Detroit. •b.t.• (Completed)

57 (Second Update)

Sage

Bryson pulled my body closer to his as I slept.

I knew it was Bryson because of the way he smelled.

Delicious.

Bryson would occasionally talk me just so that I would know that he was still there.

I moved around slightly, and I felt Bryson's thick lips press against my forehead.

"I love you"

I opened my eyes and blinked slowly before turning to look at him.

Bryson did love me, and I was finally starting to realize that again.

"I love you too, Bryson"

I haven't said that in forever.

His reaction made me blush, and I turned away from him.

"I like it when you blush, boo. Stop trying to hide it"

"Bryson, I understand how selfish I was being, and if at any point, you feel like this is too much for you to deal with, please let me know. I don't want it to happen, but I completely understand"

I was also beginning to realize that others around me had feelings too, and I was hurting them just as much as I was hurting myself.

He busted out laughing, and I looked at him, confused.

"I got patience with you, boo. I know you ain't perfect, and you going through stuff right now. We gone start building together again, yeah?"

"Yes, please"

He smirked at me, and I couldn't help but to smile back.

"Let me talk to you about something, though, boo"

I nodded my head. "I'm listening to you"

"Somebody gone kill Eric, and I know how you feel about all of that, but-"

"That sounds great. Thank you for warning me"

He raised an eyebrow at me. "Yeah? Okay"

"Eric's still your brother though. Just make sure that you've thought this all the way through"

"You really tryna change, yeah?"

"I want us to be better again"

He buried his face into the crook of my neck, and eventually fell asleep.

Bryson

When I woke up, Sage and Jayda were still asleep.

I glanced at Sage to see that she was sleeping with a smile on her face, and her cheeks had a red tint to them.

"What chu smiling about?"

Jayda began to whine from inside of her crib, and I went to go get her.

I got a bottle ready, and heated it up in the microwave.

"I'm - I'm awake" Sage mumbled into the pillow.

"Oh, yeah?" I questioned, looking down at Jayda.

Her eyes were closed, and she had her lip poked out.

I leaned down and kissed her before giving her the bottle.

She had immediately fallen asleep again, and I walked us over to the changing table.

"Jayda, you stinky" I commented, unstrapping the sides of her diaper.
"That iron got you doing things"

She let me change her diaper without a problem, and I dropped the diaper into the Diaper Genie that she had before setting her back into the crib.

I got back into bed, and Sage inched closer to me, burying her face into my chest.

"You comfortable?"

She tossed her legs over mine and scooted closer before stopping.

"You want the full Bryson experience?"

Her eyes opened, and she looked at me before blushing.

"Hi" She spoke in a soft voice.

I smirked before kissing her on her lips.

"How are you?" She questioned.

"I'm good, boo. You good?"

"Yes"

"I saw you smiling in ya sleep. You was happy?"

"I think I'm ready to talk about it" Sage mumbled, looking away from me.

I already knew what she was talking about.

I sat up in the bed, and pulled Sage so that she was in between my legs.

She rested her head against mine, and I waited.

"Um. After the kids were taunting me, I went to the bathroom and texted Camilla, asking her to send a car. When the car arrived, I went to leave the bathroom, but Grayson was standing in the doorway. He told me that I could've had his baby"

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"And then I tried to move around him, and he pushed me back into the bathroom, and locked the door. He - um kissed my face and - and touched on me before letting me leave"

I made a mental note to go and see Grayson again, although I was sure that I wouldn't forget.

"Then what?"

"I went home, and I was crying in my room, and then I heard clapping, and Eric was there. He was yelling at me for not listening to him and then he brought you up-"

"Listening to him, how?" I questioned.

"One of the days that we were arguing, where I went with Covonte and Keisha, I went to the bathroom and Eric and Laura were there. They told me that I was going to make money for them, and if I didn't that I was going to get hurt"

"Why you ain't say nothing then?"

"I tried to tell you afterwards, but you didn't want to listen to me. I'm sorry, I should've been more persistent"

I thought about it for a second, and that was when I kicked her out of my room.

Damn.

"That's why I was selling art. Eric hurt me again, when I didn't listen"

"Go back to the first time"

"Oh, he um asked me how could he hurt me, you, and Jayda at the same time and he punched me in the stomach before raping and beating on me. Then, Jayda was born the next day"

Eric was definitely going to die.

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