Aria and Aubrey { A TLS} : Book Two

Chapter Nineteen: Responsibilities

--Monday Night--

--Aubrey’s POV--

I watched Eza sleep on my chest as we both laid down on the couch in front of the flat screen. I flipped through channels with the volume on mute, so that I wouldn’t wake her up. She was my baby girl, so she deserved to be treated like a fuckin’ princess, even if that means giving her the best sleep possible.

I surfed through the channels, ultimately not finding anything to watch. I shut the T.V. off and gently picked my baby up, bringing her up the stairs to her room. I rocked her for a few minutes, then placed a kiss on her forehead before placing her down in the crib. I sat down in the rocking chair and just chilled there, thinking about the conversation I had with Aria earlier today. It felt good to talk to her, even if it wasn’t how I envisioned it to be. I figured that since she had that little bullshit going on with her nigga, she’d come straight to me, telling me that I’m the only one that she needs to be with. Obviously, life doesn’t work like that. I guess I was just fine being friends with my soul-mate because I know she’s going to come back to me one way or another.

I heard my phone rang from my room and quickly went to answer it. I saw Abel’s number flash onto the screen, so I slid the answer button.

“Nigga, what the hell do you want? It’s almost eleven and you know this is my private time! What?!” I spoke in hushed tones as I walked back to Eza’s room. I leaned in the doorway, making sure my baby was safe.

“Nigga, business doesn’t wait for no one. So shut the fuck up and stop acting like a lil’ bitch, I’ve got some news. The cops are close to getting a lead on the niggas who killed that “Crack” member from the hotel...”

I rubbed my face with one hand, clearly getting nervous as fuck. “The fuck do you mean ‘the cops almost have a lead’? It’s either they do or they don’t. The fuck?”

“Man shut the fuck up! The cops almost have a lead because someone snitched to them that he was going into the hotel with two men, however, the security cameras didn’t catch the faces. You and Trey are lucky as shit my nigga.”

I placed a hand on the back of my neck, this shit literally knocking everything out of me. I know that our asses were kind of safe for now, but all I could think about was what about the blood that we left in the hotel room....I mean we cleaned that shit from top to bottom, but some cleaning supplies don’t clean everything... “I don’t know Abel. What about the blood? Maybe housekeeping could have still seen some dried up blood and decided to report that also to the police.”

“Naw, because if that was the case, they would have trailed that room back to us, or well-me. So far, I haven’t heard shit. It’s been a week Drizzy, don’t you think we would have heard something within that week?”

I shrugged as if he could see me. “Man, I don’t know. All I know is, I can’t get busted. I have a daughter, nigga you know this! I can’t have her be left alone with this simple bitch I’m living with! She needs her father at all times, I swear to you she does. That little girl is the only thing keeping me sane from the mass amount of shit I have going on right now, so forgive me if I’m freaking the fuck out right now.”

Abel sighed. “Well. The only thing I can say to you is, your ass took the commitment to being apart of the game, money, drugs and all. You knew the possibility of you gettin’ locked up was high as fuck, but you being the dumb ass that you are, didn’t think about how it might affect your family life, the hoe you with, or anything else for that matter. I’ll see you later nigga. Peace.”

Abel hung up the phone, leaving me to think about the shit he just said. I ran my hand through my curly hair, trying not to stress myself out so much. So far, that shit wasn’t working in my favor. Why can’t I just get a fuckin’ break? Shit! Just one, I swear that’s all I ask for…. I took another look at Eza sleeping peacefully in her crib and then proceeded to go downstairs to the kitchen. I needed a fucking drink, just so I can deal with all of this bullshit.