Won't judge you

Three years later

Maurice
"Boy sit down and stop touching that"
"Dada! I want to go play "
"We been at Chuck E. Cheese already this whole month M.J. daddy tired"
"No daddy get up!" He says jumping up and down "Where mommy go?" He squeals
"Mommy is in the kitchen. Go tell her you hungry"
"Okay" he says
"M.j?" I call him
"Yes!" He yells
" I love you man"
"I lub you too daddy "

Cloe and I got back together after little Maurice was born. We been a good couple and we're great parents. Cloe haven't been to the strip club to strip after little Maurice either. I part own this carpenter company, the owner and I was extremely close. He didn't have any children, just a wife. And she told me once God calls her home to, the company is officially mine. They call me their son they never had.
Cloe is still working as a CRNA, whatever that is.
"You told M.J to come get some cookies while  I'm cooking dinner?"
"No I didn't. He got some?" I laugh asking her
"Yes. And he says you gave him the say so"
"Woman you know I didn't" I say
She signs and walk into the bathroom "M.J come here man!" I call for him. And he skips his butt in the room looking innocent "what you eating?" I ask him
"Uhh Mommy said I can have cookies"
Then she sticks her head out the bathroom "lie number two. One more and yo ass getting a whooping M.J."
Then that innocent look turns into fear and his eye's water "who said you can eat cookies?"
"Nobody" he says real low. I don't understand why little kids do that, you in trouble so you talk low
"Then why did you eat them?"
"Because I wanted them"
"Okay since you couldn't wait you don't get desert for the rest of the week. Now go get your Ipad and do those learning games"
He drops his head and leave out the room. Then Cloe closes the bathroom door and lock it. I don't pay her any attention so I continue to watch TV. Until I hear a big boom! I jump and run to the door, "fuck" I say knowing I have to knock it down. I bag back then run into it, seeing Cloe on the shower floor looking unconscious.
I turn the water off and pick her up "wake up Clo. Come on baby girl " I say as I lay her on the bed. I keep shaking her until I get the thought to perform CPR. After the third set of twenty chest compressions she coughs and move her head slowly. I grab her and hug her tight "I thought I was gonna lose you again"
"Uuuggmmmm" she groans. I rub her wet hair "I'm sorry. I didn't mean scare you Maurice"
"No worries"

***

After dinner and putting M.J. to bed I walk into my room and Cloe isn't in the bed. "I keep telling this hard headed girl to lay down" I say walking into the bathroom to brush my teeth. Cloe has our bathroom a natural look, not feminine or masculine. Our condo is always clean to thanks to her running around cleaning like a chicken with a missing head. I walk out the bathroom and felt her hands warp around my torso as she leaned her face on my back. She moved her by hands on my chest feeling on me. I know what she wants tonight.
"You feeling better huh?" I say in a low tone
"Yes. I don't know what happened" she says kissing on my back in between words "I probably slipped or something".
"Well come slip on this tip" I say turning around and picking her up causing her to giggle. Cloe and I sex life has always had a spark, she's open to just about anything. We don't find any interest in anal sex or that chocking shit but it's most definitely probably why we're always happy.
"Wait, I want to talk about something" she says
"I'm listening" I say looking at her as she's facing me on her lap
"M.J asked about his grandma, on my side. Well basically my family like why he doesn't have cousins or why nobody from my family visited us. I tried explaining that I don't get along with my family but if he want, I can reach out to them. He basically used our preaching against me like "mommy you always tell me to love my cousins like me and little rocky then you say that I treat you like a queen because all women are beautiful strong creatures then daddy say I have to be a strong man and protect my family, but I only have you and daddy. I don't have anymore family" then I'm like M.J. sometimes your family are the one's that hurt you the most. My family hurt me a lot because of how I of how I did things differently. When someone hurt you, you don't continue to stay around because your just hurting yourself by allowing it"
I end up going in deep thought. This only means one thing, "okay then we can have another baby" she gives me a are you serious look.
"Maurice i'm serious"
"Okay and so am I. I refuse to allow my son around your family especially yo judging ass momma Cloe. My son not going to be mistreated because he was born before marriage. No fuck that" I gently sit her aside off of my lap and get up
"It's been three years though maybe she changed" Cloe says
"Changed? Woman stop. Just three years ago she was dogging you, you was 24. If she treated you wrong for 24 years how the hell would she change for just three more?"
"Because, it's just. I want him to be around his family"
"That's not his family. That's yo family. He's not going around them. End of discussion Cloe" I snap and leave out the room.
Two weeks before M.J. was born, Cloe mother pushed her off of the porch. Cloe didn't know she was pregnant due to the doctor giving us the wrong information. But Cloe's mother pushed her because her mother felt like she was a mistake. During that time, Cloe and I wasn't talking like that anymore. She went ghost until she called me saying she was in labor. I rushed to the hospital and it was just Requel, Bryonna and I. They let me see my son and all. But Cloe wasn't responding and due to her and I not being married they needed a family say so to make a decision. Cloe mother came to the hospital and showed out. She told the doctors her life isn't worth saving and that M.J. should die because he's the son of a whore then basically offered to pay the doctor to just let Cloe die. Raquel and Cloe's mother physically fought then that's the last time I heard from her mother. Once Cloe finally pulled through and heard the story she went into a deep depression. None of her family visited her or ever seen M.J. I hated seeing Cloe like that, she's to good to be hurt. Cloe continues to pay for the house her family live in and keep everything going for the sake of her continuous. I on the other hand wouldn't pay for nothing. Seeing how they treat Cloe, I just know they're going to treat her offspring just as bad. And before they make me catch a case, I'd rather not even bother. He's my son and I will do anything to protect him.