Chapter 2

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 📍

"Ready?" The doctor checked with my son as he sat on my lap

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"Ready?" The doctor checked with my son as he sat on my lap. I was in the hospital bed with him as I wanted to be able to comfort him and he needed to be still for his treatment.

"No, I want daddy to hold my hand" he said reaching out to him.

"I gotchu" Duke replied holding his hand and placed a kiss on his forehead.

I held him still while he wined and cried as the nurse inserted the IV into his arm. The look on Duke's face could kill, I could tell this was getting to him but he wouldn't say a word.

"Side effects of chemotherapy include aching in the muscles and joints, headaches and stomach pains. He will experience hair loss too" the doctor said handing the nurse the medicine to put in the IV.

"It's okay baby" I held my son close to me. "Mama and dada got you"

"You're a big strong boy" Duke said taking off his cuban links and putting it on him. "Aren't you?"

Tyreek nodded pouting.

Soon later he fell asleep and Duke immediately left the room. My heart's breaking seeing Reek so weak, never in my entire life would I have ever thought i'd be in this situation.

It's taking a toll on Duke especially because he likes being in control of situations and in this one, there's nothing he can do.

"You'll be okay, God's got you" I whispered gently placing a kiss on his cheek. "I love you so much."

A couple hours later his treatment was over and they said we should go home and come back in a couple days. Depending on how his body takes the chemo is how often he'll get it.

"I wanna stay at daddy's not with grand pop" Reek told me as I put on his beanie.

"We can't stay with daddy"

"Who's says y'all can't" Duke mugged me. "Y'all can stay at the crib."

"I want to sleep next to mommy and daddy" Reek said walking over to his father and taking his phone out his back pocket. "Open it!"

"Manners" he mugged him.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine we'll stay at yours, your bitch ain't gonna like it"

"The bitch ain't gotta choice. My son comes before everybody and if he wants both parents under one roof he's getting it" he responded picking him up. "You ready?"

I nodded.

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We made it to his crib and I heard a little voice that I missed and I sure as hell know that Reek missed it too.

"Lailah!!!" I squealed going over to hug her. She's the sweetest girl in the world, I love her like my own daughter. Even though Duke & I broke up, sometimes he'd send Lailah with Reek back to New Jersey and she'd stay for a week.

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