Me and Jade got into an argument last night and I felt bad because I shouldn't be stressing her out knowing how close we were to losing the baby, but constantly hearing about how I should've taken the threats against me serious and how I could've been seriously hurt; like the fact that I stuck wearing this sling didn't prove that enough. However what she failed to realize was the dude that hit me wasn't even on my radar of the four dudes who were supposed to have this hit out on me, but whatever there was nothing I could do about it now. All I wanted to was spend time with my family and try to get back on the field ass soon as possible, I got out of bed and walked to Troix's room expecting him to be asleep but he was up playing with his toys like it was five o'clock in the morning but as soon as he saw me he drop his toys and wanted me to pick him up. 'One day you'll learn Noah y'all can't be picking him up every time he reaches his arms out he's going to be spoiled.' I remember dad number two saying even though him and Uncle Zyshaun spoiled Troix the most.
"Come on Troix let's go make your mom some breakfast so she can stop being mad at me." I said picking him up with my good arm and carrying him down to the kitchen. I guess a positive that comes out of my injury is I got to be with Jade throughout her pregnancy and also got to bond with my son. "Troix when you get older you'll come to find out the scary truth and that being that all women are crazy." I said looking through the cabinets for something to cook for Jade since our choice were limited.
"Troix don't listen to anything he's saying, women aren't crazy men just make us this way..... especially when we know we're right and the man doesn't listen to us." Jade said walking into the kitchen and even though she pissed me off sometimes, if my son wasn't sitting three feet away from me I'd probably be fucking her up against the refrigerator. "But I know you won't be anything like your dad." Jade said kissing Troix.
"Whatever Jade you know Troix is me all over again, just wait until he gets older then there will be three of us you have to deal with." I said rubbing her stomach, even though at first I was excited about Jade being pregnant again because of the other two times this one felt different. "So what are we going to name him?" I asked putting a plate of food down in front of her. "I've been thinking either Noel, Nolan, Nasir or King." I said.
"It's a girl and her name is going to be Jasmine....." Jade said rolling her eyes. "Anyways you got to pick Troix's name so this time it's me."
"Okay let's not alter history you picked Troix's name, you let Saint get in your ear and convince you that his middle name would be the perfect name for our son, truthfully I wanted to name him after my dads Khalil Marcus was the name I picked out but nah....... Jade had to have it her way." I said smiling.
"I don't remember it that way Noah, but whatever..... what are we doing today?" Jade asked picking at her food.
"Me and Troix are going to disappear, my grandma is coming over and she said she don't want now men here, so we'll probably go chill with Saint at his place, then later we're going over my dad's to chill for a little bit then we'll be back home in time for dinner....... when's your next doctors appointment?" I asked.
"Why?" Jade asked and I stared at her for a second. "Look Noah that is a very sensitive thing and you being there would only make me nervous....... you can go to the one after that one." Jade said picking at her plate, I wanted to argue but I had to tell myself I couldn't stress her out.
"Okay Jade but next time I'm going no questions asked....... come on Troix we're about to go see Uncle Saint." I said picking him up and taking him upstairs to get ready.
SAINT'S PENTHOUSE
I loved Saint's penthouse, but I was always afraid to sit on the furniture because I knew him and Mario would fuck anywhere, so I pulled a chair from the dining room and just sat there while he paced around yelling at someone on the phone about something Troix wander around like he owned the place until Saint ended his call and sat down looking stressed.
"Here I am on vacation and I'm still working, on top of trying to find a new place for me and Mario and dealing with Armani's bullshyt......... you don't know how easy you got it Noah." Saint said picking up Troix.
"Yeah I got it so easy, my girl can't be outta bed for longer than an hour, I stuck wearing this sling and my son seems to think he's the king of the house and I'm just a visitor. On top of my little brother swing on my uncle every time he sees him and my cousin asking a little too many questions about the dude injured me....." I said looking at him but Saint just smirked.
"So I just realized you might not be able to come with us to Saint Trinity, Jade will be in the end of her third trimester and she won't be able to fly and I know you wouldn't miss the birth of your child for anything so unless she has the baby before hand you'll be stuck here." Saint said and I hadn't considered that.
"We'll figure it out, but you know there's no way I'm missing that trip and neither is Jade she already told me she wanted to get away for a week and she'll be pissed if she can't go...... we can figure that out later though so what's the plan for this weekend?" I asked Saint started to answer but was interrupted by his phone ringing.
"Yeah let them up......." Saint said smiling and ignoring my questioning look, he knew I didn't like too many people around my son and I knew some of Saint's friends didn't know the meaning of control. A couple minutes later there was a loud banging at the door and Saint jumped up letting in Joejoe and Danny.
"HOLY FUCK!" I said hugging Danny who I hadn't seen since right after Troix was born, speaking of Troix while I was criticizing other people he had just heard me saying fuck and now he was stomping around the living room saying 'fuck, fuck, fuck', yeah Jade was going to be pissed if she heard him saying that.
"Damn is that Troix? Last time I saw that he was looking like a lump of dough.... now well sorry but he looks just like you No' and that's not a compliment." Danny said laughing.
"To answer your question us four and Mario are going out this weekend, so make sure you got a babysitter so there won't be any excuses as to why you can't go." Saint said and after chilling there for a couple hours then running home to check on Jade, I went to my parents house since I was barred from my own.As soon as we walked in the house Troix ran straight for dad number two and all I could do was laugh because as much as he talked about me, he was going to be the one who regretted spoiling him.
"Where's my dad and brothers?" I asked.
"Marquise is over your Uncle Dominique's house with JD, Cori is with Paris and your dad is down in that damn grotto. I got up and walked down to the basement, through the gym and into my dad's grotto. He seemed to be in his own little world as Usher played in the background.
"Are you supposed to be in here?" He asked looking at me, with a playful smirk on his face.
"Last time I check the rules were no one below the legal drinking age was allowed down here and I'm pretty sure we've gotten drunk together a few times so that rule doesn't apply to me." I said laughing.
"True but still.... honestly I'm glad you're here No' I'm bored and retirement isn't what it's cracked up to be. So how's it feel being out for the season?" He asked and I shrugged aggravating my shoulder.
"I've been injured worse but maybe you should pick up a hobby, have you ever thought about learning how to knit?" I asked laughing.
"Shut up Noah....... look I need to ask you something, what's going on with Cori? I know you got that whole brotherly bond and I respect that but it's killing me that he's so distant and I feel like I'm failing him as a parent." My dad said and I hated keeping stuff from him but I wouldn't say anything unless Cori told me it was okay.
"Dad let me call Cori and see what he has to say about the matter." I said walking away after a short conversation with Cori he finally agreed to let me tell my dad and only him. "Okay dad but you gotta swear not to say anything and I need you to be honest with me." I said and he nodded. "Cori found out that Uncle Cam is cheating on Aunt Liberty and he feels like maybe..... y'all knew about it and didn't say anything." I said and I knew my dad almost too well and even he couldn't hide the guilt in his eyes, which made me feel like yeah he definitely knew...............................................
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As Time Goes By
RomanceMiscarriages, Lies, Cheating, Deceit, Betrayal, Family and Friendships pushed to the very edge. The Cunningham Children find out that life isn't all glitz and glamour as they learn to deal with real world issues and have to learn at the end of the d...