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She shrugged. “A few days.”

“And you didn’t say anything?”

“I thought it would pass.”

“You’re going to the doctor tomorrow and I don’t want any lip.”

She nodded as I pressed the cold rag to her face. “Okay.”

“Let me take you home. You need a shower and bed.”

Again, she nodded. We left the bathroom and ran right into Ms. Maddie and Mr. Bronx.

“Everything okay?” he asked.

“She’s not feeling well,” I said. “I’m gonna get her home, and tomorrow we are going to the doctors.”

“Call me and let me know what they say,” Ms. Maddie said, cupping her chin. “I love you.”

“I love you too, Ma.”

She kissed both of us on the cheek and they walked us to the door. I helped Mia and then got in myself to head home. Once we got there, I ran her hot shower and proceeded to bathe her and myself. When we got out, I dried her off and did her skincare routine. My baby was exhausted, but she had a nigga that paid attention to shit. I did that routine flawlessly, then dressed her in her favorite pajamas and put her in bed.

After taking care of a few last minute things, I joined her. Immediately, she cuddled up next to me.

“Thank you for taking care of me,” she said softly.

“That’s why I’m here. Don’t worry. We’ll see what the doctor says, and when we get back home, you can cuddle me all day.”

“I don’t want you to get sick too.”

“In sickness and in health. That’s what we said, right?”

She sighed. “Right.”

“A’ight then. Go to sleep.”

“I love you.”

“I love you too, mamas.”

She closed her eyes, and before long, she was drifting off to sleep.

My eyes popped open, and my body sprang up from the bed. I hurriedly tossed back the covers and sprinted to the bathroom. I’d barely made it to the toilet before I was puking my damn guts out until I was dry heaving. I could hear Titan’s footsteps behind me against the tile flooring. He squatted next to me, rubbing my back in a soothing manner.

When I had nothing left to give, I flushed the toilet and sat on the bathroom floor with my back against the sink, crying my eyes out. My head was pounding, I was cramping, and I was exhausted. I’d tossed and turned almost all night because I couldn’t stay asleep.

“I just wanna go to bed,” I sobbed. “And I’m mad because I really enjoyed that food before I threw it all up! Now I’m hungry and I can’t even eat my leftovers because I’m gonna throw it up too!”

Titan looked at me with furrowed brows. “I’ll get you some soup, baby.”

“I don’t want any fucking soup!”

I was in full blown tears, and I was pissed because I didn’t even act like this when I was sick. Titan sighed and stood to his feet. Reaching over, he turned on the shower, then helped me up.

“Let’s get you showered so we can go to this doctor.”

I nodded through my tears as he undressed me then himself. The entire time we were in the shower, I cried. I just couldn’t seem to stop. I was crying about absolutely nothing, and it was pissing me off more. The tears had finally subsided into sniffles by the time we got out. I brushed my teeth and moisturized my skin before going into the closet to find something to wear.