Loving Cino

Chapter 5

Ramona

            I walked outside and got in my car and drove away.  I drove down to the pier and sat there watching the water.  I loved being near the water.  It always calmed me. I listened to the calming of the waves crashing against the rocks and let the salty water fill my nostrils.  It was only minutes before I couldn’t take not being in the water.

 I walked down to the beach and stripped down to my underwear and tank top and ran into the water.  I dived underwater and swam away from life.  I came up for a breath of air and went back to my underwater world.  I watched the horseshoe crab wonder the sandy floor until I needed another breath of air.  I came up and gulped down a few gulps of air.  That’s when I noticed someone sitting by my clothes.

 Clearly it was a man.  I swam closer towards the shore only to realize it was Kevin.  “How do you keep finding me?”  I asked snatching my pants from beside him.  “I dropped Jay off.  I saw you come out and I followed you.”  He held up my keys.  “Sit down.  Let’s talk.”  “Give me my keys.”  “After we talk.”  “There is nothing for us to talk about.”  “Ramona, sit.  If you don’t want to talk then just listen.”  I studied him for a moment. 

He seemed sober.  If he wanted to hurt me, he would have done it by now. 

I sat beside him. I glanced at him as he smiled at me.  “I love you.”  I looked at him in disbelief.  “I do.  When you’re not around I have to find you.  I have to hear your voice I can’t c*m unless I am staring deep into your eyes.”  I couldn’t help but look away embarrassed.  He grabbed my head and turned it to him.  “Last night I wanted to give you this.”  He held open a box with a 24-karat diamond ring.  It was beautiful.  “I was so nervous I used, and I couldn’t control myself.”  I watched the tears in his eyes flood out.  “I am so sorry I hurt you.  I meant everything I said though.  I want you to be my wife, I want you to have my babies.  I just want you Ramona.”  All I could do was stare at him.

 I had no idea what to do. I had no idea he felt this way about me.  I thought I was a piece of ass to him and treated him like he was a piece of d**k.  I didn’t take the time to get to know him and did not allow myself to have feelings for him. This was the very last thing I expected from him. 

“Ramona say something.”  He begged kneeling in front of me.  I stared at him long and hard before walking away.  “Ramona!  Wait!”  He called after me.  I walked to my car and stood there.  He opened the door for me, and I slid inside.  He walked around to the passenger side and got in.  I looked at him.  He took his jacket off and put it around me.  “Get out of my car I have to go home.”  “Please talk to me.”  “I just did! Now get the f**k out my car!”  “Ramona, calm down.”  Before I knew it, I jumped out the car and began walking.   

I had only gotten down the street before my car cut me off.  Out jumped Kevin.  “Baby please get in the car.  I stopped and looked at him.  I walked over to the driver’s side and pushed him out the way and got in.  Before he could go around to get in, I sped off.

Cino

            “YOU ARE A NO-GOOD ASS p***y ASS NIGGA!  I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU CHEATED ON ME!”  I was sitting on the sofa holding my head watching Melissa run around our house packing my stuff. 

“I AM A GOOD WIFE AND MOTHER!”  “Yes, I know.”  I mumbled annoyed.  I watched her chuck everything outside.  “GO BE WITH THAT RAGDY ASS b***h THEN!”  I shook my head.  “Can you calm down now?” “f**k YOU!  GET OUT!”

I looked at her.  “If I walk out that door, I am not coming back.”  She opened it wider.  I walked out the door and she slammed it shut.  I stood there a moment trying not to let my emotions take over.  I gathered my clothes and shoes the best I could and began walking.  I walked thirty minutes until a car sped past me.  It screeched to a stop in front of me.  I watched the red Pontiac reverse until it was on the side of me.  The black window came down revealing Ramona’s beautiful face.  She was drenched and looked like she was having as much of a bad night as I was.  She looked at my clothes in my hand before unlocking the door.  I dropped them in the backseat and walked and got in the passenger’s seat.  As soon as I closed the door she sped off.    

We both sat in silence trying to get a grip on our realities.  She drove to her house and pulled into the backyard.  She opened the door and grabbed some of my clothes and I grabbed the remainder and my shoes.  She unlocked the back door and walked inside and to her room.  I followed her, passing Lorenzo at the table eating brownies.  His mouth dropped open when he saw me.  She walked over and sat my clothes on her recliner by the window.  She then walked over and closed and locked the door.  I sat my clothes down and began folding them and organizing them.  I watched her go to her closet and pull out a box.  She pulled out a toothbrush and sat it next to her as she searched for something else.  When she couldn’t find it, she put the box back and handed me the toothbrush.  “Thank you.”  “Your welcome.” She didn’t smile or even look me in the eyes.  Whatever was on her mind was really heavy. 

I watched her walk in the bathroom and turn the shower on.  She then walked out the room.  I grabbed my boxers and toothbrush and walked in the bathroom.  I stripped and jumped in the soothing hot water.  I closed my eyes and let the water beat on my body.  I couldn’t believe she had kicked me out of our house. And over some s**t I didn’t even do.  Never had I ever cheated on my wife.  I loved her too much.  Why couldn’t she see that? 

I stopped thinking when I felt Ramona behind me in the shower.  I looked back at her trying to let the water hit her body.  I moved and stood behind her letting the water beat against her wild mane of hair.  I grabbed her soap and began lathering my body while she vigorously scrubbed her hair under the water with the shampoo.  I couldn’t help but smile at her.  I was glad she trusted me enough to let her guard down completely.  It was crazy because I felt so comfortable with her. I could tell she was just as comfortable with me as I was with her. 

I rinsed off and got out the shower.  I dried off and put on my boxers.  I opened the toothbrush and brushed my teeth.  By the time I was finished she was getting out the shower.  I turned around and looked at her trying to dry off and keep her towel wrapped around her head which fell every time she bent over.  She was getting more and more frustrated.  I grabbed her hair towel and dried her hair while she continued drying her body.  She slipped into her underwear and tank top. She gave me a nod.  I smiled and saluted her making her giggle.  She brushed her teeth and I hung up our towels and tidy up the bathroom.

Ramona

            I walked and sat in the middle of my bed and began combing the tangles out my hair.  I turned on the tv as Cino laid beside me.  I handed him the remote as he watched me struggle for a moment.  He then took the comb and gave me the remote.  I couldn’t help but smile as he detangled my hair.  I turned the tv to one of my favorite shows called Shameless.  We both laughed at the show until he finished untangling my hair.  “What is this?”  He asked laying back on the pillows.  “Shameless.”  “I have never heard of it.”  “It’s so funny.  I love this show.”  We laughed again watching Frank run out the back door.  I pulled my hair back and laid back next to Cino.  He got up, turned the light off and laid back down.  He pulled me into his arms which made me a little uncomfortable.

            The next thing I knew I awakened to my doorknob rattling.  I looked over at Cino who was snoring.  I reached over him and grabbed the remote and turned the tv off.  I then walked to the door and opened it.  To my surprise it was Kevin. 

I looked at the butter knife in his hand.  “Were you trying to unlock my door?”  I asked half asleep.  “Yes.”  “Why?”  I asked pushing him into the kitchen as I stepped out the room closing the door behind me. “I needed you baby.”  “For what? And who let you in?”  He smiled at me.  I looked at the back door which wasn’t disturbed at all.  That’s when I remembered I left my keys with him.  I looked back at him.  “You copied my keys didn’t you.”  I asked.  He smiled again.  “Yes.” 

Oh my God!  “Kevin, get the hell out my house and don’t come back.”  I said pushing him towards the front door.  “Baby what about us?”   “There is no us!  I can’t do this!”  “Do what?”  “This!  You copied my keys!  You used them to come into my house in the middle of the night!  My family is here!  Are you crazy?!”  “Ramona, I” “No get out right now!”  “I am not leaving here without you.”  “Yes, the f**k you are!”  I shoved him at the door.  “Ramona, stop!”  “GET OUT!”  I screamed pushing him at the door.  He grabbed me and slammed me on the floor.  I couldn’t move from the pain.  He laid on top of me holding me to the floor.  I felt him tugging at my underwear.

 “NO!  STOP KEVIN PLEASE!  JUST LEAVE!”  I screamed trying to push myself up, but he was too heavy.  “GET OFF OF ME!”  I screamed.  I felt my tears hitting the ground.  He tried to enter me from behind.  I squirmed and moved to try and keep him out.  “Kevin please stop!”  I begged.  He pulled my arm behind my back and forcefully stabbed himself inside of me making me cry out.  “You are mine stop fighting it!”  He grunted in my ear pounding himself inside of me.  “Please stop Kevin!  We can’t come back from this if you don’t!”  I begged.         “Ramona?”  Cino called from the kitchen.  “Who the f**k is that?”  Kevin asked as Cino walked in the living room half asleep.  He looked at Kevin and then me.  He saw my tears and snapped.  I ducked my head in the floor as Kevin flew into the front door.  I looked up to see Cino and Kevin throwing blows at each other. 

I crawled behind the couch as Damien and Derek came running down the stairs followed by Daria with a bat and Jeremiah.  I laid there in a ball crying as everyone flew past me at the fighting men.  I couldn’t see anymore.  All I heard was yelling and screaming and things breaking.  The only thing I could do was cry.  “STOP!”  I heard Daria yell.  Everything fell silent except for my crying.    “Ramona?”  Daria called to me.  I couldn’t see anyone anymore. I screamed when someone grabbed my arm.  “It’s okay.” Cino said pulling me into a sitting position.  “GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!”  Kevin yelled making Cino release me.  “CINO NO!”  Derek yelled.  “You beat him enough!  Calm down!”  I felt Cino holding me again.  “Call the police.”  Cino instructed.