Truce? | COMPLETED

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Y'all This Is Taking Place In 2018. It's Currently August 20th, 2018.

5 months later...

The lease agreement to the apartment will be up next week so we were packing. I found a new apartment in Queens. It was a small, loft-like apartment.

Xander and Baby Alex were moving to a 2 bedroom in Queens. He wanted her to have her own room and since my apartment came furnished he was taking the furniture from this apartment.

Him and ole girl been together for a while, as have Fabo and I, we've been going strong these past 5 months despite me being pregnant. 

He said he doesn't mind being a blended family as long as my baby daddy wasn't on some bullshit. Mario's dead so ain't no bullshit coming from his end.

Xander has been ignoring me for the past 4 months. Like he literally won't say anything to me. 

My parents know about me being pregnant but my brothers don't. I don't need that type of negativity in my life.

I don't work at the Bodega anymore, I work at an insurance company as a receptionist. $20 an hour isn't bad at all.

I was having a little girl, I don't know how to feel about it cause I really didn't even want to deal with Baby Alex's attitude let alone this one's attitude. I wanted to name her Alejandra to kinda match my name. You know, Alexandra and Alejandra. But then again I liked the name, Maria. After Mario.

I had like 15 more weeks left so I wasn't stressing it.

My phone rang. Torré, Mario's brother.

"Hello?"

"Hey."

"What's up?"

"You told me you had something important to tell me... well us."

"Oh yeah. FaceTime me."

I hung up and waited on the call. This nigga waited a whole 10 minutes before he called.

I accepted it and before I could curse him out he told me his phone died.

"Ight now, wassup?"

I propped up my phone and walked back letting him see my stomach.

"Ay Dios Mio, Mario done got this girl pregnant."

Two more heads filled the camera.

"But y'all already know without a truce y'all won't be able to see her."

"Bullshit. That baby basically belongs to us."

"Bullshit. Bullshit."

"Our brother is dead we should be able to see her whenever we want."

"I don't even live in Texas anymore."

"When'd you move?"

"6 whole months ago, tonto."

"Who you calling tonto? Tonto. You kept a dead man's baby. Now my niece isn't going to have a dad."

"My boyfriend said he'll step up to that role. He just had a son."

"You have a boyfriend?!"

"Uh, yeah."

"So it's probably not Mario's baby."

"Boy kill yourself, Mario is the only one who has been up in this okay?"

"We want a DNA test."

"Cool. When?"

"Now, drop ya addy."

"I live in New York."

"Damn, still drop the addy. We'll be there in the morning."

"Y'all can take the test for him?"

"Yeah, we got the same parents."

"Mkay. Lemme know when you get here."

"Ight."

I hung up and sent them my address.

There was a knock on the door, it was ole girl. I could tell by her soft knock.

I let her in, she glanced at my belly, "Boy or girl?"

"Girl."

She smiled and went to the back room to Xander.

I was receiving a whole bunch of texts from Fabo.

F 😘💛💍
Baby you hungry?
Is the baby hungry?
You thirsty?

Anwer me!

Me
Nah I Ate But Thanks Anyways 😊💛

F 😘💛💍
You're welcome baby girl

F 😘💛💍
Date night tmr night?

Me
Sure.

F 😘💛💍
Ight bet. 10 on the dot

Me
Alrighty Then.

Xander and ole girl came out with Baby Alex. As soon as she saw me she reached out.

"Hey, baby doll," I said taking her out of Xander's hands.

"Dada."

"You calling the wrong person that. Say, Alex."

"Dada."

I mugged her.

"If that's how you gonna be you can go right back to ya daddy."

I handed her to Xander and watched them walk off. As soon as they crossed the threshold and closed the door she started that screaming shit.

I was fairly amused because she wasn't getting her way this time. I grabbed my purse and keys and headed out the door. Xander and ole girl was heading my way and I just shook my head and laughed.

"No, no, no. Not today."

"Wow, Alex."

"Ya sorry ass still knows my name? I'm surprised."

I kept walking past him.

She started screaming louder.

I went back and got her then continued to go to my car.

"Hush up. You need to stop acting so damn spoiled." I told her as I strapped her in, "Cause that crying shit ain't cute. At all."

She started sniffling and eventually was quite.

Xander just watched, "Why she don't do that with me?"

"Cause... I don't know."

He nodded and got in his car.

"Mmmm mmm."

"Say it girl, say it." I said, doing a little happy dance.

She still couldn't fully say it but I was proud cause it was progressing.