Michael Part III

Christmas

--Fortune's POV--

Amazingly Christmas Day has gone by smoothly, so far. Everyone is back to their normal crazy selfs...

Ezra is currently on the floor in our living room playing with Nola and the twins and their new toys. Michael and Zuleika are gossiping on the couch. Mama and my other sisters are cooking dinner.

Jacob is sitting next to me on the other couch. He's been really off since last night. I'm starting to worry about him. He's been glued to his phone all morning.

And Mika...well I don't know where Mika disappeared to. I lost track of him after lunch. He kind of just slipped out.

"Seriously?!" Zuleika asks Michael.

He bursts out laughing and tells her to be quiet. I roll my eyes at the two of them. That's all those two ever to is gossip about whatever to each other. They're worse than two teenage girls.

Jacob sighs as he sends yet another text on his phone to whomever.

"You alright?" I finally ask him.

"Yea...no...I-" he starts before we are interrupted by the excitement going on in the kitchen.

"How are you boys?!" Mama asks excitedly.

Jacob and I both look at each other before darting to he kitchen. When we enter Jacob rushes over to great his brothers.

"Holy shit. What are you guys doing here?" Jacob asks as he hugs Josiah and then Jason.

Mika, Thomas, Mikey, and Fitz soon file into the kitchen. Mika makes eye contact with me and gives me a weird smile. I step back into the living room where I see Michael's smile has faded. Zuleika is rubbing his arm for comfort.

"Michael," I start.

The guys make their way into the living room before I can confirm that they're here to him. The little ones all rush to them and great them with hugs and kisses. Ezra looks at me and then to he ground.

"Dad," Josiah starts as he brushed past me and steps towards Michael.

Michael sits on the edge of the couch and looks back and forth between Josiah and Jason.

"We're sorry dad," Jason says.

Josiah nods and looks to the ground.

"We know nothing can fix what we've said or done to you, but we hope that you can forgive us," Josiah says quietly still looking to the ground.

Michael nods and stands up. He walks up to the two and pulls them both into a hug. I roll my eyes as a hear some awes come from my sisters.

Ezra them stands up and rushes past me and into our room. He slams the door shut behind himself. Everyone looks towards me for some kind of answer that I don't have. I shrug my shoulders.

"You don't know what's wrong with your fiancé?" Jason snaps at me.

"No! Do you?" I ask him.

"He didn't tell you?" Mikey chimes in.

"No! Tell me what?!" I ask now frustrated.

I hear a sigh from behind me, so I spin around.

"Ezra?" I ask him, my voice cracking at the end.

He shakes his head and looks towards the ground.

"Ez, please what's wrong?" I ask desperately.

Everyone stares between the two of us.

"I-I slept with someone...in...in Detroit," Ezra finally spat out.

"What?" I ask angrily as I take a step back away from him.

"When you left the first voicemail I freaked," he started. "I got mad. I thought you cheated on me. I got my brothers to take me out. I slept with some girl. I'm sorry."

"Fuck you," I said under my breathe.

"Fortune..."

"No. Just no..." was all I could say.

"He thought you cheated on him Fortune," Jason said.

"I wish I did," I said, but regretted it.

I sighed and rushed past everyone. I grabbed my suitcase and threw whatever I could in it. I grabbed the bag and ran to the bathroom.

"Stop Fortune!" Ezra cried as he came to the bathroom.

I pushed him away and grabbed my bathroom things. After I threw them in my bag I pushed past Ezra and to the front door. Everyone was shouting at me to stay and talk to Ezra, but I just took off.