Never Leave My Side

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Kailan Kado Cummings

"Baby!!" I yelled dropping my keys on the coffee table. She didn't answer making me worried. "Mil!"

I waited a little bit waiting for an answer but I didn't get one. I ran upstairs and heard the shower going making me sigh in relief. After 5 minutes it turned off.

"Shit!" Mil said jumping as she seen me sitting right there. "Babe you scared me." She said tightening her towel. I raised one eyebrow cause she never did that before. At least before she was kidnapped.

"You good baby? And I didn't mean to scare you?"

"Mhmm...yea I'm good." She mumbled grabbing her lotion and everything she needed than walked back in the bathroom.

I bit my lip and looked down, "You sure babe? You don't gotta lie to me."

"I'm not I'm fine. Can we go apartment shopping today? Baby I'm tired of being in the house besides ma sleeps all day." She yelled in the bathroom.

"You know you ain't gotta yell if you just come out the bathroom right." I said but she didn't answer. "But yea we can go."

"I'm almost done." She said quietly. I sighed and ran my hands down my face. I hated how my baby was so insecure about her body now.

I walked in the bathroom while she just had her bra and underwear on. She jumped when she seen me and wrapped her towel around her body.

"Kailan!" She shouted making me just eye her down. "Can I get some privacy damn."

"You don't gotta hide your body from me Mil."

"I'm not." She mumbled looking down.

"Lemme see then." I said sucking my bottom lip in. She sighed and shook her head no.

"Mil-"

"Okay Kai nothing is wrong with the cuts it suits me. Okay I get. Y'all may like but I don't Alright and I don't want anybody seeing it so if you don't mine please give me some
Privacy. Let me get comfortable with my body again." She said looking me dead in my eyes.

I grabbed her towel but she pushed me away jumping, "Mil...I ain't gone hurt you if anything I'm trying to help you bae."

"Kailan..." She said in a stern voice. "Please get out."

"Mil..." she looked at me causing me to stop. I nodded and walked out the bathroom going downstairs.

"What's up ma." I said wrapping my arms around her as she poured her self some juice.

"Hey baby." She said in a low tiring tone.

"Everything good ma?"

"You talked to your dad lately?" She asked making me raise one eyebrow. I shook my head no. "Well...were gonna get a divorce."

I chocked on my water causing me to cough, "ma wait what!? When did y'all decide all of this and why?"

She grabbed a envelope off the bra and gave it to me. I sat my water down and grabbed the envelope pulling out pictures. It was pictures of pops going shopping, spoiling, going on dates, and having sex with another woman. I shook my head and looked how drained my mom looked.

"11 years Kailan." She said wiping her tears. "11 years down the drain because of this bullshit..."

"Ma I'm sure yall can work something out."

"Why? Kailan I'm 33 years old I'm not doing that cheating shit anymore. He's gonna constantly do it and I can't go through that anymore. And you know what he had the audacity to say." She said drinking her juice staring out in space.