come over to the house. He came in the door off the kitchen. I was leaning against the cabinets.
“Good morning.”
“Hey…good morning…damn near afternoon now. What’s up?”
“What happened to you yesterday?”
“Oh nah I had to go take care of something so I just asked Evan to cover for me. The car fixed though. It’s in the garage.”
“Yeah I saw it.” looks at him oddly
“What? What’s wrong?”
“Marcus I’m worried. I have a lot of concerns about yesterday.”
“This is what we’re gonna do. We have a car that we’re gonna take you out in. Your car has to stay put.”
“But why? If it was an accident then what’s wrong with me driving my car?”
“It’s just as a precaution for now. We don’t need her making no more mistakes. I mean initially we weren‘t taking your car anyway until you insisted on driving yourself.”
“You mean to tell me you actually believe that story that was given to you yesterday?”
“Why not believe it?”
“I swear it feels like you guys are hiding something from me and if you are Marcus I’m going to find out.”
“Where’re we going today?”
“You’re changing the subject.”
“Ok so if you don’t think that’s what happened then what did? Why you think it happened?”

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“Oh…Marcus what did Trey say? You also never gave me back my phone.”
“Here you go…hands phone…oh yeah call him back.”
“Come on Shanell…let’s go.”
“Ok.”
I got in the car with Evan and called Trey back, but of course I would get his answering machine. I left him a message to call me.

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“Aye man it’s Marcus.”
“Whatchu find out?”
“Man this ain’t good. Somebody definitely out to get Shanell.”
“Damn! I was hoping this was just some freak ass incident.”
“Yeah they had a note hidden in the roses that I snuck from Shanell so she wouldn’t see it. It had this poem on it that said Roses are red but yours are black, marry Trey and you’ll die for a fact.”
“Did you call the police?”
“Yeah they wanna dust the car for prints. I also gave them the note. Once they’re done with the car I’ma get the windshield fixed and then head to the house. Evan is with her now.”
“I see she just tried to call me. Ight man…please protect my baby. I need to know that she gone be in good hands while I’m gone.”
“Brutha I gotchu. I’ll protect as if she was my own. I’ve grown to care about her too. She family now.”
“Ight man. Anything else pop up let me know.”
“Will do.”

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Once I got in the house I was so disturbed about my car I couldn’t even think straight. Evan tried to tell me not to worry about it, since it was a mistake, but I just couldn’t. It was hard to shake the feeling that it wasn’t. I really couldn’t wait to finish talking to Trey. I really needed him to call me back. He always seems to calm me and get me to look at the bright side of things. Now that I think about it I’m wondering how come Trey didn’t get back on the phone with me. Maybe he had to go. I decided to go in the office and get some work done since I was working from home until I officially went back to work. I had a few articles that I was in the middle of writing and I needed something to take my mind off of this mess.

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“I know how hard those sessions can be for you sometimes…had to make sure you was alright.”
“Yeah I’m ok. So how are things going with you?”
“Just getting settled in. Gotta head over to the Bank Atlantic Center pretty soon.”
“I wish I could be there.”
“Yeah well I’ll be home before you know it.”
“You never know I might end up surprising you before then.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea baby.”
“Why not?”
“Just trust me when I say that. If you decide to come to one of the shows just let me know ahead of time ok?”
“Why Trey?”
“Baby this ain’t my show. I don’t know exactly what’s gonna be going on all the time. I can’t just have you here like dat.”
“Trey it’s not like I’ll be in your way or anything.”
“I’m not saying that. Look can you just let me know when you’re coming whenever you do decide?”
“Trey why do I get this feeling that you’re hiding something from me? Are you cheating?”
“Yeah I’m cheatin…that’s why I spent all this money on a ring and asked you to marry me cause I’m cheating on you.”
“Well then what is it?”
“I just don’t want you to come see me and then I can’t make no time for you.”
Looks at windshield…panics “What is that? Oh my gosh!”
“Baby what’s wrong!”

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“I was just about to make me some good old cereal before you called.”
“Well now you can eat a nice cooked breakfast.”
“So how you doing today? You feelin alright?”
“Yeah…I’m good.”
“You miss him already don’t you?”
laughs “Am I that pathetic Marcus?”
“Hell yeah!”
“I can’t help it…sits plate in front of him…No matter how many times Trey goes away I never get use to it.” grabs her plate and takes a seat
“I think that’s a good thing. It’s when you stop caring that he’s gone is when it’s a problem.”
“I know right.”
“So how’s the leg? You seem to be moving around a little better.”
“You know I wasn’t even thinking about it. Now that you’ve said something I’ll probably be scared to put pressure on it again.”
“Oh my fault.”
laughs “It’s ok…I’m just messing with you. It feels ok.”
“Man this is good. It’s right on time too.”
“I’ll probably be doing a lot of cooking being here now to occupy my time. I need some company. I get bored being here in all this house by myself.”
“Girl you better enjoy it. I bet it’s a lot of ladies that would love to have that problem. Where ya friends at? Invite them over.”
“Marcus I know you haven’t known me for a long time but I don’t have a lot of girlfriends. I never have. I mostly deal with my family like my cousins, but they’re not here.”
“Yeah I did notice that. I just thought it was because you didn’t want them around Trey.”
laughs “No. I don’t mind being by myself it’s just being here by myself that I don’t like.”
“Well you better get use to it if you’re getting married. You gone be staying here right?”
“Yeah Trey wants me too. I wish his place was a bit smaller.”
“Maybe you guys can work somethin out…maybe he’ll move into somethin smaller.”
“Oh no, I’m not gonna ask him to do that. He actually needs this space. You know he has rooms for his brothers and his mom and grandma when they come to visit. I’m sure I’ll get use to it.”
“Well breakfast was good. What time you wanna head out?”
“We can leave right after I clean up the kitchen.”

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“Trey is there something that you’re not telling me…again?”
“Why you keep asking that?”
“Because you have been preoccupied and I know it’s more than what you’re letting on. Are you sure nothings wrong? Is it Nikki?”
“Look…I told you already. I’m gonna miss you…and plus this tour is big for me. I’ve always admired Jay-Z and to be opening for him is huge. I just wanna make sure I go out there and give them a show that they’ll love and hopefully recognize why I deserved that spot.”
“Baby you will. That’s why you have it because you do deserve it. Jay-Z knows it too or else he wouldn’t have even considered you. You’re so talented and I’m so proud of you. Before you know it you’ll be headlining your own tour.”
“Thank you baby.”
“You’re welcome. I wish I could be there with you too, but that’ll just make your homecoming that much sweeter.”
pulls her close “Mmm and I can’t wait either…you know we really gotta get it in before I go now that ya cast is off.”
“You think I was sending you off without reminding you of what you have at home?”
“I ain’t gone forget what I got at home. My heart won’t let me.”
“Aw baby.” kisses
“Alright me and Buggzi gotta few things we need to handle before we take this trip so I’ma see you later.”
“Ok.”
“Evan’s in the pool house. I’ma let him know you’re here.”

Trey and Buggzi head out of the house and drive to the police station to show them the letters and photos that were taken. They all were photos of Trey and Shanell at different events, but every picture of Shanell had the head cut off with red writing written on her body saying R.I.P. The police wanted to know how long this has been going on and Trey told them every since his fans heard he was engaged. They wanted to know where they were being sent and Trey told them that it was coming from his fan mail. He made them aware that Shanell has no idea that this was happening and he wanted to keep it that way.

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“See I have a problem with this. You don’t know who’s really doing their job. I mean if they can give you wrong information about her not being pregnant who’s to say she’s getting correct information about being pregnant.”
“Yeah true…you do have a point…man this whole thing wit her is BS. I thought I was through wit all this.”
“Well Trey don’t let it bother you right now. You may just be through with it all. When does she go to the doctors again?”
“Mumma I don’t even know. I barely wanted to talk to her let alone ask her any questions.”
“I guess it doesn’t really matter anyway. The main thing to prove it is going to be a DNA test. That’s the only way to really know anything.”
“I don’t wanna be thinking bout this shit…I mean stuff until that can take place. Mumma I got so many other things on my plate that I‘m tryna handle…sighs…it‘s too much.”
“Baby I know.”
“Then she talking bout the media knowing about me not claiming my own child. I would never do nothing like that.”
“She’s just trying to get you all worked up about it because she knows you don’t want anything to do with her Trey. Just try not to worry about it for now. You have to go on this tour and you really need to put all your energy into that.”
“Yeah…you right.”
“What’s Shanell doing? I know she’s not ready for you to leave.”
“She left. She probably mad at me right now.”
“Why?”
“It wasn’t bout nothing major, I just made her mad.”
“What’d you do that for?”
“Cause…she just wanted to know too much of something that was dealing with me and Alonzo and I didn’t tell her.”
“Everything ok with you two?”
“Yeah…it was just business like I told her, but she ain’t believe me.”
“Ok as long as that’s all it was.”
“Yeah…it was for the most part.”
“How she doing as far as this news Nikki just gave you guys?”
“Aw she was about to go off on Nikki. I had to pull her up out of there and just leave.”