Building Trust Through Our Issues

Chapter Nineteen

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Christopher POV:

Since I've had this damn surgery, all I've felt is pain. I haven't even left the house since I've been home from the hospital. I barely leave my bedroom. I'm in more pain now, than I was before they removed the damn tumor. Every little noise or too much movement triggers a headache straight from the pits of hell, along with dizziness and nausea, not to mention my incision is constantly throbbing.

Mookie's clingy ass being up under me all the time does not make things any better. I love my baby girl to death but her little ass has been super clingy lately. I know she missed me or whatever but damn, I need a break. Now that she's quit her job, she's at home all up under me when she's not with the babies.

I haven't said anything to her about her being clingy because I'm not trying to hurt her feelings. I've been sparing her but I'm not sure how much longer I can take her smothering me. I can't even take a piss by my damn self anymore.

"Babe." I heard her call as she came up the stairs leading to our room. I winced at how loud she was before groaning. I put a pillow over my head and sighed.

"Yes." I mumbled through the pillow.

"What's wrong babe?" She asked as I felt her jump on the bed, causing it to bounce and making my head hurt even more.

You. You is what's wrong.

"Nothing baby, I'm just a little sleepy." I sighed as she took the pillow off of my face. She looked down at me with concern  before kissing my forehead.

"Did you take your medicine?" She asked, looking at the watch that was on her wrist. I was due for a dosage of pain medicine about thirty minutes ago but I didn't take it. I'm trying to slowly stop taking it, they got me on that heavy shit and my ass is not trying to get addicted.

"Yes." I lied.

"Okay, well do you need anything else before I go pick up the kids from school?" She asked me.

"No baby, thank you." I told her.

"The babies are down for a nap. Your mom is in the nursery with them." She informed me. I felt bad as hell because I'm not really able to spend as much time with the kids as I want to. I'm either in pain or too weak and sleepy to play with them or they'll get too loud and my head starts to hurt. The only real time I can spend with the babies is when they're asleep or falling asleep.

Sometimes Aaliyah will just come and get in the bed with me. She'll just be on her phone and we'll sit together in silence, I guess that's our way of bonding now. Her loud ass knows she doesn't have an inside voice so we just text to communicate.

I can handle being with the boys and just sitting with them while they do their school work but when they start yelling and playing, that's my cue to go. Any type of loud noise gives me a headache from hell.

"Okay, I'll be back in a minute. Love you." She said pecking my lips.

"I love you too." I mumbled as she pulled the blanket over my body. She placed one last kiss on my lips before turning off the light and leaving the room.

Within seconds I was out.

***

"Babe, dinner is ready." Mookie informed me as she shook me awake. I could tell she had been trying to wake me up for a while by the look of concern on her face. I leaned up and kissed her lips, making her smile a little.

"What you cook?" I asked, pulling her into my lap and wrapping my arms around her. As annoying and clingy as my baby may be, I love her to death and I wouldn't trade her for the world.