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her light pink button-down bodysuit.It was a lot of clothes to have on when your bladder is about to burst.
    Dakota just sat there and turned back to the television. As the humor of Damon Wayans entertained Dakota, Jordan suddenlyreappeared in the living room.
    â€œGirl, what is wrong with you?” Dakota said.
    â€œI had to pee,” Jordan responded.
    â€œOK, so what was all that ‘the nerve of him’ stuff?”
    â€œJayon ... he has, like, slipped and bumped his head.”
    â€œWhy, what did he do?” Dakota said, slightly laughing at Jordan’s demeanor.
    â€œIt’s more like what he didn’t do. What he didn’t do is realizeby now that this relationship is falling apart. He comes and goes as he pleases, and he has no regard for what I feel.”
    â€œWhat are you speaking of?” Dakota asked, getting frustratedwith the beating around the bush.
    â€œIt’s just, you would think after I forgave him for the Michelle thing that he would be more appreciative of me and put more effort into our relationship, but he doesn’t. To make it worse, he gets mad at me that I have some trust issues now.”
    â€œYeah, men don’t get it. I don’t know what’s taking you so long to get that.”
    â€œDo you know he had the nerve to tell me it’s not his fault I don’t like to do anything but be with him?”
    â€œWow ... that’s cold.”
    â€œTell me about it. He made me seem like some bum chick that has nothing going for herself. He made it seem like he is paying all my bills and keeping me. I was truly offended by that.”
    â€œWell, I told you that you need to do more and stop sitting up under him.”
    â€œThat’s the thing; I’m not sitting up under him. I just don’t like clubbing like that. Is that so bad?”
    â€œNo, but you see how men get.They get complacent.They take it for granted.You need to get out there to remind them that you can be taken.”
    â€œIt’s so sad, even at thirty-four we still have to play these games.”
    â€œSad, but true,” Dakota replied.
    Upon finishing her statement, Dakota stood up and walked into the kitchen. She had been babysitting Jason for the past three hours when Omar dropped him off. She had just put him to bed and come back down to get a snack and watch television, but she’d left her snack on the kitchen counter.
    Dakota came back into the living room with a plate full of potato chips, some dip, and a glass of cran-grape juice.
    â€œSo, all of this stemmed from the other night when he didn’t answer his phone when you called?” Dakota asked when she sat back on the couch.
    â€œBasically. When we spoke, I told him he always seems to have some excuse for where he is, and he got all pretend offendedand then tried to flip it back on me.”
    â€œWhy you say pretend offended?”
    â€œBecause I know that he sees where I’m coming from. He’s late for plans we have all the time; there’s way too many times he doesn’t answer his phone when I call the first time; he works late a lot. It’s just that I don’t feel like a priority anymore.”
    â€œWell, is he just busier at work and you can’t understand that?”
    â€œI don’t know, but I know that it’s taking my sense of securitywith him away completely.”
    Dakota took a gulp from her glass and chewed a couple of potato chips at once.
    â€œYou should have never let him move offices. At least if you two still worked together and in the same place, you could know when he is really working late and when he’s not.”
    â€œI know, but at the time we thought it was best since we weren’t together and it was awkward; and the job offer he got was a great opportunity. I wish I would’ve known it would make things so bad, though,” Jordan replied.
    â€œSo, think about this question for a second before you answerit,”