Jordan POV
"Babe!"I shook him awake. "What?"He stirred in his sleep.
"I'm going to the nail shop."I let him know.
"You just went the other day."He pointed out, turning on his stomach and pulling the comforter up.
"That was last week and the polish chipped so I need to get it fixed."
"Aight."I slid my shoes on after getting dressed, grabbed my keys and left.
Me:be there in 10
"You started without me!?"I pouted playfully.
"You took forever to get here."She replied.
She handed me a pair of gloves and I got on my knees. We began to work in the garden, planting our last two flowers two hours later.
"You would pick today to do this."I said after a sip of water. We migrated from the outdoors and into her kitchen to get a drink and now we were back out front.
"My bad. I didn't know it was gonna be this hot."
"Your garden attire fits you well."She pulled the strap, making it fall back against my shoulder.
"Oh really now?"
"Yeah; your boyfriend really let you out the house like that?"She took off her gloves which made me also take my gloves off of my hands.
"He was asleep when I left."
"And you need to put me to sleep after all this work."
I chuckled. "You funny but I have to get to the nail shop for ten."
"Don't go yet. Come here baby."She pulled me into her. As we stared into each others' eyes, I felt my heartbeat increasing. It got hotter as our lips danced under the sunlight. She pulled my shorts down to find that I wasn't wearing an undergarment. I never wear them when I come to see her.
She pinned me against the wall in the garden. Leja didn't have to wait, I was already wet from the intensity of our kiss. Her fingers were so soft and warm inside of me that I couldn't help but melt at her touch.
"You always do this to me when I need to leave."I whispered. She laughed it off and pushed deeper. Her tongue caressed me; oh I'm a sucker for this typa sex.
I let her finish the mission, looked both ways then went to my car. Thank God the nail shop wasn't packed; I was in and out in an hour. I got a simple white color with glitter on top of it.
Slapping my bag down on the counter, I went to the back.
"Took you three hours to do allat."He spoke. "Yeah."I lied. "Where you about to go?"
"Parents, you coming?"
I nodded and followed him back to the elevator. We got in his car so I plugged my Bluetooth to the car.
The Carters' album "Everything is Love" blasted throughout the speakers the whole ride across town.
When we got there, I sat on the couch to play with the cats while Miah went to find his parents. It's a big house, they could be anywhere.
Jeremiah POV
"The hell happened to you Ma?"I questioned, plopping on the king size bed beside her. "And where's Dad and Colten?"
"He went to get me some medicine and Colten went with his mom."
"Medicine for what?"
"Miah, I'm sick. Can't you see,"
"No, I couldn't tell. You look good."
"I'm not good."
"Well, what's the problem?"Silently, I prayed to myself that she wouldn't say what I was thinking.
"I went to the doctor and they ran some tests on me. The doctor found a few lumps in my breast."
"And?"
"I have cancer, Miah. They just put my prescription in so Ken went to get it."
"I know you lying."
"Do I look like I'm lying, boy stop playing!"She said. "You always think I'm joking around."
"You gonna live though, right?"
"I'm living right now, ain't I?"
"Mama, stop actin' like that."
She huffed and rolled over in the bed. I shook my head at her.
"Got your stuff baby,"Dad walked in with a bag from Walgreens.
"The fuck goin' on with her?"I asked him.
"She just goin' through something, she'll be okay."
We watched her roll over onto her back and sit up. Dad opened the pill bottle and gave it to her.
"You think ima swallow a dry ass pill boy?"She spat at him.
"What you want to drink then?"
"Miah, go get me some orange juice."
I left the bedroom and went to the kitchen, collected a glass cup from the cabinet and got the jug from the refrigerator. "Where's Nicki?"Jordan asked me.
"She not feeling too good at the moment."I said as little as possible. I don't need Jordan getting worked up about something she has no control over; that's why I'm going to try not to think too much of it. A loud thump sounded. I grabbed the glass and took it to my parents' room.
"Nic!"Dad yelled, making me walk faster.
"She fell?"I asked, sitting the glass of orange juice on the table under the tv.
"Yeah. Shit."He muttered. "Help me put her on the bed."
He grabbed her feet but I kneeled beside her, putting my ear to her heart and my pointer finger under her nose.
"Dad?"
"What?"
"Um, mama not breathing."
