Gate Wide Open by M. T. Pope Read Free Book Online

his eyes. He musta knew that he was about to meet his Maker.
    â€œYour turn, you home-wrecking bitch!” I swung the bat at him.
    Just as I was about to hit bone, he leaped and tried to make it across my bed. He slipped on the satin sheets that I had bought from Pier 1. I smiled with an evil grin, knowing he was now at my mercy. He looked up at me with fear, but he didn’t beg one bit, probably because he wasn’t sorry for what he had done to me and my family.
    â€œYou gonna pay! I’ma make sure they take your ass outta here in a body bag, muthafucka!” I swung the bat with all my might, breaking his ankle.
    He yelled in agony as I took my time and broke his knees.
    Crack! His ass bone.
    Crack! Crack! Both his arms.
    He was stretched out on my bed, beaten, bloody, and moaning in pain. I flipped him on his back, making sure he saw the last hit coming. I aimed for his head and went for it. Pow!
    He wasn’t dead, and I was glad. I decided to let the muthafucka live the rest of his life in a fucking wheelchair.
    To my surprise, Shawn jumped up and bolted for the door. Like a jackrabbit, I pounced after him with the bat in hand. Just as he reached the steps, I threw the bat at his feet and watched it clip him. He lost his balance and hurled down the uncarpeted steps like a ball.
    As he fell, I could hear him breaking numerous bones in the process. He lay at the bottom of the steps in a mangled mess moaning for help.
    â€œAin’t nobody here but me and you, Shawn,” I said, bending down and whispering in his ear, “so your bitch ass can cut out the crying. I left yo boyfriend upstairs barely breathing, and your ass is next.”
    â€œMona, please!” he moaned in a low but audible cry.
    I picked up the bat that followed him on his trip down the steps. “What am I going to do with you?” I questioned him. “All you had to do was stay on this side of the fence, but oh no, you wanted to play on both sides again. All I ever did was love you, Shawn. I forgave you for your infidelity, and vice versa. This is the last straw, and your time here is up.” I swung the bat one last time and hit him in the head. I watched as his eyes rolled in the back of his head and his breath faded away.
    I knelt down and placed my ear to his mouth, to make sure he was gone for good. After I was sure, I threw the bat down and walked out of my house.
    I got into my car and drove until I couldn’t drive anymore. I sat in my car on the side of the road and cried my eyes out because of the chaos of my life. I banged on the steering wheel with my hands and my head, trying to get the visions of my madness out of my head. I couldn’t, because they were forever burned into my memory.
    I just wanted all the pain to go away. It was too much for me to bear. I just couldn’t live this life any longer, and I wanted it to end now. I prayed to God and asked for forgiveness for what I was about to do. I asked Him to take care of my children and my mom.
    â€œPlease, Lord, let them know that I loved them the best I could.”
    I unbuckled my seat belt and stepped from my car and ran into traffic just as an eighteen wheeler came bustling down the road.
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    â€œNoooo!” I screamed out loud as I sat up in my chair with a look of fright. I looked around the room and noticed I was alone. I had fallen asleep at the kitchen table. Luckily, the kids had a movie playing that was louder than it was supposed to be, so they didn’t hear me scream.
    â€œIt was only a dream,” I said, calming myself down. “Oh, shit! It seemed so real.”
    I had been having dreams of this nature on and off lately. I was hoping and praying that Shawn was done with sleeping with men, particularly James. Shit, I was hoping I was done sleeping with him.
    I got up and walked to the kitchen sink and splashed my face with some cold water. I sat down at the table again and calmed my self down mentally and