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"Dad is your health okay?" I asked as I sat across from him at the table we were eating lunch at.
"Yeah, i'm coo" he said and I simply nodded staring out of space.
"Talk ta me, what's wrong baby?" he said and I looked down trying to stop myself from crying.
"I don't know what i'm doing. Half of me wants Malik and the other half misses Kyree. But I cannot go back to what hurt me and go out sad like that. His mama just passed and i'm all he got, i'm stuck in the middle" I said then looked up with a frown.
"Kre passed?" he asked and I nodded.
"Damn, you can be there for Kyree, but you can't be leaving Malik in the dark like that. I get you and Kyree got history, but Malik trynna introduce you to a new book" he said and I just nodded taking in everything.
"Why you still want Kyree?" he asked me and I sighed resting my hand on my cheek.
"I just feel like we've been through so much and to wash all of that away is getting to me. I know it's been months since the breakup, but being around him yesterday while he was in that state made me feel bad" I said and he sighed.
"You can't let yo sympathy pull you back in. This nigga had a whole baby on you, and nobody else gone tell you, but I will. If you go back, you dumb as hell Zaza. Allow yourself to grow instead of staying in the same spot that let you die" he said.
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"You wanna come to the store wimme?" Malik asked me as I wiped the counters of my kitchen down.
"I can't, we can go later?" I suggested and he nodded.
"Yeah, why you can't go now though?" he asked looking down in his phone.
"I gotta go check on Laylani and Kyree..." I said lowly then started the dishwasher before turning towards him.
"For what Azaria?" he asked and I looked him in his eyes.
"They mama just died" I said and he just stared at me for a minute before grabbing his keys.
"Lemme know when you ready to go, and answer yo fuckin phone when I call you" he said walking closer to me.
"Okay" I said and he kissed me before walking out the door.
I wiped my hands then grabbed my keys along with my phone before walking out and locking the door. Getting inside my G-Wagon I let the air circulate before driving off.
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"Are you hungry?" I asked Laylani as I stood in the doorway of the guest room she laid down in.
