While fear and misfortune deplete power; strength and resilience pave the way for the soul's elevation
Follow Brielle as she desperately attempts to reclaim control of her life while struggling to rise above her past.
Sequel to 'Intense Euphoria'
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Brielle watched the small boy continue to play with his toy truck, likely unaware that the daycare center had been closed for almost an hour and his mother still wasn't there.
"Call her again." Brielle heard Aisha instruct Raelyn, "She's never late."
"How many times you want me to call her ma? She not answering so I don't see the point in that."
A major reason Bri was able to secure a job so easily was because Raelyn's mother owned the daycare center she worked for. It was actually Rae's suggestion that she try to get hired on, and not seeing a downside, Brielle took her advice and got in touch with Aisha to schedule an interview.
"Can I have my candy?" He asked, turning to look at Bri for an answer.
"Uh, we don't have any candy. Just animal crackers."
He shook his head, "I got my own candy. I don't want crackers."
"Okay rude ass lil boy." Raelyn mumbled, before switching to a louder voice so that he could hear, "Where's your candy?"
They watched as he went into his bookbag, pulling out two small packages of Gushers, "My mama said I can have them if I be good today."
"Well, I don't think your mama gone know if you was good or not 'cause it don't look like sis coming to get you."
Bri hit Raelyn's arm, "Don't tell him that."
He seemed to not care anyway, "Sometimes when she with the man it take longer and when she pick me up my nanny tell her, "you better not be pregnant again" and she tell her-."
"We get it, baby." Aisha assured him so that he'd stop talking, "Don't tell all your business."
"You a real decoy." Raelyn complained, "I don't get it so I'm tryna hear the rest of the story. What your mama say after nanny tell her she better not be pregnant again?"
The little boy had already resumed playing with his trucks.
"I might just drop him off." Aisha sighed.
It was always sad to Bri when kids were the last ones to be picked up. It just seemed like the parents didn't care enough to ensure that picking up their children fit into their day. Things come up, and she understood that, but still. She'd only experienced it once right after her dad died, and she hated it.
"You know who 'the man' is, right?" Rae whispered to Brielle.
That part of the sentence went over Bri's head because she just wanted his mama to come get him. She had also become desensitized to hearing stories of various men being put before children just so the mother wouldn't be alone.
So she shook her head, "No."
"It's Hakeem." Raelyn pointed to Jayden, "Jayden is Maya's son."
Raelyn still had a lot of growing to do. Being messy was like second nature to her, and she liked to believe that she wasn't doing anything besides telling what was already public knowledge.
