Jackson Family Values ✔️

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81| Work

Nobody's POV
January 23

"Momma, can I go wif you?" Eissa asked as he saw his mother getting ready to leave. He climbed onto the bed and sat in the middle of it. She shook her head as she put on a pair of sweatpants.

"No baby you can't. It will be too loud for you there."

He sighed and folded his arms across his chest, "I'm angry now."

Janet chuckled, "It's going to be okay baby, I promise."

"No, it won't."

"Yes, it will. It will be too loud for your little ears."

"My ears don't care." He spoke and Janet laughed.

"They do care, trust me baby."

"Fine, I tell mommy."

"Go ahead, nobody is scared of her." Janet said and Eissa stormed out of their room. She chuckled and fixed her hair into a bun. A few minutes later, Toni walked into their room. Janet turned her head and laughed.

"Why are you being mean to my baby, Janet?"

"I'm not being mean. He wants to go to practice with me but I told him that he can't, that it would be too loud for his little ears. He then proceeds to tell me that his ears don't care."

Toni chuckled, "I told him that too but he says that you should be on punishment for being mean."

"Punished? Mean?"

"Yes, that's what Papa said."

"Well, you can punish me later, daddy."

"Wowww." They laughed.

"Are you going to the dance studio tomorrow too?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Tomorrow is Eissa's first day of preschool and I told him that both of us would be there."

"Oh, okay. I don't know."

"You don't know if you're going to be there?" Janet stayed silent and Toni nodded her head.

"Baby you don't understand—"

"You're right I don't understand. His first day of preschool is tomorrow and you won't be there so... just tell him that. Maybe our three-year-old son would understand that your work is more important than him."

***

"Booty you okay?" Gil asked Janet and she shook her head. The team was stretching and getting ready to dance. He could tell that his friend wasn't doing okay.

"No, Toni and I had a little argument before I left."

"About?"

"Work, school, Eissa, I don't even know. Eissa's first day of preschool is tomorrow and I kind of said that I don't think I'll be able to make it. Then I said that she didn't understand and so she told me to explain to Eissa why my work is more important than him." Janet spoke as she sighed.

"Awww booty and what did you do?"

"Nothing, after that she wouldn't talk to me and I didn't tell Eissa cause he was already mad that I wasn't going to take him today. I guess I'm just going to have to cancel practice for tomorrow."

"No, you don't have to. We can still come in and practice, just not you."

"I wouldn't want you guys to be here by yourselves."

"Girl, we are grown. It will be fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Booty. Now, last week you said that you wanted to do something different with this tour but you didn't know what, have you figured it out yet?"