𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 | 𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧

13.

vea woke up because jahseh was moving, she wasn't phased by it and was readying herself to go back to sleep until he shook her shoulder.

"mm." she groaned. "yes?"

"did you get hurt or something? i was gonna ask last night but i ain't wanna ruin the mood. what's this?" jahseh asked, concern dripping off of every word. he was referring to the 'bandage' on her wrist. vea had forgotten she had a surprise of her own for jahseh.

"i didn't get hurt, its a tattoo. you wanna see?" she asked.

he nodded slowly and she sat up and removed the covering slowly. jahseh watched carefully until the full image came into view. in cursive across her wrist was his name.

"baby is this real?"

she giggled. "yes jahseh it's real."

"that's on you forever, vea." he said seriously, still staring at the ink.

vea's smile dropped, tears welling in her eyes. "you don't wanna be with me forever? why did you fucking marry me then?" she snatched her wrist away from him.

"baby no, that's not what i'm saying. i want you forever and even after that. i'm just surprised, that's all princess." jahseh rushed out. "please don't cry."

"don't give me a reason to." she pouted and he grabbed her face, kissing her tears away.

"i'm sorry. i love the tattoo, i love you more than anything in this world vea. i'm not going anywhere, i swear."

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"jahvea's walking now." vea said to her mom, propping her phone up so she could move freely around the kitchen.

"that's so good!" the grandmother clapped and vea shook her head.

"not while 41 weeks pregnant and could literally give birth at any moment. these girls are kicking my ass."

"you still didn't answer my question about coming down there to help when theyre here."

vea sighed. "i have cleo, mama g and tyla. i really don't want a lot of people in my house when they're here, especially since jahvea got sick when someone was around."

her mother was quiet. "it seems like your mother in law is taking my place a little bit. i haven't seen you since you've been pregnant but she's planning gender reveals, your baby shower and i didn't even get an invite."

"you kicked me out of the house because you didn't like the fact that i was growing up. you pushed me away, i moved to florida as a result of your actions. i married jahseh and cleo took me on even before we were married, hell, before i was even pregnant with my son!" vea grabbed her phone. "stop acting like a child, mom. i'm far away because you wanted me to be and- ooh." she groaned, a sharp pain went through her stomach.

"i don't mean to argue vea i-"

vea shook her head. "can we talk about this later? i need to lay down."

without another word, vea hung up and walked to the living room where her exercise ball was. jahvea was napping in his playpen and she silently thanked the heavens. he was always wide open from the time he woke up til the time he went to sleep. he really is a well mannered baby, he just has a lot of energy.

she bounced kind of fast, monitoring the pain she was feeling. it was a week past her due date so she knew these were most likely contractions.

she sent jahseh a quick message and continued to bounce on the ball. and thats when she felt the very sudden urge to pee. vea got up and went to the small bathroom since she was already downstairs and as soon as she sat down, she felt her mucus plug release and a splash of water.

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