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“Trey? What do you think you’re doing? Are you insane?” Scott
asked him as he rushed to Megan who was still on the floor.
He carefully helped her up and watched as she dusted her
clothes with her little handkerchief. When she was done, he
faced Trey.
“How dare you, Trey? How dare you come to my house and
harass my guest? Huh? How dare you?” Steve angrily yelled at
him.
“I’m sorry, man. I came looking for you and she said you weren’t
- in. I thought that-” He tried to explain himself but Steve wasn’t
having it at all, he cut him off.
“And you couldn’t call me before coming? What do you have a mobile phone for? For decoration or for what?” He questioned.
“I tried to do that, but your line wasn’t connecting. In fact, I
called you countless times but I still couldn’t reach you.” Trey
explained but Steve wasn’t interested in what he was saying till he spoke again.
“You know, for a moment, I thought you were intentionally avoiding me. I could have sworn by the moon goddess that you
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intentionally didn’t want to speak to me.” Trey continued
blabbing.
“And why would I do that?” Steve asked.
Trey laughed in a sly manner and moved closer to Steve, “We
both know why you would do such a thing.” He whispered into
Steve’s ear, making Steve angrily push him away from him.
At that moment, what Steve was feeling was beyond what he
could explain properly. It was sort of a mixed emotion; like it
was a mixture of anger, rage and fear. Anger that Trey had the
effrontery to show up at his house and try to force his way in
even when he had been told that he wasn’t in.
And most especially, FEAR! Fear that Veronica could have been
exposed, had Trey gone into his house if he didn’t get home right
when he did. Steve tried as much as he could to compose himself
and not allow Trey’s words get to him.
“So, tell me, when she told you I wasn’t in, why didn’t you leave
immediately?” Steve asked him and Trey hesitated for a moment
before answering him.
“Well, I thought she was lying. I thought that maybe you were in
the house and she didn’t want me to see you.” Trey answered.
“Are you even listening to yourself, Trey? Do you know what
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you sound like? You sound like a clown, Trey! Like a child! What
the hell!” Steve shouted at him.
“Come on, man. I said I thought she was just lying to me. Are you
going to blame me for thinking that Megan lied to me? How
would I have known that you weren’t in? How was I supposed
to know?” Trey said in his defense.
“That’s where common sense and courtesy comes in.” Steve
snapped at him. “If someone tells you that whom you seek is not
home, courtesy demands that you leave immediately even
before they ask you to.” Steve said further.
“Why would you even think she was lying to you in the first
place?” He said and scoffed. “Well, I’m not surprised, you still
haven’t changed. A leopard really never changes its spots.” Steve
said with utter disgust as he shook his head and hissed, while
Trey just stood there staring at him.
“Anyway, I apologize.” He managed to say, without remorse,
after a few seconds of silence. “I didn’t know you weren’t in. If I
had known, I wouldn’t have done what I did, honestly.” He
apologized, but with every word that came out of his mouth,
Steve’s anger just kept increasing.
Steve thought for a moment before speaking again, “Hold on a
minute, What if I was in?” Steve asked him again. “What if she
didn’t want you to see me? Or what if I was the one who
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instructed her to tell you that I didn’t want to see you? Is that
enough reason for you to harass and manhandle her in this manner?” He inquired while Trey stood there, a little bit
ashamed to look him in the eye.
“I’m sorry, Steve. I have apologized but I don’t know why you’re still angry. I don’t know what else you want me to do. I said I
didn’t mean to do what I did.” He said plainly.
“I just thought that you could have-” He said again but before he
could finish, Steve angrily interrupted him.
“By the way, why are you even here? What are you doing here?
What did you come here for?” Steve bombarded him with
questions and for a moment, Trey didn’t know which of the
questions to answer first.
“Yo, bro. Calm down. I mean no harm.” Trey said with a stern
look on his face.
“I am not your bro!” Steve snapped at him.
“Well, fair.” Trey muttered and nodded his head slightly.
“Anyway, I just came to say hi to you.” He finally found an
answer to Steve’s numerous questions.
“On what grounds? For what reason?” Steve asked him, his face
showing how irritated he was.
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“Nothing at all. I just felt that it had been a while and I should just say hello and we could catch up for old times sake.” He answered. “Or can’t I come to say hello to a ‘friend‘?” He asked
but Steve could hear the contempt in his voice and so Steve
glared at him, irritated.
“Catch up for…?” Steve scoffed. “You must be out of your mind.”
He hissed, “You know what? I’ve heard enough and I’ve had
enough of your bullshit! Get lost!” Steve yelled at him.
“What?! You’re asking me to get lost? You’re sending me away?
Is it because of her? Really, Steve?” He asked, unable to believe
his eyes and his ears too.
“Yes, really! Get the hell out of here before I lose my temper!”
Steve barked, while Megan stood aside.
“You’re really unbelievable.” Trey chuckled, “Wait, are you
really sending me away?” He asked, as if to be sure his ears were
still properly working.
“Do you need me to physically tell you to get lost with a punch
in your face?” Steve asked, coldly as he clenched his fist, and
moved closer to Trey, who immediately stepped back and raised
his hands in surrender as he smiled sourly.
Hearing what Steve had just said, Megan hurriedly went to hold
his arm because she knew that with the way things were going
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and with how angry Steve was at that moment, it was only a
matter of seconds before he would throw a punch at Trey and
this would only make matters worse.
Megan understood what Trey was trying to do and she didn’t
want Steve to fall into his trap.
“Pay him no mind. You know he is always up to no good. Just
leave him alone. Let him leave in peace.” Megan said to Steve
who stil had his fists clenched, waiting for the right opportunity
to punch Trey in the face.
“He just wants you to do something wrong so that it can be held against you. Don’t give him that satisfaction.” She said to him as
she still held his arm, not letting go.
“Leave, Trey!” She shouted at him and he turned and began to
leave.
He had only walked a few steps when he turned back to them and began to say the words which Megan dreaded the most.
What she feared was about to happen.
“You know, I would have been a little bit angry too if something
like this had happened in my house, maybe not as angry as you are now, though,” he began, “which makes me wonder what exactly is going on. Like what is all of this pent up anger and rage for?” He asked with a raised eyebrow, with the sole intent
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of causing a stir.
“Stop it, Trey! Just leave! What the hell is wrong with you?”
Megan screamed at him as she stood in between Trey and Steve.
She then turned to Steve, whose shoulders were now tensed, his
jaws clenched as he gritted his teeth as he glared at Trey, “Don’t
listen to him, Steve. Don’t.” She said, holding him back as she
tried to calm him down, but Trey was making it extremely
difficult, with his actions and words.
“Why? Am I saying anything bad here?” Trey said mockingly.
“Oh wait, don’t tell me, you’re still angry because of what
happened back then.” He said again and Megan yelled his name
but he still refused to stop talking. “Come on, Steve, It was all fun
and games.” He said again, laughing mockingly as he watched Steve’s rage increase with every single word of his mouth.
“Can you believe that I still remember that night like yesterday?” He snickered. “I remember how she was screaming, though I still
feel like she was enjoying it as I was-” He couldn’t finish his statement because Steve freed himself from Megan’s grip and
his clenched fist landed straight on Trey’s face, breaking his nose
and sending him to the ground in pain, instantly.
