August
I walked around da room getting my shit together. Dis shit hea was da last fuckin straw. I aint know why people steady fucked wit me and mines but I wun about ta deal wit dis shit.
"Baby?"
I turned round ta see Stephanie at da door, leaning against da wall with her arms crossed.
"Hey ma, was up?"
She came towards me and stopped in front of me. I knew she was worried and as many times as I told her not worry about it, she still worried herself about it.
"Are ya good baybeh?"
She sniffed and grabbed the bottom of my shirt and tucked her lips.
"Do you really have to do this?" She asked, lookin down.
I lifted her chin and looked down at her. She looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"Bae you know why I have to do this. I have to--"
"Protect your family. I know."
I grabbed her waist and pulled her ta me and held her face into my neck. She wrapped her arms around my waist and broke down. I attempted to let go but she grabbed tighter and wouldn't let me go.
"Baybeh."
"August. I have a bad feeling about this. I don--"
I placed my index finger on her mouth. She pursed her lips.
"Don't do dat. You have ta think positive, na I need you to follow da plan and take you and Erin ta Mina's house and let her drive y'all ta da airport."
She wiped her eyes and shook her head.
"Why do I have to go all the way to Los Angeles? Why can't I just go to New Orleans or something?"
I sighed and made her look at me.
"Ma we have talked about this. You know da reason you can't go ta do Nola. If somethin go down, dats da first place dat thesis niggas gon look."
She bit her lip and sighed.
"How do you know who is even behind all of this? Who are you going after anyway?"
"Don't worry bout dat baybeh."
Stepping back, I grabbed my bag and opened it, puttin everything dat I would need. I walked back over ta da bed and Stephanie grabbed my hand pullin me ta her. She brought my face ta hers and kissed me.
I kissed her back. I could the feel all the emotion that she had just though the kiss. Sadness, fear and love. She was scared fa me and ta be honest I was scared fa us. I was neva one dat was scared ta die but na it was different. I had something ta live fa and niggas was tryna take dat away from me.
As the kiss intensified, I grabbed her waist tighter and she pulled may neck down to her even more. We explored each others mouth and things began to get heated so I pulled away from her. Na was not da time.
"Y'all need to get goin so y'all can catch da plane."
She looked up at me.
"When are you going to meet us there?"
I sighed and shrugged.
"Ion ma, when I take care of dis I'ma be thea."
She frowned and stepped back from me.
"Hold on. You mean to tell me that your going to come later?"
"Stephanie we talked about this. You all are goin ta go ahead and I'a meet y'all a lah bit later. Come on ma you have ta trust me."
She shook her head covered her face.
"August. I don't know."
"Just think, you'a be closer ta ya photoshoot."
She backed away from me and grabbed her suitcase.
"I don't give damn about my job! Aug you don't get the fact that none of this matter without you. We started this and we are going to finish this together. I love you and when I first met you, told you was going to be here and I am. I'm not letting you do this by yourself."
I turned back and zipped up my black bag and stuffed a gun in the back of my pants, grabbing my shades.
"And remember I told you that I would rather pull da trigger on myself befo you? Well dats da case right na. I'a die tryna protect you and my family and if dats what it takes, dats what it's gone be. Na, I gotta go and see Erin befo I leave. I luh you mama and nothin is eva gon change dat."
She held my hand as I grabbed my bag and headed ta Erin's room. Stephanie was right behind me. I had told Erin dat I had ta leave fa awhile but I wasn't sho if she understood or not but she would in da long run.
"Aye baybeh." I said, peekin my head in her room.
"Hey daddy!" She ran ta me and hopped in my arms.
I smiled and kissed her head and her cheeks, making her giggle. Lookin ova at Steph, I seen her cryin and walkin ta anotha room.
"Ok lah mama, you rememba what ta day is?"
She frowned and nodded.
"You go away again." She sadly.
Dat shit was breaking my heart.
"Yea and I need you to be a big girl fa me and ya mama while I go and get sissy ok?"
She smiled and nodded.
"Aight, well daddy gotta get goin, I luh you baybeh."
I kneeled down, lettin her go. While bein eye level with her, she hugged my neck and I squeezed her. Dis was my baybeh and I be damed if I let anything happen ta her.
Kissin her once more, I walked out of her room and in to da living room ta see Stephanie wit her and Erin's luggage. She wasn't cryin anymore, but she did look sad.
"We all gon leave at da same time."
She sniffed and nodded.
"Erin! Come on baby we have to get going." Erin came runnin in da livin room and smiling at me.
She grabbed Stephanie's hand. I looked at Stephanie at me bitin her lip. I could tell dat she was tryin ta be strong fa Erin. I lifted Erin in to my arms once more and leaned in ta kiss Stephanie.
"I love you baby." She whispered in my ear.
I closed my eyes and held her tight.
"I luh you too."
Hopin it wun da last time I seen my wife and daughter. She pulled away and I kissed Erin, putting her down. We all heard out of da house togetha and gettin into our separate cars. I honked at her as she pulled out and went into da opposite direction of me.
At dis point, everything hit me all at once. I broke down in da front seat. Everything was fallin apart and I had ta fix it. And dat was exactly what I was going ta do, even if it killed me.
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