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Chapter 55

Onika's POV
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December 15

"Make sure you have your dance shoes, Zamora." I urged as I put my earrings in.

"I have them, mommy!" She shouted back from her room.

I didn't respond back and packed my purse. When I'd done getting myself ready, I started heading downstairs.

Lauren was on a FaceTime call with Ermias. I smiled at her and I could hear Ermias saying hi to me.

"Hey, Nip." I smiled. "What's up with you?"

"Nothing. I'm just mad that you stole my girl from me." He jokingly confronted me. We both started laughing.

"Shut up, nigga." I cackled and he just cracked a smile. "I'll leave y'all to it."

"Bye, Nic'." I waved before going into the kitchen. Robyn was eating up Zamora's fruit snacks.

"Hi, Roberto." I placed my purse on the island. She offered me some of the snacks and I declined. "Zamora will really cuss you out if she sees you eating those."

"That girl would let me eat all of her snacks if it meant she got to see me." She stuck her tongue out. "She loves me."

"You right." I let her have that and went to my fridge. I grabbed two bottles of water, a juice box and a fruit bag. I knew Zamora would get hungry.

"How many times is Mora going to be on stage?" Robyn asked. "I don't want to fall asleep.

"She's in like 3 dances." I picked all the stuff that I'd grabbed up. "The second Mora comes down from her room, we're leaving."

I left the kitchen and went to the front door.

Not long after, she came down in her little outfit. I smiled down at her and pulled her into a hug. She was so cute.

Her hair had stayed intact from when Robyn first did it. She had two puffs with pink bows on them. Robyn even gave her edges.

I was going to maximise on Robyn being here. She was the one that installed my hair for my birthday.

"Are you ready, lil mama?" I asked her.

"Yes." She nodded her head and I called Lauren and Robyn. We climbed into my car. Lauren sat in the back and Robyn sat in the passenger.

"You buckled in, Mora?" I asked, looking through the mirror at her. She nodded her head and Lauren double-checked for me.

Once she was sorted then I started the drive. The radio was on the whole time and we sat in a comfortable silence.

After half an hour, I was parking in the school parking lot. Since it was the winter showcase there were hundreds of parents here to see their kids.

I picked up my purse and turned my car off. Lauren handed me Zamora's little dance bag. We all climbed out of the car.

As soon as we got to the school reception. I signed in and went to leave Zamora with her dance teachers.

Then we went down to the school auditorium. Beyoncé was here with Kelly, Titan and Tim. Then Robyn, Solange and Lauren were here.

"Hey, Nicki. How are you, baby?" Solange pulled me into a hug. I hugged back and she went over to her seat.

"I'm good. How are you and you know who?" I teased.

"Hush." She chuckled before sitting down.

We were sat a few rows from the front. I sat between Lauren and Beyoncé. The show didn't start for another 10 minutes, so we were all just talking.