Talk To Me | •Slow Down Sequel•

Chapter 41- Future Hopes

Ayona

I'd been in the kitchen, making the pair of us a late dinner.

"Smell bomb in here." Came Day's voice from the dining room.

I glanced at him through the open wall over the breakfast bar that separated the kitchen from the dining area. "You managed to get everything unpacked?"

"Yea, I ain't bring that much with me." His voice was now somewhere behind me, at a distance though. "What you need help with?"

"Should be ready in the next ten minutes, but—" I pointed towards the cabinets to my far right, "can you grab the plates?"

Moments later, while I focused on our dinner, the clatter of ceramic plates filled the air.

"So, how do we know she's going to keep tabs on me?" I asked as we waited for the food to simmer some more. "Shit, what if she knows and decides to go for Tamika?"

When he didn't respond, I turned to him. He'd had a smile on his face, but this wasn't a laughing matter. "Wha-why are you smiling? This our baby girl we're talking about."

A few steps towards me, he caressed my cheek, looking down at me, eyes sparkling. "You always worried about her."

Just as I start to get reeled in by his charm the warm brown depths of his eyes and touch, he pulled away, breaking the hypnosis.

He cleared his throat.

My attention focused back on making our plates, I waited to hear of the official plan.

"Yona, I'm doing everything I know to keep us safe—Mika included, but we can't panic, ight?" I nodded, handing him his plate and following him into the living room.

"We just gotta keep up with our regular schedules. Imma have peoples tailing you, everywhere you go."

The tv was turned on, but I lowered the volume. He took advantage of my lack of attention, stealing a few bites of his meal.

"Eventually, we gone flush her out. After I deal with her and figure out who was behind hurting you.., then we good."

I knew he was taking care of us— Tamika and I, the best he could but I just couldn't help but wonder...

... If this would end. I wanted to be a family, with no distractions or bitter forces coming in between us.

As the night went on, dishes were cleaned and we retired each to our bedrooms.

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A/N: Hey, FargoGang 🤪. I'm just updating this chapter for the night. The rest will be tomorrow, probably late, but they'll be up.

-Elza🤪😘