Was He Wrong?!?!?

I wake up to the sound of a circular Walmart fan paralyzing the very movement of me this morning. Reach over, grab my phone that was vibrating and noticed i have some voice mails. I then pick up my other phone and notice some messages on it. I check the text messages first cause they are alot more easier to check appose to voice mails.

Half sleep, still wrapped up in my blanket like a fire victim, i start to read my messages. I get one from my potna that reads "Ay bro, holla at me mayne..she treepin again and i want to know was i wrong". I then see about 5 more messages from him referencing the same things. I figure this was important...kinda...lol so i get up stumble to the bathroom and wash my face. As soon as i go to brush my teeth, my phone rings. I look at the name and its him. I think to myself "lemme call him after I'm done" then i hear a knock on my door. I'm thinking to myself, "who is this at my door this earlier..." so i check the peep hole and its him. I open the door and say, "good thing you know where i stay" lol. He comes in breathing slowly and sighing every chance he got itching for that moment of me saying, "mayne what up homie". I never do though...i felt if he wanted to express himself, he would.

He sits down on the couch and start to tell me what happened.

Instead of me commenting or making faces concerning what he is saying, i just sit there and listen..this is his story.

He works in a place where you have to be professional and also courteous to the customers. He pride himself on customer service and is often requested for only him to work for the customer per request. One day, he was at work and a call comes in for his service. He takes the call and goes to the customers house. It was a lady customer that has 2 kids, a boy and a young girl. She is in her early 40's and is new to the area. He also notices that the kids are mixed. So during small talk, the customer tells him she moved here to get closer to the kids dad. The dad is black and she is white. He continues to talk to her but there is nothing but professionalism that he keeps. He notices that the problem is going to not be a one day job so he informs the customer. He also tells her, "If the problem worsen, text me and i will help you fix the problem or stop by to prevent any further damage". He then gives the resident his text number on a company tag and then leaves to return the next day.

Meanwhile, he is in a relationship and have been for years. His relationship was already rocky because of issues his partner had before him that she didn't quite get out of her system. So he tried his best to keep work and home separate for such reasons. The customer didn't use the number that day, but she would soon do so.

He returned the next day to complete the job and he does so. The customer was very satisfied with his work and even wrote a letter to his boss stating his professionalism and knowledge of the job. He wants to share these things with his partner but if he was to do so, the first question would be, "Was it a woman"? So, he keeps such news to himself.

In passing or just being out and about, at work or off...he sees her from time to time. He speaks and remains respectful, laughing and joking with her occasionally. But, he does this with all his customers that he sees when he is out or at work. He is known for being able to hold a conversation with just about anyone, about anything.

One day, he's at home and he receives a text message. The phone vibrates and his partner doesn't see the content of the message but only that its a out of state number. Her "suspicions" began. She asks him,"who is this"? "Who is who"? "Who is this messaging you from a out of state number"? At this point his partner is calm but nosey. He is all too familiar with the way this plays out so he grabs the phone and read the message. A couple months before this, his partner seen him talking to this customer in passing and was laughing. She didn't say anything but kept this in the back of her mind like it would be useful in the future. He notices that it was the customer that he had done the work at months ago. But, instead of him telling his partner that it was a woman messaging (regardless if it was for work or not...which it was about work) he thought to take the smart route out and lie. Yes I said lie.

He tells her, "Oh this is about some business stuff i been trying to find out". She is not buying it so she continues to ask "set up questions". They get into a "small" argument which leads into big ones but this time he just stayed quiet and let her speak her peace.

Then, months and months goes by and he sees less and less of this customer in passing. He starts to think maybe she moved away or something of the sort. The area where he works, he is known by most the people and he is familiar with the houses that he worked in so he knows the people as well.

One day (months later) he is at home and his partner starts to bring up the past as she regularly does, and asks him about that customer. He try and stick to the lie but forgets where the lie started at and fumbles a bit. Because of the way his partner thinks and the way she operate, when she sees this customer in passing she assumes she gets dirty looks from her. His partner even goes as far as asking him, "How do you know her kids so well"? No matter what comes out of his mouth at this point even if its the truth, its a lie. He just becomes quiet and sit there as usual and let her unload. She storms out the door saying, "My female intuition told me something was up". Meanwhile he is on the couch looking confused because he did lie but to the extreme she is taking it, is not even near the truth.

He then sit on the couch feeling like he let his partner down in some way and then he calls her. He says that he wants to tell her the truth. He starts by saying, "Ok i did lie, but it was only because i know how you get. There aint nothin between us mayne, i see her out and about but thats it. He kids know me cause i always speak to them and joke with them. I gave her my number because of a job i had there and that was that". His partner says, "Thanks for telling me tha but i knew something was up with yall, you should have told me from the jump...got me lookin like a fool". He then says, "what you talking bout, you think i was kicking it with her"? She says, "hell I dont know what yall were doin but i knew something told me about this".

He notices that even in telling the truth he is still considered a liar and at this point, much worse. He has to hang up on her because she goes into saying this wont be the last time he lies. He thought he was being honest even though he knew it would end like this. He felt maybe, just maybe this would be a time where understanding would take place.

All this time, I'm sitting on the couch looking at him like "damn bro". There was nothing i could do because some people find something wrong with everything in this world but them. You cant change the way a person thinks or the way they are, they have to. So, i say, "mayne i dont kno what to tell u dawg, sound like a movie script to me homie". He gets a little grin out of that statement and takes a deep breath in and says, "i guess this is what i signed up for".


MY THOUGHTS: I think he shouldn't have lied but given the circumstances, he was right to do so. He was trying to keep drama down while he makes a living that was comfortable for his partner.

QUESTION: Do you think he was wrong? Why or why not? What would you have done?