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The man furrowed his eybrows in shock. The woman swallowed the growing lump in her throat before leaving out the room. The man rested his body against the bed recounting the last few days.

He rested his head in his hands sighing trying to figure out what to do. He finally got up and made his way into the kitchen watching his princess make breakfast.

"Cynnia."

"Jacques."

"Can you come here please?"

"I'm cooking."

He entered the kitchen and sat on the island pulling her away from the stove top.

"You meant that?"

"Meant what?"

"Let's not do this Cynnia. Okay, just talk to me please."

"I didn't say you acted like him. I said you made me feel like he did at times."

"That's never the intention."

"I know that Jacques but you let her have a say so with your feelings. If you don't mess with her how you say you don't then why are you so caught up in your feelings when it comes to her. Then you take it out on me, it's irritating."

"That was my first child Cyn you have to understand that it hurt. I'm not going to get over that."

She nodded and turned away from the man and began to stir the eggs and flip the bacon.

"And do you think if you continue to ignore me and take your feelings out on me that I'm going to forgive you? Travis it's about right now and today not the past. This is my first child too."

He cleared his throat and nodded.

"Talk to me. It's what I'm here for, to make you feel better and if I can't do that then I'm here to struggle with you. Your never alone and silence isn't the answer." She turned to the man and chewed her lips silently

"Even the doctor noticed...."

He squinted at her to continue.

"That you weren't happy about....well I don't know. You weren't enthusiastic.....she asked if you even wanted the baby."

Just as Travis looked up at Cyn Tarren cut the corner. Cyn cleared her throat and smiled at him.

"Hungry?"  She made his plate and set it in front of him

She made Travis' plate and set it next to him then poured them all juice before she made her own plate.

"Is it good? Ain't nobody talking, it must be good." The trio bursted out in laughter

"Yea it's good." Tarren managed to say

Cyn began to sip her drink while staring up at Travis. He began to laugh making her laugh and waste her juice.

"Look what you did." She laughed throwing a piece of bacon at him

He squinted at her and full on food fight began. Tarren hid for the most part but got heated when juice splashed in his unfinished food.

"Aye I wasn't done." He frowned throwing a handful of eggs at Cyn

She gasp and hid behind Travis as she threw the unbroken eggs from the carton.

Tarren scooped them from his shirt and launched them back at her but ended up hitting Travis right in the face.

"You lucky if ain't nothing else to throw." Travis laughed looking around the now trashed kitchen

"I'm going to change then I'll be back to clean this up." Cyn stepped over eggshells and walked out the kitchen followed by Travis and Tarren
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"I'm still hungry. We didn't really eat anything."

"Let's go out, then we'll have a reason to act decent."

She laughed and wrung out the towel for the 3rd time. Cyn was wiping down the counters, Travis was mopping, and Tarren took out the trash.

"Don't ever think I don't want you or the baby." Travis stopped mopping for a second

She looked at him and nodded unsure of what to say. He laughed.

"Say "yes daddy""

"Your sick." She laughed

"We good?"

"Yeah daddy."

"Keep that shit down in Texas." Tarren gagged before walking in the kitchen

"Shut up."

The door bell rung and Tarren went to get it. He cursed and huffed.

"I should beat your ass but I'm not gone do you like that in front your girl." Travis and Cyn could hear his conversation

"Can I come in?"

"No. Go to a hotel."

"You gone do your own brother like that."

"You really pushing your shit. You beat her too?"

"No, the fuck." Cyn could hear Candy say

"Taison's here." Cyn whispered to Travis

"Don't whisper. Don't be scared." Travis squeezed the woman's waist

She nodded and hooked her fingers around his belt loop playing with the fabric.

"You still scared, huh?" Travis sighed looking down at her

She looked up at him letting him see the scar that he'd left her.

"He gave me a reason to be."

"I'm your reason not to be."

"You gone kick his ass again?"

"If that's what you want." The man acted as if he was about to go making her laugh and grab him

"No babe I'm fine and is going to always be fine as long as I got you."

"Where you wanna go eat?"

"Jhonnies."

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