“Oh, Lord.” Mama sniffled. “I think your dad and I will have to move to Pensacola. There’s no way I can be without my grandbaby.”
I chuckled and sniffled back my tears. “I’d love for you and Daddy to move here, Mama.”
“Say no more,” Daddy stated from the background. “I’ll start looking for places tomorrow.”
The biggest smile split my face. I truly was blessed to have parents who cared enough for their children to want the best for them. Even as far as us playing basketball, our parents came around to understand how much the game meant to us. Now, they were just as invested in our careers as PJ and I were.
Sin came into the room, carrying a tray with a bowl of fruit and a glass of water on it.
“Sin knows a lot of people, so maybe he can help you with that, Daddy.”
Sin’s eyebrows shot up as he placed the tray on the bed next to me.
“Oh? Let me speak to him.”
I handed Sin the phone and dipped my fingers in the bowl for a piece of watermelon. The bowl had only a few cubes of watermelon and a few strawberries.
“Yes, sir,” Sin answered. He left the room, leaving me to my fruit and water.
I picked through the bowl, eating the small portion quickly. Sin was so thoughtful. He remembered something he’d read in one of the printouts we’d gotten from Dr. Coco in our healthy baby package. While fruit was good for the body, I still had to be careful if I wanted to avoid having high blood sugar during my pregnancy. With all the other worries I’d had, that was the last thing we needed to add to the pile.
It was fifteen minutes later when Sin came back into the room. He handed me my phone and plopped down on the bed, laying his head on my stomach, causing me to giggle. I ran my fingers over his moisturized waves.
“I love you,” he whispered.
“I love you, too, baby. What do you say we pick a name—boy and girl.”
Sin’s head popped up.
“You serious?”
Smiling, I nodded. “I’m very serious. This baby is coming to us, Sin. I feel it. I’m not sure what’s caused me to have such hope, but it’s giving me so much inspiration to proceed as if nothing ever happened in my past.”
He leaned up to kiss my lips, letting his linger for a minute.
“How does Naima sound for a girl?”
“Ny-e-mah,” I sounded out. “That’s too close to mine.”
“It’s perfect, though,” he countered.
I agreed. “And of course, Jamison is the only name I’d name my first-born son.”
Sin ducked his head, but I didn’t miss the mist in his eyes.
“I want to celebrate the hope that you’ve been given. I want to celebrate my woman understanding that no matter what, I’m gon’ always be by her side.”
His beard was soft under my touch as I palmed his jaw.
“Let’s celebrate,” I tearfully stated.
My doctor’s appointment went so well that I had to call my girls and scream to the heavens with joy. I knew I wasn’t tripping, and the photos in my hand proved it. Sin didn’t want to know the sex of the baby, so he stepped out after hearing our baby’s strong heartbeat. Like every time, he didn’t know I knew that he cried when he heard the sound. I loved my man so much, especially the side of him that wasn’t afraid to show his emotions.
I was especially grateful because, like I told my daddy, Sin knew a lot of people. He’d made it to where my parents didn’t have to even look for a house. He owned several properties that were wide open for anyone to live in. The second he mentioned beach house, my parents jumped on it. For two days now, my daddy had been trying to make an offer on the beach house, but Sin was dead set on just letting my parents have it.
Lord knows, I didn’t understand how a man like him came into my life. One minute I was grilling him, and the next he was the love of my life. How could I not cherish this man and be the best woman that I could be for him? I wasn’t going to be one of thosefemales that took my man for granted, not even for a minute. Sin worked hard and still came home to take care of me. Throughout his day, he’d call me a million times to make sure I was okay. Many days he worked from home, but on those days when he wasn’t at the house, he stayed on my line. I thought it was cute.
On the ride home, Sin started that weird shit again. He kept looking at me and smiling.
