Wifey, Part 2
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Nico was officially on the run. The FBI and the DEA had warrants out for his arrest for a drug conspiracy charge, so Jasmine knew he wouldn’t be coming home anytime soon, nor would she probably be speaking to him anytime soon. She was planning on moving her stuff out of his house as soon as possible, and was going to have access to her SoHo apartment only until the end of the month.
The day after she’d left the federal building, she went to Long Island to get a suitcase and some clothes for a trip she was making to Los Angeles that same day. When she got to the house, she was surprised to see a letter from Mia from a correctional facility.
“What the fuck this bitch want now?” She felt like she just couldn’t get drama out of her life, no matter how hard she tried.
She stuffed the unopened letter into the back pocket of her jeans and told herself she would read it once she got on the plane.
Jasmine drove out to Teterboro Airport, where she met up with Shane Wright. Shane was a hustler from New Jersey with caramel skin, wavy hair, perfect teeth, and broad shoulders, and he went by the street name of Cocaine Shane. Jasmine had met him when she went into Sway one night by herself, and they hit it off right from the jump. But with all the drama going on with the case, she didn’t have the time to link up with him, but she’d told him she would get with him as soon as she had the time. She had used school as her excuse, even though she had dropped out.
Jasmine’s timing was perfect because, when she reached out to Shane, he told her that he was going to be flying to Los Angeles to go to the NBA Finals. Jasmine was never one to turn down a baller offering her a free trip on a private jet.
She hugged Shane and thanked him for not deleting her number from his phone.
“Nah, I wouldn’t do that. I liked the fact that you was about something. That nursing shit is the future.”
Jasmine felt like she was in heaven as they sat in the plush leather seats with no one else on the plane except for the two of them and their stewardess.
“Excuse me,” the stewardess said. “Jasmine?”
“Yes, that’s me.”
“I think you dropped this when you were coming on board the plane.” The stewardess handed Jasmine the letter from Mia, which had fallen out her pocket.
“Oh, thank you.”
She told Shane to give her a minute, so she could read Mia’s letter.
Dear Jasmine
I hope this letter finds you in a better place and in better spirits than I am currently in. As you can see from the envelope, I am writing you from jail. I am writing you for a couple of reasons, but I just wanted to tell you from my heart to just be smart. While you have your freedom, you should treasure it and value it.
I could have been anything I wanted to be, but now that is no longer the case, and my life will never be the same. Even after I get out of prison, my life will never be the same.
You remind me so much of myself. Jasmine, you are beautiful, and are smart, and you are determined, and therefore you can be whatever you want to be. I urge you to take to heart what I am saying and just be smarter than I was.
I competed with you because I was jealous of you. I had a lot of hatred in my heart, and I was afraid my star couldn’t shine unless I snuffed out your light and prevented it from shining.
But tonight, Jasmine, before you go to bed, do something that I no longer have the freedom to do. Stand outside or open up a window and look at all the stars shining and see if you can count them all. What you will find is that the stars are too numerous to count. I was too ignorant to realize that stars can shine together with no problem. I didn’t have to stop your shine in order for my star to shine. I pray that you can learn from what I am saying and learn to be secure in who you are, and you are a star.
I know you have put up with the same things with Nico that I had to put up with. But right now as I sit here in jail I am trying to decide if I will testify against him. I pray that you will never have to be in a similar position. What I know is that if you focus on forgiving and not competing, then you won’t end up where I am.
I am not asking you to be my friend, but I needed to write this letter to you so I can move on. If you have ever done anything to hurt me, know that I truly forgive you from the heart. I ask you to find it in your heart to forgive me for all the wrong I have ever committed against you. But if you can’t, I will understand, but just remember that a lack of forgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die. Ultimately, being unforgiving will have a worse effect on you than on the one you choose not to forgive.
Anyway, I am starting to ramble on, so I will end the letter now. I hope you can understand where I am coming from by writing this letter, and I also hope that you receive this letter in the good and sincere spirit in which it was written.
Jasmine, YOU ARE WIFEY!!!
Sincerely and with Love,
Mia
“What you reading? A book?” Shane jokingly asked Jasmine.
Jasmine didn’t know what to make of Mia’s letter, but reading it made her feel good. It was definitely not something that she ever expected to receive in this lifetime from Mia. She put the letter away and planned to go back to it later. She didn’t want to be rude to her potential new boo.
As the plane took off and lifted into the sky, Jasmine looked out the window and marveled at the beauty of the universe. She couldn’t help but keep thinking back to Mia’s letter.
Wow! she thought. Mia actually told me what I always wanted to hear her admit. She actually told me in writing, and she actually openly admitted that I AM WIFEY!
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