Building Trust Through Our Issues

Chapter Twenty Two (Part II)

Sorry for the wait, this update is long overdue. Working two jobs, school, church stuff, and this child of mine are killing me. Not to mention my extremely needy mother. 😂😂

Anywaaaaaay, enjoy! 😊

"Well it's about damn time. Hell." Manny scoffed as he stood up from the couch. Everybody was seated in the sitting room of the suite waiting on us and I felt kind of bad. We were supposed to leave almost an hour ago.

"Sorry guys, we got a little caught up." I apologized.

"We heard." Imani said giving me a look, making me blush. I looked over at Chris and he had a smirk on his face. I mugged him as everybody headed for the door.

"Have the kids used the bathroom yet?" I asked, I hated public restrooms and so did my kids so I always made sure we all went before going out.

"Yes Mookie. We changed London and Christian too while y'all were being nasty." Leilani replied before giving me a look as her and Rashad headed for the door.

"This is your fault, we were doing so good, we made it almost a month without sex Chris." I hissed as he grabbed my hand.

"You wasn't complaining when I was face deep in that pus-" I quickly elbowed him in his stomach before he could even finish the word. I swear he has no filter at times.

"Mama, Jaydon pushed me." Jaylon yelled as he ran up to me with a pout on his face. They'd been doing so well since the flight and since we'd been here and now they wanted to start acting up.

"Tell him to come here." Jerome spoke up from behind me, before I could even respond. "And you need to stop all of that damn snitching. Nobody likes a little snitch. Snitches get stitches." Jerome told him before he ran off to get his brother.

A few moments later Jaylon and Jaydon returned. I watched as Jerome jacked up Jaydon and whispered something into his ear. My baby started crying and I pouted. Once Jerome was finished talking to him, Jaydon hugged his brother and apologized before coming to me.

"Mama." He cried, making me chuckle. I picked him up and he cried his little heart out. I wanted to laugh so bad.

"Fix your face, I ain't even hit you." Jerome told him.

"You need to keep your hands to yourself, Jaydon. The next time it happens I will beat you." I told him once he had calmed down. He put his finger in his mouth as he nodded his head.

"You ain't no baby, stop that." Jerome told him, making him pout. Jaydon squinted his eyes at his father and stuck his tongue out at him.

"Stop that." I said thumping him twice.

"Owwwww." He whined.

"Y'all better leave my baby alone." My mom fussed as she took Jaydon from me. I watched as Jaydon grinned up at her before smirking and me and Jerome.

"That lil nigga is outta control." Jerome said shaking his head.

"Oh really, now? I wonder where he could possibly get it from?" I smirked as I looked at him.

"He probably got it from your violent ass." Jerome snorted, making me wave him off. We got on the elevator and rode down to the parking garage to the van.

I looked over myself in my compact mirror before running my fingers through my hair. We didn't have to drive long before we arrived at one of my favorite steakhouses to come to while we were in New York. Since there was a ton of us, Stanley called ahead to make reservations for us to make sure there was enough room.