Ebony Byrd

Heart in your hands

There was a gorgeous girl named Leilani, she was smart talented and a real sucker for falling in love. I guess you can say most of us are hopeless romantics but this woman is different. She would pour her heart out in to every single relationship and is rarely single. Eventually she comes across this gentleman that seems to have it all together. His name is Anthony Simmons. He seems like he’s falling in love with her but he’s hesitant because of her deep past. Not only that but he always busy with “business”. Alright, so easy to say everyone has a past, but how deep is her past exactly? Leilani used to be homeless and although very talented , deep in addition. Anthony loved leilani very deeply but not deep enough to stay together. So eventually after two and a half years, he decided to make the breakup final over dinner . He told leilani cut and dry that he was on to bigger and better things and she wasn’t in the plans. All she could do was hold close her heart shaped locket that revealed the date of her aborted child’s death and cry . She has overtime has been through so much. Now yet another heartbreaking event. Anothony doesn’t seem to be fazed by the tears ,so after the unfortunate announcement he dismissed himself from the table . That was it for him ,though it wasn’t for her. She was left to pick up the pieces of her heart that’s forever shattering. The next day she called Anthony to try to have a conversation with him but no luck. She has great potential for greater things but will she stop begging for love , chasing men that doesn’t really reciprocate, and heal from the ruff past ? Eventually , in time she does! She started embracing life more went back to school and therapy and got a way better job . Not to prove it to her naysayers or even to Anthony who’s broken her heart the most but to herself. She is using all of her potential and talent! Fast forwarding three years later she is everything she had the potential to be and more. She landed a job as a veterinarian technician. She turned her life around for the better with all her pain , without a man , and with her head held high. This woman came a long way from death ,heartbreak ,grief and hard choices living in the hard streets of south central Los Angeles. Yet she has proven to herself she can move past it, but has she really? One day at the veterinary hospital she works a man shows up to pay her a visit for the first time in years . It was Anthony. She noticed that he was standing in the lobby. She met eyes with him and nervously clutched her heart shaped locket she always keeps around her neck. He came by to check in on her because he heard she was doing so well. She is but she does still have a soft spot for him. Leilani gave her all into this man. However ,he can’t just Stroll back into her life , she thought . Anxiety through the roof and heart on the floor she asks “what are you doing here?” .“Just here to congratulate you on your new career”he said “and say hello” . Hesitant about the sudden return she says thank you and continues with her work. She vowed that she’s not getting caught up in Anthony’s antics and more . The last thing she needs is to get fired over him just “popping up”. As she was attempting to get back into her work load , he interrupts her with another piece of jewelry that he would hope she would also hold close. “Leilani please just hear me out. I know you’ve been through a lot in your life and in our past relationship but I never forgotten about you my love for you hasn’t and never will fade . I have this to prove it “. It was a ring that Leilani always wanted. Gold with diamonds in it just like her locket and the whole office is watching the story unfold. “Will you be my wife leilani?” Anthony asks . Leilani reminded of the heartache but remembers and always felt the passionate love that never passed over time for Anthony. She quickly replied” yes””I will marry you “ It was an eventful day for leilani because this too was her dream to be married and finally have a child . It seems like her life was completed and all in order. Until Anthony slipped back into his abusive ways towards her physically, she eventually relapsed into her addiction and never became pregnant with child as she always wanted. Chasing after a love that doesn’t love back. Her heart was in his hands and he abused it,literally . Will she bounce back ? Will she receive the love deserved ? Will she stop chasing love ? There’s hope for all when you love yourself.