“Well, one of them niggas had a heart and helped her escape. I found her in my grass bleeding out and shit with the baby, but they beat her up pretty bad, bruh. I brought her right here toMaimonides.”
I could hear him swallowing hard, throat thick with heavy words he didn’t want to say.
“How is my baby doing, bro?”
“She seems good. Crying like crazy, but that’s normal I guess.”
“Alright, I’m on my way up there. Stay with them until I get there bro.”
“You know I am. Safety nigga.”
“Safety.”
I hung up the phone, whipped around and parked the car, before hopping out to join Ciara and my grandma, who were waiting in the lobby.
When I walked inside, Ciara was curled over her lap rocking back and forth.
“What are the doctors saying?”
I asked and she stood up from her seat.
“They are working on them and said they are going to call the police to get a report put in about the attack, but not until they make sure they are both stable.”
Ciara still looking dazed and confused in a way I wasn’t used to seeing from her. I pulled my baby in closer against my chest and lifted her chin to look at me.
“Listen to me,” I said low. “This shit is not going to keep happening. Them trying to hurt y’all is not sitting right with me.I care about P, and I can’t stop thinking about how that could’ve been you in there who they took.”
She looked up at me, eyes wide and glossy, like a little girl trying to understand something too big for her own understanding. I know that this lifestyle was a lot for Ciara, coming from where she came from. Castle Hill is full of petty criminals, but not the kind that kidnap women and beat babies out of females.
“Hov, I’m so scared.”
“I know, mama, but I promise this war isn’t going to last much longer, and I’m going to make sure you're good. I don’t give a fuck if I have to stand in a corner and watch you sleep at night, you are going to be good.”
She nodded slowly, then pressed her forehead into my chest, holding onto me tightly. Her grip was tight around my torso, but I let her squeeze as hard as she needed to because I knew it made her feel safe. This shit scaring her was just another reason the Quatar family has to die. I don't play about Ciara or the people she loves.
We waited in the lobby for what felt like twenty minutes before Crew ran through the doors.
“Yo, where she at? Where is the baby?”
“They are in the back getting checked on,” Ciara said quickly.
Crew grabbed his head, pacing back and forth, not saying much after that, which was crazy as hell if you knew him.
My grandma stood and walked over next to him, placing her hand on his back.
“Everything is going to be okay, Crewshon. The baby is crying, and mama is breathing. God has still made a way for your family, so you have to have faith.”
Crew shook his head with no words in response, and I saw a tear slip from his eye.
I almost felt sorry for them niggas, knowing how me and my nigga were feeling right now. Hell, I couldn’t imagine how Crew felt knowing that his baby girl had to endure that shit. I was ready to kill, and my baby hadn’t even formed all its limbs yet. That father's love is something different, and I can’t wait to feel it completely one day.
We waited another 30 minutes in the lobby before the doctors finally came back out. We all got up from our seats and stood around waiting for what he was about to say.
“Baby girl seems to be in perfect condition, and keeping her connected to her mother’s oxygen and nutrition through the umbilical cord was a great lifesaving measure. As far as mom, we are making sure she gets fluids and pain medication as we do X-rays on her. We do suspect that she has a few fractured ribs and a fractured jawbone, but we’re going to take care of her. In the meantime, do you want the police to come speak with you now about anything that she said when you found her?”
“No, I mean she didn’t say much. We don’t know anything,” Ciara said immediately, before me or Crew could open our mouths. That’s exactly why I loved her. She knew how to hold it down, even when she didn’t want to.
“Okay. We will keep you updated on mom, and a nurse from the NICU will come speak with you about baby girl more in a few.”
