𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 |𝐃.𝐄|

Twenty-Four

Well that was something.

"Hey everybody." I said once I walked into the room behind Dave. I couldn't help but notice Brian sitting next to Dave, giving me a look. "There she is I missed you." His mom walked over and pulled me into a tight hug. "You see her right." She whispered, only for me to hear. This lady so damn messy man.

We spent the next 30 minutes just eating and catching up with each other. His parents weren't too excited about Brian being here because they kept saying slick shit about me and Dave's relationship. I honestly felt bad for the girl, but I still don't like her.

Next thing you know we hear crying from upstairs. Dave and I both looked at each other before getting up and going upstairs. I opened the door and we seen her standing up in her crib pouting. "Aww my baby." I picked her up and smothered her with kisses. "Put her down real quick." "For what?" "Cause we finna talk, put her down." I sighed before putting Kairi down.

"Come on." He grabbed my hand and dragged me out the room. "Dave let go of my fucking arm, why we can't talk in there." "Shut up." He opened the bathroom door and pushed me in. "What the fuck is you pr-" He cut me off by smashing his lips into mine. I opened my mouth instantly, allowing him to enter his tongue.

I've wanted this for the last 6 months, I've missed this. But I can't. I pulled away from him, and pushed him back a little. "I can't do this Dave." "Why not." "Because, we can't be together anymore, too much has happened." "I know I hurt you, but I'm really trying here." "How? we're in a fucking bathroom kissing, while your new girlfriend is downstairs." "Man, I don't want that girl forreal, I did that shit to make you jealous, but now you out here going on dates with other niggas."

"Because we are not together Dave, and we will never be together again." I didn't mean for it to come out like that, because I could tell that it hurt him. "Bet." Walked out the door, making sure to slam it, seconds later I heard the front door slam.

I heard another knock at the door and I knew who it was so I opened it. "What happened?" I couldn't even respond, I just started crying. She walked over to me and pulled me into a tight hug. "Hey, everything is going to be okay." I sighed, and wiped my eyes. "He hates me now." "You are the air that he breathes, he will never hate you."

"But I can't give him what he wants, I can't be with him anymore." "I understand that you can't be with him right now, but is that what you really want?" "Of course not, I love him so much, but what he did is unforgivable." "Come on." She opened the door and I followed her back into the nursery.

"I know you two are going through a lot right now, but this is why yall need to get it together, and truly figure out what yall want to do, because it's only going to hurt Kairi." She picked her up and sat down in the chair next to me. "Jabari almost died a few years back." "W-what?" "Yes, Dave was in all of this mess, there was a shooting, and he ended up in a coma for a while.

"That was the worse time of my life, I felt like I lost both of my boys. One was in the streets doing god knows what, while the other was in the hospital fighting for his life. When he got better I had a talk with Dave, I told him to leave all of that shit alone, I made him promise me."

"So you didn't know he started doing it again." "No, I believed him when he said he stopped, and that he was opening up a club." "So you found out the day of my car accident." She nodded while bouncing Kairi on her lap.

"I was so pissed at him for endangering you and Kai, I went off on him, and your parents ending up overhearing us. We all wanted to tell you, we really did, but when Dave told us how that man was after you we knew we had to keep it quiet and protect you, I'm sorry that I kept that secret from you."

"I know this may sound a little fucked up, but everyone keeps telling me about their past with this street life shit, and how everyone almost died, and that's sad and all, but yall survived, my mother, she actually died, she died because everyone was reckless with this shit, including her. I love that man with everything in me, but he is the reason that my mother is dead, he is the reason why his child is missing a grandparent, he is the reason why my teenage brother has to go through a major part of his life without his mother, he is the reason why my dad can't even go back to his own damn home, because he can't handle the thought of being there without her, and the worse part of all this is that the police found nothing, NO ONE HAS FOUND ANYTHING, and you know why? because Dave broken his promise."

By now we were both silently crying. I know it's a harsh thing to say, but it's the truth. If Dave would've kept his promise about leaving that life, none of this would've happened. "I'm so sorry India." "I forgive you, I forgive all of you actually, but I'll never be able to forget it." "I do want to thank you though, you welcomed me with open arms despite our unusual situation, and I'm grateful for that." She gave me a small smile, because placing Kairi in my arms.

"For what it's worth, you will always be like a daughter to me, and I will always love you, whether your mad at me or not." I stood up and pulled her into another hug. "We're going to head out now, I'll see you soon." "Alright now be safe."

"Why were yall in that damn room for so long." This girl been talking my fucking ear off since we got in the car. "Cause we were dealing with our child."

"Let me find out you still fucking that bitch." I slammed on the breaks hard as fuck making her body jerk forward. Good thing we at a red light. "Let me explain sum to you, that's the mother of my fucking child, you don't ever disrespect her."

"So are you still fucking her." "If I was you wouldn't be in this car right now." She just stayed quiet. I know for a fact if India would've said yes I would've sent her back to where she came from.

"Dave you need to realize that we're together now, not you and her you can't be around her like that when your with me, and then your mom, she kept talking about yall relationship the whole time." I felt bad for her but I didn't at the same time.

"I already had a talk with her she gone chill, and ima always be around her that's my damn babymama, and how else ima see my child." "Whatever Dave."

I think ima just try to work this shit out with Bri cause India made it ever clear that we won't be together again so I have to stop trying at some point. Even if it's killing me on the inside.