Invasion Of Privacy

Chapter 29

Cardi POV

I walked out of the McDonald's with a bag full of three meals off the dollar menu. Nicki was awake when I got back to the car so I pulled out the money the police officer gave me.

"Here."I held it out for her to grab.

"What's this?"

"A few hundreds. Miah needs his school clothes and stuff, doesn't he? So take that."I explained.

"Where did you get this from?"

"A friend."I felt that this was not the place or time to tell her what really happened. She woke Jeremiah up and they went to brush their teeth. After that, each of us got dressed in the car for the new day. I took them to the mall to get Jeremiah's new clothes for school. While they were shopping, I was sitting in the car texting Kiari and Nicki back.

She said that she put some of our least wanted stuff on eBay to sell and I was okay with it. We'd do anything to stay afloat at this point. On the other hand, Kiari wanted to take me out tonight. The last time I actually seen him was two days ago and we had fun together. I was just stuck between staying with Nicki and Jeremiah or going with Kiari.

I mean, I really did need a break. I was back to back working and Nicki and I both were struggling. I felt like I should get away from the problems for at least a few hours. I finally texted back, agreeing to go out with him tonight. I needed this.

Nicki POV

"Mama, why are we living in a car? What happened to the house?"

"We got evicted,"I sighed.

"What does that mean?"

"We couldn't pay the bills. We got kicked out."

"Oh. Is that why you were crying that night?"

"Partially. Baby listen, mama doesn't have any money right now."

"How did you buy this stuff?"

"Cardi gave me money."

"She's so nice. She's my best friend."

I couldn't help but to feel a certain way about his last statement. His baby sitter was his best friend, not me. I shook it off and sucked it up.

"How do you feel about mommy and daddy?"I asked.

"How does daddy feel about me?"He retorted. I was astonished at his remark. "You could give me a little more attention. I'm just a kid. Do you want me to turn out like my father?"He questioned. "No baby. You're goin to be way better than your father. You're going to own a million dollar business."

"A million dollar business?!"He asked laughing but I didn't find anything funny. It made me realize that... I didn't even know what my son wanted to be when he grew up. "I want to be an engineer."he told me as if he knew what I was thinking.

"Ms.Bacardi told me about it when we were reviewing career options on my tablet. I'm growing up."

"I see that you're growing up. Hence your progression to second grade."I smiled and he popped his collar.

We threw our trash away and got back to shopping for his uniforms. "Ayo Nicki!"I heard a familiar voice yell. I haven't heard that voice in a while. How did he find me?

"Miah!"He continued to scream for us, causing people to look our way.

He caught up to us and started to run his mouth. I could tell that Jeremiah desperately wanted to jump into his fathers arms and kiss him but I knew he'd hold his ground.