Background: You and August have been married for one year and have a beautiful daughter named Aniyah together. August is known in the streets for selling drugs and gets a lot of respect for it. Nowadays, the streets were getting pretty reckless and people were dropping like flies. August was able to dodge a couple of shots but that was just too close to home. If you lost August you didn’t know what you would do. And how would you explain all of that to Aniyah? August had to hit some corners tonight and would be heading out at 2 in the morning. But, he told you that he had needed to talk to you before he left. So right now, you were in the kitchen with August sitting down.
“Baby, you know I love you right?” August asked.
“Of course I know you love me, I love you too.” You said smiling.
August leaned over the kitchen counter to intertwine you guys’ fingers. He looked you in the eye and you could see the uneasiness in them now, you were scared. August would always tell you and Aniyah that he loved y’all before he would leave but, you felt like he was trying to tell you something. To send you a message before he left.
“If I don’t make it home tonight tell my mama that I love her leave some flowers for my brother. YN I love you but if I don’t make it home tonight. Take some money to my sister and I don’t EVER want her chasing after niggas.” August said to you with so much passion.
Now, tears started to flow from your eyes. August was giving you instructions on what to do if he didn’t make it home tonight. You always thought about what if these streets caught up with August and if he was to die on them. But you always pushed the thoughts to the back of your mind and focused on him coming home.
“But August, I don’-
“These are my last wishes I hope you get them right YN if I don’t make it home tonight.” August said before kissing your lips and then your hands.
August checked his watch and saw that it read one o’clock
“Baby I gotta go, tell Aniyah that I love her.” He said kissing your forehead and heading for the front door.
Just as August hand reached the doorknob to open it, he felt little hands tugging on his jeans. He looked down to see Aniyah with tears in her eyes. She was too young to fully understand what August did for a living but she understood that when her Daddy left, he would be gone for a while. It broke your heart at night trying to explain to her why August wasn’t there to read her a bedtime story or tuck her in.
“Daddy, where you going?” she asked
“Baby, Daddy has to go take care of some business ok? Go to mommy.” He said caressing her little curls.
“NO DADDY! I WANT YOU!” Aniyah couldn’t hold back her tears any longer. She gripped onto August jeans tighter and sobbed into them. It broke August heart to see his little girl to act like this. But he had to go and make this money.
August picked Aniyah up and hummed a lullaby to calm her down. She stopped crying almost instantly and you took Aniyah from August arms letting him go do what he had to do.
YN’S POV
Checking my phone for the hundredth time, it read 5 am. I had just got Aniyah to bed but it was eating me alive to know if Aug was alright. I’ve never been this worried about him. Every 5 seconds I was checking my phone hoping for a text or a phone call that Aug was alright. I was wrapped up in my thoughts that it took me a while to realize Aug’s mom was calling me. Once I seen that it was her, I immediately picked up the phone.
“Hey Ma, what’s up?” I asked in a concerned voice.
August mom would NEVER call me this late unless it was something really important. Now I was worried.
“Baby, turn to channel 5.” She said her voice was shaky and I could tell she was on the verge of tears.
I quickly grabbed the remote and turned to channel 5. When I saw …: BREAKING NEWS: SHOOTOUT ONE DEAD. Reporter: It seems that there has been a shootout over a drug deal gone wrong. A young African American male has died on the scene from a shot in the chest. The bullet went straight through his heart. We do not have a name for the victim but if you know someone with these tattoos, please contact us. Before your eyes, you saw pictures of August tattoos. The first tattoo, you didn’t want to believe it. They had shown the A on his neck and his sideburn tattoos. You REFUSED to believe it until they showed his ring finger with your name on and that’s when you lost it.
“It’s… August. OH MY GOD AUGUST NOOOO! Aniyah?! Oh my God what will I tell Aniyah?
{A/n: August Mom {AM}
AM: Baby, listen to me. You have to stay strong okay? You still have to be strong for Aniyah. You hear me? His mother was trying her best to console you but she was crying too. You just lost your husband but she just lost another child.
YN: He told me what to do if he didn’t make it home but, I don’t know how I can make it without him.
What y’all think about this Imagine lovelies? Feedback will be greatly appreciated! Obviously this imagine is based off the song “Make it home”. I wrote this off the top off my head so if there are any misspells or errors please forgive me. Who’s excited for Testimony? I know I am!
-Rvrejewel
