Empire : A Journey Back to You

The New Normal

Dr Ross: Now the treatment can be intense , but the sooner we get you tested we will know what we are up against . Lucious watched his mother-in-law anxiously .
Cookie: Mom ?
Kevin held Candace hand .
Renee : okay . I'll submit myself to the health care facility .
Dr: Excellent . Renee signed a form of admission.
Cookie : Does she have to be there all day ?
Dr: Housing is a choice .
Carol: She can stay with Us.
Nick: Yes she can if she's comfortable .
Lucious: Maybe all of us should be under one roof .
Cookie surprised at the gesture .
Kevin: All of us in different quarters of the mansion?
Lucious : yes .
Dr: Family bonding does make the process easier .
Lucious: You guys in?
Nick: We in.
Kevin: this way Frankie will see her more. He whispered to his wife.
Candace nodded
Kevin: We in.
Dr: So tomorrow id like her to be brought in for the testing and we will take it from there.
Renee : okay .

20 minutes later

Juanita showed Renee to her room while Webb brought in her bags.
Cookie : This comfortable ?
Renee : yea it's huge . She sat on the bed it was so soft .
Cookie : I don't want you to worry . Just listen to the Dr and focus on healing .
Renee : I will . They hugged and Cookie left her to settle in .
Meanwhile over Kevin was packing up for the move tomorrow .
Kevin: How do you feel about everything ?
Candace : She knows I'm pregnant .
Kevin: You told her ?
Candace : She just .. knew .
Kevin: I know you and her don't get along but I think this will be therapeutic for us .
Candace : I think so too .
Kevin: Hey I got you something .
Candace : What babe ?
He opened his brief case and took out a small box .
Kevin: Come sit on my lap . She pushed her Gucci bag aside and did .
Kevin: I know that another baby was not in our plan but when I found out you was pregnant again I was so excited and I'm extremely grateful.
Candace : 🥺🥺 babe . She put her head on his shoulder and he held her close .
Kevin: I promise to uphold and keep my promises to provide for you and the babies and to make this pregnancy as easy as possible . Okay .
Candace : I know you will . He wiped her tears .
Kevin: open this up . She took the box and opened it . She found gold bracelet with a small figure boy and girl.
Kevin: The boy is Frankie and I'm praying that this time around God gives us a girl .
Candace : 😂😂😂 babe I want another boy .
Kevin: Nope girl . Frankie will think he's the boss .
Candace : A girl will have a boyfriend eventually.
Kevin: and ill have my shot gun ready.
Candace: I love it. She kissed him.
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Cookie : Babe that was really big of you. I'm proud of you.
Lucious: We are getting married again and I need to treat you the way you deserve.
Cookie : But you do.
Lucious: making up for lost time. He continued to brush out her curls.
Cookie : okay let me go braid it.
Lucious : Keep still babe.
Cookie : okay. She watched what he was doing. He parted her hair in three and began braiding.
Cookie : papi your really braiding my hair. She cheered.
Lucious: youtube is our friend.
Cookie : 😂😂😂. After finishing he grabbed the cocoa butter and rubbed it gently on her skin.
Cookie : Mmmm this feels like spa day.
Lucious : lay back babe. He rubbed her bump.
Cookie : daddy is taking care of us.
Lucious : And I always will. He kissed it.
Lucious : I'm going to work tomorrow. Cookie sucked her teeth.
Lucious: It won't be all day. I'll be back by lunch. She caught an attitude .
Lucious: Don't start that . He smacked her thigh.
Cookie: Lucious !
Lucious: please you've been spanked harder than that . Cookie's eyes widen a bit .
Lucious: By lunch then we can do whatever you want .
Cookie: I want to go shopping .
Lucious: okay shopping it is . He pecked her lips and they cuddled .
Lucious : Your a bad girl Mrs . Lyon . Cookie smiled big .
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Nick woke up to grab a water from the refrigerator. He realized his wife to be wasn't in bad so he went searching for her .
Nick : babe it's 2:30 come back to bed .
Carol : in a while .
Nick : what you doing ?
Carol: reading.
Nick: babe we are moving tomorrow and you'll need sleep.
Carol: I'm just not tired.
Nick: Renee will make it. Come to bed .
Carol: No.
Nick: Caroline. He gave her the eye.
Carol: your not my-
Nick: I'm gonna be your husband and you need to start listening to me. Come. Now.
She growled but did as told.
Nick : I know this is hard but you have to relax.
Carol : I'm trying. She placed her hands over her eyes .
Nick : look at me baby.
Carol did
Nick : Everything will be okay. Do you want to pray?
Carol : Yes. They held hands and prayed until she felt comfortable to sleep. Walking up the next morning, she gently rubbed his chest as he kept on dreaming .
Carol : I love you. She whispered. She got out of bed cleaning up and preparing breakfast for them.
Nick : Babe it smells good in here.
Carol : Come sit down. He did and she brought him coffee.
Nick: the good stuff.
Carol: Dont double up on the sugar okay .
Nick: but babe its pancakes.
Carol: I said no .
Nick : alright babe. He picked up his fork and dug up in.
Cookie texted Carol

Cookie : See you soon?
Carol: yes we will be there after we get through here .
Cookie : okay great drive safe .
3 hours later
Lucious : Okay here is the keys to the guest houses . I did a little something to make Frankie comfortable . I know he's really into math and science .
Candace : What exactly is it ?
Lucious : See for yourself . Candace walked on the path leading to her new temporary home.

Candace mouth dropped open . This was an exact replica of what she wanted her next house to look like . Somehow the atmosphere made her horny and Kevin was at work which irritated her as well . After walking around she found Frankie's room.

Candace : Frankie will never want to leave this room . She thought to herself. Her phone beeped a text from Cookie coming through.

Cookie: There is food in the refrigerator . So you won't be needing to run to the store anytime soon. I'm glad your here .
Candace : This is so nice . Tell Lucious ... I said thanks .
Cookie : I will .

Renee looked out the window and the moves settling in her children's moving material . In a way she was sad because it's taking dying for them to be this close . If she could go back she would change everything.