My Photographer (Diggy Simmons)

Meet Angelica

Diggy

After my last performance, I rushed to my dressing room packed up t my things and headed to my bus. I slept for an hour on the bus waking up once we made it to the airport. After getting on the plane I slept. I knew I had to have rest before I made it home.

I was ready to hold Lexi kiss on her and just be around this girl who I was such a jerk to a few months back! Now I can't get enough of her! Crazy right? ... I know!

"Digg wake up we here! " hulk said waking me up out of my peaceful sleep.

It was now three thirty in the afternoon, and New York was cold as it usually is around this time.

I got up wiped the cold out my eyes and did a stretch. I grabbed my backpack put on my shades and exited the plane going to the waiting SUV. As soon as I got comfortable I called Lexi.

"Hi Daniel " she said sounding so cute!

"What's up Lexi where you at I'm on my way to you?"

"I'm on a jog, can you meet me somewhere? " she asked catching her breath.

"Yea sure just text me the address I'm on my way! "

When we pulled up i thought we were at the wrong address. This wasn't what I expected at all! I saw Lexi standing in the driveway of a cemetery holding a pink little teddy bear in her hand. She had on her sweat suite on with a pink skully on her head with white gloves on. I walked up to her.

"Hey Daniel " she said with a slight smile on her face.

I didn't respond I just pulled her in for a hug.

"Alexis? "

"Yes Daniel?."

"What are we doing at a cemetery? " I asked while still hugging her.

"You'll see " she plainly said.

We released from our hug, as I began to follow her lead.

"I thought I was going to meet your daughter Lexi!" I said once again reminding her. I think she's lying about something but then again maybe it's me,

"You will just be patient Daniel, just follow me ok? " she said grabbing my hand walking a few more feet to a small gravesite.

"Alexis why are we here? " I asked looking down at her. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes but her face held a smile!

She slightly squeezed my hand.

"Daniel, I would like for you to meet Angelica, my daughter! " once she said that I immediately pulled her into a tight hug!

"Daniel I miss my baby!!!" She yelled into my chest!

"Why didn't you tell me earlier Lex? I could have tried to help you get through this." I said gripping her shoulders.

"I... I wasn't ready Daniel! " she held her head down.

"It's ok I understand!" I rubbed her back as I held her.

After a few minutes Lexi had calmed down and sat in front of her daughter's grave, I sat next to her.

"Daniel meet my daughter Angelica. Angie this is Daniel! " she said formally introducing us.

"Nice to meet you princess" I said as I rubbed my fingertips across her headstone!

"A Little Angel gained her wings and is now flying with our father in eternal life. Mommy's princess is now at rest!"

I read out loud the words that had been carved in stone. I looked over at Lexi who was fiddling with the pink little teddy bear. She held a hurt look on her face more like a look of guilt. I didn't say anything I just waited for her to speak.

"She was a year old when she died" she began.

"I remember when I got the call, I was working with Onika. She had as spread in a magazine and she needed me to be there. It was so late at night. I, I got up bathed myself and Angie. I had to wake her up, she was sleeping so peacefully and I just had to wake her up! I got her bag ready and called my sitter, she said that she would meet me nearby since I had to go all the way on the opposite side of town so I agreed.

I hugged my sleeping beauty as I switched her out of her car seat in my car to the other. I kissed her three times on her lips forehead and her nose and whispered see you later princess mommy loves you in her ear as I did every night after she fell asleep. I strapped her in and watched as she (the sitter) drove off."

She paused saying in a weak voice, "Daniel why does it still hurt so bad!?" I took my eyes off the stone putting them on Lexi.

I never seen her so weak and vulnerable, so hurt and distraught. Yea I've seen her cry but never sob like now. She always quickly pulled herself together. Now as she's speaking on something so personal and delicate she seems to be falling apart.

"Lexi it takes time. You may have moved on, but that doesn't necessarily mean the pain will." I said speaking as much truth as I could.

"I made it to Onika around one a.m. she was rushing me snapping her fingers at me just full of herself as usual. I was only there for two hours when my phone rang. I picked it up only to hear a paramedics voice, he Said that Melissa had just been in a bad car accident and the only thing I could think about was my baby girl. Was she ok? Did she make it? Were the questions I repeatedly asked him. I knew it was fatal when he told me he couldn't tell me over the phone. I dropped everything I was doing and made my way to the hospital. I got there being as calm as I could that's when Melissa's husband pulled me to the side. If looks could kill I'd be dead. Melissa didn't make it he said. I asked about my Angie and all he could do was give me a hesitant head nod. Right then and there my heart stopped! They later told me that my baby girls car seat wasn't appropriately strapped in the car and even if it was there was no making it out alive. "

After speaking Lexi placed the pink teddy bear in front of her daughter's headstone got up dusting herself off as she continued to look down. "See you later Princess mommy loves you always " she said before walking off.

I stood there for a few more seconds saying a quick prayer then followed behind Lexi. We both got into the truck as hulk drove off. Lexi put her shades on hiding her puffy red eyes, I looked at hulk in the rear view mirror before he drove off.

"Lexi crib big man " I said as I looked down at her as she rested her head in my lap.

I loved hulk not only as a bodyguard and trainer but as a friend also. He knew when a situation was not to be questioned he knew our vibes were to be left alone!

I gotta stay close to Lexi, from what I see she has no family out here and not a friend that I know of. I feel like I'm all she got!