As I was putting on my earrings, Aug walks up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist. Now...I was vocal as hell about moving back to New Orleans. It's truly the last thing I wanted to do. And heard every bit of my complaining.
August: "You look good."
Me: "Thank you. I figured why not wear what you bought me."
August: "Money well spent. Cause if the kids weren't here, I'd take these pants off."
Me: "Nasty ass" I said as I laughed
August: "Just the way you love it. Now...subject at hand. Have you reconsidered moving back..?"
Me: "I still feel strongly about not coming back. Especially with hurricane season around the corner. We know how it already feels to have lost everything. Why can't we just find her some great doctors in Atlanta?"
August: "She wants to be here. I tried. She's adamant about being in Nola."
Me: "They can come be her private caretakers. I'll pay whatever it is and everything extra. God forbid...we're not around and dies alone. Then a hurricane comes and swipes all our shit. That's a lot to deal with."
He just looks at me through the mirror. I turn around and look at him.
Me: "I just want her close. I want her in a peaceful environment. I want her to experience this pregnancy with us. I want her close to family."
August: "And the second we find a home, she will be close to family. She'll have us. She'll still be able to see you go through your pregnancy. All that and more."
Me: "So just up and move. Start all over...?!"
August: "Babe, we're not starting over. This is home. We bleed Nola. Everything about us is Nola. From our accents down to our toes. It'll be like we never left..."
Me: "Well. Technically-"
August: "We're just getting a new home..."
Me: "And our home in Georgia?"
August: "We'll keep it. That's still our home. Our family home. The same way you didn't want her to be alone coming down here. I don't want her to be alone while being down here. I found a home. From the pictures...it's perfect. So...let's just look at it. And you tell me how you feel about it..."
I look at him as I curl my lips. I sigh and nod in agreeing to look at the home. He smiles and kisses my forehead. I guess...I'll entertain this idea.
*1pm*
August POV:
We just pulled up to the house that I just so happen to find. T just so happen to fly in this morning and he agreed to being with the kids until we got back. I meant what I said about moving. The second I said we were moving, I started looking. I don't want my sister alone. In a whole 'nother city and state...with nobody around if something just so happen to happen. That would devastate me.
As we got out the car, Mariah's facial expression towards the house is of shock.
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