My Safe Heaven

Chp 20

Ryan Leblanc
Shading in the tattoo I was finishing up I took my wipe and slid it smoothly down my clients arm .. biting my lip and squinting my eyes I went in again adding some more ink to the spots that needed it , smiling to myself I wiped once more and allowed him to look before I slabbed Vaseline and Saran Wrap on it ..

"This shit so tuff." He spoke smirking "You just quickly became my favorite tattoo artist , damn." He spoke looking at it

Smiling back at him I grabbed his held out arm and applied Vaseline on it covering it up , I walked him to the front so he could pay .. passing by Nia I watched her walk her customer out before she took a seat behind her desk to count her funds .

"Okay so since it's a whole sleeve that's gonna be one eighty." I spoke while messing with the register

Going in his pocket he grabbed out a stack and counted through it .. hearing the door jingle I looked over and smiled when August came walking through with Ayden in front of him , the last day in Nola consisted on making a care plan for Ayden being none of us wanted him to go into the system .. being his mama passed away in a tragic accident at least that's what the news said .. so Joce wrote up fake paper work stating August was his father , just so we can keep him in the family he was already around .. with the help of his mom he would keep him here and there and they would trade off .. almost like a co parent relationship I see that changing in the future tho .

"Here you go love." He spoke handing me the money

Peeking over at August who now had locked his phone and sat it on the table I mentally groaned , watching him pull his goatee knowing a sly remark wasn't far ahead if this conversation kept going , counting the money out I frowned and looked up at the guy ..

"This is two fifty , you don't know how to count boy?" I asked laughing

"Naw I know how just felt you did you damn thing." He spoke smirking " should've put my number on one huh."

"Damn baybeh you almost done yo boys came to get you fa lunch , hell if ayden wasn't here you'd be my lunch but I guess a nigga ca wait." He spoke standing up and walking toward us "Put dat seventy to da side nigga jus paid for our lunch thanks potna." He spoke holding his hand out

Looking down at August hand he looked back up before nodding his head to me while walking out the shop , letting out the laugh I knew I was holding in I looked at August and shook my head.

"You so fucking petty." Nia spoke coming from behind her chair "Hey boo." She spoke picking Ayden up

Although he wasn't biologically related to us we still looked at him as if he was , so he had a hand full of uncles and aunties rooting for him .. the village we had did its job and did it well I've never seen nothing like it .

"Dat nigga was tryna be funny hell ain here for lashes or a tattoo wit no baybeh ." He spoke after he kissed my lips

"Nia we're gonna go grab lunch you want anything?" I asked looking back at her

"No surprisingly I'm not hungry right now." She spoke with a pout "This birth control got my body messed up."

Nia had got on birth control a week prior to us going to Nola , so her being under the weather was just some affects to her newly starting the shot .. she was moody and hangry majority of the time and it's was unbearable poor Chris she was decent this week tho .

"Tennis ball ain hungry ?" August asked covering his mouth

"Fuck up you piece of wind." She spoke covering Ayden's ears "See you later handsome boy." She spoke placing him down