Bookmarked

by Bella Jay

dog years when it comes to how long you gotta wait. So, if my math serves me right, you gotta be single until you a smooth eighty-seven, unless you get back with me.”

LMAO not Dog years

When Juice wasn’t around, I felt like I didn’t know what to do with myself. These were all signs and symptoms of codependency

“what’s been stuck in the back of my mind is, how did I miss what was happening with her?

She was dealing with this for years, pops. How could I not see what was right in front of me? I feel like I failed as a husband and friend.”

Are you gonna move on, or do you plan on waiting on her? And if you plan on waiting, what is that going to look like? You’re gonna have to be real honest with yourself.”

“Where Nora gon’ go? Who gon’ put up with her shenanigans but me? She too old to try to get her groove back.

“I made love to you the way I did that night because I knew I would have never been where I was, had it not been for you.

And you ain’t nobody book bae but minessssss!”

“The question: What are two songs that make you think of me or remind you of me?”

““Freak Like Me”, hands down.” Books’s mouth dropped open at the Adina Howard

I am too weak right now..freak until the day until the dawwwwwwnnnnnnnn lol

“Get You” by Daniel Caesar and Kali Uchis started,

wedding song,

This trip was leading up to this custom gift. It wasn’t anything over the top, but it was something I knew would fill her up with joy.

I had gotten an us book made.

I opened it up to see the wire had been molded into the word ‘bookmarked’.

“You said the bookmarks at the end were because it was part of an incomplete series or there was another book in the series you had yet to read.

I placed the bookmark at the end of our book because I know this is only the first book in our story and not the final one.

“You’ll always have quick access to my heart, Books baby,” he continued, and I hung onto every word. “You’ll always be the one I want

“I’ll see you around, Brooklin… for our sequel.”

It spoke to my book loving heart.

I was still very much hooked into the web that was Brooklin Sky Newsome (she bet not change her last name back).

I can’t wait to love me the way you love me,

Barcelona

The answer as of writing this: incomplete. That’s the only answer that feels right.

“As you were supposed to.”