He had always admired her. She was everything a young woman ought to be. In his eyes she was his perfection, but propriety kept him from pursuing her. She and he were one in the same, both understood the world of notoriety and wealth, yet still they were worlds apart. They both wanted to find one another, but the faces of those they imagined loving were not the ones they chose. It was he who first uttered the words "I love you" but, it was she who never left his side. This is a story not of typical passion, but of true love. This is a story of pain, of denial, and of obligation. This is the world of Black and Blue.  

Years ago a reader blew my mind and made me these amazing trailers for this story! They are out of this world, and every well done. Please check them out and let me know what you think. Please feel free to comment on her videos as well and leave your own feedback. 

She is spectacular!

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In the second half of this two-part love story Michael and Semaj quickly learn that where there's love, there's trouble. Whether they choose to overcome those troubles or not are strictly up to them. 

If you loved Gangsta Lovin' then you'll be sure to fall in love with this one as well. 

"If you love me, I'd rather you show me than tell me. If you've stopped loving me, I'd rather you tell me than show me." 

DISCLAIMER: Pictures that may be in this story are the owners of whomever on google. The plot and names of the original characters are from my own imagination. This story is not the way I depict Michael was in real life, it's just for entertainment purposes. 

Prologue 

Cindette and Michael reach a breaking point with her career. In the last story (SM4)Mike has come to find out through Prince (the artist formerly known as) that his wife is in trouble. Cindy's financial accounts were hacked and funds were taken from top officials that are investors in her family's enterprise. Mike has now offered to help his wife bail out, but he will set conditions on an agreement. Michael is also pushing for more children from his wife who's in her early thirties as he is becoming older in his late fifties now. They already have Harvard, Princeton and a newbie named Stafford. Cindette being an entertainer is still finding it hard to carry over that lifestyle with her marriage to MJ. Michael admires his wife's ambition to become a great and put on legendary status, but he knows how the industry is and after years of him fighting with her about taking a break to catering to their family and his new career as a film director, Michael is done playing the passive nice guy. Throughout their 7 years together, he's been deemed as controlling, possessive and overtly jealous. Cindy's Aunt Jessie tried sabotaging her and MJ's marriage to protect the family's assets, but it seems that with this new curve ball thrown, the ball will now lay in Michael's field and his wife has to play by his rules. Come along for more adventure, drama and x-rated escapades between these two hot headed, stubborn, but loveable characters.

Michael decides to use a dating service in order to up his chances at meeting the one. One date night, the stake rises when an unknown beautiful young woman charms Michael. Is it really too good to be true? As Michael's life takes a spiral turn in despair through betrayal, self-sabotage, and a conspiring agenda that is on the course to end Michael forever, he finds that there is only one person that is truly in his corner. 

« Who's calling the shots? One of us must end this masquerade.
To have or to have not, let's heal the wounds that we've made »

The centre of Michael's world crumples when Diane Hargrove discovers that her four year old child has been molested. Exhausted from the Bad Tour and the emotional highs and lows of dealing with his favourite little girl's complicated medical history, Michael finds everyone pointing the finger at him; accusing him of the unthinkable. With the weight of the world upon his shoulders, he struggles through grief and depression and the stress of being the someone that the world perceives him to be.

Scared of being alone, Michael enlists the company of number one fan, Malania Nakamura, who he feels like could just be the only other person on earth who understands his wounded heart. 

What will the future hold for Michael's freedom and for Malania's own troubled state of mind?

She was never that kind of girl. He's always been that type of guy. It was something she thought she'd never do. It was all he'd ever known. It's been ten years since they've last seen each other, and due to the heartbreak of her lifetime a second chance unfolds.