Shawn is a rookie cop trying to prove himself. He takes case after case but is neglecting his family in the process. Him and his girlfriend get into this huge argument because he's taken yet another case. This time he has to leave home for a while...
"Mommy!" I heard little foot steps. "Mommy wake up!" I rolled over and King was grinning at me, "Good morning my King." "Santa come?" "I don't know, let's go see. But we have to do what first?" "Bwush my teeth." "Exactly." I said getting out of bed grabbing his hand and leading him to the bathroom. We brushed our teeth and then I carried him into the living room where his presents were. "Wook mommy." he smiled. "Cookies all gone." "I see. Santa must have ate them when he left you your toys." "Toys?" "Yup but we have to wait for daddy to come home." "Daddy?" "Yeah." I said looking at my watch. "He should be here in an hour. Let's go make some breakfast while we wait." "Otay." I sat him on the island in the kitchen and began making pancakes, bacon, eggs, and grits. After I finished the food, I made two plates and then a smaller one for King. I fed him and then we went in the living room to watch tv and wait for Shawn to get here.
A couple of hours later I woke up to a few taps on my shoulder. I looked up and saw him with an apologetic look on his face. "What time is it?" I said stretching. "A little after ten." he said sitting down next to me on the couch. "What happened to nine?" "I had to fill out some paperwork on a kid I arrested earlier." "What'd he do?" "Stole some candy from a corner store." "How long are they going to give him?" "3 to 5." "Over some candy bars? Shawn that's ridiculous." "I don't choose the sentencing, I just make the arrest." "King was waiting for you. I guess he got tired and passed out too." "Aww little man wanted to wait for daddy?" I chuckled, "No. He kept trying to sneak and open them up." "King wake up man. It's time to open up your gifts." he said picking him up. He fussed a little and then opened his eyes. "Daddy home! Mommy daddy home! Me open presents now?" "Yeah go to the chair and I'll bring you one."
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"I want the big wed one fwirst." I grabbed that one and gave it to him. He opened it and it was a huge Spiderman Lego set. He continued to open all five, yes five, of his presents. Rookie cops don't make much and I'm not working so we don't have much. Back in Houston his father was helping support us but not anymore. Shawn got into this big argument with him and got cut off. "Where you going?" "Get some rest before I have to go back." "Go back? I thought you had the rest of the day and tomorrow off." "I did but a shift became available so I took it." "On Christmas Day?" "I'll only be there for a few hours then I'm coming straight home." "You promised me that you wouldn't work this holiday." "I know but I got to make this money for us." he kissed my cheek. "Here, I'll take King with me to give you a break." "He's going to want to play with his toys." "I'll take them in the room with me. Grab a toy little man and come on." King grabbed his Legos, like I expected, and went to our room. My phone started ringing. "Hello?" "You know who this is, why you answering the phone like that?" "Hey Kelly." "Uhh what's wrong with you? You know what hold on." "Kelly, I'm literally down the street." Michelle said coming on the line. "Hush, something is wrong with Bey." "Oop. What's wrong BB? It's Christmas you should be happy." "It's y'all friend." "He still taking shifts?" "Yes! Even after he promised that this holiday would be about us." "Tell him that." "Don't think I haven't." "Did you talk to him about going to school?" "He's never home long enough for me to talk to him about it." "Then just go. What's stopping you?" "I don't really know anyone here to watch King?" "What about your next door neighbor? Can't she watch him?" "She's probably too busy." "Beyoncé you are too independent for your own good. Just go knock on her door or call her." "Yeah, Bey if you really want to go to school go. We're behind you a hundred percent. You know our parents will help you." Kelly encouraged. "Thank you guys. I'll talk to you later. Merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas." "Merry Christmas." Now to see if she'll actually do it.
