A beautiful 7 year old little girl sat in another room with her hands over her ears trying to ignore the argument her parents were having. She hated when they argued but it happened so much.
"I'm sick of this shit! Every time I turn around, I find out about another girl you've cheated on me with!" Nicki was pissed.
"Well what the fuck are you going to do about it?" James got in her face. Nicki pushed his face.
"I'm not going to continue sitting here being disrespected on the daily basis while you fuck all these hoes and bring back God knows what."
"Well you can get the fuck out, you haven't been useful ever since you had that child anyway." He pushed her against the wall.
"Get the fuck off me and don't ever disrespect my child!" Nicki spat back as Carlie sat crying in the room she was in. Carlie didn't really care for her father.
"When I come back, I want you and that child out my fucking house." His eyes were red and filled with unnecessary hatred. Nicki was nothing but good to him.
"But where are we supposed to go?" Nicki was holding back tears. He knew she had just lost her job yesterday and didn't have much cash in her pocket.
"I don't give a fuck just get out. Don't take none of my shit either." He said nonchalantly before walking out.
As he walked out, the tears flowed. She didn't understand where she went wrong, she was nothing but nice to him and he always treated her like shit. Carlie ran over to her mother with tears in her eyes and hugged her. Nicki was tired of her daughter watching her mother get verbally and physically abused. Maybe this was for the best.
Nicki packed up her and Carlie's things then loaded them into her blue Bravada truck. It didn't hit her until they drove away that she and her daughter were now homeless. This caused more tears.
She had no one to call. She had family and friends but they were all in New York. Her mother was not the least bit pleased when Nic announced her plans to move to Los Angeles with James. None of her family or friends like him, they didn't like the way she was treated by him. He gave her an ultimatum: move to LA with him or stay in NY and she could forget about them two together.
They all wanted her to stay but she was in love. She felt she owed it to her daughter to give her a family that included both parents. James was an asshole from the start but it seems as though it got worse when they moved to LA.
She couldn't call her mom to be bombarded with "I told you so's" plus she didn't have enough money to even book one flight back home. She couldn't face the embarrassment of everyone being right, not yet. She had a job interview tomorrow, she's going to try to make it work on her own first.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Carlie saying "I'm glad you're done with him. I didn't like seeing him hurt you mommy, he's mean." This made Nic tear up, she didn't want her daughter to experience what she had to when she was little but it was too late.
"I know babe. We won't see him no more if you don't want to."
"Good because I don't."
"Ok, are you hungry?" Nic changed the subject. "Yes!" Carlie exclaimed. It was about 7:30.
They pulled into McDonald's parking lot. Carlie got a Chicken McNugget happy meal and Nicki got a chicken salad.
After they ate, they settled into their car and drove to a quiet area. The car seats were their beds tonight. Nicki prayed this would all turn around for them. Carlie deserved so much more than this
