SAME TIME, SAME DAY: LATE JUNE 2014
• M A L I K •
"Are you and Mr Tre goin' out?" Madison asked me as both of us stared at her paralyzed.
I could feel my anxiety creeping up on me as my heartbeat instantly increased so much I thought it would fall out of my chest.
"Daddy?" she tapped me on the leg breaking me from my trance; I now noticed she was standing right in front of me with her Disney princess pajamas and her braids with beads clacking any chance they got. "Is Mr Tre yo boyfrien'?" she asked me again.
"Uhh-" I got stuck. I then looked at Tre. He looked at me. I then looked back at her.
A part of me wanted to lie, but another part of me felt like I should tell her.
I hate lying to my Ladybug, and it was time to stop lying anyway.
No pussy shit in 2014...
I guess...I don't mind my baby girl being the first person. I know she's still going to love me regardless.
Hell, I feed her ass.
I slowly nodded. "Yeah, Bug," I admitted, and for some reason, I wanted to cry.
This was my first time admitting it outside of Tre's friends.
I mean they were my friends too, but it's different.
"He's my boyfriend," I pinched her nose. I handed Tre Malikai, who had a shocked look on his face as I grabbed Madison and put her into my lap.
"Do you love Mr Tre?" she asked me catching me off guard.
I looked at him, and as soon as I did, it was like every strong feeling I had for him surged through me.
"I do, Ladybug. I love him," I answered wrapping my arms around her tiny body, kissing her on the cheek.
She then looked at Tre, making me nervous. All my kids are liable to say anything. When I say all my kids, that includes my badass niece and neph.
"Mr Tre," she called out to him. He looked shocked but answered her.
"Yeah, baby girl?" he caressed her face.
"You love my daddy?" she asked him. He looked at me then at her.
He nodded his head as he held a now sleeping Malikai up on his stomach, as her little head wanted to fall.
"I love your daddy a whole lot, Bug," he smiled.
She then looked at the floor as she crossed her arms. "Daddy does that mean you don't love Mommy anymore?" she asked me making my heart hurt a bit.
I sighed. "Madison," I grabbed her hand, interlocking it with mine. "I'll always love yo mama. That won't ever change," I kissed her hand. "She gave me y'all," I felt myself becoming emotional. I squeezed her in my arms. "The two people I love more than anything in the entire universe," I chuckled making her giggle too.
