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love you,” and she got whatever her heart desired.
    In a matter of weeks, Unique and Patience moved in with Tone, and she had gotten him to place her mother in one of the best psychiatric hospitals in Missouri.
    Now, don’t get it twisted. Tone wasn’t a pushover. Unique respected his gangsta.
    A year into their relationship, she got Tone to rent her a loft in downtown St. Louis, which cost twenty-five hundred dollars a month. Unique also got him to furnish her brand new home with furniture from Bang & Olufsen. After getting her GED, she even got Tone to pay her way through school while she took classes at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Trips to Paris and Milan with twenty-five thousand dollar shopping sprees were what came next.
    Unique thought she had hit the jackpot, but slowly she saw that nothing in life comes cheap. Everything was cool between the two of them, until Tone got possessive. He expected Unique to cater to his every need, while he continued to lie and cheat. After being together for five years, Unique was slowly becoming tired of Tone and their whole situation.
    Tired of reminiscing, Unique let the cab driver know that she was ready go.
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    â€œHey, Jeffrey,” Unique spoke to the doorman as she got out of the cab.
    â€œGood evening, Unique.”
    â€œHas Patience arrived home yet?”
    â€œYes, ma’am. She arrived about an hour ago. Mr. Robertson is also waiting for you upstairs.”
    â€œThank you.” Pressing 10 on the elevator, Unique couldn’t wait to get in her bed and go to sleep, but first she had to deal with Tone. She hadn’t forgotten about what she had heard earlier from Patience. Getting off on her floor, she pulled out her keys and opened the door to her place.
    â€œWhat the fuck took you so long?” Tone asked while sitting on the couch, flicking the remote control.
    There he was, the nigga she had been playing for the past five years, sitting on her couch with his pants unbuttoned, watching television. Looking at him, Unique wondered why she had stayed with him so long. Yes, Tone was attractive in his own way. He was dark-skinned with smooth waves in his hair and a muscular build, but his ways made him uglier and uglier every day. He constantly lied to her, but Unique, being the chick she was, continued to stay with him. She didn’t care if he lied and cheated. He took care of her, and that was all that mattered. Rolling her eyes at him, she stomped her feet and entered her spacious living room, which was decorated with Parisian art.
    â€œWho the fuck are you talkin’ to? And button up your pants!”
    â€œJust answer the fuckin’ question.”
    Pausing for a second, Unique tried to pull herself together before she went off. “I stopped by my old hood. Where is my sister?”
    â€œShe’s upstairs doing her homework. Why you go by there?”
    â€œBecause I wanted to see if it still looked the same. Why you all up in my business?”
    â€œHow much of my money did you spend while you were in L.A.?” Tone yawned as he buttoned up his pants.
    â€œI didn’t spend any of your money,” Unique snapped while taking off her shoes.
    â€œYou need to quit that shit. When you get locked up, don’t come crying to me. I don’t understand why you feel the need to steal anyway. It ain’t like I don’t provide for you.”
    â€œYou will never be able to give me as much as I can steal,” Unique shot, getting up.
    â€œWhatever.”
    â€œYeah, whatever.” She paused for a second and continued. “So, I heard you were at Toxic last night acting a fool—popping bottles, buying drinks for everybody, smoking weed, fuckin’ with hoes. You did your thing, huh?”
    â€œDon’t start.”
    â€œNah, nigga, don’t you start! I know you were with Robin last night.”
    â€œYou don’t even know what you’re talkin’