Dolph hadn't heard me when I had asked that question. The rushing water had probably drowned out the sound of my voice. It was hard not to become tense as it almost felt like I could sense life growing within me with each passing moment. That had me hurrying with my bath, which I usually took my time with while giving myself a lot of self-motivation. There was just too much at that point that I didn't have any time for all of that talk.“Tamika…” Dolph called out from the other side with a rising urgency in his voice. “You're getting late for the dress-up and the final preparations.” I was shocked as I felt like I had just gotten in there a few seconds ago. It felt like time was suddenly racing without any speed limits. I hurriedly got out of the bathroom, nearly forgetting to put a towel around my body. But as soon as I saw a hint of the people in there with Dolph. I grabbed one of the towels in there and wrapped it around my body as I stood there waiting for the water to drip fro
“What the fuck…?” I let out even though I wouldn't swear normally while within my office area. There were just too many things going wrong with my plan as I sat in there with Phil and my secretary who was staring at me in awe.“Just calm down for a couple of moments and we could think this through one more time…” Phil shut his mouth as soon as he raised his head to look at me. “All right, you know it wasn't my fault that things went wrong with the plan to get Dolph intoxicated.”“Whoever’s fault it is, I don't give a damn at this point…” being as raw and real as I could be at the moment. I turned to my secretary, still in my angered state. “Get out…” I watched as she did exactly as she had been commanded. “You're letting this minor failure get the best of you…” Phil's words of encouragement didn't amount to a bag of salt at the moment. And I wished he knew that, as it would dissuade him from saying any more of that garbage. “There's still got to be something that we could—”“Quiet so
“You're making me nervous with all of that…” I said as I disliked the questions Dolph had been asking as a teaser for what I could expect from Helen who seemed to be out for me in that interview show. “Just give me a break…”The car ride was getting uncomfortable as I was realising just how unprepared I was got the moment that was about to put me back in the spotlight. I felt bad that is had taken it so flippantly. I wished I had left the casino the first time I had gotten the chance to. There were a lot of things on my mind as I was trying to make it through that moment.“Calm down, Tamika…” Dolph said as he glanced at Julia who was seated in front beside the driver. “All you have got to do is to be yourself right now…”“Be myself? I haven't been myself ever since I woke up after the long night with you and your—”“Let's not bring that up right now…” Dolph cut me short as he didn't want to be made to look like he was the cause of everything that was going wrong. “We don't want to br
Was that moment happening to me there? I kept wondering to myself as the moment was about to happen to me in slow motion. There were a lot of things about to go wrong on the day of my grand reappearance. Randy tried to put his lips on mine while every single person was watching, and the was beginning to look like an intentional effort to sabotage every single thing I had been working on so far. But then, in the nick of time, Dolph was able to get in the middle of everything before it could happen. All eyes were on us without a doubt. But for some reason, Dolph didn't seem nervous as he pushed Randy away from me. There was just too much tension in the air for the next couple of moments. Randy looked a bit confused as Dolph motioned for security to have him thrown out. There were just too many things on my mind as I was trying to figure out what to do next from there. “You pervert… what the heck are you doing here…?” I barked at Randy, as I was simply annoyed by his relentless effor
It was hard not to feel free of tension in the building. The sound of the crowd was making my knees weak. I was short of words as I began making my way behind the curtains. It was just me and myself against that vicious crowd, with Helen of course. “Welcome to the stage, Tamika Fisher…”That was my cue to get going. I had never calculated my steps as much as I had done at that point. There were just too many on me for me to do anything wrong at that point. There was loud applause and cheers. But for some reason, my ears were sharp enough to catch the slight boos in the background. Amid my avid supporters, there were always bound to be haters. I was sure enough to smile for the cameras and to wave at the people cheering me on. There were a lot of goosebumps popping up on my skin. I felt like I was living the most memorable moment of my life. “Welcome, Tamika…” Helen said with all formality, as we had never spoken to each other in our lives. I was trying my best to play along, but t
“Well… about my ex…” I said as I had never had to think through my words so carefully in such little time. “Things happened so suddenly and I realized that with all my years of experience in relationships, I still had a lot to learn.”Laughter erupted in the hall and that made me feel like getting a clip of the whole interview and playing it over every single morning. The people looked like they were having the time of their lives.I could only imagine just how good a laugh Dolph was shaving back there in the back. He was probably proud of the fact that I was giving them a good show while I was clearing my name. Helen cleared her throat, signaling that it was time to get serious again. “You were quite a mess after the phone call that ruined your whole career if not your life…”“Well, it ruined my career but not my life. And I think we should never give anyone the power to ruin our lives. That's just too much power for just one person.” I said, giving them all a dose of my therapy ses
“And that's a wrap, guys…” Helen said to the camera with an excited smile as she brought the show to an end. “Thank you, Tamika, for being part of the show. It was such an honor having you here.”We hugged each other and that gave her the chance to whisper something into my ears.“And I mean it…” she whispered as she was about to let go of me while she was about to let go of me. “You killed it.”After I had cleared the air about everything that had been happening so far, there was nothing left to look forward to besides my normal life as Tamika Fisher. I couldn't wait to step out of there and meet up with Dolph who had probably been waiting for me ever since. After shaking hands with all the people I was supposed to, I was well on my way to the backstage section where Dolph had been waiting with his mother. “Tamika…” time seemed like it had paused dramatically at the point he had called out my name. Dolph's arms were wide open for me to come fit myself into them. “You did amazing…”
“Surprise…!” all of the maids and butlers shouted out to me with an excitement that nearly had me jumping out of my skin. There was just too much on my mind as I was trying to keep myself from falling backward.“What's going on?” I asked as I had almost lost my breath from the sudden rush of excitement that had been so intense to the point that I was scared. “I asked for a little house party to be thrown for you…” Dolph said from behind as he was looking the most excited I had ever seen him in a while. “You deserve it, Tamika…”Oh yes, I did. I had gone against unimaginable odds that had me wondering how exactly I had made it through. Everything seemed to have been against me until the moment when I heard the crowds cheer for me.But then, all of that was over and I was about to enter a long time of activity as I was trying to resuscitate my career once again. “Julia and Michael will be over here to celebrate with us at any time from now. I wanted us to celebrate specially and there