If there was anyone crazier than Lamelle it was Malika. She hated me even more now and she swore I got Lamelle killed because he didn’t want me anymore. I ignored her because nobody believed anything she was saying. Whatever niggas Mikael knew made Lamelle’s murder look like he killed himselfwith a letter and all. I didn’t question anything, I was happy knowing my family would be safe without Lamelle being here.
“You shouldn’t be so mean all the time and he probably wouldn’t have come out mean!” I told him trying to hold on to my laughter at his aggravation.
“No fuck that, I want a do over. It’s been four months. We can try for another baby now.”
“Nigga are you okay? I’m not having another baby anytime soon. That little boy took me through it the last three months. I’ll pass,”
I meant that Zayden kicked my ass once I got to the eight month mark all I did was throw up and cry. I didn’t feel like going through that again and Zayden was clingy as hell too. He'd probably beat the new baby up if we had one.
“Bullshit! The Bible says a woman has to do whatever her husband tells her to do.”
“That’s not what the Bible says,” I giggled as I watched Mikael struggling to keep Zayden from whimpering. “And two…”
“Ain’t no two cause when ya ass sneaky ass seduced me and tricked me into going to that courthouse. We signed them papers so that means you my wife weather you wanna acknowledge it or not.”
I busted out laughing at Mikael's rendition of how we ended up eloping. I definitely didn’t seduce him; he had to be living in another world. If anything, he was the one who forced my hand. After Zayden’s six week checkup Mikael pulled up at the courthouse, he had the ring and all. He said the only thing in life he ever regretted was not making me his wife. Now that he had a second chance, he didn’t want to waste any more time without me being his wife.
Mikael has changed so much since we were younger. From the moment he found out I was carrying our son he committed himself to being the best version of himself. It was a beautifulthing watching him grow into the man I knew he could always be. When I say I loved Mikael more now than I did back then I meant it. I never thought I could love him more than I did then, I was wrong. Our love was deeper than I can ever put words to. Everything I thought I felt about him then was coming to fruition now. Mikael made me feel special. He treated me like a queen at all times. There wasn’t a thing I couldn’t tell him because he never made me feel judged. He was my peace even when we were at odds. We still had our disagreements when we’d argued before there was nothing but disrespect, name calling and belittling me. Now Mikael would walk away before it got to the point of that. He caught me off guard the first time he walked away in the middle of one of our arguments. I thought he was leaving me. I can admit I freaked out at first. Until he explained to me that he was working on not reacting the same way as before, so he had to take a step back to calm down. I commended the effort he was putting into change. Every day I watched him get up and try to put his best foot forward. That made my love for him grow deeper. Mikael wasn’t perfect but that was my man, my man and I wasn’t letting up off him for no bitch. She was gonna have to kill me to get my spot.
“We need to tell everybody. I know Yanna finna be pissed. I never told her.”
I wasn’t ashamed of being married to Mikael. I just wanted us to enjoy being married for a while before we told anybody else. I was basking in my marriage so much it slipped my mind about telling everyone. Before I knew it, four months had passed and now I was finna have to hear everybody's month. Mainly my mama, Yanna and Solana. My mama was going to be livid about me getting married and her not being there. I still planned on having a wedding at our year mark. Hopefully, that would hold her over for a while. Now Yanna I was praying this baby daddy of hers would keep her busy cause I really didn’t feel like hearingher smart mouth. Solana would be the easiest to deal with out of the three. I could give her some chocolate and she’d be fine.
“She might not be able to make it. She finna be on lock down.” Mikael snickered.
I hadn’t heard from her since she left with Niko and Sunshyne. The one time I called her phone he answered and said she was good then hung up on me. My sister’s baby daddy or not I didn’t like Nico’s ass. He seemed rude and overbearing. I’m not condoning my sister hiding the baby from him but I’m sure she had her reasons. I was giving him one more day to produce my sister before I cussed him clear the fuck out.
I rolled my eyes at him, deciding not to comment. “Anywaysss,I do wanna go on a honeymoon. Once Zayden gets to six months we can go.”
“Yeah, that’s fine. Where you wanna go?”
“A beach, somewhere with white sand.”
“And we can work on my do over baby?” Mikael asked with a lazy grin. He’d finally got Zayden to relax, and he’d drifted off to sleep in his arms.
“Nope, but we can practice.” I said leaning up kissing him sensually on his lips before I sat back down.
“Keep kissing me like that and you not finna have a choice in the matter.” Mikael playfully winked at me before he placed a kiss on Zayden’s forehead as he slept.
Nothing on this earth could have made me believe that I would end up back with Mikael. I swore I hated him for breaking my heart when we were younger, but time had a way of healing things. Mikael is everything I wanted and then some now. He was the best man for me I and I couldn’t stop thanking God for letting me run into Mikael again. Him and Zayden were the best gifts from God. I was so full of love and happiness in my life right now I couldn't ask for anything else in life. I was finally complete.
Solana Thomas
Later That Night
“Eww, did you just poop?” I said, holding my nose looking down at Zacharia as he laid next to me on his back. His eyes were darting around the room.
My baby boy was two months old but looked like he was five. I decided to go with breast feeding instead of formula and the difference it made was insane. Zacharia was almost the same size as Zayden even though he was four months going on five months.
“Lana I definitely think my brother pooped. He stank,” Mason frowned looking at Zacharia from across the room in the reclining room.
Mason and Mallory were adjusting well for everything they’d been through. Since she’d gotten arrested Fallon had started making more of an effort to reach out to the girls. Marlo heavily monitored their interactions between them. Mallory showed more interest in Fallon than Mason. I think Fallon finally understands the damage she caused to her and Mason’s relationship. I wanted to feel bad for Fallon, but she’d brought it on herself trying to chase behind dick and money. Now she was looking at fifteen to twenty for charges that stemmed from money laundering, racketeering, extortion, and a few other minor charges. All because she wanted to prove herself to a nigga who couldn’t care less if she lived or died.
Maurice had to be the world's worst dad. Trying to go behind your son’s back to ruin their business was crazy. On top of doing that with a nigga that was supposed to be your son’s best friend that turned out to be your secret baby, even sicker. There was nothing on this planet that would make me try to hurt any of my kids. The lack of remorse he showed blew my mind. Even sitting in jail, he didn’t regret his actions. How Maurice convinced Fallon to forge a contract for the tow trucks on top of her stealing money from the car dealership to fund the start-up of the tow company. Sadly, Braxton ended up going to Fallon’s sister. It turned out Rahmeek nor Maurice was Braxton’s dad. Apparently, her old boss at the car dealership was Braxton’s dad but since he was married, he refused to claim him but that was the rumor. Although Rahmeek wasn’t shit by no means I have the most sympathy for him. He let Maurice get into his head thinking he was gaining the dad he always wanted. In reality Maurice only cared about himself, and he was jealous of his kids. Now Maurice, Fallon and Rahmeek were all in jail blaming each other. What was really crazy was their mom Missy staying by his side. That lady was riding for her husband right or wrong. Even losing her relationship with Marlo and Mikael didn’t sway her. Not even Maurice being Rahmeek’s dad was enough to make her want to leave him. Missy knew all along who Rahmeek was, which is why she encouraged Marlo to work on their relationship. Mikael refused to claim Rahmeek as his brother. After all the secrets and drama Marlo and Mikael cut Missy off. Knowing she knew what Maurice was up to and didn’t say anything made them feel like they couldn’t trust her anymore. That betrayal cut Marlo deep. He tried to act like it didn’t bother but I knew him and it was hurting him. I didn’t push him into talking to me, I just loved and supported him the best way I could. Missy tried to reach out here and there, but I didn’t feel it was genuine.
As far as Marlo and me, we were cool. He was my baby daddy or whatever and he took care of our baby. Sunshyne loved him and she was very vocal about not wanting to lose her new family. I had no plans of taking Sunshyne away from them. I couldn’t see myself not waking up to Mason or Mallory either, those were my babies and although they loved to talk my head off, I wouldn’t want it any other way. They have a special place in my heart, and I doubted Marlo would allow me to take his mini me anywhere far. I really adored how Marlo loved on our son. I really didn’t have to do anything if I didn’t want to when it came to Zacharia. Only thing he couldn’t do was breast feed him. Since I started pumping last week, he’d taken over feeding time also. Quiet as it’s kept, I wouldn’t mind having another baby with Marlo. He didn’t need to know that though. He was too eager to have another son. Let Marlo tell it he already planted his next seed. I disagreed; sis went and got a plan b after our little slip up.
“Come on fat man,” I said as I picked up Zacharia. “Let me go change you before ya daddy starts running his mouth.”
