Kamora 23
June 23, 2020
Milwaukee, Wi
I sat in a seat in a empty room and waited on someone to come talk to me and tell me what's going on. As I sipped my water someone walked in with a folder. "Kamora right?", she asked holding out her hand.
"Yeah.", I nodded shaking it.
"I'm Lillian, I talked with you earlier. So I'm going to get right to it. Your late friend Jade had a son with you brother Vontae. I'm not sure if you were aware."
"Yeah she told me he passed when he was like a month old." She looked at me confused.
"Jade told you that?", she asked. I slowly nodded. "Umm no, he's alive. He'll be 1 July 3rd." My eyes grew wide. Why would she tell me her baby died? "We wanted to know if you were interested in adopting him. From what we gathered Jade had him until about 5 weeks old and he's been bouncing in between family members. Jade would send money so they'd keep him, Jade is no longer here so the money stopped and they didn't want him. We tracked down his father and he is in no condition, I'm not sure if you're aware but he has a bad addiction. We asked your mother and she refused and she said we should talk to you. We just wanted to try every possible option before placing him in foster care." I leaned back and took everything in. "Is adopting Cyrus something you're interested in? If you need time take-"
"I'll adopt him.", I said cutting her off. She smiled.
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They literally rushed everything. She said it was urgent. I've been here for five hours and he's my adopted son. She went to get his birth certificate and other important documents. Cyrus sat on my lap playing with a blank sheet of paper.
Lillian walked in with an envelope and I stood up holding Cyrus. "Y'all are all set. Did you need anything before y'all left?", she asked. I shook my head.
"Okay. Well you have my number if anything changes. He is t allergic to anything as far as we know. We got the car seat put in and all his bags in your trunk. I'll walk you out."
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I knocked on the door and waited on it ti be unlocked. Frank unlocked it smiling, his smiling quickly turned into confusion. He moved over and let us in. "This is Cyrus. He's Jade's and Von's baby.", I said as he closed and locked the door. His mouth dropped and his eyes got wide. "Now he's my baby, I adopted him. It'll probably be best if we get a hotel I don't wanna cause no problems."
"Nah, no. Y'all staying here. I just ain't know about lil dude.", he said holding out his hand. Cyrus just looked at him holding onto my shirt. "It's alright you'll warm up to me.", he said softly nudging his cheek.
"You sure?" He sucked his teeth. "Okay. He got some bags in the trunk can you grab them?" He nodded before heading out. I took Cyrus in the living room and just looked at him as he looked around. This is crazy.
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I fed Cyrus and myself at the island. I'm still in shock. "I'll feed him, gone head eat.", Frank said pulling up the stood. He took the spoon from me and started feeding him. I ate and watched them. He's so good with him, in the little time I saw.
I don't know how imma do it, but in a way I think I needed him. So imma figure it out, eventually.
