The Sequel to Burns&Bruises
Embark on a poignant journey with Maleek Montique, once a baby now a man shaped by a traumatic past. Thirteen book years post the Burns & Bruises saga, witness the evolution of the once tiny baby into a formidable figure...
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Monday, July 14th 8:57 am 📍Sunrise, Florida 🇺🇸
𝚉𝚘𝚕𝚊𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐
High-pitched screams jolt me awake my hands desperately searching around on the mattress for Zoey.
Shit!
Jesus Christ
Not wasting another second, I rush to the edge of the bed, praying I don't find her on the ground.
Maleek nah hesitate fi murda mi
A heavy sigh of relief escapes my dry lips, a hand pressed to my throbbing heart.
Her cries flow from the open bathroom door. Forcing my lids close momentarily, my lips brushing against each other muttering a light prayer.
I don't know what I would have done if I woke up and she was on the floor.
This just has been the most taxing thing I've ever done.
I'm always on edge hoping that I don't do something wrong that may leave detrimental consequences.
After the nurses run down at the hospital, I've been doing everything to the T. I can't lose her.
Not after all I have been through and she's still here with a pair of some strong ratid lungs.
Allowing me not even a peek of sleep.
Tiredly, I stand on my weak legs, gripping the edge of the bedside table to help stabilize me.
My stomach grumbles desperate for me to pack it full. But I have no appetite, I feel so tired that I can't even roll the food around with my tongue or chop the food into little pieces with my teeth.
Eyes scanning the room, I pull my curled lips up. It's a mess, maybe not that extreme but it's still an eye sore.
Zoey's damp towels are thrown over the rocking chair—I spend most of my days in rocking Zaylee to sleep.
It's where she'll take her 5-minute naps, then be up for the rest of the day. Her eyes desperate to see all that's going on around her.
She's such a FOMO (fear of missing out) baby.
Mi not even understand why, cause mi no nosey so weh cause this?
