Donate James
22 years old
Denver Colorado 📍
"It don't make sense to pass around the fault"
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"Thank you for watching him" I said to Simone mom as I was pickin up DJ
"You don't have to thank me baby, you know I'll keep him any time" she handed me his bag
"How you holdin up, you know it's around that time again" I nodded putting DJ hood on as I held him
"As good as I can. I just wish Simone would get better and stop this cycle"
"I do too, but we have to understand addiction is a disease and we can't help her if she don't want to help herself"
"What your bills looking like this month" I asked getting ready to hand her some money from my back pocket
"Well thanks to you I got everything caught up and finally got around to selling Simone's house so I'm good for a few months" she smiled
"Put this in the bank then" I handed her an envelope she was half the reason I opened the club
The club is a side hustle, yea I'm rich and I got a lot of money but most of it goes into trust funds for my son and other future kids or back into the business
With the club money what's mine is mine and I can spend it how I like
"Dontae, you are an angel and I hope for DJ's sake Simone does get better so that he can have both his parents and not just one" she pulled us into a hug
"Thank you mama J, let us hit this road before it start snowing" I said as small snow flakes started to fall
"Bye nana baby" she waved to DJ and he waved back
"Ready to go see Erica and Eric?" His face lit up as I strapped him in his car seat
I got in the car and started driving towards the neighborhood I lived in which EJ now lived in too
"Hey siri call EMan" I said turning the volume up a lil bit
"Calling EMan" she repeated
"Nigga where you at?" EJ asked yelling in the phone
"Just got DJ we headed that way" I turned him down since he was yelling
"Bet"
"Who you yelling at on that phone" I heard a familiar voice say
"Nigga is that dream" I asked stopping at a red light
"Don't get yo hopes up she'll be gone by the time you make it on this side of town"
"Ight, see you in a minute" I hung up the phone and continued to head over to EJ house
After my cousin Key moved back home from Tennessee he came up with the idea of opening a club
Since I had the funds and he had the idea we opened that shit together
He in charge of really most of it, only thing I do is keep that bitch open and handle the finances
Since I'm not required to be there all the time I don't go
Key and EJ went to school together and EJ had the weed connects so we him pulled into this
After two simple months of having the club me and EJ got closer and the club was one of the top clubs in the city
After Simone had DJ she was diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety
They prescribed her medication and she got addicted to it
Eventually it wasn't strong enough and she needed more
I told her it was either drugs or her family and she choose drugs
Every year around the same time she goes through this time where she wanna get clean and she don't do drugs for like 3 months
Once that 3 month period up she asks for money to go to rehab but really use it to pay off her debt and buy more drugs
I tried to make me and Simone friendship work after finding out she was pregnant
But having the constant reminder that our relationship was what caused everything in the first place it didn't last long
I went to the crib to drop of my car and DJ stuff then we walked down the street to EJ house
We ended watching some movie and his girl cooked some food for us
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~2 months later~
"Yo dream, can we talk" I walked inside one of the back office area as she was counting her money
"I'll see you tomorrow at breakfast girl" Niki gave dream a hug then grabbed her stuff patted me on the shoulder and left
"Go ahead" she placed her money inside her purse and gave me her attention
"I know it's been two years but I just wanna apologize for the way shit went down. I knew we was getting a new VIP manager but I ain know it was you" I started the conversation
"Look it was two years ago and I'm over it and you may not have known but EJ sure as hell did" she shrugged and I nodded in agreement
"I just don't want no problems since it is my club and you work here now" I said keeping it real
"I respect it and youn got nothing to worry about. I'm just here to get my money up" she shrugged
I went to go grab a duffel bag for Key and his goons
"How's Simone" she asked getting ready to go
"I wouldn't know, she pop up every once in a blue moon" I grabbed the bag then turned to look at her
"Well you have a handsome son. Can't wait to meet him one day" she smiled
"Fasho, we do lil play dates over at EJ's on the weekends. Slide through" I told her and she nodded
"I'll see what I can do" with that she walked out the door
Dream looked badder then she did two years ago and ion even know if that shit possible
I'd be lying if I said I ain miss at least her presence but imma leave the past in the past and just focus on my son
I took the duffel bag to key and sat it on the table
"Look I gotta go pick up DJ from my moms but I'll catch up ass later" I dapped up key
"Bet, I appreciate you Cuzzo" he said as I walked off and I just shook my head cause that Nigga drunk
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Dream and Dontae on good terms!
Y'all think Dream gone get back with Dontae?
Will Simone come back?
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