Numbed

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"Who is the psycho bitch now" she tells her as she throws more gas all around the house, Anthony starts to gain consciousness he opens his eyes to see what Heather is doing to his house "Heather, what do you want from me?" he asks "Anthony baby I want you & you only I have love you since that day you helped me at the store I can't stop thinking about you" she tells him as she continues to talk she doesn't see that Lamaya is behind her.

She hits her over the head with a heel knocking her out cold.

"I'm psycho bitch" she say standing over her Lamaya acts quickly uniting Anthony & he ties her up & taking her into the back of her car & driving it into a river but before the car falls in he jumps he can hear Heather screaming in fear "Die bitch" he says to himself.

"Is she finally gone?" Lamaya asks standing behind him "Yeah she gone" he says, he goes up to her giving a long much needed passionate kiss "I told you I ain't letting nothing or nobody hurt you or our child" he tells her with his hand on her stomach.

4 months later.......

Anthony & Lamaya moved outta there old home in Miami.

There back in the city they know the best New York.

Anthony still hasn't told Lamaya that he is back in business but Lamaya has a feeling that he is up to something.

Camilla is fixing her bedroom "Mommy what about now?" She says Lamaya walks in with her belly "Baby I like it but it's missing some thing" she tells her "What's it missing mommy?" she asks her "A puppy" she tells her "A puppy where am I gonna get one?" she asks, Anthony comes in the room holding one "Right here" he says she screams in excitement "Is he mine?" she asks "Yeah but you make sure he eats, walked & given a bath" he tells her as he places the puppy in her arms "I love him daddy what is this name?" she asks him "Anything you want princess" he tells her "Umm Brooklyn?" she says "Then Brooklyn it is" he tells her.

"Thank you so much daddy I love you so much" she tells him as she hugs him kissing him on the cheek, she plays with her new puppy "You lucky I love dogs" Lamaya tells him "What she deserves a dog she does every well in school & she isn't bad come on baby look at Brooklyn she loves him" he says to her as they look at Camilla playing with Brooklyn they leave the room.

Lamaya goes into their bedroom, "Anthony would you ever keep secrets from me?" she asks "No why you ask?" he say with a look on his face "Nothing just wondering" she says "What are you wondering about?" he asks "Nothing" she says "You love I love you & you are my everything" he tells her as he kisses her neck with his hand on the side of her belly "How's the baby in there?" he asks "OK just kicking & moving around like crazy all the time" she says looking at her belly "That's my boy" he says as he kisses her belly "Are you selling drugs again?" she says looking at him "Please don't lie to me Anthony" she tells him as she looks dead into his eyes "No I am not why do you keep asking me that? You do think I am" he says with an annoyed tone in his voice "I don't know you tell me are you?" she says back to him "I am not doing that anymore, Baby when we got married I left that part of me in the past look I love you OK. I gotta go downtown to see how the bingo hall is coming about" he tells her as he kisses her cheek.

He leaves the house & goes into his car.

In this mind, "I fucking hate lying to Lamaya, I love her to the death of me but I gotta close up some loose ends I have then I will officially leave this business but for now I gotta do what I gotta do to protect what's mine & mine only" he says as he starts his car driving off.

Lamaya is watching him leave in her mind, "Lord, I pray you watch over the love of my life, he isn't going down the right the path, please give him signs that it is time to close old open doors & continue to open new ones & bring him home to me every night in your name I pray Amen", she close the certain. She goes into Camilla's room to see her asleep with Brooklyn laying on her chest sleeping with her she smiles to herself turns off the light & closes the door slowly.

Lamaya goes into her bedroom & sits on the bed pulling out her wedding photo album she opens its flips through it, she begins to let tears fall down her cheeks "Please don't ever leave me here alone" she says to herself as she looks at the pictures of her & Anthony "You gave me everything I could have ever wanted in this world, a beautiful daughter & soon a handsome son I don't want you to miss anything baby please get out awhile you can" she says to herself.

...........

Anthony is in the bingo hall when his cell phone rings & he answers "Hello?", "Hello, I'm looking for someone named Anthony Jackson It's Tyree Rivera" he says "Your speaking to him how can I help you?" he tells him as he walks into this office "I'm gonna be in the area & I wanna meet face to face if that's not a problem for you. I have my family with me I will not do in front of them. When I get there can we arrange some where to meet?" he asks "Yes, of course & your family can meet mine & from there we can talk business?" he says "Sounds good see you then" he says "Alright" he say then hangs up.