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Maya had her hand on my back, and she was rubbing it in a circular motion in an attempt to calm me down, but nothing was working.
“I told you we were going to have a boy! That’s what the fuck I’m talking about!” Miami boasted as he beat on his chest.
He tried to touch me, but I pushed him away.
“Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me! Leave me alone, Toddrick! I’m so serious right now,” I said, using the back of my hands to get myself together.
I didn’t want to seem like I was ungrateful, but I was really just having a moment. It meant a lot for me to have a girl for many reasons. Don’t get me wrong, Vonte was the perfect boy, but I didn’t want another boy. This might sound foolish, but what if this son was into basketball and football or whatever other sport? Then, what if they had asthma? Do I be selfish and not allow them to play because I don’t want the same thing to happen to them that happened to their brother? I know, I know it’s crazy to even think like that because I could have a daughter who is a cheerleader, runs track, or even dances, and she could have an asthma attack because of that. I was obviously overthinking this entire thing and just giving myself something to stress about.
“You’re serious right now, Choc? Fuck you going to get mad at me? Be mad at God. He’s the one who gave us a boy. I had been telling your ass for months that you were pregnant with a boy, but you like to think that a nigga doesn’t know what he’s talking about,” Jabari said.
I ignored him.
At the same time, the doctor was walked back into the room. He offered me a warm smile right before he went back to finishing up the ultrasound. He needed to finish checking the measurements and everything else for the baby. By this time, Miami had called Jabari on Facetime and was bragging about how we had a son on the way. Y’all do not know how bad I wanted to snatch that fuckin’ phone from his hands and throw it at the nearest wall just so I could break the shit.
“Here are some pictures. Again, I’m so sorry for ruining the surprise. Make sure you go up front and schedule your next appointment,” the doctor told me.
All I did was nod my head, and after all the gel was off my stomach, I pulled my shirt back down. With the help of Miami, I stood up from my seat. I held onto Maya’s hand as we walked out of the room together. Like the doctor had told me to, I went up front and scheduled my next appointment, which would be in another four weeks.
“You ready for Jamaica now?” Miami asked me.
I nodded and rested my head back in the seat.
“Let me leave you the fuck alone before you fuck around and get your ass cursed out right before we head out of the country. How the fuck you going to get mad at me, Shae, because I’m happy that we having a boy? You being petty as fuck, man,” Miami argued.
“And you being just as petty by waving the shit in my face! Let me process this Miami, damn! You know I had my mind set on a girl. Just forget it because I don’t even expect you to agree with me right now. That’s not even the way that I wanted to find out. I wanted to have a gender reveal,” I let him know.
“We can do a gender reveal when we get to Jamaica. We’ll just play like we don’t know,” he said.
I looked at him and rolled my eyes hard as hell, but I didn’t say anything. Miami had the fuckin’ nerve to get mad at me and call me petty because I wasn’t too thrilled that we were having a boy, but he knows just like I know that had we found out that I was pregnant with a girl, he would have been crying too. Crying and God knows what else.
Montego Bay, Jamaica
“I love everything about this house. This is so beautiful,” I said to Winter as we sat outside by the pool area.
I’d literally just met this woman maybe five hours ago, and we just naturally clicked. I haven’t had a bond with another woman like this since Mahogany. It was just something about her good spirit and her down to earth vibe that I just loved. Maybe it had a lot to do with the fact that we were both pregnant, so with the things that we were dealing with right now, we honestly had a lot in common. I was further along than Winter; she was just getting out of her first trimester.
We’d talked about a little bit of everything since we’d been around each other, and one of the things that she shared with me was that after having the twins, her fiancé at the time had all but forced her to get her tubes tied. She told me about the different procedures she had to go through in an attempt to untie them and how there was a chance that it wouldn’t have worked. Then, she expressed to me how she was just so grateful to be pregnant and able to carry Cortez’s baby.
I swear, after hearing that, it put a lot of things into perspective for me and made me realize that maybe I was acting a little selfish earlier after finding out the news of me having a son. Some women had a hard time conceiving, and then some women would conceive but would always miscarry somewhere in the pregnancy. I needed to be grateful that God was allowing me to even have this healthy pregnancy, and so far, this healthy baby.
Although a baby boy wasn’t what I prayed and asked God for, I was going to love that little boy with the same amount of love, strength, and effort that I gave to Vonte. I was still young; I’d be thirty-one in a few more months, so if I wanted to try again for a girl, then I still had time.
Sitting next to Winter was Ocean, who was Boss’ sister, and I liked her just as much as I liked Winter. Mahogany was sitting on the same lounge chair as I was, and she was holding a sleeping Jamaria. We’d all just finished eating after preparing a hefty dinner for the men, which consisted of jerk chicken, peas and rice, macaroni and cheese, steamed cabbage, and for dessert, Winter and I ended up baking a red velvet cake.
All four of us women knew how to throw down in the kitchen, so it wasn’t even a surprise that the food turned out to be fantastic, and every man in the house had come back for seconds. Even the kids ate all their food. Getting Maya to eat was like pulling teeth, but I didn’t have to do any of that tonight.
Miami had surprised me with bringing Taniya on the trip. When we got on the private jet this afternoon, she was already inside with Jabari, Mahogany, and Jamaria. That got me to smile because I hadn’t seen Taniya in a little over two months. I wasn’t necessarily mad at Miami. It just felt like we were in a competition to win something, and he was the one who had won it, that’s all.
Granted, our baby was a win to both of us, no matter what, but you know what I’m trying to say. C
razy how he was the one who ended up getting his boy, yet he turned around and had the nerve to be mad at me. Let him tell it, he thought that I was too spoiled, and I tended to act bratty when I didn’t get my way. I just think he’s mad because he didn’t like my reaction to finding out that we were having a boy in the doctor’s office.
We hadn’t really said that much to each other since we’ve been here. After we finished cooking, I fixed his plate like I always did. He asked me a total of maybe five times since we’ve been here if I was feeling okay, and that’s pretty much it. Trust me, when the night was over, and everybody retired to their beds, he and I would be on the best of terms. I couldn’t wait to test out that jacuzzi like tub that he and I had in our bathroom.
“Thank you. I’m in love with it as well. I was under the impression that we were coming to Jamaica and staying in a rented house, but Cortez actually bought this as a vacation home for us. That man and his surprises,” Winter said with a smile on her face.
I could see the love that she had in her eyes for that man. The two of them were so fuckin’ adorable to me. I said it before that I loved love, and love is exactly what the two of them had. Crazy how Boss and Miami had known each other for a few years, but this was my first time meeting her. Miami should have put this meet up together a while ago.
