Ledge (The Domino Effect #1)

by Grey Huffington

I hated a soundless moment because it gave my thoughts the opportunity to grow louder,

“Alecic. Soft-natured. Gentle. Fragile. Mild-mannered. I’d use those words to describe what’s in front of me. Their relation to an actual halo isn’t coincidental. The name suits you.”

“It involves me taking you to my house, eating your pretty pussy until you beg for me to have mercy on you, then you putting my dick down your wet, slippery throat right before I slide into the mess we both create between your legs,” he articulated.

“Your pussy is thanking me. That’s what the fuck is going on,” Ledge snarled as he tapped my center with his hand, bringing more of the waterworks.

They prey on people like me, people that have already been broken just so they can break us some more. I’m not giving anyone that privilege.”

God, please fix me. Heal me. Restore everything within me that has been broken.

It was apparent that she knew much more about Halo than she was willing to share at the moment. I wasn’t tripping. Her loyalty wasn’t to me. She was doing exactly what she was supposed to be doing and protecting her friend.

My ideal love centered around devotion, protection, romance, patience, kindness, respect, and a bunch of filthy ass sex.

We’ve both got scars, I discovered. Wounds that still need healing.

I just wish I had my mother to share this happiness with.

“When you give me the chance, I’m going to love you down pretty lady, until your heart can’t take anymore.”

“At this point, I’m locked in, aight? Like, locked the fuck in. And, I’d kill anything moving about you and this little one.” I pointed to her stomach while pausing.

“I’m the sorry one. I’m sorry that life has been so unkind to you. I’m sorry that you had to suffer for so long. I’m sorry that you’ve had to face this all by yourself. I’m sorry that your grandmother passed. I’m sorry that there was no one around to protect you. I’m sorry that you had such a shitty childhood. I’m sorry that the sickness of someone else forever altered your world and the perception of the world in its entirety.”

“I’m sorry that you’re afraid and always scared. I’m sorry that you haven’t become the girl that you’re yearning to be. I’m sorry that you spent most of your pregnancy alone. I’m sorry that I didn’t come sooner. I’m sorry, Halo.”

“I just know that you’re part of me, now. You’re embedded. Your name, etched right on my heart. And, for the rest of my life, I want to keep loving on you, keep falling in love with you. Soon as you’re all better and feeling like yourself again after giving me the greatest gift ever, I’m locking it down for life. I’m telling you now so don’t freak out on me, pretty lady. Tell ya’ nigga yes when he asks you to marry him. Alright?”

“I want to learn to love you better, harder, and with everything in me. I feel like I do already, but I know there are parts of me that I locked away. Hid. Burned. I’m ready to unveil them so that I can give my all to this relationship—just like you.”

Let’s just think of it as a quest and I’m on a mission to unlock doors that were shut a long time ago. Layers. Every love needs them. I’m not expecting access to them all at once. Experiences, trials, ups and downs, hardships… that’ll peel back a new one each and every time. I’m willing to wait as long as I know that you’re the prize in the end. Not some of you, but all of you.”