On the outside everything seems fine, but on the inside Shawn is a broken man. He only has his daughter with him as he struggles and battles through his addiction. Beyoncé seems to be the finishing piece of his puzzle, but she has her skeletons too...
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"Shawn." I heard. "Shawn." I heard again followed by snaps and claps. I squinted my eyes open.
"What, nigga?"
"Bro... are you high?"
"Man, no. I'm just tired." I sat up and rubbed my eyes. When I finally got them to adjust, I noticed everyone looking at me. "What?"
"You've been knocked out for four hours, nigga. Nobody could get you to wake up, we almost called an ambulance."
"Good thing you didn't. I would've been pissed." I laughed.
"What got you so tired anyway?" Em asked.
"My business."
He waved me off. "Whatever, man. Just stop sleeping on the job."
"Sorry y'all. Damn." I got up and stretched with an obnoxiously loud groan accompanying it. "What y'all been doing?"
"Regular shit. Fixing tires, replacing batteries, nothing too spectacular today."
"Good, that means y'all didn't need me anyway." I went over to the mini fridge and got a sprite. "I'm taking lunch."
I heard them all complaining and yelling after me, but I simply ignored it and got into my car. The weather was getting cooler and I was loving it. I loved the cold weather. I would live with the polar bears in Alaska if I could.
I had a taste for chick fil a so that's where I went. It was about 2:30, almost time for me to go home anyway.
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"Daddy!" London yelled when she got into the car.
"Hi, princess."
"I drew you a picture."
"Thank you. I'll look at it when we get home. Do you need anything while we're out?"
"Mmm... chicken wings and fries."
"Uh no. You can get oodles of noodles when we get home if you're hungry."
She sighed. "Is it the blue pack?"
"No... there's red or orange."
"Fine." She huffed and folded her arms.
"Stop." I said adjusting the rear view mirror so I could see her.
"Well why did you ask me if I wanted anything if you were going to just tell me no?" She whined and I knew she was going to start crying soon.
"I asked if you NEEDED anything. Like for school or something like that. Not to eat. You eat too much junk anyway and I'm not not buying you food out everyday."
She groaned and whined the whole way home. Even when we got home she continued with her noise. "Do you want noodles or not?"
