Love and Forget

Meeting Mace

•Mace P.O.V• "Today we have lost a beautiful soul. A loving mother to her daughter,Macee, and the love of my life." I said. "Marie was taken from us just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. She didn't deserve being shot. We could never be with her physically but I know she will remain in all of our hearts." I closed.
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  I try not to think a lot on that day but it's forever etched into my mind every time I walk around the house, or even look at my daughter. That day she died she took a piece of my heart and when we buried her,she took the rest. Marie Ann Nole was my life. I planned to marry her, but that will never happen from a man being so careless and thinking he can take someone's life. Now a little girl will not grow up without a mother.

  "Daddy you're burning the chicken nuggets!", my daughter, Macee, screamed.

  "Oh shit." I said, snapping out of my flashback and throwing out the black nuggets.

   "What we gone eat now since you can't cook?", Macee said with her hand on her hip.

   "I can cook little girl, I was just thinking about something, but you wanna go to Mcdonalds ?",I answered picking her up and  throwing her over my shoulder. " Then tomorrow I'll take you to Applebee's."

    "Yes!", she screamed excited. " You know that was mommy favorite." , she whispered.

   Ever since the funeral and she walked in on me crying she doesn't like mentioning Marie much, because she believes I will get sad.

   " I know baby girl and you can talk about your mom, I don't get sad because she's in a better place." I told her.

  "Ok, but can visit grandma and auntie because you can't do hair."

  " Yea and stop talking about me FatFat." I said chuckling.

   " I speak only facts Oldie!" ,she yelled while skipping upstairs to get ready.
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   " Hey G-ma." Macee yelled excitedly.

   "Hey G-baby" ,my mom said back equally excited as Macee. " And hey big baby.", she said kissing my cheek.

   Anastasia Montell was the strongest woman I ever met. After her husband, my father, and my younger brother died in a car crash she's been mostly cooped up in her house if she doesn't have to come out.

    "Hey ma where's Angel?"

    " Damn, no how you doing ma? " she said with a stank face.

    "How you doing ma?" I said chuckling.

    " Good, but she just went to work. Why?"

     " I want her to do my hair since Daddy can't." Macee said.

      Giggling my momma said, "I'll do your hair. Go get the stuff."

        " What y'all bout to do?" ,my mom asked.

       " Mcdonalds and probably Toys R Us. You wanna come?" I said getting a water out the fridge.

   " No y'all can gone ahead, but I wanna see you and my grand baby at church Sunday." She pointed.

     " Here G-ma", Macee handed her the stuff.

     While they talked about whatever girls talked about, I admired two of the most important woman of my life,aside from Angel. "If Marie was her it would be four."I thought.

     " Baby you good?" My mom asked. I blinked realizing she was finished with baby girl hair.

    " Yea just thinking.", I lied. She stared at me knowing I was lying.

      " Go watch tv.", she told Macee, "I know Marie was the only woman you really loved, but it's been a year and I hate seeing you mopping around so much. I think you should just start dating to- "

   " Nah, I'm just tryna focus on baby girl and me." I interrupted.

     " Don't interrupt me and I know, but don't you think Nyalli needs a mother figure in her life." She said, calling Macee by her middle name.

      " No she has you and Angel."

       " You're so stubborn. What about when I'm gone? Or when Angel starts her own family? She can't come over every time you want her to do her hair or just paint her nails. You don't see Macee is craving a woman's touch from her telling me you can't cook or do her hair. She even said she wants a mom." My mom spilled. Macee sometimes was too smart for a 4 year old.

   " She said that?" I asked, dumbfounded.

       "Yes, but don't tell her I told you because she didn't want you to get mad."

       " Why would I be mad?"

       " I don't know but just think about it."

        " Alright we're finna go. But I'll think about it." I said giving her a hug," I love you."

      " I love you too and you Nyalli."

       " I love you too G-ma, bye.", Macee said.

    Getting Macee situated in the car it was only a matter of minutes before
she fell asleep and left me thinking about what my mom said.

• Marie, Macee,& Mace in mm•
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