Keeping Secrets

better left unsaid

Mercedes pov:
Its now been two days since I've been home from the hospital. August hasn't been home since I left the hospital. I  keep wondering what's going on but I pay no mind to it. Don't think that I don't take notes like how he always comes home at two in the morning and how he also cokes home smelling like  Cherry Blossom. Its the third day I've been home and once again he isn't here. Camile is sleep and so I thought it would be nice that I take me a nice hit bubble bath. I went to the bathroom and ran the water and added some bubble soap to the water. While looking through some drawers I hear August come in the house. "Baby where you at " he yells. I completely ignore and walks back into the bathroom. I strip of my clothes and gets into the tub. I looked at the baby monitor on the bathroom sink and smiled because  I know that my baby girl is fast asleep. ' baby where you at" he semi yells as he walked into the room. I don't say anything because if he really wanted to see me or talk to me he would have been home with me taking care of our baby. I take the vanilla soap and put it on my wash cloth and began to bath myself. Finally he walks into the bathroom and stands in the doorway. "Mercedes you didn't hear me calling you?" He asked me while taking a seat on the toilet and looks at me. " I heard you and I choose to ignore you " I said while washing under my breast. " don't you think that I was calling you for a reason " August spoke while bawling up his fist .  I looked at him then started rinsing the soap off my body. " you been acting different since you came home. I guess all you needed was that fucking baby from me and a ring on your finger to call yourself a wife " he yelled at me. " first off August you need to lower your fuckijg voice because we do have a child that's in there sleeping and two you have no room to talk to say that I'm acting different because you have not been home since I left the damn hospital.  You wanna talk about different who's this DIFFERENT women your seeing. Every night you come home with a different fragrance on you.  In not stupid nigga I only wear vanilla but you come home smelling like strawberry kiwi or Japanese Cherry blossom. Plus August if all I wanted from you was a fucking baby and a ring I would have been left after I found out I was pregnant.  So don't come for me if I fucking didn't send for by your red ass " I yelled while huffing and puffing along with tears running down my face.   I stared at him for a long as time because I don't have time for this. He looked at me like he wanted to beat my ass but he knew he couldn't.  "I can't believe you gonna talk to me like this " he said in a calm voice. He got up so I thought he was gonna leave but he didn't. *smack* He turns back and slaps me. I didn't have time to react,  all I could do was cry. " don't ever disrespect me in my house " he says before walking out the bathroom. Camile starts to cry so I let put the water and wraps my towels around myself to go and tend to my crying baby.  I walked in the room and seen August laying asleep in the bed while our daughter was her screaming her lungs out. He just don't know that I could just stab him in his sleep. I picked up Camile from her crib and fed her.  After she was done I burped her then rocked her back to sleep. I then changed into my night clothes, I got my baby and went to the living room. I couldn't be in the same room and him right now because if I was....he would be calling on the name of the Lord.

Kayla pov:
Lots have changed since I met Justine's mother. When he goes to see her I stay home  and clean or I go and see what Maya is doing. Mercedes and I are no longer friends because I found out the truth and I found out what August has really been doing.  Let me fill y'all in.
🍃FLASHBACK🍃
Justin and I was at the beach because Justin said that he had a surprise for me. So here I was all ready when I had to pee. "Baby I be right back" I told him as I ran to the little girls room. I did my business, washed my hands and left. On my way back to our setup spot I spotted August so I went to go and say hey. "Hey I didn't know that Mimi was here, where is she " I asked . He looked around kinda nervous and thats how I knew why something was up. "See umm -" he started to say. "Hey baby sorry I took--" I looked at this women because she looked so familar and it seems like I know her name. "Robin... Robin you and August are dating " I said shocked as hell. They walked away and I was left there standing shocked and broken. I called Mercedes that night and she called me every name in the book by from  A-Z.  She said that I wanted her man and that I was trying to mess up her happy home. I laughed and said okay because I was just trying to help the girl see who she was about marry.  Mimi didn't believe me and she said that she wanted nothing to do with so from that day forward we haven't talked but it is what it is you kow. Since that I decided to better myself I stopped striping and focused on school. I got a part tike job working at Ms.Daisy's happy time daycare. It. Makes good money so I can't complain.  Justin also goes to school so you know it makes it more fun for us to date. We study together and sometimes take each other finals.

Besides all that life has been fine. Right now I'm I'm the car on the way to my mama house.  I  haven't been back home since I stopped being friends with Mercedes.  I know what y'all are thinking I stopped going to see my mama all because I lost a friend. Well that's partially true but the maim reason is because my mama is ever sick.  She has stage two cancer and she had diabetes.  I hate walking into the house and seeing my mama like that.  Laid up in the bed with little hair on her had and  coughing her lungs out. The only thing that keeps me coming back is every time I see her she gives me this weak smile and says" hey sweetie, mama missed you " then I would hug her and tell her how much I loved her. I pulled up my mama house and seen two police cars and am ambulance outside. I parked my car and ran to see what was going on. I seen my sister Alissa crying hold on to our big brother Roddrick. I walked over them and started to cry. Everything was better was
Left unsaid.  My mama was gone and I didn't even get to say goodbye. I ran to the truck and seen he life less body just laying there. I opened the truck and hugged her. "Mama!!!  I know you can hear me.  Mama stop playing just get up mama please mama please " I yelled ,screamed and cried. "Ma'am you can't be back here " one of the officers said to me but I didn't listen I didn't wanna hear anything that he had to say. I stayed there until someone came and pulled me off.     I watched as they drove off with the other half of my heart.

💔RIP TO N THE LATE GREAT MRA.ARETHA JENAY JONES 💔