BROKEN

21

Anthony Alsina

Ever since Katherine and I ended things, I've been doing me and focusing  on me and my child. I wouldn't lie and say I didn't miss her at all. I did, and honestly being around her soul would make me forget about the problems I have of my own and how she would do all theses things for her siblings before doing something for herself. Around here you'll never meet someone like her, never.

But the prostitution situation caught me off guard and I still can't believe it.

"Daddy!" My daughter came running in my room with my phone on her hand

"Yes Princess" I said placing my pencil down and looking up at her

"Who's this?" She said showing me a pic of Kat

"What you doing going through my pictures, that was a daddy friend" I told her taking my phone away from her and placing it on my lap

"Can I meet her?"

"Probably another time baby" she nodded , and ran out of my room

I finished my drawing, when I would be in my feelings or in other words in my bag. I would draw, which would bring peace to my mind.

I got up from my bed and walked to the living room seeing Hector letting Cattleya do his make up.

"Hector getting cute and shit" I laugh walking to the fridge, getting some orange juice

"Don't tell anyone man, she insisted it so I would look 'good' for the date with your mom" he chuckled

"Grandpa Hector, don't move" she said putting lipstick on him

"Baby, you should've done nana makeup" I told her and she stopped what she was doing looking at me

"Good idea daddy, sorry hector but nana going to look better than you" she said picking up her stuff running to my mom's room

"She's so joyful" Hector chuckle, walking in the bathroom to remove the mess Cattleya did to him

"She sure is" I mumble, picking up my ringing phone

"Wassup?" I said putting the phone on speaker

"Where you at Tony?" Alfredo respond

"Home, nigga where else am I going to be?"

"At the block" I sigh forgetting that I have to do runs on Friday

"I'll be there in 30"

"Ii" I hung up my phone and walked to my mom room

"Mom what time it's your dinner with Hector?" I asked watching her pick her outfit out

"In a hour, you have to be somewhere?"

"Yeah bu-"

"I'll take Cattleya, we going to a museum anyways

"You sure?"

"Yeah man it's fine" Hector spoke, walking in the room and lay on the bed

"I appreciate it, I promise it'll be the last time"

"It's all good, don't worry" Hector said and I nodded

"Baby come here" she ran towards me and I lower down to her level

"Daddy going somewhere and you going with nana and grandpa Hector but tomorrow I have a surprise for you" she nodded happily and hugged me

"Okay daddy, have fun" she smiled going back to what she was doing.

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"My dude, where you been?" Tito chuckled dapping me up

"I've been home with my daughter" I lay my back on his car while he light up a blunt

"You took like 2 weeks off work and forgot about today" Alfredo said looking at me and I shrug

"Man, I forgot today was my day back chill" he nodded

"You good?"

"Facts, you went MIA on everyone"

"I'm good, just spending time with my daughter like I said"

"Hmmm, you know I don't be on your business like that but don't tell me something happen with you and princess blondie" Alfredo pointed out and Tito look at him

"Damn Alfredo you have a point last time he did this was when he broke up with his baby mother" Tito said passing the blunt to Alfredo

"Now y'all are investigators or something" I chuckle shaking my head as a client came up to me and I pass him what he needed.

"It's 50 dollars for that dawg" I spoke to him and he gave me hundred

"Give me two" I pass him another one and he walk away

"Anyways, you going to tell us" Tito said sitting on the car

"Look man.." I thought on telling or not but since they have been there for me when the situation happen with my babymoms why not
"She was a prostitute" I mumble the last part

"She was a pediatrician?" Tito asked confused looking at me "what's wrong with that?"

"I said prostitute"

"Nigga, speak up" he laugh "You saying it like if it's a bad thing"

"So you ended things with her because of that?" Alfredo said

"Basically"

"You want my honest opinion?" Tito said and I nodded

"You dumb" he chuckle "She's risking herself to get money for her and her family, just like you out here risking yourself selling drugs"

"He has a point, look where we at" Alfredo added "A hood, there's barely any jobs out here and if she was a stripper it'll still be the same thing"

"Look Tony, my girl work as a prostitute too. They basically do the same shit we do too, they just sell their bodies while we sell drugs" He got off the car "You have to put yourself in her shoes to see shit from her perspective, dawg she's been through hell and I doubt that she ever been good"

"Damn Tito now you a preacher" Alfredo chuckled

"Nah dawg, I just learned from my mistakes and so do you Tony"

"You have a point"

"I don't know her personally but I know she's a good person"

"Facts man, don't end some shit just because of something she did in the past and I doubt you told her the things you've done" I look at them nodding, grabbing the blunt from Tito.

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