Invasion Of Privacy

Chapter 27

Cardi POV

"Text me, aight?"

"I will,"I chuckled. Jeremiah and I got on the elevator and Kiari went back to the parking lot to leave. I held the elevator door open for Nicki and she got on.

She kissed Jeremiah and I hello and asked where we were coming from. "The park. We had so much fun with-."Miah started to answer but I cut him off.

"We went to the park."I corrected.

"How was it?"

"Fun."

"Amazing,"I added.

"As you can see, I bought back dinner for us."She held up the bag of subway. The elevator dinged and opened, the three of us walked out and up to our door. I pushed the keycard into the door and turned it. "Wait, what's this?"Nicki asked, pulling a paper off the door.

Her eyes went to flying across the paper which made me snatch it from her.

"It's a..."She mumbled. My mouth dropped.

"Come on baby, lets go inside."Nicki took Jeremiah into the condo and I followed shortly after. I couldn't believe this.

I had been living here for a year and a half with my sister and I thought the staff and I were great friends. I guess not because this eviction notice is straight up bullshit. I couldn't wrap my head around it.

"Go wash up okay,"She went Jeremiah to the bathroom to clean himself up from the days dirt.

"My son and I can't keep hopping around the world."She started. "I know, baby, ima fix it. Ima go talk to the owner tomorrow morning."I informed her.

"I'm out of a job, we got evicted, school is rolling back around. I just, I don't know what to do. How am I supposed to pay for Jeremiah's school supplies, school uniforms and try to get us another roof all at the same time?"She questioned on the verge of breaking down. "His dad isn't even helping take care of him."She added. I felt horrible for her.

She was going through so much right now and the only thing I could do was give her comfort and let her know that everything will be alright.

I embraced her in my arms and held her while she cried. "Mama? I can't reach the towels."Miah spoke out of no where which made me jump. Nicki tried to suck up her tears so her son wouldn't see them.

"Are you crying mama?"He asked, looking at her. He touched her shoulder while she wiped her face.

"No, I'm okay, sweetie."She lied.

"I'll go get your towels, stay here with mama."I told him and went to the bathroom. I got the towels and sat them on the counter.

She kept telling him she was okay but he was smart with a mind of his own. He knew something was up. "You're not okay, mama."He stated the truth.

A tear fell from my eye hearing him say that. He studied his mom closely at any time he could.

"It's okay if you're not okay. You can cry in front of me mommy. I'm here,"He assured her. I couldn't help but to silently cry to myself. "I'm here for you mama, excuse my language but man fuck my daddy."

I peeked out of the door and saw her crying into his shoulder. He was patting her back softly. I learned something about Jeremiah tonight. He was caring, cared for everyone around him. I wish they'd done the same for him.

I wiped my face of the tears before I walked back out. "I got your towels."I said.

"Thank you. You don't have to just take care of me, take care of my mama too."He spoke and I nodded.

He went to take his bath and I sat there with Nicki. She was done crying for now but I knew it would start back up tonight.

"How was your orientation?"I asked, hoping it'd get her mind off of our other problems. "Good I guess. I don't start until Monday and my pay period doesn't start until Tuesday."She let me know. "Well that's good. You have a week to get ready."I pointed out.

"That's a week of no money. I need money now."

"What about the money you saved up from your last job."

"It drained out."She mumbled. "I'm literally broke."

"Listen baby girl, I got us, okay?! Ima do all I can at the club to make us some money."I assured her. I was taking on a humongous responsibility of toting both Jeremiah and Nicki on my shoulders. I gotta take care of us, right?

I have to do what I have to do whether I like it or not...

I couldn't help but tear up at this chapter y'all. Just, got a little sweat in my eyes. A lil thugger cry😂. I'm loving the way this book is turning out. How was this chapter ?

C. Baby