The split

Chapter 2

🌸Christina🌸

I picked up Euphoria and kissed on her little face. Auntie Rae got lucky, I don't let anyone kiss Euphoria's face besides myself and Aubrey, not even Don. I mean Don is very affectionate to Phori, but he knows he's not her father and he knows where to draw the line. I don't talk to Aubrey much but I respect him as my daughter's father.

"You didn't tell me you were engaged," Aubrey said standing next to me. "I didn't have a chance to, besides it doesn't concern you. You can't say oh because another man will be around my daughter, because honestly he already is because we live together. A ring or a piece of paper won't change how much time he spends with Phori." I said and he sat down and I started to get bothered to even be in his space.

It's crazy because I can remember vividly not being able to live life or wanting to live life without him in it. Now all I'm doing is pushing him away, and only allowing him to speak to me about Phori. "Fine we don't have to talk about it." He said standing up and I turned to him. "I didn't know you still talked to Asia." I said as the name felt so foreign to my mouth and saying her name nicked my heart making me feel even more bothered.

"You never asked, besides you wouldn't even let me get a word out other than Phori's name so that I could tell you anyways. So it's not like you would've listened," he said before walking off. I rolled my eyes and I stood up. "But if I were to tell you something about her, it would be the fact that it breaks her heart that she can't even hold her own niece or see her unless a family member or I send her videos or a picture.

I would tell you how still to this day she looks at you and want to reach out so bad but know you will just ignore her. She wants your forgiveness so bad and to be in her niece's life so bad that she would give up everything that makes her happy and helps her survive to have that. But you wouldn't care and if you did you wouldn't be able to care because you would've ignored her and kept it moving before she could open her mouth and try to tell you." He said after walking back up to me.

"So yes, I still talk to her because I'm one of the only connections she has to her niece and how well you're doing. She has no one, she isn't friends with her old friends, and she hasn't made new ones. You know and you have known she has been almost antisocial her entire life. We were her closest friends and you leaving was devastating. So imagine if her one and only last friend left. She is already fucked up in the head damn near crazy.

She obsesses about whether you're doing good and if Phori is doing good. She loves to hear shit about you, good shit. Because no matter how much you hate her or how much you're mad at her, she loves you and you are still her only family that has been around." He said and I just stared at him. I don't hate her, why is he saying I hate her?

"Well she broke my heart when she decided to give your dick a test ride. She knew it would've, and she also knew it would come to light. So don't tell me I'm breaking her heart, when I'm not doing it intentionally. She knew what she was doing, and so did you." I said getting up and I walked off because it's my turn to make a dramatic exit from this conversation because he's making me out to be the fucking villain when I'm not.

I walked into the living room and then went upstairs. As much as I am mad at my sister, and as much as she hurt me, I don't want to hurt her back. I'm not a selfish ass vengeful bitch, I want to make sure she's good and I don't want her to suffer too bad. I know she's upstairs because Auntie Rae put her on the spot and I know it made her feel uncomfortable because it made me feel uncomfortable.

I have to admit, I didn't want her to touch my daughter. But I know Asia, she has a big heart like me and if the scripts were flipped I would want to see my niece. I walked into every room until I realized she's probably in the room her and I shared when we visited as kids. So I went to that room and she sat there by the wall in the corner staring out the window silently.

I cleared my throat and she looked over at me. She was shocked so she stood up. "Sorry, I didn't know this was the room you were staying in." She said referring to me staying in Auntie Rae's house for a couple of days. Honestly she insisted on Don and I staying here and I was totally against it but you can't say no to Auntie Rae.

"No, it's not I was just.....I knew you were in here." I said and just stared at me. She's at a lost for words, I guess she supposed I would never talk to her again. "I thought you would want to see her," I said painfully because I really didn't want to let her hold Phori or see her. It will always be hard to start forgiving and forgetting.

"Yea, of course." She said with a medium sized smile. I walked over to her and handed Phori over to her. I saw that sparkle in Asia's eyes, it's a look you can rarely get out of her. "She's beautiful," She said staring down at Phori. "Thanks," I said and she looked up at me. "You said her name means how you feel about her when you see her, what is it?" She asked and I gave a small smile.

"Phori, well Euphoria but we call her Phori. Her name means a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness." I said and she nodded. "It fits her perfectly then," she said and I kept my smile. "So how have you been?" I asked and she smiled. "Good, I model for my own clothing line now and it's very successful. I own a home, I wake up to fresh air every morning." She said and I just stared at her as she built up a wall, more like a house, around her to make her life seem well.

"Yea, I know that. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that. I never had a doubt that you wouldn't be successful business wise. My question is how are you mentally, emotionally, and physically as a person?" I asked and she just stared at me. "I don't know, I-" she said before Auntie Rae called for both of us to come down stairs.

"Christina and Asia get down here and eat, get some meat on them bones girls." Auntie Rae shouted and we just smiled before we stood up and she gave me back Phori. We went downstairs knowing Auntie Rae would drag us down the stairs if we didn't come willingly.

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After we ate and everyone talked and laughed everyone started making plates and leaving. Asia disappeared with TJ after him ignoring her turned into him talking to her. Right now I'm with Aubrey and Phori while Don is bringing our weekend clothes in.

"Night Phori," He said kissing her forehead. "I'll be back tomorrow to see her around noon." He said and I nodded, he stood up and he left out. I got up and walked upstairs with Phori who's pretty tired. I put her in the tub, I only let her take bubble baths because she's a princess and she deserves to be spoiled. After letting her sit a while, I washed her up and wrapped her towel around her body.

I dried her off on the bed as Don sat next to me. As I got her dressed she fell asleep, and she looked so fucking adorable that I had to take her picture. I laid her in a little bassinet Auntie Rae kept from when my cousin lived with her and had her baby. I put the little plush blanket on her because she gets cold at night. I posted the picture on Instagram and then laid up next to Don, not daring to have sex in Auntie Rae's house.