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"Ma'am, I'm sorry. Like I said earlier, if we cannot contact any family members, then he'll have to go to child protective services."
Zoreia stood in the doorway of the house, Cairo in her hands and Zaira standing behind them.
It had been a week or two since Cairo's birthday and they'd been taking care of him for 3 weeks now. Zoreia decided it was time to figure out what they were gonna do becaue she could tell it was taking a toll on Zaira.
She called the police and explained the situation to them to where they told her that it basically was kidnapping and she should've called CPS first thing.
Now here they were... trying to debate with police officers, just trying their best to keep Cairo with them.
"Do you know any other family members of his?" One of the police officers asked, grabbing his notebook and pen incase he needed to write anything down.
"I-I'm not sure.. let me think." Zaira said, turning around to take a minute to breathe. This whole thing was stressing her out and she kind of wished her mother never called them anyways.
They didn't understand the situation and they didn't see it how Zaira saw it. She didn't kidnap him, she was doing the right thing.
"While she thinks, can we talk about his mother? I mean like is she just going to walk free after abandoning her son?" Zoreia asked, causing the police officer to sigh.
"Her legal rights will be taken away and she can be charged with child abandonment, child neglect and a few other things." The policeman explained, causing Zoreia to shake her head in disappointment.
"I mean she even wrote a letter, dropped off a suitcase and a car seat, she did it on purpose and was planning it." She told him, shifting her weight on the opposite side that Cairo was on.
"Alright, we can't do much... except take her custody rights away if she doesn't turn up soon. Especially since the boys dad isn't in the picture... we need family members, if they decide to do something about it then that's their problem." The police officer said, watching as Zaira walked back into the foyer.
"U-Um... Brandon's mother d-died when he was baby but he has a dad, he owns the shop that Brandon works at." Zaira said anxiously.
The cop nodded, opening his notebook. "Okay, what the address of this shop?" Zaira tells him the address and he nods.
They finish up their conversation before the police left and Zoreia and Zaira went back into the house.
"You okay?" Zoreia asked Zaira, crouching down to put Cairo on the floor, to which he immediately crawled to the living room where a show was playing and where his toys were.
"I think so... I don't want to get arrested though. I didn't kidnap him." Zaira said, nervously tapping her fingers against her thighs. Zoreia scrunched up her face, "Zaira... hell no. You're not gonna get arrested, I would never let that happen."
"Your father would turn this entire world upside down if that ever happened." Zoreia told her, reassuring her that nothing was going to happen to her.
"You just focus on taking care of him and hopefully Brandon's father can be a reliable source. That way we can just be done with this." Zoreia said, "I never thought that boy would cause so many problems in your life." Zoreia said, walking into the living room and taking a seat on the couch.
Zaira followed and sat down on the couch next to her, she watched as Cairo blabbered to himself and his chubby hands gripped the blocks he was playing with.
"I don't think he causes problems..." Zaira says, fiddling with her hair. "Well obviously not him, it's not his fault specifically. But.. he does bring trouble." Zoreia said.
The room fell quiet, the only sound being Cairo and the TV.
Zaira continued to play with her hair while Zoreia figured out exactly how she was going to convey her next question.
"Zaira?" Zoreia asked, looking over at her. "Yes?" Zaira said, raising her eyebrows. "I have a question for you." Zoreia said, causing Zaira to nod.
"Okay... I just wanna ask, are you going to let him back in your life after all of this?" Zoreia asked genuinely. She knew she couldn't control Zaira's actions but she could have an influence on them.
She wanted Zaira to make the right decisions when it came to relationships and men, because Zoreia could admit in the past she didn't make some of the most greatest decisions when she and Corey were younger.
She didn't want Zaira to be surrounded by all of this drama and stuff, because Zoreia could tell it was taking a toll on her mental state tremendously.
"He's already in my life..." Zaira said confusingly, scrunching up her face. Zoreia chuckled, "We'll obviously, it just means are you gonna continue where you left off? After all that happened, y'know?" Zoreia explained the best she could.
"Like continuing to be together and stuff." She said, causing Zaira to look away, thinking. Zoreia looks over at Cairo who was currently trying to chew on some of the decorative stuff she had lying around.
"Aht! Put that down, boy." She said, causing Cairo to look up and put the cord down, crawling over to his toys instead.
"Why do you ask? Should I not continue?" Zaira asked. "I mean... my advice would be to not. Like take Cairo for an example, I know this is not exactly his fault but this is his baby and it's been a lot of stress on you."
Zaira stayed silent, thinking about her mother's words.
"Maybe you're right..."
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