A Hustler's Pride

Part 25

It had been about a month and Giselle knew that she was pregnant for sure. Hova had been so busy about handlin his business he had forgotten all about her bein pregnant and she wasn't gonna remind him either. She didn't need a test to prove it and she was gonna hide it until it would be too late to get an abortion. Hova finally came home and Corey Jr. was wantin to be wit his daddy. He had really been missin him lately. All he would say is da-da-da-da. "Hey baby u in for the night?" Giselle said walkin up to him to give him a kiss but he rejected her. "Baby what's up-"

"Wait a minute Giselle!" He sat down on the couch and pulled out all the stacks he had. "Somethin is not f'ckin right. Somebody is cheatin me outta my got damn money."

"Hey baby, guess what Corey said today......He said da-da-da-da. He tryna say ur name," Giselle said smilin and kissin lil Corey on the cheeks as he grinned.

"Dee's motherf'ckas is f'ckin up my money. How in the hell can I retire if they keep doin this shit. I bout to make they ass attend a GED class or somethin. Can't even f'ckin count money. How u gone be black and not know how to count money?" He said ignorin what Giselle had said and recountin his money.

"Baby did u hear what I said? I said Corey-"

"Giselle, i heard u baby. i heard what u said. But give me like a few minutes to do this and I promise that u can tell me anythin u want." She looked at him and couldn't believe it. He was turnin into her father right before her eyes. She walked away while lil Corey began to cry while reachin for his daddy. He wanted his daddy to hold him. "G, can u calm him down please. I keep loosin count on this shit! Damn!" Giselle went inside the bedroom and closed the door so that she and her babies could cry.

"I know baby. I miss him too," she said tryin to comfort him.

Two days later, Hova was in the livin room talkin wit his crew when Giselle came back from the store with lil Corey. Hova looked at her like she was crazy. As she sat the bags down on the counter in the kitchen he came to her and grab lil Corey. "WTH are u doin? Where did u just come from?" She looked at him like he was crazy.

"From the store, baby."

"Didn't I tell u that u can't be goin out in public right now. I'm under pressure right now and niggas know what u look like and they just might act f'ckin stupid."

"Baby-"

"Look Giselle. I need u to listen to me and pay close attention to what I'm about to say. I don't wanna cuss when I say this because I know that u might get a lil sensitive over this but please listen close......U can't be goin out in public with Corey at this moment. Maybe next week will be better but for right now we are under code red and i need my fam safe." She looked at him and wondered if he really even cared whether or not she was hurt. She snatched lil Corey away from him and stormed to the bedroom slammin the door. Hova let out a deep sigh and followed her. "Baby I'm sorry."

"Yes u are! All u do is worry about this shit! That's all u talk about. u missin ur son growin up cause u out here worried about this stupid ass nonsense and I can't do this shit no more," she said sittin on the bed.

"What? How u think we have the ability to live like we do. i have to work out here to get all this shit."

"U don't have to work this hard. When will u spend some time wit me and Corey? When?"

"I'ma make time as soon as all this shit is over."

"And how long will that take? Two, three months? A year?"

"Baby please-"

"NO! How long do u think i'ma continue to stay wit u while u act like this?" He looked at her like he didn't know what she was talkin about but he knew and realized that he needed to spend time with her before she would take his baby and leave him.

"Okay....u win," he said sittin on the bed. "I'ma take more time with u and the baby."

"When?"

"Right now." She looked at him like she didn't believe him.

"Are u serious," she said smilin and inchin towards him.

"Yes," he said laughin. She hugged him and he hugged her back as the baby clapped and laughed.

A week later, Giselle began to get sick from the pregnancy. Hova had been takin days off and spendin more time with his family. He was in the kitchen feedin lil Corey come apple sauce. "Hey G! When u wanna do that, baby?"

"Do what?" She was sittin on the couch on the verge of throwin up.

"Get married. I was thinkin we should have a summer weddin next month in St. Tropez." She rolled her eyes to the ceilin smilin.

"Are u serious?"

"Yeah," he said comin from the kitchen wit Corey. He sat beside her whiel continuin to feed him. "I think we need to just go ahead and do this shit man. Stop all the procrastination and hesitation from the situation; no more waitin," he said makin her laugh. "I'm serious while u laughin."

"I know u are. U know u should be a rapper. u could be the best rapper alive," she said makin them both laugh.

"Yeah right. That would be like u bein the hottest chick in the game. Well u really are. U wit the top hustler and every nigga wants u."

"What?"

"Yeah I had to kill a nigga the other day for talkin about how good u look," he said makin her laugh harder. "U laughin but I'm so serious. That shit was on the news and everythin." She continued to laugh while he played wit Corey.

"I was thinkin maybe we could wait until Corey was one and then he could walk down the aisle wit me."

"What? My son ain't finna be no flower boy," he said makin her turn red from laughter.

"Baby...hahaha. he ain't gone be no flower boy."

"Then what he gone be doin?"

"Just layin flowers down on the floor."

"Oh hell no, heheeh. He ain't doin that shit. Ain't that right baby boy," he said liftin lil Corey in the air. "U hear what mommy is sayin. She want u to be a flower boy. u'on wanna be no flower boy do u. Tell her u'll be droppin bullets on the ground," he said laughin.

"We are not substitutin flowers for bullets."

"Why? This weddin gotta be gangsta. I got my folks comin thru."

"NO baby, hahahaha. No." Hova looked at Giselle and knew that she had this glow to her and at the moment he realized that nothin else was more important than the love and life he had built for her and his son. He wanted to prove to her that nothin else mattered. It was somethin that he really needed to do because he couldn't imagine losin her for nothin in the world. He loved everythin about her. "Why u starin at me," Giselle said noticin Hova smilin at her. She had caught him off guard.

"What?"

"U starin at me," she said laughin.

"No I'm not."

"yes u were, hahaha."

"Whateva....u know what?"

"What?"

"I love u," he said kissin her on the cheek and gettin up to play more with lil Corey. He didn't give her a chance to respond because really he just wanted to shower her wit all his love.

"I love u too," Giselle said as she watched her two favorite boys play together.