She took a deep breath. “I was gonna tell you, but I knew that he wouldn’t be here.”
I frowned. “How?”
“Because I told him to meet me.” “And why would you do that?”
“Cause,” she sighed. “He’s going back to jail, Face. Anything else, and you’ll be right back in the county, fighting for your free-dom. He aint worth it. But I know that he took it too far, and your pride could be telling you that you can’t let him make it. So, I made sure that you and him didn’t end up in the same room today.”
I nodded, receiving everything she said, knowing in that exact moment that this woman was sent to me by God himself. “Okay, Babi. Let’s just go home.”
And with that, we left Tera crying on the floor, and went to the crib, taking my girls back to where they rightfully belonged.
Babi
Three Months Later…
Pullingthesunvisordown,Icheckedoutmyhairand lashes in the mirror.
“Girl, I don’t know why you keep checking yourself
out. We both know that you look good as fuck,” Soya commented, as she steered her car down the freeway.
I smirked, as I lightly stroked my baby hairs.
“Conceited ass.” She tittered.
“Not really. This is just the first time that I’ve stepped out to just hang in a long while. Life has been crazy.”
“Girl, tell me about it. I’m still tripping off Tera and Too Low. That shit was crazy how those laws came to the hood, hopped out fifty deep on his ass.”
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“Right.” I nodded. “I really can’t believe the lengths that he was willing to go. All that energy wasted, when he could’ve just moved on. And kept his freedom.”
Soya nodded. “No bullshit. Plus, that nigga gotta know magic with the way he had them hoes turning on their own people. Like he gotta be a master manipulator.”
I sighed. “And you know what’s really crazy?” “What?” She glanced my way.
“Both of those dumb hoes are pregnant.” She frowned. “Who?”
“Tera and Mattie. Tera is in jail, five months pregnant. And Mattie is four months, sleeping on her friend’s couch, because nobody in the family is fucking with her, right now.”
“And they’re saying that Too Low is the daddy?”
“According to Tera’s sister, Tera told her that she wasn’t with nobody else. So, the baby can only be his. Then Mattie is screaming the same thing. Claiming that she only slept with Too Low around the conception time.”
“Okay. But I thought that he couldn’t make babies?”
I shrugged. “No doctor ever told him that. He just couldn’t get
mepregnant for whatever reason.”
“Yeah, cuz. Cause God knew what He was doing. You wasn’t supposed to have kids with Too Low. Just think about it. Had you had some babies, then nothing with him would’ve been different other than you being stuck with kids. And stuck with his ass, just like he wanted.”
I nodded. “You right about that. It’s just weird, because this is so different from the life I thought that I’d be living. It’s better. But still.”
“Well, clearly, change aint a bad thing.” “It aint.” I had to agree.
“Yeah, so what have you been up to? What’s been keeping you
