Part 35

Part 35

This man not only saved me but he redeemed my pain with the death of others. I want to ask him if my parents’ parts were in there, but I’m afraid to ask; maybe because I’m afraid to know his answer. I focus on the road, rubbing his tight firm thigh, knowing that I’ll always need saving. I don’t know how to feel about that, but I know that right now, I feel safe, and King as done that by wrapping one box full of hands and a heart. I look over at him, smiling because although he wasn’t what others would assume a knight in shining amour, he’s mine. The sad part is it took me to see what he was willing to do for me, for my inner safety, to feel that I can trust him. This is huge, this is a big deal, and a big box.

“King?”

“Yes my Queen.”

“This box is heavy.”

“I know it is, but I want you to hold onto it for a reason.”

“Can’t you just tell me the reason now and I can push it out on the side of the roadway?”

“Do you want me to go to prison?”

“No, no I don’t!”

“Well, if you push it out on the side of the road, that’s where I’ll be going. For the rest of my life. I’m sure I can plead insanity with three of the murders but not the rest.”

“I’ve been battling with myself whether or not I want to know, and since you bought up that you can plead insanity with three; I need to know what three. Why do you think you could get off on an insanity plea?”

King pulled the car over into a rest area, closet to the woods, and near something that looked like a pig pin. He gets out of the car and walks around the front gesturing for me to keep my eyes on him. This man made my heart skip a beat with every breath I took my heart jumped. He gets to my door and gestures for me to close my eyes and turn away, without second thought, I did what I was told. There was a knock on the window maybe five minutes later, I turned and it was King. He opened my door and asked if I got scared or nervous, was I on edge.  I told him that I was fine and was not scared at all. He kneels down beside the car and start telling me how it all started and how he knew what he needed to do.

“I remembered the pain you were in when you told me about your parents. I promised myself that night, that I would never allow anyone to hurt you. The day I slapped you was because of Beast, but that’s not what you thought. You thought I was too stupid to make the right decision when the fact of the matter was, I was in love with you by that time. I made the decision that would protect you. I was told that if anyone can see that I won’t hurt you for talking out of turn or don’t have the ability to put you in your place, they would end up hurting you to get to me. Abuelo knew that I wouldn’t have let him take you without a fight, which is why he came with the gun to confront two children. Me taking that bullet, wasn’t because I wanted it, his finger was on the trigger. It took me a split second to know that you were going to be tortured, but you would still be alive only if I acted right away. I did what I thought was best for you, for us. Queen, I would take a million bullets, as long as I know that I can save you. There’s not a day that didn’t go by that I didn’t think of you and hoping within all the bullshit, you had time to think of me. I heard your screams and I know you felt me watching you. They had you doped up pretty bad but, you could remember me; it just proves that our hearts are one. When the police officer pulled you out of that house, you yelled out my name, you knew I was there. We’re soulmates, connected by something unexplainable, which is why I took your parents’ ring fingers, wedding bands still attached, and the heart of Abuelo. The ring fingers because if they didn’t marry and form a unity, there wouldn’t be a you. If they didn’t do what they did, you would have never come to New York. Abuelo showed us that our hearts were connected, he knew before we did. When he saw me in the hallway, he knew right then that I was to be your King and you my Queen. I took his heart because for us, he had great intentions but his mind was not where it should’ve been. I say all of that to say this, do you feel how light that box is now?”

I lifted the box and it wasn’t heavy at all, I looked at him confused.

“Once I got your complete attention I was taking them out of the box  one at a time and feeding them to the alligators over there. The box is almost empty, the only things I have of your past are the wedding bands of your parents and Abuelo’s heart. I didn’t want to get rid of them before getting your permission.”

“I don’t want them being a part of our new lives.”

King took both rings and stuffed them into Abuelo’s heart and chucked it right into an alligators mouth. Within seconds there was no evidence except the blood soaked bag but he made sure that was taken care of too. He then tells me that even though I may assume that he isn’t doing anything, he is always doing something to protect me, to protect us, and taking the load off of me to make my walk easier. I turned to face the open door, putting my legs out of the car but placing my feet on the frame.

“King, do you still want to marry me?”

“Stop your foolishness girl, you know I do. I never killed anyone, but I killed a little over fifteen people in the name of love and I’ll kill a million more if I need too. You know what the problem is these days?”

“No, what?”

“Men are so afraid to tell a woman how they feel, in fear of being  hurt. Most women don’t see marriage as a unity, they see the flashy wedding and the big diamond ring. Like that shit is supposed to be the reason the marriage works. It’s a trend to be married for most people. For us, it’s counting down the days that we have together, to the next time my lips touch yours, to our next laughs, the next time I get to make sweet passionate love to you.”

“I want you, I want you so bad King. I’ve always wanted you badly but I was forced to wait. Right now, I truly want to wait until marriage. It has nothing to…”

King cut me off to say, “you don’t need to explain anything to me, if you want to wait we can wait, if you don’t then you don’t. I’m here to cater to you and your every need.”

“Like our last night that we had together on the train?”

“Queen, if that’s what you want, it’s my duty and pleasure to give you all of your desires.”

King kneels between my legs and just looks at me smiling, and I; I smile right back. Looking at him I can see that he has changed, he’s more confident, a lot bigger when it comes to his body structure, his smile is the same but bigger and brighter. He’s face is not as smooth as it was when we were younger, he has his beard growing in, and his hair color is a little lighter than the color of his caramel skin which makes him sexier than ever. Grabbing his face in my hands, I kiss his forehead, nose, lips, then his chin.